Thursday, May 31, 2012

MIO Shape Heart Rate Monitor Watchgood


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MIO Shape Heart Rate Monitor Watch

Product Description

The high tech, cutting edge blue styling of the MicroTouch Mio is your first hint of this device's advanced capabilities. The Mio is the first heart monitor to be ECG accurate, without making use of a chest strap. Chronograph Lap Timer Alarm Alarm Chime Modes Also includes MioSense, a booklet chock full of info on health, nutrition, diet, fitness and exercise. MioSense also contains a step-by-step guide on designing and individualizing a health and fitness program. Includes calorie tables for basic foods and beverages plus fast food and restaurant food to help you record calories consumed.

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Mio's strapless Shape Heart Rate Watch is an excellent workout companion by providing helpful information to achieve your fitness and weight loss goals. The display features include showing your heart rate, your personalized percentage of maximum heart rate, and the number of calories burned while exercising. Additionally, you can monitor your heart rate throughout the day and also track your calories consumed against a daily calorie target and monitor your daily calorie balance. A full-featured sports watch, the Shape includes time, date, a daily alarm, a stopwatch, and backlit displayThe Mio Shape also includes a healthy living guide with valuable advice and information.

Key Features:

  • ECG accurate heart rate without a chest strap
  • Displays percentage of maximum heart rate
  • Ability to customize using age, gender, weight, and resting heart rate to provide personalized feedback
  • Tracks calories burned during exercise
  • Tracks calorie intake
  • Target calorie setting option
  • Includes MioSENSE healthy living guide
  • Water resistant to 10 meters
  • Clear acrylic display lens
  • Polished stainless steel sensors
  • Stainless steel back cover and buckle
  • Polyurethane strap
  • Membership to ClubMio included to chart your progress, keep a personal diary, access a personal trainer, create fitness reminders, receive a fitness newsletter and personalize your weight management program

About Mio
The story of Mio began in 1999 when it was created by entrepreneur and mother of three, Liz Dickinson. Like many of us, Liz balances family and career, leaving little time for fitness. After several unsuccessful attempts to achieve her fitness goals and shed the pregnancy weight-gain of her third child, Liz turned to a personal trainer for advice. While working with a trainer, Liz realized the key to getting in shape and staying in shape is to practice smart eating habits, monitoring calorie intake, and using a heart rate monitor to ensure that she exercises at the right level. Liz realized there wasn't a product available on the market that would easily help her follow her trainer’s advice.

Liz didn't have time to read labels and carry a calorie journal in her purse, nor did she have much patience for the uncomfortable chest strap she had to wear to get her heart rate. She knew there had to be a better way, so Liz used her technology and marketing savvy to create Mio, the world’s first heart rate monitor to work without a chest strap. And, it didn't stop with just heart rate, as Mio also has a patented calorie management system that offers a straightforward approach to managing your diet. With the help of Mio and a balanced diet, Liz was able to shed those unwanted pounds and gain the benefits that come with improved fitness: more energy, more vitality, and less stress, and help many others do the same with the creation of Mio's products.

What's in the Box?
Mio Shape Heart Rate Watch, MioSENSE Guide, instructions, warranty

Manufacturer's Warranty
One year


  • ECG accurate heart rate without a chest strap
  • Calorie management system: tracks calories consumed against a daily target
  • Calculates calories burned during exercise and subtracts them from your daily calorie target
  • Displays your personalized % of maximum heart rate
  • Includes MioSENSE Guide to healthy living with carb and calorie tables, and free access to ClubMIO


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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars nice product, March 12, 2007
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A. Burge "just run" (Stevenson Ranch, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MIO Shape Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Sports)
I like this watch because you don't need the chest strap and it is very affordable. It is easy to use but sometimes it cannot detect my pulse while running so I just stop for a few seconds and then try again. It seems very accurate with the heart rate readings. I like all of it's features including the calorie counter and expenditure. Very helpful if you are trying to lose weight and can compare calories in versus what you are burning with exercise. Glad I bought it.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, April 5, 2007
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This watch is very awesome! Its affordable, no chest strap and accurate. I lost my very expensive Polar, so I decided to get one of these. Once you know how to set it, its very easy to use. I love the fact that I can press the two buttons to read my pulse as opposed to using an uncomfortable chest strap. I highly recommend it!
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not for serious workouts, March 21, 2007
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I found the watch/monitor to be excellent for what it does. I only need to check my pulse and not monitor it for downloads to a computer later. I have no trouble during a workout placing my two fingers on the watch for 3-5 seconds to read my pulse. It is exactly what I need to ensure that I am getting into my aerobic zone. Not having a chest strap is a big plus for me.
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Brunton Classic Compassgood


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Rating: 3.8

List Price : $33.29 Price : $4.00
Brunton Classic Compass

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The Brunton Green Baseplate Compass with Declination Adjustment is the ideal beginner compass. This Brunton signature compass feature an optic green baseplate and tool-free declination adjustment for easy reading and more convenient navigating. The Brunton Green Baseplate compass measures in inches and millimeters.

Product Description

The ideal beginner compass, the 9020G is another Brunton signature. With an optic green baseplate and tool-free declination adjustment for easy reading and more convenient navigating.

