Polar RS800sd Heart Rate Monitor Watch with Free IRDA USB 2 0 Interface
The Polar RS800sd Running Computer is a complete system for planning, monitoring and analyzing your training. It provides an optimum combination of features for elite level athletes and their coaches. With the new Polar WearLink transmitter W.I.N.D., the Polar RS800sd is part of the world's first integrated training system together with adidas running gear. It also comes with the new Polar s3 stride sensor W.I.N.D. for detailed speed/pace and distance tracking, and is compatible with Polar G3 GPS Sensor W.I.N.D. It provides information about your heart rate, exercise history and goals, running and cycling speeds and distances, as well as weather, time, geographical bearing, and more! Array of helpful weight management features Altimeter Weather, temperature and barometer Compass Clock with day/month, alarms and stopwatch Computer connectivity and data transfer capability
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Excellent Acquisition RS 800 is really a complete device offering all the important information during and after training. It is really better than I expect. It is possible to have information of pace, distance, calories, etc. You can keep data on memory and can go back and verify how was your training in the previous day or week.
I really enjoyed the product.
4 Stars Very Satisfied I have this product for three weeks now and I am still using mostly the heart rate monitor function alone. Last week only I synced it with my laptop and transfered all the workout information. It took me a while to connect to laptop but the transfer was seemless. I would recommend this product if you are seriously planning to work on a training schedule otherwise this is way expensive for any other purpose.
4 Stars RS 800 So far a good product both on and off of the treadmill. I run about 30-50 miles per week. I enjoy using this product and I have had no problems with the recording of my exercises. The program is very similar to old polar programs and it was easy to start using the program from my previous polar watch. I do have one button that does not work well it is the light button. Not sure if I will send it back to have this fixed or not, but a little annoyed that I enjoy the product but have this glich that should not be there.
1 Star Don't waste your money This is one of the worst products I have purchased in the last 5 years. The one I bought never worked properly. The heart monitor would not pick up, the stride-pod never could be properly calibrated, the watch could never seem to connect with the computer and when it did the software was defective because it would not let you adjust the downloaded workouts to fix errors in distance recorded by the defective stride-pod. On top of everything else, the thing eats batteries like they were candy. I finally gave up and just tried to use it as a $400 stopwatch. Putting in a new battery for the fourth time in less than a year, I got a "error" with a code 169 on it. The Polar site user site says to send it in for service. I'm going to send it to the trash can instead. This is an expensive piece of junk. Save your money and buy something else
2 Stars I love polar – just too many problems with this one Polar heart rate monitors have helped keep me in shape (and get me back in shape when I fall behind). I like the data this product collects, but the battery dies too quickly and the IRDA/Vista problem is just too much to rate this product highly. IRDA works fine with XP, but once I went to Vista, I found myself fighting with the watch to transfer the data. It never seemed to transfer on the first try (shutting down the program, restarting – even restarting the machine was required). I have a great computer (so that's not the problem) – just Vista…
Also, whenever I left data in the watch too long, the battery died. Also, the Stride Sensor (W.I.N.D.) also had battery problems — it should last much longer than it does.
So, I will have to get back in the market for another product (I just wish that, for the price, I had purchased a HRM that would last longer for me).
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