- Heart rate monitor watch packed with innovative training features
- OwnCal function tracks your energy expenditure in single session and weekly
- 5 Polar Sport Zones make it easy and efficient to vary and monitor training intensity
- 3 target heart rate zones with audible alarms; includes Event Countdown Time
- 12/24-hour clock with day/date display; backed by 2-year warranty
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In order to reach your fitness goals, you need to exercise at the right intensity. Enter the Polar RS200 wrist heart rate monitor, which helps you easily and accurately measure your heart rate to help you get to just the right exertion level. The RS200's heart rate monitoring delivers data on your maximum heart rate (fitness test-based and age-based) and your maximum/average HR for each lap (up to 99 laps), while also offering three target zones and audible alarms. More significantly, the watch includes five Polar Sport Zones that make it easy and efficient to select your training intensity and monitor your progress. You simply choose a training program and the RS200 will tell you which zone to pursue at each stage. The zones include very light (50 to 60 percent of your maximum heart rate), light (60 to 70 percent), moderate (70 to 80 percent), hard (80 to 90 percent), and maximum (90 to 100 percent).
The watch is also equipped with a Polar Own Cal function, which tracks your energy expenditure during a single exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories throughout the week. As you progress, you can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure, helping you achieve both short- and long-term goals. The Polar OwnZone feature, meanwhile, guides you through an appropriate warm-up routine and automatically determines a safe and effective exercise heart rate zone. And habitual runners and cyclists will love the RS200's speed and distance modes, which require one of Polar's foot or cycling pods (sold separately). The pods make it easy to measure your speed, distance, and pace (in kmph or mph) or your target pace, with alarms and differential readings, while also offering a trip odometer that captures your run distance, your mileage totals, and your calories burned.
Add in such basic watch functions as time of day (12/24-hour), dual time zone, a day and date display, a stopwatch, and an alarm with a snooze option and you have an ideal watch for almost any athletic activity. Other details include an Event Countdown Timer that manages your training for an upcoming race; the ability to upload your settings to a running computer and then download your workout files to the Polar Running Coach Web Service for analysis; the ability to save up to 16 exercise files with summaries, date and time, and total calorie expenditure; an oversized display; a comfortable WearLink fabric transmitter; and easy-to-manipulate buttons. The RS200 even offers coded transmission signals that prevent crosstalk with other monitors, giving you a personalized workout even in crowded workout classes. All Polar heart rate monitors carry a two-year warranty.
Note: Polar heart rate monitors are precision instruments, so consumers are not advised to change their own battery. Polar recommends that all service be done by an authorized Polar Service Center, which will include a warranty for 90 days on repairs and six months for batteries.
About Polar
Polar invented the first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor 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 '80s. By the 1990s, individuals were looking to heart rate monitors not only for performance training needs, but also for achieving everyday fitness goals. Today, heart rate training is employed by world-class athletes as well as everyday people trying to lose weight, and Polar is the leading heart rate monitor brand among consumers, coaches, and personal trainers worldwide. 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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132 of 136 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the One for Me!,
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This review is from: Polar RS200 Running Series HRM (Sports)
If you're a recreational runner who runs to stay in shape like me. If you're a new runner, this works great too. If you're a super pro, I think this would work but you might want one of the Polar higher end watches - maybe the RS200sd with the foot module, or some of their really fancy (and expensive) stuff.
WHY? - Easy Easy Easy to set up and use. I took it out of the box. The screen was blank and I panicked...but there was the protective plastic that had a finger pointing to where I should press (the big red button)...the watch woke up and went through a little set up sequence, enter time, day, date, birthdate, weight, age. After I was done, I wet the electrodes on the strap, put the strap on - pretty easy and comfortable. I pushed the Red button and it said, <start>....so, I stepped outside (I was in shorts), walked outside my door, and took off on a several mile run - out of the box and through the run I understood what the watch was telling me, time, heartbeat, the basics. So very usable out of the box with little configuration. - Lots of Features. After my jog, I dug into the features - Tons of Running Features, present cardio zones so the watch tells you where you're operating at based on your age. I know mine by heart and I knew that at 176average bpm, I was in the 90% to 100% of my heart rate so didn't need to know. - You can really tell that the people who put this watch together a) know, care, and pay attention to runners and their needs and b)that they are very technically saavy and make the technology easy. - Could be worn as a watch. - Priced Right. I used to be the guy who would always buy the best of the best of the best but in this market where there are so many choices, that I'm buying what is right for me. I'm not a super runner and don't aspire to be one, I'm more than a beginner (been running for 20+ years) so this watch was perfect at the right price point with the right features. The polar website has a nice comparison on their products btw. HARD TO FIND THINGS ABOUT THIS WATCH: - It has a Sleep Mode so you can turn it off - The band has a replaceable battery with instructions on the manual on how to change them (I'm not saying you should change your own or not, follow the enclosed instructions, I will probably change mine when needed) - The band is water resistant to 30 meters, and the watch to 50 meters - so you can swim with this but not dive (silly point, I'm a diver and that's a whole different ballgame) but if you're a lap swimmer you can use this...but its primarily a running watch. - It can tell your heart rate in Beats Per Minute or in Target Percent (%) based on weight, age - or from your Ownzone calculations. The watch has a feature where it can learn (you put it on and can make it go through a learning phase about you so it can calculate how hard you should work out) - To me, this is basically the RS200sd without the foot module - (sold separately for about $129 or as a a bundle with the RS200sd). I don't know if I need that, maybe at some point when I get in