Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
Posted on Jan 25, 2010 with Comments 10
Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
- No prescription required
- +/- 2 digital accuracy with drop tested durability
- Best water ingress protection
- Easy to read display
- Widest finger size range- up to 1 inch
Nonin Medical, a US company and the inventor of fingertip pulse oximetry, is proud to offer the GO2 line of products. The affordable GO2 line provides reliable oxygen saturation and heart rate values without compromising accuracy. The GO2 Achieve is for anyone who is interested in knowing their oxygen saturation and heart rate. Applications would be for use during exercise or daily activities, during air travel for the passenger or pilot, and for extreme sports such as mountain climbing. GO2 Ac
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List Price: $ 99.00
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Polar FT60 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black with White Display)
- Black men’s heart rate monitor watch with several innovative training features
- Displays heart rate as percentage of maximum, bpm, and within target zone indicator
- Polar Star personalized training program delivers feedback and weekly training targets
- Polar OwnCal mode tracks energy expenditure for single and accumulated workouts
- Offers ZonePointer and Polar OwnZone modes; water-resistant to 30 meters; 2-year warranty
Helps improve fitness and keeps users motivated with the new Polar STAR training program, which adapts to the user’s personal exercise habits, providing weekly feedback and updated goalsThe smartest way to better fitness, the Polar FT60 men’s heart rate monitor watch helps you stay motivated and improve your conditioning. The FT60 works by first checking your daily condition, and then guiding you to the ideal training intensity for your age and fitness level. Knowing your heart rate not only hel
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List Price: $ 239.95
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Review by Frank Dutton for Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
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I did a lot of research between brands before ordering this item. Ultimately the deciding factor for me was the company’s website. I found that there is a medical grade of this item requiring a prescription – and it is the same item. The specifications for the two are listed side-by-side – and even the price is the same; the only difference is this one does not require a prescription. The medical grade meters must meet FDA tests – so this one obviously does, as well.
I like the continuous readout. From the pictures I was not quite certain what to expect in the readouts or performance – I didn’t feel the descriptive information was precise on this. The readouts are for pulse rate, blood oxygen level, and a scale that, literally, shows your pulse and the strength of your pulse. This enables you to know if you are getting a strong enough pulse to get a good reading.
After first putting the unit on, I did some moving around, sitting still, and various things to change my activity level. The pulse rates changed accordingly and there were some variances in the oxygen level, as would be expected. Though I have just quite smoking (mostly) I did light up and had a few quick drags to see what effect this would have (lower oxygen at first, then catching back up almost to not-smoking level).
I’m impressed with the unit. It will operate economically on AAA batteries. If I end up using it a lot, I’ll probably go to rechargeables for it.
While this one was a few dollars more than some of the alternatives, I felt it would be the most reliable from the research I did. After receiving it, I am extremely pleased with the way it works. I would highly recommend it.
Review by Brunhilda for Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
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This is a wonderful and accurate device for monitoring oxygen levels, pulse and strength of heartbeat. I measured it against a professional hospital quality oximeter and it compared accurately well. It just takes a few seconds longer to produce the result. The readout lights up automatically when your finger is inserted and is very easy to read, even in complete darkness. You can keep it on to watch the levels change while resting or while exercising. It doesn’t appear to be waterproof, so DO NOT take it while swimming or showering.
I’m grateful to Nonin for making this available and affordable. The fact that it is made in the USA clinched my decision to buy this one. I purchased a case for it to take with me when traveling.
Thanks also to Amazon for availability and reviews in making purchase decisions.
Review by MacIvey for Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
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We bought this when my wife was leaving the hospital with a pleurex catheter and the doctors were concerned about her oxygen usage.
The nurses in the hospital used a Nonin similar to this, just a bit faster (and 3x the cost). My insurance company approved a rental pulse oximeter that cost about $500/MONTH to rent. (This is one reason insurance is so high). My cost for one month of the rental was almost the cost of purchasing this one. No brainer. This works perfectly, is more than fast enough (just a few seconds), and was able to help tell us when we could call the doctor to consider removing the catheter – a very important concern for my wife.
