Polar FT7F Heart Rate Monitor 1 ea
- EnergyPointer – This tells you if the main effect of your training is fitness improvement
- Polar OwnCal
- Transmitter – The transmitter clips on to a very comfortable textile strap and has enough
- Paired transmitter and watch – The watch and the transmitter are paired together to ensure
- Language Options – You are able to set the default language of the watch to any of the fol
Clear Training Guidance
For those who want to know if they¿re improving their fitness or burning fat.
The EnergyPointer tells you if the main effect of your training is fitness improvement or fat burning
Displays calories burned
Comes with comfortable textile transmitter and coded heart rate transmission to avoid cross-talk
Body Measurement Features
Average and maximum heart rate of training:
Heart rate – bpm / %
Heart rate is the measurement of the work your heart does. Heart rate can be expressed as the number of beats per minute or as percentage of your maximum heart rate. Heart rate can also be expressed as a percentage of your heart rate reserve, meaning the difference between your resting heart rate and maximum heart rate (HRR = HRmax – HRrest). In Polar software or during strength training, heart rate can be displayed as a graphical trend.
HR-based target zones with visual and audible alarm
You can define your target zones for a tr
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|Excellent HR Monitor Watch,
I am really pleased with this HR monitor watch. Being a woman, I wanted something sturdy yet not so big it dominated my arm. This fits the bill – very adjustable size wize (both the watch and the chest strap). I am average height, but carry most of my weight in my stomach. The chest strap fits very comfortably to me, and the new feature of being able to simply wet the cloth contacts is great (I was used to the old school hard plastic contacts).
According to the product information, you can actually wash the chest strap in the washer – haven’t tried it yet.
Fairly easy to use once you get used to which button controls which feature. Advice – when you are setting the watch up for the first time, have the manual in front of you. I accidentally deleted my settings the first few times.
Using the watch while jogging and walking is very easy – the screen is much easier to read than other products I have tried. I was most interested in tracking heart rate, calories burned, and some basics of how I was working out in the fat burning and fitness zones. This watch does a great job with that – afetr you complete a workout it produces a simple summary of total cals burned, how many minutes you spent in far burn vs fitness, and your average heart rate.
I am sure hard core runners want something more than tracks mileage, but I tried a watch like that and found it too cumbersome. Since I am merely using this for fitness, it works perfectly.
|Not Too Basic and Not Too High Tech,
Before settling on the Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor, I did a lot of research on the various types of HRM out there. I was looking for a HRM that wouldn’t just give me my heart rate, but I also wanted a bit more features, but I didn’t need a lot of features that the higher numbered FT models offered.
When I saw the FT7 model, I was surprised to see so little reviews or mentions of this model. I’m not sure why, maybe this is a newer model or Polar just prefers directing people to the more expensive models because I kept seeing numerous reviews for the F6 or F7, FT40, and FT60 models.
After comparing various Polar HRMs, I settled for the FT7 because it had all the features that I was looking for in a HRM.
Watch/HRM
– Monitors heart rates. I found the monitoring to be accurate except underwater. (I’ll go into detail about that a bit later.)
– Counts Calories. The Calorie counter seems to be quite accurate. I have used it for walking, spinning classes, swimming, and strength training sessions and the calorie counts are reasonable.
– Target heart rate graph. The graph is useful for seeing where you are and if you’re within your minimum and maximum HR “fitness” ranges during a session.
– Very user friendly. Even though there aren’t any instructions on setting up the watch, I didn’t think they were needed. I didn’t even bother looking at the manual until I was done configuring the watch, but I’ve never been one to read manuals. However, others may find the lack of a detailed manual a bit frustrating.
– Stores Training Files. Which include records of session durations, calories burned, average HR, Maximum HR, and the amount of time your workout HR was spent in the target range.
– Weekly Summaries. This basically sums up the total amount of time spent training, the total calories during each session, and how many sessions during the week.
– Settings are very easy to change especially if you have any weight changes and want to keep an accurate count of calories being burned.
– There is also a backlight, which is quite handy if you’re somewhere with minimal lighting.
– I also found out that if you hold the “down arrow” button, you can change the time to a second time zone that you can set by going through the “quick menu” which is accessed by holding down the “backlight button (*)” which also leads to the “button lock” feature. If you hold down the “up arrow” button, you can change the “Watch face” to just display the time and date or the time and date and logo, which is smaller on the face, but it includes seconds and FT7 logo along the bottom.
– The women’s watch is black with a gold stripe down the center of the band. I found the design to be all right. It is less flashy and colorful as the other models, which is one reason I like this watch. I can wear it with my work clothes and it does not stand out much.
– User changeable batteries. This was something I really wanted out of my HRM. I never liked sending something to the manufacturer for replacements even under warranty. I just don’t like dealing with shipping, waiting, and extra fees.
– Water Resistant. I have used this HRM in the pool and the monitoring is relatively accurate when it actually reads the transmitter. I believe the Polar website notes that in some highly chlorinated pools or seawater the transmitter will not be picked up underwater. The pool in my gym is very chlorinated and there were times when the HRM will not pick up my heart rate. But if I just sit still in the water for a minute or so the watch will pick up the signal again. Though this can get annoying if you are trying to swim laps for endurance. The watch still gives me a fair calculation of calories I have burned during my swim sessions. Though the calorie count is most likely lower since I’m not sure how long the watch is not reading my heart rate during times when I am swimming several laps nonstop. I also tried using this in a saltwater treated pool and the moment I went underwater the transmitter does not work at all. So I’m guessing that this HRM will not work if you are swimming in the ocean.
Chest Strap
– The Chest strap is very comfortable, and I usually don’t feel it, but then again it might be because I’m used to having something strapped around my chest all day. And I have had no problems of it slipping. It is also recommended to wet the straps a little. I usually just wet my hands a bit and rub against the cloth area, and I’m good to go.
– User changeable batteries. The transmitter pops off easily from the strap, and like the watch, I can change my own batteries, but unfortunately the watch and transmitter use different types of batteries.
– Another perk is that most of the machines in my gym also pick up the transmitter readings, allowing me not have to keep glancing at my watch while I’m on the elliptical…
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