shape. - The watch has a history of your workouts so you can go back and see what you were doing and you an even upload to your computer and track there (I'm going to play with that next when I'm done with the review). - Should you wear it as a watch? Some people wouldn't notice that its a running computer, it might be a conversation starter for some, others might consider you too arrogant advertising that you're a runner. Me personally, if its the first watch I find as I'm walking out the door as its not too big,tells time,date -- I would wear it with shorts and T but definitely not in a suit and very definitely not to white tie state dinners. Up to you. - This watch has enough features that marathon runners could train with (and is designed from the literature for the runner who is more than a novice but not quite an athlete - Polar makes all kind of watches and am glad they made this one for me, not the top of the line, not the most basic...I wanted a changeable battery on the strap...just right for me). MY FIT EXPERIENCE (a Con in here): - The watch component is very adjustable from very small wrists to very large wrists would work - The strap component, It is stretchy but I found myself openning it up to its maximum and although I'd like to say that I have a 48" Arnold chest for the ladies - I'm more of a 40Regular kinda guy so just FYI if you're a big big guy, you might need a bigger strap (I think Polar sells them but not sure and it has to be a special Polar strap that connects to the module)...just FYI to your big guys out there or if you're 42 - 44chest, would fit but would probably be a bit tighter than my personal fit. WHO AM I? (So you can weigh my review accordingly) - Recreational Runner (between 9 and 20miles a week depending on my shape...lately less than my minimum argh.) - Run to Stay in shape (not a marathon runner, although when in good shape, I go up to 12 - 15 miles...not now...at the moment still haven't gotten back from a broken leg, long story - recommend you don't break your leg in tropical jungles of far away 3rd world countries, so long story short still in pretty poor physical shape and using the watch to keep me in a safe training environment as I work my way back up into shape. You can really tell, if you push yourself - you start to feel bad as you run and if you glance at your watch, chances are that your heart has gone up to 100% or 110% of your target heartrate for me about 190bpm but this instrument is really useful for that but more so because if your heartrate gets too slow, you know you're slacking and should pick up the pace and this keeps you training in your zone (don't know what your zone is? no worries, the watch tells you). I averaged 176bpm for 28 minutes on this first workout with a high of 187bpm and stayed in zone 5 for 96% of my workout - not bad for an old guy with a bum leg (getting that from the watch computer log which it saves). I didn't go very far and wouldn't know because I don't have the foot module option ($129 separately, or you can get it with the RS200sd). - I try to run a few times a week, love to travel allot, love photography, love technology, try to be good to myself - and this watch is helping me get fit again. - I don't get paid for this in any way, I'm just anonymous, enjoy privacy but do like to share my experiences, and usually I only share my good ones and really hope it helps you make an informed decision. It does seem like running computers are getting much much better these days - I'm glad. DISCLAIMER - I'm just a guy sharing my experience with my watch. Undertake physical activity at your own pace and consult a doctor before starting if you have any any doubts. I recommend against getting the watch, strapping it on, and going on a 30 minute run at 96% of your heart capacity on a sunny warm afternoon if you've never run before, aren't a regular runner, or haven't exercised in a while. I'm not a great runner but I have run all my life so I can tell what my body is telling me (lately from this run, that I'm not as young as I used to be). I think that takes me to the Polar motto which is "Listen to your Body"...and stay safe. I have a baby and using this thing to help me, not substitute for safety but as a helper to staying safe. We live in a litigious society and don't want some guy going and getting a heart attack or worse having him get a heart attack and pointing the finger at me (yikes!). Be careful out there. - I bought this from Amazon, next day delivery, had it in my warm hands 16 hours later, was running 16 hours 5 minutes later, very happy.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Many problems,
By A longtime runner (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Polar RS200 Running Series HRM (Sports)
I've owned this watch (the black one) for about a year now. I did not purchase the foot pod accessory.
The watch has on 4 occaisions gone 'all black' lighting up every pixel on the face. When this happens you have to do a 'reboot' holding all 4 buttons down simultaneously until the watch resets. Of course all your data needs to be reentered. THe watch has also mysteriously reset to March 24, 2005 on 4 or 5 occaisions (10am I think). The time and date are all messed up but it keeps your personal info. The problem appears to be on the RS200 only. Check out the posts on runnersworld for many, many more disatisfied customers before making a decision on this watch.
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Polar: engineering "almost there",
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This review is from: Polar RS200 Running Series HRM (Sports)
As with all new polar products, their chest strap for this product gets a 5 star rating, while most other manufacturers get a 3 at best. It's comfortable, lightweight, it actually fits me (smaller chest size), and the coded transmission should work very well in group environments, as they claim.
The watch itself gets a 2-3 star rating at best: The buttons barely work, right out of the box (pressure to actually get a button press is highly variable/unreliable), the LCD is one of the worst I have seen in 10 years given it's the year 2007: it is low contrast, and the upper part is a low resolution black and white LCD matrix instead of fixed. They did this to have full control over what they place there, but given the use (i.e. it's not really necessary), it looks cheap compared to products out there with full LCD matrixes, and visibility is poor (low res ugly icons, tiny 1-pixel wide font for menus). Almost all cell phones, tiny mp3 players, most devices on the market today have a better LCD matrix - most in full color. This is a subjective, but the casing on this product is similar to all other polar products: it looks cheap (unattractive plastic), and too big. They make most of their product bulbous in style, making for a watch that, in volume, is unnecessarily big. Polar holds most of the patents in HR monitors - again for this product, they've made a hard customer choice between a good solid HR connection (Polar), vs. going with other manufacturers who make much better electronics (watch). 2115|R2XTCRZOJ9QKG0;2115|R18GWPDCBTRMKM;2115|R5KGY1K5NFBZA;
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