Pacer

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 😀

I went to Polar Pacer for 18 months after always being Garmin. It had to be sent for warranty repair 3 times and broke again when I finally gave up. Software issues were constant. I'll never buy another fitness watch that isn't Garmin again.

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

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.

Sad but they are running out of time , basic up to date watch is the M3€400, THE Pacer Pro, Pacer, and the Ignite are all out of date( i have the Pacer). Coros, Amazfit, Huawei, Suunto caught up. Pity ,but never forget what happened to Nokia, Blackberry. I wish them all the luck in the world 🙂

I ended up ordering the Polar Pacer and H9 this week. I would get the Unite, but I was worried the crappy battery life would make me angry like the A360 did. I am a huge fan of Polar's heart sensor and the app, that's what I'm here for... I never purposely used GPS but I noticed my phone would somehow track my movement during a bike ride when the watch was tracking a workout and connected (for text notifications).

Polar Pacer, because it has buttons and is quite reliable for swimming