Polar - Vantage V3

Verity Sense and V3 is a great pick for martial arts. Polar offers a vast range of sport profiles and does not gatekeep them like Garmin. Venu 3 is afaik more of a wellness watch with lacking sports capabilities.

This is in line with my observations. Polar Precision Prime is better than Elixir (Pacer Pro better than M3, in my case). I'm glad they went for Precision Prime on the new loop band. Garmin (various watches) was almost always worse than Polar Precision Prime for me.

Long time Polar user here. Latest watch is a Vantage V3 and I love it. Very light and easy to use. Not too many settings to worry about before all things are in place. My wife has a Garmin Fenix 8. Top of the line watch but we spent weeks setting it up to her wishes and it produces a lot of data I don't really understand or know what to do with it. The only downside is they don't have a bike computer anymore. If they would only offer a device to mirror the watch, that would be cool.

meh... I was part of an Adidas study that paid me whoop for 1 and half year. I just recently renewed as I am definitely more athletic than before. In particular the increase in sleep quantity and quality was a big factor and I could not have achieved the same level of insight with my Polar vantage v3

Because I use polar since a lot of time and like it. It will be complète my vantage v3. The loop to wear when I want to wear a mécanical watch or when I sleep

So I already use polar ecosystem since over ten years. I already have polar v3 and other polar product. I was waiting for a product I can wear with mechanical watch.

Hi Thks for mega thread 👍 By my side I have twi issues with my loop Can’t charge it to 100% When have autostart and start an activity I have a double résult. Just a thing I use polar bear and ches over 10 years and actually heve a vantage v3. I have report my bugs on polar support and waiting an answer. I saw the software’s roadmap and enjoy this. Polar is an efficient brand which give us what customers wants. Loop was a user demand and I have it. Thanks. continue to develop your Products

Even the Vantage V3 with ECG won't detect aFib 🤷‍♂️

Tried a polar vantage v3. Managed to break the glass within 3 days ( in the same way that merely left a few scratches on my Apple Watch 3).Luckily the retailer refunded it. Now have a Suunto race titanium and it feels much more solid. I went for Polar because of “buy from EU” but I’m much happier with the Suunto.

Coros is from US. Heart rate wrist measurement works really bad. I would suggest Polar Vantage 3 if the budget allows.

I use the Polar Grit X Pro Titan, the Polar H10 chest strap, and the Polar Vantage V3. Unfortunately, I can’t recommend the Polar Vantage V3. I experience inaccurate heart rate readings far too often, even during slow walks, not to mention during workouts. Sleep tracking is straightforward and easy to follow, but the Polar algorithm often struggles when it comes to calculating sleep stages and awakenings. I’m personally considering switching to the Garmin Forerunner 970, as I’ve heard a lot of positive feedback from friends.

Its about as good as you are going to get. Apple does lock certain features to apple watch only - so an apple watch ultra 2 is an alternative option you can look at - as does include recreational diving features - but not as much as the fenix 8, and you can cover the gaps the F8 misses via 3rd party apps - but does leave out the cohesive eco system garmin provides - and considering that you barely mention any smart features would then say you are looking at the right watch (definitely from fitness tracking and progress tracking point of view). Fishing - actually it does - you can log your catch and log the spots where you catch..... [https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-EECCAC99-90D6-4AB1-9A3A-EC433D3365E2/EN-US/GUID-A6881EE1-DB08-4922-925F-C7526EFAE8A2.html](https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-EECCAC99-90D6-4AB1-9A3A-EC433D3365E2/EN-US/GUID-A6881EE1-DB08-4922-925F-C7526EFAE8A2.html) and then you can used those saved location spots to navigate back to them at any point (can be very useful for fishing holes whether out on the water or fishing from bank/beach). All garmin have a built in coach for running - think C25K but does up to half marathon distance, then F8 incldues a Daily suggested workout option which you can then add a race event to it, to get the DSW to try and get you to peak for your event - so if you want a hassel free experience and a watch to build your training programme - hard to beat what garmin offers. Hiking- get offline maps and offline navigation (think satnav from car on watch) - so can create routes and get tbt directions on watch and via audio. Plus love the climbpro feature. Maps will work with all outdoor activity so can use for paddling as well as running / hiking etc (have a couple of paddle routes for when on canals / rivers especially canals in towns - great way of seeing parts of a town via water). So yes there isn't really anything else that comes close to matching it. Nearest alternative options would be apple watch ultra 2 (and losts of 3rd party apps); polar grit/vantage and coros pace pro /apex pro / vertix all include built in training systems and with training metrics and analytics like garmin to track progress; suunto at this stage is training metrics and analytics - though their suunto ocean is a full dive watch (garmin equivalent is the descent mk3 which is basically a fenix with full dive capability);