Does anyone have the Polar FT7?

Tricia82

I just purchased the Polar FT7 and was wondering if anyone has it also and how much they like or dislike it?

Annieminnesota

I do and I love it! No more guessing how many calories I"ve burned. Also, I like to see how high I can get my heart rate up. Kinda like a game. hehe

rml_16

I just got one a few weeks ago to replace my old F4. I loved my F4, but the battery was going and had to be sent in to the company to replace. I wanted something with a few more bells and whistles. I like it.

smilebhappy

I do and I love it

Pronoiac

bump

eddie8131

I like it, it's pretty basic and works great. But it has one "flaw" that bugs me, it does not show the Heart Rate and the Elapsed Time on the same screen as my now discontinued F6 did. Plus you have to buy a separate thingy to upload the exercises to the Polar website tracking thing (like $40),or you can just log in manually here I just put in an exercise note with my HR data. But it's better than the way the F6 did data transfer via sound waves to your microphone. So overall I like it a lot for the price they charge (hint: get it on amazon not at the store). Hope this helps.

healthyliving_girl

I have that on my wish list for Christmas.

:crossing my fingers:

hahaha

wolf23

I have the FT7 and have had it for a couple years now and still love it. Reason being is that you can change the batteries in it yourself, it syncs with Polar equipment at the gym, and doesn't pick up other individual's HRM signals. Although, I do find it a tad confusing when you have to change the settings and the clock. All in all, I am satisfied.

fasttrack27

I have the FT40, but if its a Polar you can't go wrong. It gets kind of addicting, actually, keeping track of the workouts. And i met someone recently who feels it saved her life from a heart problem discovered by bizarre HR readings on her monitor.

DivaGettingFit

i have one. purchased it a few months ago. i have owned 3 before this one and this one gives me the lowest numbers even if i work really hard. I'm used to burning about 500 cals/hour or more but this one gives me about 300/hour

JetzGurl

I have the FT7 and I love it. It syncs with the Precor and Life Fitness machines at my gym and I like that it stores 99 workouts because I often use my treadmill at home before taking my kids to their swim classes at the Y and then use the elliptical there. I've accidentally hit the continue button on the drive so it screws my calorie tracking. Now I just end the workout and start the next one. I can review them both when I get home and enter them.

Tricia82

Thanks everyone I have ordered it so I am trying to be patient for its arrival and I am so excited!! I also ordered the 30 day shred and ripped in 30 so I am super excited to start all of it!!

MissMarthaGrace

I've had my FT7 for a few weeks now and love it! Love the fact that I can change my own battery AND that the fabric strap can go in the wash machine!

photo_kyla

I really like mine.
+1 on all the positives listed so far.
The only negatives are the sensitivity of the pause/end button and sensor error. I wear the watch part on my right wrist, so on certain machines at the gym my gloves will hit the (pause/cancel) button without me knowing. Usually I'll hear the little beep and catch it, but if the noise level is high, I've not noticed it for 10 minutes before and it missed a chunk of my workout. The sensor error seems to happen if I don't have quite enough moisture on the sensing portion of the chest strap or if it's too loose. It just means I have to stop my workout and go into the bathroom to readjust.

deanmarino

LOVE IT!!!!!!

tageekly

I have this model and LOVE it. I don't know how I worked out before it! I feel like my calories are pretty accurate because I've been losing more consistently since having this HRM and using those calories for my MFP log.

I really like that the machines at the gym sync with it so I don't have to hold the sensors to see my HR and I can upload the data to their website to review it. Like eddie8131 I wish it showed HR, time and calories on the same screen, rather than cycling through but that's a small thing.

eddie8131

Thanks everyone I have ordered it so I am trying to be patient for its arrival and I am so excited!! I also ordered the 30 day shred and ripped in 30 so I am super excited to start all of it!!

Yay happy for your committment that is awesome. Good luck to you!!

eddie8131

I have this model and LOVE it. I don't know how I worked out before it! I feel like my calories are pretty accurate because I've been losing more consistently since having this HRM and using those calories for my MFP log.

I really like that the machines at the gym sync with it so I don't have to hold the sensors to see my HR and I can upload the data to their website to review it. Like eddie8131 I wish it showed HR, time and calories on the same screen, rather than cycling through but that's a small thing.

