Sports Instruments (SI) was a Utah based company with 3-4 employees that was sold to Bell Sports in 2004 (and Bell Sports was later sold to Easton Sports in 2006). SI's activities had slowed, and it is reasonable to believe that SI Pro, Fit and ECG Heart Rate Wristwatches were last produced in 2003 or earlier. Products were made in Asia by a reputable factory.Designer and competitive masters athlete Bill Corliss created products with an intelligently designed user interface that was easy to use. The Pro 7 and Pro 9 Hear Rate Wristwatches provided detailed and valuable data for the serious athlete. (The Pro 9 Metal adds a hefty chunk of weight to your wrist.) The Fit and the earlier ECG Fitness Heart Rate Wristwatches had fewer advanced features. The chest transmitter should work with most fitness equipment designed to work with the Polar standard.
If you buy an SI watch, you should know that the original batteries are at the end of their life. Unless the seller has recently replaced batteries, you will quickly or immediately face the burden and cost of dealing with battery issues.
Replacing the watch batteries is too difficult for most consumers. Even a professional repair person must use care to maker certain that the parts are precisely returned to the original positions to maintain water resistance. Expect to pay $9-20 to have the watch battery replaced, and tell your repair person you want the product to keep its water resistance. The battery on the wireless chest transmitter may be less drained than the watch's and is user replaceable, a nice feature. The chest transmitter's CR2032 3-volt lithium battery should be available for under $4. Total outlay for 2 batteries: $13-24.
The Sports Instruments Pro, Fit and ECG products are closeouts with manufacturing dates of 2003 or earlier. If you are willing to deal with battery replacement issues, make certain that you get a good enough price to justify the added repair burdens ... and that you get good information about how to obtain warranty service from a brand that is no longer produced.
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Product Description:
The Pro 9 Metal has all the performance and features from the Pro 9, along with a sleek, high-end casing utilizing a stainless steel body and premium-quality mineral crystal face. Sports Watch features include day and date, two time zones, daily alarm and stopwatch. Heart Rate features intuitive menu-based navigation; 5 auto-program training zones; 5 memory files w/ride time, average and max HR and time in each zone; HR as number, % of max or % of AT; and 224 lap chrono.
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