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I just use a very basic one, the only reason I use an HRM is that when I am pushing up a hill I want to know if my heart rate is higher than I want it to be. And when I am exercising, I often glance at it to see if I am relaxing too much.
In other words, I just want an instantaneous number, nothing else.
If you have specific things in mind, then go shopping.
I consider it to be like the tachometer in my truck, it has an automatic transmission so I certainly do not use the tach to shift, but I like to know how fast the engine is ticking over.
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