Gear Review
Polar RS800G3 Heart Rate Monitor
Without reviewing the GPS
By Daniel Belzer
Ranked #179 - Heart Rate Monitors
November 26, 2008
This is certainly the top of the line for polar, no doubt at all about that, but I find the use of the watch extremely cumbersome, even when done on polar performace 5 and then transferred to your watch.
The screen on these is VERY soft. Contemplate hard on going to zagg.com or someplace similar to get scratch protective films made for it when you first buy it. Mine has a pair of huge obnoxious scratches on it from a car door.
The software does require some steep learning curves. You will have to manually delete a lot of heart rate spikes (there is a feature to do this; suffice it to say that a heart rate of 2000 actually does get recorded onto the watch.) Heart rate spikes are much more common than I expected.
The watch did help me in improving my fitness. For me, I will transition to a Suunto T6, and use Peak 2 Peak software instead, which is Mac compatible.
View Details: Polar RS800G3 Heart Rate Monitor
Helpful Votes: 1 Yes
Tech Specs:
- Material:
- [Housing] metal, plastic; [Strap] rubber
- Altimeter:
- Yes
- Barometer:
- No
- Heart Rate Monitor:
- Yes, wireless
- Chronograph:
- Yes
- Thermometer:
- No
- Digital Compass:
- No
- Adjustable Declination:
- No
- Low Battery Indicator:
- Yes
- PC Compatible:
- Yes
- Waterproof:
- Water resistant to 60ft (20m)
- Backlight:
- Yes
- Alarms:
- Multiple, including workout, heart rate, and general
- Battery Type:
- [Watch] LiIon; [GPS] AA w / optional LiIon
- Battery Life:
- [GPS] 10 hrs
- Size:
- Large
- Recommended Use:
- Serious multisport training and racing
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 2 Years
- Country of Origin:
- China
Change me.