Fantastic product, available from Lidl's. It's really easy to set up, and picks up your heart beat without any fuss as soon as you put the band on. Time will tell whether it is anywhere near as comfortable or reliable as Polar HRM kit, but the Crivit monitor should definitely compare favourably to the Cateye and Cardiosport HRM competition.
One month on... my first impressions: Generally the monitor performs very well, with a comfortable transmitter belt and good reception on the wrist-watch. However, when I start out on a ride and my heart rate lifts to 150-odd BPM, the monitor instantly starts beeping at me because it thinks my heart rate is over 190BPM! My heart rate only reaches this high on prolonged, extreme exertion, certainly not at the start of a leisurely ride. Not sure what to make of this, but it does settle down after five minutes or so.
Another small niggle is the feeble metal buckle on the watch strap; the arm swings around quite freely and when you're trying to tighten the buckle it easily slips the wrong side of the retaining plate, which means you have to take the strap out and start again. It's really trivial, but irksome nonetheless.
Over a year on... how has it lasted? I haven't used the HRM very much, as I haven't been riding much competitive or endurance events. However, having just worn it on a 10-mile time trial I can say that it performs exactly the same as the first time I used it. The monitor still has the annoying problem of 'flipping out' at high exertion, and I think that its reading of 180 beats per minute for most of my ride was just too high.
The Manual
For the benefit of people who need the manual, I've scanned the English version in and you can download it as a PDF. The quality's not great, but it may be better than nothing. You can also find a bunch of manuals on the inter-quartz.de website.
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john.doe.192.88
on 12 July 2011
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Just bought the new crivit hrm from lidl, its for 12.xx, going to try and get it started.
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Bob
on 23 June 2011
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Any one know where you can get a new strap for the watch my one just snaped
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chas ching
on 28 May 2011
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Yes, it was the battery Doh! I expected it to last longer,but I may have used it more than I realised when accessing the subfeatures or forgot to go out of HR mode after training use, but the display didn't indicate LOW BATT as in the manual.Any comments on battery life?
I agree with IAN ref the START/STOP function, otherwise ok, so far! Chas.
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chas ching
on 26 May 2011
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I have had my HRM 2 months,it's been fine until now,but can't get HR to register,tried wetting area etc, everything else seems ok.Dont realy want the trouble of take/ send baek,as very pleased till now.ANY Ideas?
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Hasse
on 04 April 2011
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Do you now if the chest belt transmitt wih Bluetooth ? I would like to connect it to my smartphone
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tim
on 15 February 2011
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how much is the HRM
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John Swindells
on 15 February 2011
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it was £25, if I recall correctly.
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Ian
on 25 February 2011
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Not sure if I have missed a trick but the frustrating thing about the Crivit is as soon as its strapped on it sets off all the counters there seems to be no start/stop function when used in HRM Mode. I simply want to measure after exercise the Av HR, total time, calories/%fat burned and timed my HR was in the set zone. But as all the values are activated as soon as you put it on, time is wasted having to go through all the selections as quick as you can to reset the values back to zero before setting off and the only way to stop the counters after exercise appears to be taking the strap off asap or is there a page missing from my manual?
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Danielle
on 16 November 2010
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I can't seem to get the watch to pick up my resting heart rate - it picks up once I've started running but not before that - any ideas?
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John Swindells
on 16 November 2010
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That's odd, but maybe the sensor pads aren't moist enough before you strap the belt on. Just a little bit of water is needed. Let me know if that helps!
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Patrick de Boevere
on 06 September 2010
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I dislike the fact that the chrono does not record the avg or actual heartrate during excersize. This is handy for evaluating races and training-runs.
A real missed option, which rules out serious users.
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Haigougi
on 06 September 2010
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Hi,
I bought the Crivit sports watch in order to count Heart rate, time etc.
However, it seems that I have lost the manual and unfortunately, I can not set up the watch.
Do you know where I can find a manual for this?
even if the manual is not for my watch, I guess it will have almost the same settings.
I would really appreciate if you could help.
Thnx,
Haigouhi
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John Swindells
on 06 September 2010
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Hi Haigougi, I've uploaded a PDF of the Crivit manual. Please check this page for the link.
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Filip
on 04 August 2010
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I need user manual for this watch? If somebody have it please mail me on buzarovski@gmail.com.
Thanks,
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John Swindells
on 06 September 2010
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Check back on my page for the Crivit HRM manual! I've just uploaded a PDF version.
een paar vragen bij de werking van de stappenteller hoe word de gemiddelde snelheid gemeten en wat betekend de stopwatch
[Rough translation to English: A few questions in the operation: how to measure the average speed; and what does the stopwatch do?]
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ANTONIO
on 15 July 2010
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me he comprado uno no tiene mala pinta
[Rough translation to English: I have bought myself one, it doesn't feel bad]
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Fantastic product, available from Lidl's. It's really easy to set up, and picks up your heart beat without any fuss as soon as you put the band on. Time will tell whether it is anywhere near as comfortable or reliable as Polar HRM kit, but the Crivit monitor should definitely compare favourably to the Cateye and Cardiosport HRM competition.