Yeah I wish I had known this ahead of time but like you say it is a little thing. ))

cmgehrke

does it have the zones and calorie burn that you can see?

Kany

I do and I love it! The best thing I bought myself this year.

chazbo35

yes and for the same reason most everyone else said in here lol. I actually didnt know/think about it syncing with the equipment at the gym but I quickly found that out. I have a friend that works at ****s and he spoke very highly of it and knowing his background in fitness, I figured it was going to be the best choice. good luck

chazbo35

OMG...this thing censored me LOL....the store D-I-C-K-S...geesh sorry wasnt trying to be crude on here hahaha

BeccaB1981

I just got one a couple days ago and so far I really like it!!

Question for everyone...
How often do you use yours?? Do you only use it when doing an actual workout or do you use it for certain normal everyday things too? For example, I went shopping last night and was carrying my 22 lb baby the whole time and trying on a lot of clothes and I had really wished I still had my hrm on so I could see how many cals I was burning during that time.

tageekly

Thanks everyone I have ordered it so I am trying to be patient for its arrival and I am so excited!! I also ordered the 30 day shred and ripped in 30 so I am super excited to start all of it!!

I just finished 30DS and the first week of Ripped in 30 - I'd love to hear your results when you're done. I lost 12" and about 7 pounds during the Shred and I'm hoping for more with Ripped.

tageekly

does it have the zones and calorie burn that you can see?

Yes. It calibrates your fat/fitness burning zones and you can cycle through the screens that show your HR, time of workout and time of day, and calories burned.

tageekly

I just got one a couple days ago and so far I really like it!!

Question for everyone...
How often do you use yours?? Do you only use it when doing an actual workout or do you use it for certain normal everyday things too? For example, I went shopping last night and was carrying my 22 lb baby the whole time and trying on a lot of clothes and I had really wished I still had my hrm on so I could see how many cals I was burning during that time.

I only wear mine during actual workouts - the other stuff like cleaning and shopping I figure as part of my activity level in my MFP Goals setting. You could wear it during those other times but it's really meant for exercise.

Bubs05

I just got one a couple days ago and so far I really like it!!

Question for everyone...
How often do you use yours?? Do you only use it when doing an actual workout or do you use it for certain normal everyday things too? For example, I went shopping last night and was carrying my 22 lb baby the whole time and trying on a lot of clothes and I had really wished I still had my hrm on so I could see how many cals I was burning during that time.

I only wear mine during actual workouts - the other stuff like cleaning and shopping I figure as part of my activity level in my MFP Goals setting. You could wear it during those other times but it's really meant for exercise.

Agreed, you are only supposed to wear it for exercise. However, I guess if you have your activity level set at sedentary and you go rake leaves for 3 hours, that counts as exercise. It is definitely not meant for all day use.

**Edit - And by the way...LOVE mine!

BeccaB1981

I just got one a couple days ago and so far I really like it!!

Question for everyone...
How often do you use yours?? Do you only use it when doing an actual workout or do you use it for certain normal everyday things too? For example, I went shopping last night and was carrying my 22 lb baby the whole time and trying on a lot of clothes and I had really wished I still had my hrm on so I could see how many cals I was burning during that time.

I only wear mine during actual workouts - the other stuff like cleaning and shopping I figure as part of my activity level in my MFP Goals setting. You could wear it during those other times but it's really meant for exercise.

Agreed, you are only supposed to wear it for exercise. However, I guess if you have your activity level set at sedentary and you go rake leaves for 3 hours, that counts as exercise. It is definitely not meant for all day use.

**Edit - And by the way...LOVE mine!

Oh yeah, I didn't mean all day use. Just those extra things. My activity level is set to sedentary so I like to log the extra stuff but I don't log things like cleaning or anything that I do daily anyways.

brocantrs

Love it!

amberlee08

Ladies, i'm interested in this one but I have small wrists. Anyone have any problems with theirs being too big?

yankeedownsouth

Ladies, i'm interested in this one but I have small wrists. Anyone have any problems with theirs being too big?

My wrists are pretty small, and I don't have a problem. Love my Polar!