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48 of 48 persons found the following review helpful.
Great features, no overpriced frills
By C. Brown
It’s unisex, easy to use, and has all of the features a runner needs without all of the pricey frills. I chose the RS100 because it had features that the women-specific watches did not, including interval timers, two zone limit monitors, and a back light (essential if you run at night or cross train in spun class where the lights are commonly low). I commended spending a half hour reading the manual and setting up the watch that way. It covers each feature plainly and clearly.
Being capable to set my own heart rate and percentage limits is great since those numbers modify as my fitness improves. I also like that the running total tells me the percent of calories burned from fat, super necessary for proper training.
The total only keeps track of one run at a time, which is fine. I log my runs in an Excel spreadsheet and I’ve found this to be more utile than storing them in the watch because I may write all sorts of formula compoundings and invent averages and see a huge picture and totally geek out. Other models concede you to upload logs to the Polar internetsite but paying the extra cash wasn’t worth it for me. I like doing that stuff myself.
The medium chest strap fits me fine once it is adjusted (female, 34″ chest) and stays in place. Be sure to moisten the transmitters before wearing, a few drops of water will do, your sweat will take care of the rest …
My only issue is that the watch is a little bulky for my little wrists, which causes a lot of uncomfortableness at times, but I’ve come up with a few workarounds to solve the bulky problem:
1. I wear it somewhat loose but not so loose that it spins around on it is own. This keeps some of the pressure off. It’s loose sufficient that I may manually rotate the face around to the inside of my wrist if I need to.
2. For longer runs, I now and then wear the watch strapped to my gear belt or zipped in my pocket. Since the watch has interval timers and warning beeps when I go out of zone, I’ve been capable to keep track using my hearing rather of my eyes. The beep is beauteous piercing so as long as my headphones aren’t cranked, I may still listen it.
3. The treadmills at my gym are Polar ready so they pick up the transmission without me having the wear the watch. While the treadmill doesn’t have any logging features, I may at least keep track of my heart rate for the duration of a run if I don’t want to wear the watch.
Overall, it’s a great running computer for the money.
55 of 63 persons found the following review helpful.
Not that hard to use, just play with it
By K. A. Teets
Just like any gadget, you learn how to use all the functions on this watch by just playing around and pressing buttons. True, the manual ought to be clearer, and seems to be talking in regards to doing things in a dissimilar order than what’s in truth necessitated sometimes, but unluckily that’s the case with most electronics these days. It’s in truth not all that hard to figure out, and anyway that’s share of the fun of getting a new gadget (for a great deal of of us, anyway).
It has worked gorgeous well since I got it. Took a few tryouts to get the strap tight sufficient so it wouldn’t slide down while running. About 1/4 mile into my introductory 5k wearing it that’s precisely what happened, and my grand plan of closely monitoring my performance went up in smoke. I’ve had no difficulties with the receiver picking up my heart rate, or interference from power lines or cars.
So, all in all, highly recommended. I think it’s got just the right level of functionality for me, somebody who wants to train with a monitor to get a little more immediate running 5k’s and 10k’s, but it likewise makes running a little more interesting on those days you just don’t feel like doing it.
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful.
Most Solid HR Monitor
By Denise K. Jackson
This is my fourth HR monitor. I’ve owned a Nike (garbage), two Timex models (one solid and one I returned). I purchased this one because it had three lines of info so I would recognise my total time and my lap time.
Some points:
- For the basi month the watch never gave me an inaccurate HR. Since then I’ve had two instance when it’s been whacky (you know, shows you at 185 when you’re at 145). My former HR monitors were MUCH worse than the Polar on this account.
- The three lines is nice, notwithstanding it does not concede you to swap the lap time with the total time. I would much prefer the lap time to be in the middle or at least more spectacular (it’s hard to read when you’re doing a hard run and you’re bouncing around).
- There is a lap number. I like that a lot.
- If you press and hold the button a little too long it will pop up Limits and adjustments and whatnot. This is annoying and happens too easily.
- If you use the light/indiglo while using the stopwatch it will mechanically light up whenever you hit lap/stop afterwards. This is a outstanding feature. Often I’m running in the dark and this feature is a lifesaver.
- Getting the data from the watch is just OK. Not terrible, but not as streamlined as the simple Timex HR monitor I antecedently used.
- I don’t use the totals. I have a database for that.
The bottom line is that HR monitors are finelooking undependable generally. After 2 months, this model has been solid. I would still like a tweak here or there because of my personal preferences.
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