$ Polar FT7 Men s Heart Rate Monitor Watch Black Silver

I've owned about 10 Polar watches over the years. I liked the look of this watch. It's small and has a nice large display for the time. I really like the training log features. I find it very useful to track your training totals by week. I also like the new style chest strap. It's very comfortable and accurate. However, there are two key problems with the watch:

1. The alarm is very low volume. It's barely noticeable when you know it's going off so there is no way it would wake me up.

2. There isn't a way to show the elapsed training time and the heart rate at the same time. To me, this seems like such a basic feature of a heart rate training watch that I was really surprised it wasn't featured. I thought the heart touch feature might help, but it only shows the time of day.



Without these shortcomings, it would be a great watch. These two are pretty major flaws though and if possible I'd return the watch. Unfortunately I bought the watch out of town and there isn't a store near me to return it.
(14 customers reviews)
Customers Rating=4.0 / 5.0

More Detail For Polar FT7 Men s Heart Rate Monitor Watch Black Silver

• Men's heart rate monitor watch with stylish black/silver housing
• Measures heart rate in bpm; includes audio and visual target zone alarm
• EnergyPointer indicates whether workout is improving fitness or burning fat
• Polar Own Cal function tracks energy expenditure during single session
• 99 training files (with summaries); water-resistant to 50m; 2-year warranty

!$ Polar FT7 Men s Heart Rate Monitor Watch Black Silver

After extensive review and investigation, I decided to get the Polar FT7.



One of the things it does have is a user replaceable battery. A little (very little) drawback is that the transmitter and the watch use different size batteries. But I really don't see this as anything real big.



It also has a backlight. There are times when I wish the backlight stayed on longer



I really was looking for a watch with a stopwatch. This only has a "duration" setting. However, what I would use the stopwatch for (intervals), I can get around this setting. When talking to one of their representatives, I really wasn't told that by bringing the watch close to the transmitter, it would only display the time. I was thinking that it would show the heartrate.



Don't ask me to explain it, but for some reason the duration and the time of day are on the same screen. I really don't care about the time of day, you can get that easily enough. But I do care about my heartrate during the intervals. You have to go forward two screens to get your heartrate.



I did want a watch that would tell me how many calories I burned during my workout, and this one does that.



The chest strap is very comfortable. It's really a piece of material that the transmitter snaps into. Another good thing is that you can take the transmitter off and wash the strap.



One thing I did learn after receiving it was that there is no way to turn the watch off. Even after you take off the transmitter, the time is still displayed. Not sure if this uses a lot of battery power or not.



All in all, I'm quite satisfied. It WOULD be nice if the duration and heartrate were on the same screen, that is about the only thing that I can't get around.



Be aware that the manual that comes with the watch is really just a mini-manual. You need to download the full manual from the website. Not a biggie.



I'm sure there are other features that I haven't utilized as yet. Then again, I haven't had my HRM for a week yet. I bet the low battery indicator is helpful. The two different time zones will also come in handy, too, I'm sure.




(13 customers reviews)
Customers Rating=4.5 / 5.0

More Detail For Polar FT7 Men s Heart Rate Monitor Watch Black Silver

• Men's heart rate monitor watch with stylish black/silver housing
• Measures heart rate in bpm; includes audio and visual target zone alarm
• EnergyPointer indicates whether workout is improving fitness or burning fat
• Polar Own Cal function tracks energy expenditure during single session
• 99 training files (with summaries); water-resistant to 50m; 2-year warranty