Polar A4 Pulse Heart Rate Monitor Watch

by Polar

Product Features

• Strapless heart rate monitor watch for efficient workouts
• Helps you train at appropriate intensity level for best results
• Includes alarm, calendar, stopwatch, and target zone alarms
• Pairs with Polar transmitter (sold separately) for continuous HR reading
• Comes with zippered black nylon carrying case for protection

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Stay within your ideal training and intensity range while jogging or working out with the Polar A4 pulse monitor watch. The strapless watch is easy to use: just press and hold the silver contact button with your fingertips and you're set.

Just press and hold the silver contact button with your fingertips for your heart rate with the A4.

Knowing your heart rate not only helps you reach your personal fitness goal, but also improves your physical condition in general, as it's vitally important to train at the appropriate intensity level. If you exercise too hard, you may quit before you reach the real benefit, but if you work out too leisurely, you'll struggle to lose weight at all. The A4 helps overcome these problems by encouraging you to map out a complete fitness routine.

By itself, the A4 makes a good training aid, but it's particularly valuable when paired with any Polar transmitter, as the two together offer continuous heart rate monitoring. As a result, you'll know what your heart rate is throughout your workout, rather than only when you press the button. Plus, the A4 offers all the standard sports watch functions, including an alarm, calendar, stopwatch, backlight, and target zone alarms. The watch also offers a calorie counting function and exercise file record when combined with a chest strap transmitter (not included). Finally, the watch comes with a zippered black nylon carrying case for protection.

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.

Product Description

Measures your Pulse from your fingertips! Just press and hold the silver contact button and display your pulse rate in seconds flat . Purchased separately , you can add any Polar transmitter and the A4 becomes a continously displaying Heart Rate Monitor just like the other famous Polar models . Watch , Owners manual ,and warranty card ,come packaged in a black nylon zippered carrying case . Check your pulse while sitting or standing , or buy a Polar transmitter separately, to see continuous display of Heart Rate while excercising . Other features such as caloric counting and excercise file record, available when using a chest strap transmitter (not included.)

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000YA0LBY
• Item model number: 90022672
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #151,074 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Quirky and Unreliable, January 16, 2008

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Judy (Richfield, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polar A4 Pulse Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Sports)

I bought this watch as a gift for my husband 5 months ago. It froze up within the first 3 months (display froze and it would not tell time). I returned it and got a replacement. My husband has since developed a theory that the problem is static electricity that it picks up through the pulse sensor. The new watch also freezes, but he has developed a technique for restarting it. This involves having to totally reset the date and time. It being winter and cold at the moment, there is a lot of static electricity around. Yesterday the watch malfunctioned and had to be reset THREE times! When it works and there is no static electricity, the watch tells time and can sense pulse rate, but unless you live in a fully grounded environment or really enjoy resetting the watch constantly, I would avoid this product.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No high tech monitoring for me!, February 15, 2008

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L. Hathaway (California, USA) - See all my reviews
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I wanted a heart rate monitor without a lot of features that I wasn't going to use. With this one it is quick and easy to check my heart rate while I'm out walking, on the elliptical trainer or even sitting at a red light in traffic. Only takes a couple of seconds. The numbers on the dial are large and easy to read.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love It!, January 16, 2008

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A. Kerfien (New York) - See all my reviews
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For the money I think you really can't beat this watch. I use it three times a week when I do my laps and I really like it - not to mention it is very accurate. I would definately recommend this product!