Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder) Rating
Jul 29 2010
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Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder)
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- Slim heart rate monitor watch with a sleek design is ideal for monitoring your heart rate while exercising
- Zone Pointer mode displays where you heart rate fits within target zone
- OwnCal function shows your energy expenditure during 1 or many sessions
- Time in Target Zone calculates amount of total exercise time spent in zone
- 24-hour clock with day/week indicator and stopwatch; 2-year warranty
The F4™ Black Thunder heart rate monitor from Polar® combines all the necessary heart rate features with a new, slim design. It includes the popular Zone Pointer feature that helps keep you in your Target Zone and OwnCal® to track the calories you burn during your exercise. With a stopwatch and convenient button-free operation, the F4™ is a valuable fitness tool. A T31 Non CodedTM transmitter is included.Featuring a new, slim design, the F4 is packed with innovative training features to help you toward your exercise goals, including:
- Zone Pointer: A visible and audible feature on the display of your heart rate monitor showing your target heart rate zone and where your current heart rate is within that zone.
- Polar OwnCal: Shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions. You can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time (e.g. one week), it helps in achieving both short-term and long-term goals.
- Fitness Bullets: Shows a bullet on the monitor’s display for every 10 minutes spent exercising/training in your target heart rate zone. The Time in Target Zone feature calculates the amount of total exercise time spent in your personal target zone. You can use this feature together with the Total Exercise Time to determine the effectiveness of your exercise program.
Key Features:
- Display of heart rate, exercise time, and average heart rate
- 24-hour clock with day/week indicator and stopwatch
- Large easy-to-read display with split screen
- One-year average battery life
- Water resistant to 30 meters (100 feet)
Manufacturer’s Warranty
The original purchaser of this heart rate monitor is backed by a limited warranty that states that this product that the product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase.
Note:
Polar heart rate monitors are precision instruments; consumers are not advised to change their own battery. Polar recommends that all service be done by an authorized Polar Service Center which will include a warranty for 90 days on repairs and 6 months for batteries.
About Polar
The first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor was invented by Polar back in 1977 as a training tool for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski Team. The concept of “intensity training” by heart rate swept the athletic world in the eighties. By the 1990s, individuals were looking to heart rate monitors not only for performance training needs, but also for achieving everyday fitness goals. Today, the same concept of heart rate training is being used by world-class athletes as well as everyday people trying to lose weight. Polar is the leading brand among consumers, coaches, and personal trainers worldwide and the company is committed to not only producing the best products, but also being the leading educator on the benefits of heart rate based exercise.
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List Price: $ 99.95
Price: $ 62.99
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Comment by D. Teuber
July 29, 2010 at 6:46 am
Review by D. Teuber for Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder)
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First, if you buy one of these be aware that it’s extremely easy to accidently wipe out all the personal and cardio info it stores. There isn’t any way to lock this monitor to protect such loss.
I sent this monitor in for repair. They emailed me to tell me they received the monitor. They emailed me to tell me they replaced the circuit board. They had my monitor over a month. I got this monitor back and it works exactly the same as before I sent it in. They did nothing to it. Yes I know how to read and I always read the manuals for everything I buy. This monitor does not display the time when brought to the transmitter belt like it say’s it will in the manual. There isn’t any way for me to have this display the time while it is monitoring.
Update. It takes Polar apr. 4 days to reply to an email sent to them. The last email they sent me was to inform me that the F4 instruction manual is for the European market and it needs a coded transmitter in order to check the time of day while it’s monitoring the heart. It was either pay $45 for a coded transmitter or follow their suggestion and upgrade to the F6 which I ended up doing but would have preferred not to. I just need something to monitor my heart and tell me what time it is. To upgrade I called their customer service and waited on the line for over 15 minutes. Note, if you upgrade they will only credit you with 30% of the F4 price. They have terrible customer support. And to put the icing on the cake they didn’t even spell my first name right or include my apartment number on the package with the F6.
Comment by Michael P Mccullough
July 29, 2010 at 7:07 am
Review by Michael P Mccullough for Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder)
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Read the manual. One reviewer complained that it beeps constantly – she should have reset her target zone. I lamented that it kept reading too high, or became stuck on one heart rate even if I sprinted or stopped, or it displayed just zero zero. I discovered (by reading the directions)that I needed to turn my Blackberry off. It works fine if my phone is off!
Comment by B. Kniffen
July 29, 2010 at 8:04 am
Review by B. Kniffen for Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder)
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I use it about 3 to 4 times a week and it does what I need it to do. If you are looking for more bells and whistles, you may want to look at another model. If you want a good standard model that will give you heart rate, calorie burn and summarize your information as you continue to do workouts, this is it. For the price…I think it’s a great product.
Comment by elvis
July 29, 2010 at 8:22 am
Review by elvis for Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder)
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this item is great! back light? if you put the watch up to the transmitter “heart touch”, a back light goes on but only when you’re exercising/transmitting. if you want to see the time/date in the dark you can do that also when exercising/transmitting by pressing the right button two times and do heart touch.
before purchasing this product i did some researching about brands, models etc. everyone seems to recommend polar. as far as i’ve searched this is the least expensive one which also has the “OwnCal” which is what shows calories burned. that’s pretty much why i purchased this product is to measure my calories burned.
the watch gives pretty accurate calories burned readings, which was what i was most interested in.
product seems durable enough for me as long as i take care of it and wash it after usage.
one con, it doesn’t tell you a minimum heart rate reading, or a RESTING HEART RATE during a workout period.
edit: just one more. if you’re a “bigger guy” you probably won’t fit the chest strap/transmitter they send as default. polar sends out a size medium which might fit most people. it fit me, but was a bit tight even after i’ve lost inches off my chest. the medium (which comes default) will fit a 25″-54″ chest. i know you wear it just below the chest but it was still tight for me, my chest measures 43″. the large, which is the biggest size they offer, will fit 33″-63″ chest.
here’s the amazon link for the large, which is what i ordered, to save you people time: http://www.amazon.com/Polar-Replacement-Elastic-Strap-Large/dp/B000C044N2/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
you can also search amazon yourself by searching for: Polar replacement strap
great product, i recommend it to all! everyone i showed it to finds it interesting. great tool if you’re serious about exercising, a heart rate monitor with calories burned is a MUST HAVE!
Comment by Christopher Walton
July 29, 2010 at 9:03 am
Review by Christopher Walton for Polar F4 Men’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Thunder)
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This item was just what I was looking for. It gives me a constant readout of my heart rate when I am working out, tells me when I need to pick it up or take it down and even keeps a summary of my workouts for furture reference.
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