Customer Reviews

Polar F55 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Lava Aluminum)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The watch is great for monitoring your heart rate and planning a basic cardio work out for you to follow. I was a little disappointed at its weight training capabilities. It only allows you to complete a full weight training workout once a week then your on your own for the rest of the week. Its also a little limited in the exercises you can do and you can't add any of your own into the mix. I also don't know if I'm missing something but I haven't completely figured out how to read the data analysis it does with the software. I think if I could figure out the software or if the software was more friendly I would have given it 5 stars. Overall not a bad choice especially for the cost.

Worth the investment. I use it to monitor various activities from cardio, weight training, tennis, etc. Online tool is very useful in reviewing your settings/results as you can easily download via Infrared.

Several years ago I had purchased a fairly simple (cheap) HRM because I wasn't sure how much I would actually use it. I just replaced the old one with the Polar F55. There are so many more features and they aren't difficult to use. The three things I've found most useful so far are 1) fitness evaluation, 2) workout schedule generated based on my goals, and 3) the ability to track progress on the Polar web site. Lots of other features too, calories burned, graphical display of target zone, etc. The strap is pretty comfortable too.