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Polar Wear Link

DontThinkJustRun
DontThinkJustRun Posts: 248 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone use the Polar Wear Link HRM with their iPhone? Does it work?

I really really want an HRM, but I don't like having a lot of stuff with me when I run. I use my iPhone for music, and safety, but it's also my GPS. I was seeing that it could be my HRM too. Although I think the Polar is like 80 bucks, so at that point I might as well shell out a little more and get a garmin or something.

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  • lovetowrite73
    lovetowrite73 Posts: 1,244 Member
    I'm not sure what extra you'd have if you got the HRM. You wear the watch to see your readout and the chest strap with transmitter to monitor your HR.
  • schninie82
    schninie82 Posts: 502 Member
    tell me more, I have an i[hone and a polr wear link... how do I connect the two??
  • ukhennin
    ukhennin Posts: 221 Member
    You need the special wearlink chest strap with bluetooth to use it with mobile phones. The strap itself is $80. I toyed with the idea but ended up spending the $80 on the FT7.
  • TiniTurtle
    TiniTurtle Posts: 595 Member
    i didn't know they sold a polar for the iphone & i LOVE my phone & use it for everything. i'll have to look into this! ♥
  • DontThinkJustRun
    DontThinkJustRun Posts: 248 Member
    True, I guess there wouldn't be too much extra.

    If you google Heart Rate Monitor Apps, there's different apps to use it with and I think there might be another bluetooth chest strap out there.

    What was a little confusing is I couldn't tell if it the strap communicates directly via bluetooth or if there was a bluetooth transmitter that needed to plug into the phone independently.
  • ukhennin
    ukhennin Posts: 221 Member
    If your phone has bluetooth capabilities, which most phones today do, you wont need to plug anything into the phone.
  • DontThinkJustRun
    DontThinkJustRun Posts: 248 Member
    ^That's what I figured, there were just some images of some external transmitter thingy so I wasn't sure.
  • BeilaLin
    BeilaLin Posts: 189
    Interesting topic...I don't have an iphone, but will be getting one (hopefully) in the next couple of months...good to know there is an HRM feature w/ a strap.

    However w/ the controversy about whether or not cell phones emit radiation from weak cell phone signals, I would be hesitant to carry my iphone so close to my body, especially when working out. I guess it depends on the person and how much they believe the warnings to be true.
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