The kicker is that I still have this to keep track of any possible additional issues, and the kids like checking to see who can hit the highest number.
If you need a pulse oximeter, I strongly recommend the Nonin.
Review by J. Elliott for Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
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I purchased this Pulse Oximeter in blue from Concord Health Supply on Amazon, not really knowing how accurate it was likely to be, but wanting some ability to watch trends on my sPO2 levels during exercise. I ride a recumbent trike 3 days a week, about 150 miles/week, and 3 days a week I am at the hospital Cardio-Pulmonary rehab facility for an hour of monitored and supervised exercise. The hospital is a large regional trauma center, and has excellent equipment and facilities. Concord shipped as advertised, and the GO2 arrived in good condition.
I have taken this GO2 unit in with me to each of the last 6 appointments at the hospital, and compared it to the hospital equipment during all phases of exercise – resting to 130 bpm exercise. The O2 reading has agreed exactly with the numbers on the hospital equipment 90% of the time, and the rest of the time disagreed by 1% before eventually matching. The heart rate indication has never been more than 2 beats off from either the hospital’s monitoring station, or from the 3 lead ECG portable transponder I have to wear during my appointments. The cario-pulmonary staff were impressed with the sixze, weight, accuracy, and ease of use of the Nonoin GO2, are planning on buying a number of these units for patients to wear at their exercise stations without having to go to the monitoring station for sPO2 eadings.
I also had occasion to test the Nonin customer service department late one Friday afternoon with an unusual question. I want to mount this GO2 on my trike for a Challenged Athlete 1/2 Ironman this October, as it is important I stay within the heart rate and O2 parameters the Doctor’s set for me when they gave me the OK to train for this event. My problem was that the surface of the GO2 case is so soft that the mounting tape squares couldn’t stick to the case. I e-mailed customer service, and within 15-20 minutes the product manager had emailed me back, saying that she was going to have the engineering department contact me.
Within 1 hour the Engineering manager had emaied me, stating that this was a ‘fun question’, and offering some insights into different types of industrial strength materials that were generally sold through business supply sites, rather than general consumers. When I e-mailed him back that I needed an industrial velcro or mushroom lock tape so I could move the GO2 between my training and my racing trikes, he said that he would have the engineer who designed the case contact me late this week when he is back in the office. I am really impressed by the customer service at Nonin, especially regarding an off-beat and unusual application like mine.
All told, this little device will do exactly what I want, and my experience so far is that it is backed by a solid company with great customer service.
Review by A. Christensen for Nonin GO2 Achieve FingerTip Pulse Oximeter SandStone Orange
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I’ve used this pulse oximeter for a number of months now and have had the opportunity to compare it with various models used by nurses and doctors in hospitals and clinics. It compares quite favorably at a fraction of the price. I am quite pleased.
Review by Heavy Amazon User for Polar FT60 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black with White Display)
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It took me a week of reading to decide which HRM watch to try. After a few days I narrowed the brand down to Polar, but then there’re about 30 models from them to choose from.
My intended use: I don’t run outdoors much so I don’t need a GPS. I do cardio and weights in a home gym and have been writing everything down to keep track of progress, weight loss, etc.
I wasn’t sure if I would use the extra bells and whistles beyond a Polar F6 but I was intrigued with the higher end models’ ability to test your resting fitness, plan a workout régime, monitor your progress, record weight loss, revise the plan and repeat while recording this all to the web.
So, I narrowed it down to the F55, the FT60 and the FT80. Well, the FT80 is getting horrible reviews due to dark screen, unreliable software, and other basic `version 1′ problems. The F55 seemed perfect for someone who lifts weights in their workout routine as I do so I researched further in that direction. The problem is that it only has 17 types of lifting sequences (e.g. Curl, Squat, etc.) and I agree with other reviewers that with those few, I probably wouldn’t be able to take advantage of that feature (e.g. when I do a bicep workout I do about eight different types of lifting to prevent muscle memory. And, I really didn’t like the way the F55 looks. A minor point but if you’re spending $200 on something you wear, you at least want it to look good.
