Polar FT4 reviews?

underthecherrytree

I was considering getting the Polar FT7 but I have been hearing good things about the FT4. Can I get some options from people who have it? Pros? Cons?

KarenJanine

I have FT4. Pros? It's cheaper! I was looking for something not too fancy to use in conjunction with a fitbit to get an idea of my total daily calorie burn.

I'm not sure how much better the FT7 is in terms of accuracy. The FT4 can only store 10 files of workout data but i believe the FT7 can store up to 100 files. I think the FT7 can also alert you when you are in the 'training zone' of heart rate which the FT4 does not.


I love my FT4 and have been very happy with it. So far I have not needed to store more than 10 training files and would not use the 'training zone' function anyway as the beeping would be too annoying for me!

Di3012

I was considering getting the Polar FT7 but I have been hearing good things about the FT4. Can I get some options from people who have it? Pros? Cons?

FT4 here.

I don't know anything about the FT7, but have heard excellent reports regarding it.

Regarding the FT4, it is super-easy to setup, altering stuff like your weight (as it changes) on it is easypeasy and takes all of 10 seconds and for me, it gave out all the information I needed when recording my training sessions and races in my diary at home -

Calories burned
Time for the session/race - ie stopwatch
Average heartrate
Maximum heartrate for the session/race
The amount of time my HR was "in zone" - which I use as a pointer for my own studies and it is extremely useful.

On a sidenote, the watch came into its own during interval training, it really did. I got mine off Amazon and love it.

mogletdeluxe

I swear by the FT4. It may not have some of the bells and whistles that the FT7 has, but I'm not after them, so...

Can't do better in terms of basic, reliable HRM.

EvgeniZyntx

Have both in the house - the FT4 is fine unless you want to upload data and look at fatigue and resting HR over time.