Suunto do a range of helpful products to the Octathalete and the Octathalon trainers and they all add value in a variety of ways.

The Heart rate monitors have a wide range of functions with the most comprehensive model being the T6 and they come down in price to those with less functions to the T1 range. Have a look and a read to see which might be most useful to yourself in your training or in your work.

The team pod offers a tool of real value to the Octathalon Trainer and Coach and the ability to keep, store, compare and print out a team members or a customer heart rate details will give you a real edge to your training capacity.

The accessories include products that can help monitor speed and distance on a bike outside or when running either inside or outside. The ability to compare and contrast speed and distance along with heart rate over a course or a set of training programs is invaluable to the serious trainer and the serious competitor. The PC pod offer a great easy way to immediate take the heart rate data and register it on a graph in real time on a laptop in a gym.

What will amaze you is that being digital heart rate monitors, instead of the outdated analogue version still on sale by other companies, the Suunto range will accurately pick up heart rates from many meters away from the watch and laptop and never miss a beat. We have even found this in gyms when the laptop was over 30 meters away from the heart rate strap.