Polar F55 Heart Rate Monitor Watch Bronze Rock
The Polar F55 provides you with the ultimate fitness experience. Because cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and relaxation are essential to maximum well-being, the Polar F55 gives the modern fitness enthusiast a complete exercise session by adding new features like Body Workout and OwnRelax. Body Workout, a muscular strength-training guide can be adjusted according to the exerciser’s progress, provides basic guidance for strength training. The new OwnRelax feature, checks the body’s state of relaxation, and helps exercisers listen to their bodies, an essential component of fitness. Polar Keeps U Fit – Own Workout Program Polar OwnRelax Polar Body Workout Target zones with visual alarm HR-based target zones with audible alarm Average heart rate of total exercise Exercise Date ZonePointer Transfer exercise data from wrist unit to Polar Personal Trainer web service via Polar WebLink (SonicLink/Infrared) Transfer logos from Polar web site to wrist unit (UpLink) Edit wrist unit settings with Polar UpLink Tool and transfer them to your Polar product (UpLink) Internal / external non-Polar IrDA port Time in target zone Target zone limits Average heart rate Maximum heart rate Last OwnIndex Heart rate (displayed as bpm) Heart rate (displayed as % of maximum heart rate) Visual and audible alarm in target zones HeartTouch, button-free operation of wrist unit Sound volume level setting Time of day (12/24h) with alarm Date and weekday indicator Automatic exercise reminder (visual) Exercise reminder (visual/alarm) Polar T31 coded transmitter Polar WearLink 31 coded transmitter (changeable battery) Polar T61 coded transmitter Keylock
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Defective
Nice watch, easy to use.
However the weight training part is very limited and has not enough exercises.
Plus the web link is only good with pc and cannot be used with a mac.
Mine started getting the inside of the glass foggy after showering about 4 months after buying it.
It then stopped working 5 months later.
I will make the claim and see how the guarantee works.
Depending on the result my rating may dramatically change.
5 Stars Polar 55
this is an great watch but takes some time to figure out all the functions. It is great for daily workouts.
3 Stars Good monitor, poor case!
(Note: The item being reviewed is the “Bronze Rock” version. I have been using this product for slightly over a year.)
This is a very good and full-featured heartrate monitor, and has been great for helping me tailor my workouts and track my overall performance. However, it has NOT held up well when worn as an everyday watch. I only had mine for a few weeks when I bumped it against something and the chrome bezel that surrounds the watch face broke in half and scratched the face. Having invested this much, I was very disappointed. However, I mailed it to Polar (at my expense) and fortunately they replaced the crystal (which is NOT glass and feels like polycarbonate plastic) and the bezel.
I was again pleased for a while until a few more months went by. I had been VERY careful when wearing my watch/monitor and tried to remove it when I thought it might be in “danger”. However, I managed to once again scratch the face… while putting up my Christmas tree! Since then, the chrome bezel has been bumped a time or two in the course of normal exercise (mainly cycling and weight lifting) and the chrome is now coming off. It is NOT an aluminum bezel, but “chromed plastic”.
For the price of this watch, I think they could have used a REAL crystal face and an aluminum bezel, which would have significantly increased the durability and value of this watch/monitor without sacrificing much in terms of weight or production costs.
Edit: I also agree with the previous review by “Rene Briceno” with regard to the weaknesses of the fitness monitor product. If you are a SERIOUS weight lifter, you will quickly outgrow the workouts included on this watch. That said, I have had no problems with it from a functionality standpoint and do consult it regularly for tracking my performance.
1 Star All that hard work and can’t use it.
I’ve owned my F55 for about a year now and have been happy using it as an aid to keep me in the zone for my runs.. but that is about all this Polar unit is good for. If you start to advance and want to get all the hard earned data out of this device your stuck with Polar’s anemic PolarPersonalTrainer web site.. It is NOT supported by the overly expensive ProTrainer5 software and to add insult to injury you cannot create .HRM files to import into more advanced training software (i.e. Training peaks, etc). The other problem I’ve had with this HRM is the band; it’s difficult to put on and take off and doesn’t have the ability to be replaced with a quick Velcro band.. All in all after a year of using this HRM and not being able to access my data I’ve finally given up on Polar, I’m going to move on to Garmin or Suunto. (Yes I’m willing to pay more to have a well engineered “solution” over pretty websites and fancy marketing buzz words.)
4 Stars Okay
Works faster and better than previous models but still very complicated to use. I have it up and running but only the basics. You still need a PHD to run the more advanced program. So far so good. The strap adjusts fine. Good quality.
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