I had a Cateye HR10 last year... actually two of them.
Generally it (they) functioned fine, as far as the settings and modes were concerned. I only used it to track my current heart rates so I never got into setting it up for any exercise profiles. An issue developed where the monitor would display unusually high heart rates sporadically with no apparent cause, well over 200 bpm. This happened on my bike so I tried it running in order to eliminate the bike wheel transmitter to no avail. I returned it and tried another identical unit, same result.
I had decided that, somehow, it must be me, so I dropped the idea of a monitor altogether. I didn't really need one that badly any more anyway.
Rather than just return the Cateye the second time by the vendor... long story. It was replaced with a Sigma PC15... similar enough to be comparable.
So far, a bike ride and a few runs and everything seems fine, the box says it's ECG accurate... time will tell..
There is a little more going on with the display but it's not bad. I didn't setup the heart rate zones so they were default and I inadvertently left the beep alert active. It was a little odd having the monitor beep every once in a while as I went from one zone to the next, that certainly needs adjustment. The chest strap has larger electrode pads, a good sign I think and as comfortable as any I've used before.
The instructions leave a bit to be desired. "Please take care to insert the battery the right way around (plus/minus)." There is no mention of which way the battery is supposed to go nor is there a marking on the case or cover. Lots of other almost equally confusing wording.
I do like the band and clasp. The little loop that catches the end of the extra strap keys into one of the holes so it doesn't wander and the holes are square rather than round, which may be less prone to hole stretching. The fit happens to be better for me... just bang on rather than a tad tight or a tad loose but that might be due to the slightly more elasticity in the strap too.
I wasn't aiming to really compare these two as I would say that either would work as well as the other. I might suggest that the Cateye may be the lesser of the two only due to the issue with the run away heart rate.
Jeff
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