Well this is a little more expensive but I have to say I am super excited to see this deal. You can get a Garmin Sports Watch with Heart Rate monitor for $149.99 today and shipping is free.
These are super pricey watches so this is actually a great price.
My Dad is the hardest person on the planet to shop for and is turning 60 this year. He does very intense workouts and we were just talking about how he needs to watch his heart rate to make sure he isn’t pushing too much. I think this is going to be a perfect gift and it will give me a lot more peace of mind.
This particular watch has these features:
- Loaded with serious training features, Forerunner 405CX continuously records your time, distance, pace, calories burned and heart rate.
- Advanced training features will challenge you to step up your pace and race against Forerunner’s Virtual Partner.
- Forerunner 405CX comes with a flexible, wireless heart rate monitor to help you make the most out of your training.
- Share your locations, advanced workouts and courses wirelessly with other Forerunner 405 users.
- Once you’ve logged the miles, innovative ANT+ wireless technology automatically transfers data to your computer when Forerunner is in range.
I think this one is designed more for runners but there are several other styles of watches to check out as well.

Do you know if there was/will be any deals or discounts on either the bodybugg or bodymedia fit??? I have been dying to get one but havent seen any deals. thanks!
FYI. This was in one of the comments and to me this is significant:
Battery life: the watch uses a non-user-replaceable battery (the bane of iPhone and Kindle 2 users) and requires a service fee from Garmin to replace. Battery life is good at about 6-8 hours in practice. Lifetime of the battery remains to be seen.
I actually bought this one for my wife.
http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Forerunner-Wireless-GPS-Enabled-Monitor/dp/B0011UNMIK/ref=pd_cp_e_1
I was looking at all of them. There are a bunch that are good deals. That one looks great Ernest- I bet she will love it.