Polar - Pacer Pro

Hi! \- Polar \- Withings I use Polar Pacer Pro and I see that it track swimming

I got recently Polar Pacer Pro and works pretty fine. Please consider that Suunto is chinese-owned. From other companies you have Withings (French)

Hi! I recently switched to Polar Pacer Pro and I can recommend it but mind that's a sport watch and you have manual buttons (as in Garmin)

Depending on your preferences, I would choose Polar's ecosystem. It has everything you need for an athlete and a regular activity tracker. Garmin takes this more in the direction of a smartwatch and also has a lot of unnecessary stuff that you hardly need. Garmin's watches are more impressive and have a payment feature and built-in music (spotify app, which is so bad that you can barely use it). When choosing a watch, think about what you value most in your watch. Weight, appearance, durability, etc. I used to have a watch that weighed about 80g. I didn't like wearing it 24/7. When running, I couldn't get it tight enough on my wrist to be unnoticeable. While I was sleeping, it felt like a kettlebell was tied to my hand. Nowadays I use Polar Pacer Pro (I hate the amoled screen) for running, cycling, hockey, gym and (rucking). I don't need maps, so this is really good and light. Although I won't show this off at the bar counter. I have used Polar, Garmin and Suunto. Each time I have returned to Polar after a few months of experimentation. My apologies for the google translator lol

As an addition: Polar's cardio load status is much more accurate and realistic than Garmin's training readiness. Often, while Garmin claims that I should train hard, I have already lost my night's sleep and when I go to bed my resting heart rate is high. In these situations, Polar has been more accurate and indicated that the load should be lightened.

I have a Polar Pacer and my wife has the Pacer Pro. We've had them for 3 years plus and have been very happy with the performance and reliability. We are regular but not hard-core runners

I have a Polar Pacer and my wife has the Pacer Pro. We've had them for 3 years plus and have been very happy with the performance and reliability. We are regular but not hard-core runners

https://preview.redd.it/vs3mpaibzznf1.png?width=403&format=png&auto=webp&s=82e691eab0e6bd67ddc6d17a04dd527b18b7674c That's interesting. I haven't looked at the calc methods yet, but I'm currently trialling Whoop and Oura with my Polar Pacer Pro. I only have 7 days of data so far, as you can see, correlation is high but Polar HRV is always 10-20ms higher. A late, but sober night on day 2. Alcohol on day 5 and a little bit on day 6... I'm primarily doing this for sleep data, but when my legs aren't playing up I run, hence the Polar device.

I replaced my Garmin with a Polar Pacer Pro. Very happy with it so far. Mainly used for running so not sure about their swimming accuracy.

I've got a Polar watch (currently the Pacer Pro) I use with all my bikes, as well as hiking, skiing and other sports. On the bike, I often strap it to the handlebar mount and use a chest strap.

polar has a cardio load (is how hard your training was over the last days compared to your average), a nightly recharge (basically bio battery), a sleeping index (1-100), and a boost by sleep number (calculates the times, workouts will fit the best in the day, and when is the best time for bed) I don't know if all these metrics will exist with the loop, but i have the polar pacer pro, which has the same sensor as far as I read

can you now add a workout in polar flow, which automatically takes the HR data which were recorded during the missed training? as far as i read, this is possible on whoop and helio

The Polar Vantage M3 is on sale for 299€ where I live (Grit X2 378€) which is a good price and I bought it. I am happy with the purchase and can easily recommend it to especially all beginners (Fitspark, nightly recharge and overall an easy to use system). I have previously had the Pacer Pro (very good basic whatch) but like the M3 more. I have also a Suunto 9 Peak pro and the Race. Both Suuntos are good watches, but I wanted to try Polar again. No regrets so far and it will be interesting to see the comming software updates which are said to be released by the end of the year.

The HR tracking on my pacer pro works good enough that I now only bother wearing my H10 when rowing or cycling because of the wrist movement/position.

polar pacer pro. i found an open box one for very cheap on ebay. im broke and it was the cheapest watch i could find with the core features i wanted. i probably would have gotten the newest garmin forerunner 2xx if i had more money but honestly don’t know if i would have used any of the extra features over the polar, but the oled screen would be nice

Yes it does. I currently have my Polar Pacer pro and verity sense linked to my flow account. You may have to manually change in the flow settings which device is linked (correction: selected to pair) when you want to sync data (it will just use whichever device you last synced unless you change it).

Agreed. I tried a pixel watch, Fitbit charge 6 and whoop 4 and all gave erroneous HR on the wrist. My polar pacer pro is far better.

Polar Pacer Pro. Even with bread crumb navigation I can handle unkown routes.

Sunnto is chinese owned but has a better app and better integration with third party apps. Plus the social aspect is really cool if you have a lot of friedns with suunto hardware.  Polar on the other hand is finnsh, but their app really sucks. Is cluttered, unintuitive. I really like my polar pacer tho. But i sort of regret switching from suunto. Not a helpful post, i know 😀

Polar is great for stats especially if paired with heart rate monitor. I have Polar Pacer for watch and H9 for strap. The only downside is im unable to play music - but you said not relevant so might be good option for you.

Polar pacer is not heavy and is great for tracking sleep too. GPS, never had a problem.

Polar Pacer. I use it for walking, Crossfit and Strengt training. Shows all the basic info you need without any software needed to mess things up.

I would recommend a cheap Polar watch. I have a Pacer and it is not connected to my phone at all. It is wonderfully simple and a joy to use compared to my previous bloated/ overcomplicated Garmin.

Polar Pacer. Don't connect it to my mobile at all. It's wonderful, especially in comparison the awful Garmin user interface.

Well, I am not competing, far from it, started climbing 3 years ago, I just have a plain polar pacer from my skating activities. While climbing, I often check my HR to see if I have rested enough in between climbs. Just a visual check, nothing major happening. I am not even sure what I should look for, but after a climb, I am maybe at 130-140+ (I am mid 40s), and I wait for my heart to drop down closer to 100-110 to start a new climb if the projected climb requires come muscles.. I can be doing this totally wrong.. so, that's my very non scientific and non medical input. Though.. from my also non very scientific feedback, I inadvertently tested holds against my watch, the rim... did not like it at all..