Polar’s newest smartwatch could be a Fitbit and Garmin killer The latest sports watch to hit the market, the Polar Vantage V3, is designed to cater to the needs of both athletes and everyday users. This new offering from Polar replaces the previous model, the Polar Vantage V2, release...
thus ensuring they were not using wrist-based detection at all. It was purely from those sensors. In addition, I also had some watches on my wrist – the Suunto Race and Polar Vantage V3. I’m not really going to focus on that data in ...
time fallen asleep and generates a sleep score and some basic analysis of time spent in different sleep stages. I’ve been wearing it with theOura Ring Gen 3and the Polar Vantage V3, two great sleep trackers, and data such as sleep duration and sleep stage breakdown have largely delivered ...
At this point, Polar has essentially refreshed the bulk of their wearables lineup in the last 12 months – inclusive of launching the trail-focused Grit X last spring, which kinda slides in between the Vantage M2 and V2. For this review though, I’m gonna focus entirely on the M2. ...
As the year draws to a close, it’s time for reflection, a moment to sift through the pages of the past twelve months. Yes, here it is:2023: Reflected, your Polar Year in Review for 2023. We dug deep into the stats from around the globe to see how different workouts in different ...
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Polar makes good multisport watches. They’re just not particularly smart. That wasn’t always a problem because there used to be a clear line. Athletes went for Garmins and Polars. Casual users went for an Apple Watch, Fitbit, or Samsung smartwatch. Things are less clear now. There are...
I’m comparing it against the Edge 530 and Polar Vantage V. Here’s that data set:As I go through some initial city sections, the tracks are locked on very tight – no issues here:And again the same as I’m out passing a small village:...
The vast majority of the time it was good, but certainly some oddities (you can see these in some of my various reviews since then like the Enduro review, Polar Vantage M2 review, etc…). But beyond the colder freezing-temp weather, I can actually use it just fine for most of my ...
I do also wish there was music included on the unit, since Polar and the M600 is at that same price with music and Android Wear. And the Apple Watch 2 with GPS and music will also flirt with that price. Though in the case of both of those, their batteries are far less than that ...