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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I can’t tell you anything about the C6.  But my experience with the Nike Triax 100, Nike’s first speed and distance monitor, was horrible.  The For what it is worth, this is my experience with Nike electronics.  I personally will never buy one of their products again.  The C6 could be a much better product, I don’t know.  I suggest that you do your home work. Google a little bit about Nike and Polar heart rate monitors and see what other users have to say. Then make your decision.  I believe it is clear what I would do. I agree that Nike sells their name.  But you would think that they’d only do it with quality products to avoid ruining their name.  The fact that Nike sells MP3 players is pretty funny!  Anyway, I want to thank you very much for your post.  You’ve got me seriously reconsidering the Nike Triax C6.  Basically if someone in this group can’t say something good about it then I’m very suspicious. I’ve been looking at the Polar S210.  There are a few things I don’t like about Polar: – Must send watch to Polar for battery replacement (expensive and should be unecessary for a properly designed watch) – They don’t honor warranties from watches sold new on ebay, which I think is not good This means I have to buy it from a dealer at a higher price.  All that said, I’m convinced the Polar watches are of good quality and I prefer to spend $60 more and get Polar than the Nike.  In the past I’ve bought cheap and bought twice. Thanks again Michael

You can’t beat Polar for quality. I had one for almost 8 years, hoping it would die so I could justify getting a new one. It finally did die in a hard rain. I then bought an S-610i from http://www.polar4less.com. I’ve been very pleased with this model. Phil M. — If you can empty your own boat Crossing the river of the world, No one will oppose you, No one will seek to harm you. -Chuang Tzu

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I agree that Nike sells their name.  But you would think that they’d only do it with quality products to avoid ruining their name.

They are money whores, the put their name on the cheapest junk possible. Nike sucks.

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I can’t tell you anything about the C6.  But my experience with the Nike Triax 100, Nike’s first speed and distance monitor, was horrible.  The For what it is worth, this is my experience with Nike electronics.  I personally will never buy one of their products again.  The C6 could be a much better product, I don’t know.  I suggest that you do your home work. Google a little bit about Nike and Polar heart rate monitors and see what other users have to say.  Then make your decision.  I believe it is clear what I would do.

I agree that Nike sells their name.  But you would think that they’d only do it with quality products to avoid ruining their name.  The fact that Nike sells MP3 players is pretty funny!  Anyway, I want to thank you very much for your post.  You’ve got me seriously reconsidering the Nike Triax C6.  Basically if someone in this group can’t say something good about it then I’m very suspicious. I’ve been looking at the Polar S210.  There are a few things I don’t like about Polar: – Must send watch to Polar for battery replacement (expensive and should be unecessary for a properly designed watch) – They don’t honor warranties from watches sold new on ebay, which I think is not good This means I have to buy it from a dealer at a higher price.  All that said, I’m convinced the Polar watches are of good quality and I prefer to spend $60 more and get Polar than the Nike.  In the past I’ve bought cheap and bought twice. Thanks again Michael

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I can’t tell you anything about the C6.  But my experience with the Nike Triax 100, Nike’s first speed and distance monitor, was horrible.  The product concept was very appealing (and I still believe it is), but the actual execution was a disaster.  Out of the box it had a wide range of problems.  My local running store was very helpful, they replaced the system (watch and/or sensor) about 4 or 5 times.  During the two years of warranty I returned the product also to the service center (its a contractor for Nike) for repair at least 5 times, which cost me roughly $100 on shipping fees, not to talk about the time I was without my monitor.  Two months before the warranty expired, my dealer gave me a new watch, the warranty service replaced the sensor again with a brand new one.  About one week after the warranty expired, the two months old sensor failed again.  I called Nike (Nike apparently doesn’t want to receive customer calls, they don’t provide phone numbers, but the helpful techie at the warranty service center gave me a phone number).  I talked to a "product manager" (he appeared to be very much bothered by my call), explained the situation, and asked what Nike would be willing to do to help me.  He tried to get rid of me, referred me back to the repair service.  I stood my course, saying that this would be a Nike decision, not a repair contractor decision.  The answer was finally a very clear "nothing".  I got no apology, no explanation, no "we are sorry for the problems you had with our product",  just one word: "nothing"). I said thank you, hung up, went online and ordered the Garmin Forerunner 201.  I now own a $250 wrist watch with the Nike logo on it.  By the way, my experience with the Triax 100 is not unique.  Several runners in my training group had very similar problems. For what it is worth, this is my experience with Nike electronics.  I personally will never buy one of their products again.  The C6 could be a much better product, I don’t know.  I suggest that you do your home work. Google a little bit about Nike and Polar heart rate monitors and see what other users have to say.  Then make your decision.  I believe it is clear what I would do. Manfred

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I run 2-3x a week for about 30 minutes, to relieve stress, stay in shape, and keep the pounds off.  I’d like to buy a HRM, and from what I’ve seen Nike and Polar seem to be the best.  I think Polar seems to be better but they’re more expensive and the battery change can be a problem.  I have read up on the Nike watches and I think the Triax C6 seems to be the best match for me and my wife (we’ll be sharing the watch, she does cardio and weights at the gym).  I like the multiple heart rate zones and the calorie counter features.  I was suprised that when I search google there are only 3 posts mentioning this watch.  It doesn’t seem to be very popular.  I’m curious if someone can give me some advice here, is the Triax C6 ok?  Or should I spend some more money for a Polar (if so which model)? Thanks Michael

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BVuy the Polar, the nike watches and HRM’s are junk.

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I run 2-3x a week for about 30 minutes, to relieve stress, stay in shape, and keep the pounds off.  I’d like to buy a HRM, and from what I’ve seen Nike and Polar seem to be the best.  I think Polar seems to be better but they’re more expensive and the battery change can be a problem.  I have read up on the Nike watches and I think the Triax C6 seems to be the best match for me and my wife (we’ll be sharing the watch, she does cardio and weights at the gym).  I like the multiple heart rate zones and the calorie counter features.  I was suprised that when I search google there are only 3 posts mentioning this watch.  It doesn’t seem to be very popular.  I’m curious if someone can give me some advice here, is the Triax C6 ok?  Or should I spend some more money for a Polar (if so which model)? Thanks Michael

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