Then I started reading about the FT60 but there are very few reviews from actual users, and I always read reviews before I purchase anything these days. But it looked like it would give me what I wanted, and I like the looks much more than the F55. So I got it yesterday and used it for the first time today. I have a 42 inch chest and the band fits fine (some reviewers were saying some of these bands don’t fit larger chests). In about 5 minutes I was able to enter my demographics, test my resting fitness, set a goal (maximum fitness) and begin a workout.
The screen is very easy to read, easy to change the readout while working out, and really made a difference in my ability to stay in a good cardio zone. The watch creates three zones for you (60-70%, 70-80%, 80-90% of Max Heart Rate) based on your fitness test, demographics, etc. Then it tells you how many hours per week you need to be in each of those zone to achieve your goal (maximum fitness, improve fitness or weight loss). These are all graphed on the watch so you can see where you stand for that workout or for the week. It’s a great idea and really keeps you motivated to achieve your goal.
Also, if you’re interested in tracking weight loss, the watch asks you weekly to enter your weight and it tracks that for you graphically as well. It also takes the weight change into account when planning your next week’s workout goals.
I haven’t synced it up to the web (still waiting for my usb/irda dongle) so I can’t comment about the site, but I wonder if it’s really needed because the watch is pretty easy to use to review your workout history. That said, I’d still like to have it on the web for historical analysis.
Bottomline, if you’re new to HRMs like me and are not sure if you need all these features (the F6 is about $150 cheaper!) I would take a serious look at this watch. And, if you are in the same boat as me (cardio, weights, variable routines that change so I don’t get bored) I think this watch is the best way to go.
Review by Richard K. Barry for Polar FT60 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black with White Display)
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There is a lot of discussion at [...] about wanting polar software that works natively under Mac OSX. However, I have worked with this fantastic HRM and was able to upload all the data acquired by it to the website blindingly fast on the first try using the Flowlink interface. I am running Windows XP under bootcamp. The polarpersonaltrainer website gives you lots of ways to analyze your workouts and to understand what you need to do to improve. This should not be undervalued when looking at HRMs from the various manufacturers.
I do note that the FT60 does not record your actual heart rate as a function of time for upload but it does record a whole bunch of metrics derived from your heart rate and performance over the course of a workout that are useful for understanding and improving your performance. (Frankly, I don’t know why one would want to stare at a graph showing how your heart rate varied as a function of time.) The FT80 does make an actual record of your heart rate together with these other metrics. For me, this did not really matter as the FT60 has everything I need to keep me motivated and to help me to understand my progress. You must be clear on this before deciding between the FT60 and FT80. (The FT80, as of April 15, 2009 has lots of problems and flaws from what I can tell. I wouldn’t buy it – it is an extra $100 for a bunch of misery.)
What I was after is a set of metrics or some rubric that I could measure my performance against. I now understand that just looking at your body weight is not going to do it and may be quite detrimental to your progress. The FT60 gives you several great ways to keep tabs on how you are doing and also offers a weight log so you can record that to the website as well.
By the way, the picture give for this product does not do justice to it. It is a fantastic looking watch! I wear business casual most days and frequently a suit out to dinner. This fits my wardrobe perfectly! Very handsome. It would certainly go with bluejeans and a baggy sweatshirt, too.
I have already recommended this fantastic product to co-workers and other gym rats.
Review by J. Roth for Polar FT60 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black with White Display)
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I recently purchased the FT60 for cycling training. The first few times I use it, the max hr value recorded during my training sessions was over 214 bpm. However, I never saw a value higher then 184 on the wrist unit and 214 is much higher them my max hr. I contacted support about the erratic HR readings and gave me an faq link with some tips. Unfortunately, after trying several tip, none seemed to help. I also found it odd that they publish a long list of things that cause disturbances between the wrist unit and the hr transmitter (below).