Feature Details

  • 3.5 inches x 2.5 inches x 0.5 inches
  • 1.1 ounces
  • 2C° graduations
  • Declination adjustable
  • 0-35° C inclination scale
  • Inch and millimeter scales
  • Lifetime warranty

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    This classic, analog compass provides all the information that got explorers around perfectly well for hundreds of years, in a snappy, optic green package. It features 2-degree graduations (the series of degree markings on the azimuth ring used for taking bearings) and adjustable declination (the difference in degrees between magnetic north--the direction the magnetic needle on a compass points--and true or geographical north, which is the direction maps are printed toward. It also features 0-35 degree inclination scale (the distance between two points on a map as they relate to the distance between those two points on the earth) and displays this in both inches and millimeters.


    • Classic, analog 3-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches by 1/2 inch design
    • Weighs only 1.1 ounces
    • Provides 2 degree graduations and adjustable declination
    • Features 0-35 degree inclination scale
    • This item is not for sale in Catalina Island


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    129 of 131 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good, basic compass, February 9, 2006
    This review is from: Brunton Classic Compass (Sports)
    The Brunton Classic is a straightforward, easy-to-use, low-cost compass that works well in the outdoors. It is a bit clunky-looking and a little bulky in your pocket, but you will appreciate that fact in cold weather when you are wearing gloves. It comes with a TRUE declination adjustment that moves the north reference indicator to the desired declination. This is much better than some of the least expensive compasses that claim to have a declination adjustment but really don't. (They require you to manually offset the needle from the north reference indicator to achieve it, something you don't want to have to struggle with when you are exhausted after hiking for 10 hours.) The Brunton doesn't need a tool to adjust declination, which they claim as an advantage. In contrast, Suunto compasses use a tiny screwdriver attached to the lanyard to make the adjustment. Personally, I like the screwdriver adjustment as being more accurate and less likely to be accidentally moved, but they... Read more
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    46 of 46 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Basic Compass, December 24, 2005
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    A basic compass like this should be part of anyone's outdoor kit, and this model is an excellent choice. The highly visible markings on the bezel of this model, and the bright colored baseplate enhhance your ability to find and use this compass in the outdoors and set it apart from similar models. Brunton makes a quality product and this one does exactly what it is intended to do. While some people want a mirrored sighting compass for greater precision, that is a different type of tool. Many users are not looking for extreme precision in a utility compass, but instead just want an accurate indication of direction for use with a GPS bearing or to orient themselves in the outdoors. Those users also know that they should not rely solely on a GPS, compass watch or other electronic device when a quality, inexpensive compass like this can provide a reliable indication of direction without needing batteries. A non-mirrored compass like this is handy for rapid use because it does not have to... Read more
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    37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good design but durability lacks, April 2, 2007
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    Jim Morrison (Hansville, WA) - See all my reviews
    This review is from: Brunton Classic Compass (Sports)
    Some of the reviews I read sounded like they were written by people who had little real wilderness experience. A compass like this one is exactly what Boy Scouts learn to navigate with. Contrary to one review, this compass does have a declination adjustment. It is a bottom plate with an alignment arrow that turns independent of the top. So, in my case, I set the alignment arrow so that it is +19 degrees off of of zero (N). Now all I have to do is align the magnetic needle with the off set arrow and the compass readings all read true. There are several types of compasses. This is what I call "Type A". A magnetic needle operates independently of the compass card. It is the most popular type. You should read a book or on line to figure out how to do a few simple things like orienting the compass and taking a bearing, and understanding declination. My only complaint on this compass is that after rattling around in my pack for a few years the letters and numbers on the base plate... Read more
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  • Tuesday, May 29, 2012

    Brunton Nexus Avalanche Compasssuper


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    Rating: 1.0

    List Price : $37.99 Price : $24.95
    Brunton Nexus Avalanche Compass

    Product Description

    FEATURES Mirror Avalanche compass: 1 Avalanche slope indicator: 2 Clinometer: 3 Declination scale: 4 Look-through sighting: 5 Weather-tight: 6

    Product Description

    Brunton's mirrored sighting compass is the perfect compact sighting tool. The 26 includes a declination scale and measurement scales in inches and millimeters. This compass will float if dropped in the water; however there are no guarantees it will swim back.

    Feature Details

  • 2.7 inches x 2.4 inches x 0.7 inches
  • 1.2 ounces
  • Protective cover with look-through sighting mirror
  • 2° C graduations
  • Declination scale
  • Inch and millimeter scales
  • Floats
  • Lifetime warranty


    • 2 degree graduations
    • Declination scale
    • Inch and mm scales
    • Avalanche/Slope Indicator
    • This item is not for sale in Catalina Island


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    12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
    1.0 out of 5 stars OK as a spare or as a casual compass., March 9, 2006
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    Barthbill (lowse ahnhaylayse) - See all my reviews
    This review is from: Brunton Nexus Avalanche Compass (Sports)
    I can recommend this as a second compass only. Or as a gee-whiz casual toy. It has a cheap one-piece plastic case that is hard to open, and the hinge is just folded-over plastic. This does not inspire confidence in either its accuracy or durability. Additionally, the hinge does not stay at the angle you need. It just flops around, requiring one more thing to manage when navigating. The angle of the mirror needs to be between 50 and 70 degrees to prevent parallax error. Silva says as much as 5 degrees of error can be introduced by an incorrect angle. A loose, floppy hinge is a deal breaker for me.

    The base plate is black, not clear, compromising its utility when laying it on a map.

    It has a clinometer, but it hangs up, requiring tapping to read.

    Its compactness can be a drawback if your eyes are less than perfect or light is low.

    It has a viewing slot in the lower part of the mirror, which I really like, being ex-Army. I think all mirror... Read more
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