Polar FS2 Heart Rate Monitor Watch

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Product Description

Product Description
Record your heart rate during your workouts without purchasing a product that confuses the heck out of you. Get the easy-to-use Polar FS2 Heart Rate Monitor Watch. Extra large digits make this watch easy to read and visual and audible alarms let you know when you've reached your target heart rate. The FS2 also records your exercise date, average heart rate, exercise duration, and maximum heart rate. A date and weekday indicator keeps you on track and a backlight lets you see this monitor easily in low light.

Product Features

• Material:
• Band Type:
• Altimeter: No
• Barometer: No
• Compass: No
• Stopwatch: Yes
• Chronograph: No
• Thermometer: No
• Heart Rate Monitor: Yes
• PC Compatible: No
• Waterproof: Yes, up to 30m
• Backlight/ Electroluminescent: Yes
• Alarms: Yes
• Size: Small to medium
• Recommended Use: Walking, running, biking, aerobic exercise
• Weight:
• Warranty: 2 Year

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• ASIN: B000LYUD2U
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars HR monitor newbie, yup it works., April 5, 2006

By	H. Chiu (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was originally hesitant to purchase any heart rate monitor because I wasn't sure if the basic feature of monitoring would work well.

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.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good basic heart monitor, March 7, 2007

By	anonymous - See all my reviews

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Husband Likes It, January 18, 2008

By	C. Anderson (New Jersey) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this for my husband as a replacement for his old monitor that had a wrist band that couldn't be repaired. He figured out on his own how to use this monitor: a plus for any product. I'd buy it again just because of the ease of use.

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