Disturbances may occur near high-voltage power lines, traffic lights, mp3 player, overhead lines of electric railways, electric bus lines or trams, televisions, car motors, bike computers, some motor-driven exercise equipment, cellular phones, or when you walk through electric security gates. Microwave ovens, computers and WLAN base stations may also cause interference. To avoid erratic readings, move away from possible sources of disturbance.
Seem unlikely that you can avoid many of these sources of disturbances while cycling (bike computers, car motors, electric lines, traffic lights, cellular phones). Maybe Polar needs to add an option to change the frequency in such cases.
The other annoying thing I noticed about the FT60 is that you can not select the wrist display to display between hr only and hr and % max hr in the same screen during training. This can only be selected during setup settings and is not easily changed on the fly during training.
Review by David A. Sifre for Polar FT60 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black with White Display)
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I had some Reward points to use from AMX so I settled on this watch. I thought it was too many points and now I realize why – I wound up getting a model with the GPS unit included… Now I have to start running!
It is very easy to set up right out of the box. My main reason for owning it was to get a measure of my fitness level as well as my heart rate. Basically, I put on the chest strap, start the exercise DVD (thank you, Gilad) press the button twice, the stopwatch starts, my heartbeat is picked up and it tells me how fast I am beating by glancing at the watch, and afterwards it tells me my average heart rate, my maximum heart rate, calories burned and how much time I spent in each “zone” I found that when doing cardio with Gilad I am mostly in zone 3, and when doing “sculpting” I am in zone 1 and 2. I do not have the “flowlink” yet, as I do not mind inputting the data manually on the website (its only 5 or 6 numbers to put in for each session- and I think I am more apt to “look” at the numbers if I type them in manually. Plus, it does not work with a mac yet.
The watch is not gorgeous. The display is very large. Looks fine but is a lot thicker than my dress watch, which is not surprising.
Review by hvaleagues for Polar FT60 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black with White Display)
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My wife wanted a HRM for her birthday and after alot of research I ordered the FT40 for her. She loves it so much that I decided to get one for myself. I opted for the FT60 instead, since it has the option where it simulates a personal trainer telling how long to work out and at which intensity based on what you tell it you want to accomplish (weight loss, fitness improvement or Max fitness level). Set up is very easy and documentation is good. You enter your height, weight, age, etc and then your goals and it creates a profile for you based on that information.
I have only had the FT60 for a week, but I find myself working out longer and at the correct intensity for my goals. Before I had no real logic to my workouts, I would just break a good sweat. With this HRM I target certain levels of intensity to be more productive and accomplish my goals. After entering all the required data and doing the fitness test built into the watch, it gave me my goals for the first week. It included overall time to work out and how much time to spend in each of the 3 zones of intensity. It tracks your progress in data and bar graph form and is real easy to understand and keeps you motivated to accomplish all the goals they give you for the week. I am a person who is competitive and find myself working out more on days where I might not have simply b/c I want to meet the goals for the week.
The watch is a great size and actually can be worn outside of the gym as its quite attractive. The Chest strap is very comfortable being made of cloth instead of plastic,like some competitors versions. A very cool feature that was a suprise to me is that the equipment at my gym picks up your HR from the chest strap wirelessly and displays your HR, which matches the watches display. Much easier to look at that then to keep glancing at your watch. This works all the cardio equip in my gym (Life Fitness treadmills, Precor ellipticals, and the Stair Master).
I also ordered the FlowLink so I can upload the data to polars personal trainer website. It works great so far. You can join competitions on the website to “compete” against others in all kinds of categories (ie. Most calories burned in a month, most miles run in a week, most weight lost, etc. You can also create your own competitions).
All in all a great product and I highly recommend it. If you don’t think you will want/use the built in “personal trainer” option, then save yourself $40 and get the FT40.