Polar F11 Blue Glow Heart Rate Monitor (F11F BLU N)
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Customer Reviews
AMAZING!
This is an amazing piece of work! It does everything it says on the tin plus it tells the time!
This hrm has helped me track my workouts, keep my heart rate at the correct level and tell me my fat percentage! Its also quite cool in the way that it transmits the data from the watch to my laptop (the watch makes a beeping sound, you hold it against the computer mic and the computer picks it up!)
I love it and would recommend it 100%
p.s ive not tried it swimming yet so I cant rate that element yet.
Y. shorter
Another top quality product from Polar
I just have to second the opinion that this monitor is an extremely useful training tool for anyone trying to improve their health and fitness or sporting performance, be it professional athlete, keen amateur or just someone fighting off excess flab!
Fantastic aid to motivation too seeing how many calories you can burn and what percentage of fat they are.
From basic heart rate monitoring for fat burning, aerobic or anaerobic activity to giving you a goal driven weekly training program this watch is brilliant. It provides you with a workout summary daily, weekly or to date showing results such as calories expended, time exercising, max and min heart rates and percentage of calories burnt that were fat.
You can set it to heart rate zones to aim for based on standard info like age, sex and weight etc. or it will calculate your OwnZone heart rate range for exercising as prescribed in defining your own goal whenever you start it up so you dont over do it (or under do it!).
A great feature is the awarding of a trophy at the end of the week if you complete your training program (amazing how driven you become to getting that little lcd trophy...!)
I personally use it for running and gym use and find it invaluable.
In summary its an informative, extremely useful training aid and motivational product, well designed with superb intuitive usability and well manufactured. Highly recommended. Now get off that sofa and get going!
Slim4monkey
Polar heart Monitor
Found the product to be very good, only had it a short time so not fully utilised but no issues so far
Mr. E. Priestley
Does the job
All in all this is a capable bit of kit for someone like me who exercises to keep fit and the my weight in trim. Keeping the chest band clean is a little time consuming a maintenance free system like my former F4 would have been better. Training programs very useful and motivating would recomend this product.
Steve Morris
More features than Ill ever use...
Biten by the gym bug I thought Id get a device to measure how many calories I burnt while exercising. This seemed like a great deal, ordered and came through promptly. Although I am a woman, I ordered a mens as I am on the heafty size and the strap and watch fit brilliantly, and I usually forget I am wearing the strap. I found the watch easy to set up and if you are a bit geeky (like me!) youll love looking through the files and seeing what you have done when, and it even sends you a weekly update! I dont use it to its full capacity, I tend to just measure HRM, cals as well as doing frequent fitness tests to measure my progress. I know you can tailor programmes individually but I havent yet reached that level.
Another feature is that you can download your data. This is where the HRM drops its mark. It was terrible to set up, and is dependent on linking to the polar website rather than downloading a programme which would be easier. That said I have had (so far!) no trouble downloading my data, although it is via sonic link not a USB (another minus point). The diary is a neat tool which records your data and you can pour over to your hearts content.
Overall I am happy with it-I know I dont use it to its full capacity, but I love using it.
Elaine Vaughan
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