Polar Products

aaron_70
aaron_70 Posts: 13 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey everyone

How many of us on here use a Polar Product ? I use Polars M400 and really get on well with it - there's lots of fitness related products out there but this one seems to cover everything I want, how about you ?

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  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    edited November 2015
    I use a v800, because I wanted heart rate in the water and swimming metrics, plus the things that other products give you - well, plus I got it used at a discount that I couldn't turn down. And I certainly do give them many many points for their science and research. But, honestly, the best word for the software is "sad." I'm a programmer, and I just want to take their software in my arms and reassure it that everything will be all right, one day. I wish I could take it all apart and put it back together in a more pleasing manner. They need to make a serious additional investment in their technical staff if they want have a prayer of continuing to compete with Garmin and Fitbit, and they need to put a women or three on their design team (for the same reason). I also had been considering buying the new 360 until I found out it didn't have GPS. I'm still wondering what was up with that decision.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I've had my Polar FT7 for a year. Never had any issues with it.
  • aaron_70
    aaron_70 Posts: 13 Member
    sheermomentum wrote: »
    I use a v800, because I wanted heart rate in the water and swimming metrics, plus the things that other products give you - well, plus I got it used at a discount that I couldn't turn down. And I certainly do give them many many points for their science and research. But, honestly, the best word for the software is "sad." I'm a programmer, and I just want to take their software in my arms and reassure it that everything will be all right, one day. I wish I could take it all apart and put it back together in a more pleasing manner. They need to make a serious additional investment in their technical staff if they want have a prayer of continuing to compete with Garmin and Fitbit, and they need to put a women or three on their design team (for the same reason). I also had been considering buying the new 360 until I found out it didn't have GPS. I'm still wondering what was up with that decision.

    Thanks for your reply
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    I use a FT60 HRM and really like it.
    Allows me to customise settings with my tested VO2 max and max HR which is useful as I'm a bit of an outlier.
    The fitness test / ownindex feature is interesting and seems to correlate well with my fitness levels.

    The chest strap seems far more reliabe than the one that came with my earlier FT7.
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    I have an H7 chest strap HRM. I use it with a couple of apps on my phone. It works well.
  • ScubaSteve1962
    ScubaSteve1962 Posts: 609 Member
    I'm using a V800 now, I've used an FT 80 and loop, I've loved everyone of them. I like the V800 for the waterproof HRM feature, GPS and the different profiles. I was able to get it new at a discount since I only need the watch, already had a sensor.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    I've used several (like half a dozen) - they are very good. But I'm currently more of a Garmin guy.
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