Garmin FR60 Men's Red Fitness Watch (Includes Heart Rate Monitor and USB ANT Stick)

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Product Description

Log every mile and every minute with FR60, a sleek fitness watch plus workout tool that tracks your time, heart rate and calories burned.

Use FR60's training tools to get the most out of your workout. Then, FR60 wirelessly sends your workout data to your computer for later analysis.

Garmin Forerunner 60 (Men's Red)

Flexible digital heart rate monitor provides instant feedback about how hard you're working.

Once you've logged the miles, FR60 automatically transfers data to your PC or Mac, wirelessly when in range.

Train Indoors or Out
In the gym or on the road, FR60 tracks all your workout data, including time, heart rate, calories burned, lap times and averages, and more.

FR60 boasts advanced training tools, such as training alarms and Virtual Partner, which lets you race against a virtual training partner to improve your performance.

At the heart of its success is FR60's wireless ANT+ technology, which allows it to connect to other ANT+ compatible devices, like the included heart rate monitor, optional foot pod (not included), or even ANT+ compatible fitness equipment.

Go for Distance
With the ANT+ seamless wireless link, FR60 connects to the optional wireless foot pod (not included), which tracks your distance and speed effortlessly, both indoors and out.

Using advanced accelerometer technology, the foot pod (not included) collects and sends precise data about your movements, gathering distance and speed data that is 98 percent accurate, right out of the box.

Listen to Your Heart
FR60 also connects wirelessly to a lightweight, flexible digital heart rate monitor, providing instant feedback about how hard you're working.

FR60 continuously tracks heart beats per minute and displays your heart rate zone, so you can monitor and improve your fitness level.

Also available in Men's Black

Cross-Train
When paired with an optional speed/cadence sensor, FR60 tracks the speed and distance of your cycling workouts.

The wireless speed/cadence sensor attaches securely to your bike and measures your pedaling cadence and wheel speed as you ride. You can even use it to train indoors because the sensor attaches to your rear wheel.

Sync and Share
Once you've logged the miles, FR60 automatically transfers data to your PC or Mac, wirelessly when in range. No cables, no hookups. The data's just there, ready for you to analyze, categorize, and share through the Garmin Connect online community.

Pick Your Form Factor
Males and females may train alike, but they have different preferences when it comes to watch styling.

So, Garmin offers a men’s and women’s version of FR60 that differs only in size and color options.

The men’s model, which weighs 1.6 ounces, comes in black or red on black (shown here, 010-00743-21).

The women’s model, at 1.4 ounces, comes in black or lilac.

What's in the Box
FR60, heart rate monitor, USB ANT Stick, quick start manual, and owners manual on disk

Product Details

Bundle includes FR60, heart rate monitor, USB ANT Stick, quick start manual
Water resistant to 50 meters
Can be used for running, cycling and other fitness activities calculating time, heart rate and distance
ANT+ technology: Wirelessly connect to heart rate monitor, foot pod and speed cadence sensor, then share fitness data with your computer
Battery life: One year, user-replaceable coin cell battery

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Customer Reviews

Excellent heart rate monitor - records heart rate history

Review Date: March 5, 2010

Reviewer: D. Barry,

I have owned several heart rate monitors over the years. I have recently begun working with a trainer on my strength and fitness. I was looking for a watch that would easily let me see how my pulse had varied throughout our workouts. All the watches show your current heart rate, but with this one, you can download the data into your computer and see a graph of exactly how your heart rate varied throughout the activity.
For me this watch with its accompanying strap and ANT stick is exactly what I was looking for.

Initial set-up of the watch was easy. With only a few buttons, all of these watches require that you read the instructions, but once you have done so, it is relatively simple. I am a Mac user, and was able to download the Garmin ANT Agent, and Garmin Training Center and install them without any problems.
The watch was immediately recognized and transferred the data across.

The software shows a graph of heart rate versus time, and will even let you set markers at points on the graph and display the times, time interval and pulse rate difference between them. This is really neat if you are interested in seeing how your heart rate recovery is. Just set one point on the peak heart rate, and then put the second one 60 seconds later and you get an immediate read out of the number of beats per minute your heart rate has dropped in that minute. So much better to be able to go back and do this at your leisure than worrying about it in the middle of a workout.

