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Womens Polar FA20 Fitness Computer

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• ASIN: B003JUS47Y
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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46 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not At All What I Expected or Hoped It to Be, August 9, 2009

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Paul Gonzalez (Alsip, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Womens Polar FA20 Fitness Computer (Sports)

I am calorie and activity obsessed and I occasionally wear my Polar F11 just when I'm running around all day, shopping, lugging packages or doing housework just so that I can monitor how many calories I am burning doing all these not so lazy activities. I don't enjoy wearing the strap all day long, but again as I previously said; I am calorie and activity obsessed, so one must do what one must do. Anyway, when I received the Polar Newsletter talking about this Activity Monitor, I got so excited because the way it was describe was that it would keep track of ALL of your daily activity and could actually be worn 24/7. I purchased it right away! I wore it one day while doing my errands and housework and it kept telling me that I was being LAZY! It only registers if you are walking very fast and not if you are just doing running up and down of stairs, sweeping, lugging grocery bags or anything. I one day wore it along with my Polar F11 and the activity monitor said I was only active for about 6 minutes and burned only 10 calories when my Polar F11 registered my full amount of time and registered that I burned about 298 calories for the same amount of time wearing both. My friend changed the info on it and tried as she worked out on her treadmill and was not at all accurate for distance, time and again calories vs what the treadmill registered. I know that the treadmills are not 100% accurate for tracking, but they are at least right on the money for the amount of time that you are on it. The Activity Monitor didn't even come close to the same amount of time. I am truly disappointed with this purchase and I wish I didn't rush into the decision as quickly as I did! I will probably never put it on my wrist ever again. I am just hoping that I will be able to sell it to someone else and try to recoup some of what I invested. We will see! I just also wish and hope moving forward that Polar will change its advertising on this product and not fool people into thinking that it will monitor all activity and will not monitor your activity accurately! I otherwise am very happy with my other Polar product and will not hold this against Polar for future purchases which I think I want an updated heart rate monitor to register more data than mine currently does. In summary, this is not worth your money! DO NOT BUY IT!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you walk get a pedometer, July 15, 2009

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AW (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Womens Polar FA20 Fitness Computer (Sports)

I had the same problems as another reviewer, I didn't find it sensitive enough for activities outside of running. It hardly registered my daily walking and it doesn't register when I ride a bike or attend spin class.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Watch for a While, May 13, 2010

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AK (Kansas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Womens Polar FA20 Fitness Computer (Sports)

I loved this watch when I purchased it. The fitness monitor was great and was pretty accurate in the beginning. However, I don't trust the calorie reading at all and I found it difficult to wear this watch all the time because one workout pretty much filled up the fitness levels for the day! Now that I've had this watch for about a year, it is becoming very inaccurate. It tells me I'm running when I'm sitting down!

It's a great watch in the beginning but don't expect something that will last you for years! Also, I wouldn't recommend white. Unless you only wear it sporatically, the color will turn a greyish color. A black or colored watch would probably look more attractive for a longer period of time.

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