Polar FT80G1 Black Heart Rate Monitor Watch with

Lowest Price

: 329.99

Brand

: Polar

Model

: 90035753

Reviewer: Damon Fernandes| Date:2009-05-28

This watch has kept me motivated for the past month...I can't wait to wear it when I bike, walk, run, and go to the gym. It tracks everything. Occasionally it loses the gps signal in the woods where I run, but it's not a big deal. It's great in the gym during strength training.

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Reviewer: Andy Ellarby| Date:2008-10-13

First of all, I wish that I had seen a review like this before I bought mine, but as I am the first. I am so disappointed in this watch. What is wrong with it?

1. The display is so dim and it cannot be adjusted. I was certain that the watch was faulty, I contacted the vendor and they sent me a replacement, and that was the same. It is almost impossible to read the menu indoors, outdoors it is a lot better, but still very difficult. When I looked on the Polar website discussion area I noticed a lot of people saying the same thing. How I wish that I could have found this earlier.

2. The GPS seemed not to work, I had to spend hours trying to figure out why not and by chance I found that the GPS (G1) had to be set to mode 2; absolutely no mention of this anywhere. In fact for a high price and supposedly highly functional watch the manual is not worth the paper it comes on.

3. The GPS is very basic, I could not find this out before, but it only measures the speed (at the moment) and distance travelled. It has no waypoints, no coordinates, no software to display routes or maps, etc. OK, I know this is not supposed to be a navigation device, but this information could be obtained with a foot pod at far less expense and no need for a GPS. The Garmins and Timex all have this.

On the positive side, it is a good looking watch, but not much use if you cannot read the display.

I have returned mine now to Trinowfittness - who by the way are very good. I am looking at replacing with a Polar RS800CX or a Garmin of some description.

In summary, don't get this watch if you use it in a gym, don't get it with the GPS option if you only want to keep track on how far you have run. If they fix the display it might have some other useful features. The picture used on the Polar web site shows the display as much brighter than the actual watch itself.

Good luck.

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