I need glasses to read, but the display is large enough that I have no difficulty in reading the pulse rate on the display while working out.

As others have said, being able to change the batteries in the strap yourself is a big plus over some other models.

I don't know about the more sophisticated functions like zones and pacing as I am not interested in using them, but for what I want the watch for, it is fantastic. Sharing the graphs with my trainer has given him a new way of looking at how he structures the workouts.

Mostly excellent

Review Date: December 5, 2009

Reviewer: Michael Case, Kennewick, WA 99338

I was drawn to the Garmin FR60 as it represents one of the least expensive full-featured heart rate monitors which can download training data to a computer. Since I do a good chunk of my training indoors on a treadmill, particularly in the winter, a GPS based system was not required.

My experience with the Garmin FR60 has been mostly positive. First, it's important to point out this watch is sold in at least 3 different bundles. There's the basic heart rate monitor only (all black watch), this version (red) which includes an ANT+ Stick used to download training data to a computer, and a more expensive version which includes a foot pod for measuring distance. When shopping for this watch, be sure you know which bundle you're ordering, I had to return the black version after ordering it without realizing it didn't include the ANT+ Stick.

The watch itself is a nice form factor, smaller than the large Polar S120 I'm replacing. Initial setup is easy, the included quickstart guide walks you through the procedure in straightforward fashion. The screen is easy to read, and navigation between menus and setting adjustments is easy. My only gripe with the watch is the placement of the Lap/Split and Start/Stop buttons. Quite simply, these should be reversed. The Start/Stop button is a large white button centered just below the display area, it's quite easy to press. The Lap/Split button is a small button on the side of the watch and takes a firm touch to trigger. When I'm running hard, it's takes a bit of concentration to record a lap, certainly more than I'd like. I expect I'll get more comfortable with this as I use the watch more.

The heart rate strap fits comfortably and is in most ways quite similar to my familiar Polar T31 chest strap with one important exception, it has a door through which I can replace the battery. The Polar strap has to be sent back for a new battery, and a replacement strap is $30-40. The replacable battery on the Garmin is a nice upgrade. As for function, the heart rate is recorded accurately and I've yet to see it interrupted by interference. Of note, the Garmin HR strap does not appear to be compatible with any treadmill I've seen, the watch still records HR accurately, but the treadmill will not display HR on screen. Polar seems to have cornered the market here.

Once a workout is complete, recorded heart rate data can be downloaded to a computer via the ANT+ Stick, a simple USB stick. Once setup, the download process is quite easy. Garmin offers two options for logging your data, the desktop-only Garmin TrainingCenter (which must be downloaded) or the web-based Garmin Connect. I've tried them both, and find the TrainingCenter software easier to use, particularly when viewing heart rate data graphs. If you spring for the footpod, the software will correlate HR, time, and distance. Workout notes can be entered, making this a nice all-around training log. It seems like development is on-going for the web-based Garmin Connect, so it's possible it will get improved features in the future. Note that the data can be exported from either program as XML-based TCX files which can be processed into Excel sheets (with third party software) or uploaded to other third-party training log software. If you're comfortable with the format, the TCX files can be edited directly to include data not recorded by the watch (distance if not measured by the foot pod, calories burned, etc).

Overall this setup has allowed me to do exactly what I had hoped; accurately record my heart rate over training runs and download it to a computer for review and analysis and comparison with previous workouts. I'm excited enough about the system that I'll be adding the SDM4 Footpod to record distance as well. If the Lap and Start/Stop buttons we're swapped, it would be the perfect non-GPS based running tool, and an excellent value as one of the least expensive heart rate monitors which can download to a computer.

Very disappointed!

Review Date: November 23, 2009

Reviewer: Ton,

I was very disappointed with the FR60. I've literally spent hours trying to get a calorie burn count, but finally gave up. I have read several online troubleshooting forums, tried multiple downloads to update the firmware and it just wouldn't work. Why should something so basic be made so complicated? I don't know why they insist on making you connect with the website for the exercise data. Why can't there be a local option? I tried and tried but it just wouldn't work. I regret this purchase.

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