Does anyone use a heart rate monitor & gps on their horse?

[Sults]

Thinking of a christmas present my bf could get me and i've kinda looked at these in the past but they are not cheap and i'm not sure which are the best ones. Ideally a gps, stopwatch & heart rate monitor in one would be best! But has anyone got this kit...?

http://www.equinefitness.co.uk/gps-speed-distance-and-digital-heart-monitor-c20.html

or recommend another type?

 

[Sults]

Oops, not that one, that is really expensive and i don't want to have to use a different girth. This is the link that i meant to post...

http://www.bhipltd.co.uk/heartratemonitor/bluehr-horse-heart-rate-bluetooth.html

 

[cheeryplatypus]

Are you planning that the monitor for the horse is worn during ridden work?
I looked at loads earlier this year and bought one in the spring, however I thought that the strap ones could only be worn for lunging or driving the horse and that you need the pads for ridden work? So I bought the one with the two pads and the transmitter.

I have the polar equine one with the little pads which slip in by the shoulder and under the girth. It's great! You have to bear with it a little until you get the knack of the correct amount of lubricant to put on to make the pad contact the horse. Once they start sweating its not a problem though. I attach the transmitter to the loop on the front of my saddle.

I'd give them an email and check what they recommend for what you want to do.

 

[cheeryplatypus]

This is the one I got (except I bought it off eBay)
It doesn't do any fancy Bluetooth but does bleep and give you the rate as you work and cool down.

http://www.polar.com/en/products/equine/equine_inzone

 

[midogrey]

As above, I use polar equine and one of the free apps on a phone for distance time etc, endomodo I think it's called, you can save them on your compute as well so you can have a full record of time, distance and it recorders route on basic map,
Great for training and fittening as you can see how heart rate is improving over time

 

[Buddy'sMum]

Another vote for Polar! I use the RS800CX with the G3 GPS thingy, love it.

 

[2horsesnomoney]

yep yet another vote for the polar one its fab i use it everytime i ride as someone elses said it takes a bit od getting use to but its ok and it was on sale amazon, it was cheeper when i got mine but not bad price.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=polar equine

 

[Follysmum]

I have the Equine Fitness girth and bought a garmin separate. Equine Fitness paired my garmin up for me ( was much cheaper that way). I also have the Polar heart rate .