Re: Heart Monitors

Truman Prevatt (truman.prevatt@netsrq.com)
Thu, 21 Nov 1996 09:57:12 -0400

>I am planning on purchasing a Heart Monitor or making large hints for
>Christmas. I am intrigued with the easy care monitor that has the band
>that the monitor goes on so that it will stay on when you pull your saddle.
>I am currently doing Natrc and often pull my saddle at the P&R stops, but
>I would like to be able to see the pulse while the horse is resting.
>Does any one have any experience with this type of monitor? Everyone I
>know has the monitors with the electrodes.
>Does v-max have a model that would be able to be left on the horse when
>the tack is pulled? Thanks for any info. I have been so impressed with
>the Quality of the topics lately. AWESOME!
>

I know of two people who had problems with this type of arrangement. The
first was irritation from the band. The second is the monitor actually
fell off during a ride and was lost.

Since I try to come into a check close to parameters pulling the saddle is
no big deal. You can get elastic belts (Roger sells them) you can quickly
put on your horse after you remove the saddle. For the price of a spare
set of electrods (which I always have on hand) you can quickly disconnect
the tranmitter and connect it to this belt. The whole process takes less
than a minute.

Truman

Truman Prevatt
Sarasota, FL