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In order to reach your fitness goals, you need to exercise at the right intensity. The stylish Polar FS2 heart rate monitor (HRM) helps you to easily and accurately measure your heart rate to help you get to just the right intensity or your exertion level. This basic HRM features added stopwatch and time-of-day watch features, extra-large digits for easy readability, and one-button functionality. It provides a visual and audible alarm when you reach your target heart rate zone. It provides information on total exercise time and average heart rate during total exercise time, as well as maximum heart rate of total exercise. It will also record the exercise date. It's water resistant to 50 meters and has a convenient backlight.
Display features (in beats per minute, or bmp):
- EKG accurate heart rate
- Manual target zone
About Polar
The first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor was invented by Polar back in 1977 as a training tool for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski Team. The concept of "intensity training" by heart rate swept the athletic world in the eighties. By the 1990s, individuals were looking to heart rate monitors not only for performance training needs, but also for achieving everyday fitness goals. Today, the same concept of heart rate training is being used by world-class athletes as well as everyday people trying to lose weight. Polar is the leading brand among consumers, coaches, and personal trainers worldwide and the company is committed to not only producing the best products, but also being the leading educator on the benefits of heart rate based exercise.
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Black resin case. Black polyurethane bracelet. Digital dial. Keeps track of maximum heart rate and average heart rate throughout exercise session. Features wireless ECG accurate heart rate mointor. Visual and audible alarm in target zones. Date and weekday indicator. Stopwatch. Mineral crystal. Tang clasp. Quartz movement. Water resistant at 50 meters (165 feet).
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48 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
HR monitor newbie, yup it works.,
By I couldn't decide on a brand until I read the other HR watch reviews and discovered that Polar is one of the leading brands. This watch is very simple. It's got 1 button! I bought this FS1 watch because I just wanted something to help focus my gym workouts. I wanted a few other features but didn't want to pay the 2x or greater pricing for it. Pros: - The single button on the watch is easy to get used to. Easy to start when you exercise - Heart rate works well and reliably when the chest strap is well moistened. Good when you're already sweating. - In the gym, there's a "Polar Heartrate Ready" logos on LifeFitness machines and some other machines (I'm a member at 24hr fitness). That indicates that it automatically reads the chest strap. So you don't even need to wear the watch! Cons: - When enabling the heartrate monitor (called "EXE or exercise mode on the watch), the HR feedback is autodetected, so the user can't do anything to test if it works. You just watch and wait. This could possibly be true about the other high end Polar watches, but this is a small usability thing that I don't like. - The chest strap isn't uniquely coded so it can crosstalk. I haven't had the problem at the gym since I haven't been working out right beside anyone who's wearing a HR monitor. However, the HR meter on the adjacent gym machine will be funky when someone's using it =-P. - No backlight. I refused to spend more money on a HR watch. But then, why does the backlight feature cost an extra $20. Shame on you Polar. - There's no MIN and MAX feature. Why not, this watch is a computer and we've had calculator watches for 20 year? Why does polar sell 10 different watches for different sports? Polar needs to simplify their product line and offer better price for product. - 2 year battery life. Another reason not to spend any more for a HR watch. Hope that helps all the new buyers out there.
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good basic heart monitor,
This review is from: Polar FS2 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black) (Sports)
This is a good basic monitor. It works with the bicycles at the gym, automatically displaying your heart rate on the bike. Often, though, the bike number displayed is one beat off of the number displayed on your watch (i.e. 120 bpm instead of 121). There are no fancy features with this monitor -- it just shows your bpm while exercising and that is all.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lacking features,
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This review is from: Polar FS2 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black) (Sports)
I don't like this HRM because it only allows one piece of data to be displayed at a time. It is very awkward to do intervals using both the heart rate and the time (timer is also limited to a count up timer), having to switch back and forth. I had been using a rather inexpensive Timex HRM and it is much better than this product at a comparable price.
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