Popular Fitness Gadgets

This is a list of fitness gadgets that John is Fit readers have been buying on Amazon.com over the past three months, sorted in order of popularity. I include bathroom scales, heart rate monitors, pedometers and other miscellaneous fitness and health products.

Popular Bathroom Scales

I was a little surprised to see that the bathroom scale that I use and recommend did not make it on the list, however two of it’s cheaper siblings did and that could be the reason why. It was also interesting that almost half of these scales were of the glass variety.

1. Omron Body Fat Monitor and Scale
2. EatSmart Digital Bathroom Scale w/ Extra Large Backlit 3.5
3. Weight Watcher Scale by Conair WW39 Digital Glass Scale
4. Tanita BF680W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Athletic Mode and Body Water
5. Homedics SC-540 LCD 400 lb/180 kg Capacity Bath Scale with Body Composition Scanner
6. Health o Meter HDL820-18 Digital Scale with LCD
7. Tanita BF679W Duo Scale Plus Body Fat Monitor with Body Water
8. Weight Watchers WW34D Glass Precision Electronic Scale
9. Weight Watchers WW43/WW43D Memory Glass Electronic Scale
10. Health o meter 844KL High Capacity Digital Bathroom Weight Scale with 1.5 in. LCD, 440 lb x 0.1 lb

Popular Heart Rate Monitors

Unlike in the previous category, in this one the heart rate monitor that I use did take the prize for most purchased, and it was by a pretty wide margin as well.

1. Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor
2. Timex T5J031 Unisex Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Watch
3. Timex T5G971 Unisex Sports Personal Heart Rate Monitor Watch
4. Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor
5. Timex T5H911 Unisex Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Watch
6. Timex T5J983 Midsize Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Watch
7. IRONMAN Race Trainer
8. Polar FT80 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black)
9. Polar WearLink+ Coded Transmitter and Belt Set (Medium-XX-Large)
10. Polar F7 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Silver)

Poplar Pedometers

My readers didn’t have much variety when it came to buying pedometers over the past quarter - these are the only models purchased.

1. Omron HJ-112 Digital Pocket Pedometer
2. Omron HJ-720ITC Pocket Pedometer with Advanced Omron Health Management Software
3. Omron HJ-303 GoSmart Tri-Axis Pocket Pedometer

Popular Misc. Fitness Gadgets

My readers purchased a wide variety of miscellaneous health and fitness products, can you spot the really unique one in the list? I didn’t know Amazon.com sold stuff like that!

1. Neti Pot Nasal Wash / Sinus Irrigation System by Rhino Horn - Blue
2. La Roche-Posay Active C Anti-Wrinkle Dermatological Treatment for Normal to Combination Skin (30ml) 1 Fluid Ounce
3. Accu-Measure Fitness 3000 Personal Body Fat Tester
4. Hem-711ac Automatic Blood Pressure Monitor
5. Philips Sonicare FlexCare Rechargeable Sonic Toothbrush
6. Bodylastics ***MAX TENSION Heavy Duty Exercise Resistance Bands System with User Book
7. Polar Cardio Sports Bra
8. Sony MDR-A35G S2 Sports Headphones with Sweat Guard Mechanism
9. Hannah Harper Squatting Love Doll
10. Orange Triad

All in all a pretty impressive list of fitness gadgets, gear, and other stuff.