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Polar F4 Women's Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Amber)
Equipment DetailsManufacturer: Polar Brand: Polar Release Date: 2005-03-01 Model: 90023326 Color: Blk Amber - Women's Product features: - Automatic and manual options to track target heart rate zone
- Displays maximum and average heart rate of total exercise session
- Zone Pointer function allows you to track the intensity level of your workout
- Includes T31 chest transmitter and strap
- Full-function watch includes time of day, date and weekday indicator, stopwatch; water resistant to 30 meters
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Sports reviews of Polar F4 Women's Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Amber)Customer Review: Won't leave home without it Sport shop rating: 5 Stars
I love my Polar F4. Just love it!
I don't work out without it and am happy to say that since I've started working out (January 1) and using this gizmo, I've lost 12 pounds. Okay, so that had more to do with counting calories than it did with wearing a heart rate monitor, but this gadget tallies the calories I've burned so that I have a good sense of how much I can eat.
If anyone thinks the calorie calculation is off (because your treadmill says you burned considerably less), I'll beg to differ. I use a spreadsheet and record calories in, basal metabolic rate, and calories out and every 3500 calories, I lose .8 to one full pound. (I attribute the .2 difference to water weight.)
The monitor comes with a size Medium strap and if you're small framed, it may seem too loose. I use the band of my sports bra to hold the strap in place (in other words, I "tuck" the strap inside my bra).
Changing the weight on the watch is tedious because you can't go "down"... you have to go all the way up to 300 and then start over again at 1. As a result, I only change the weight on the thing when there's a three pound difference or more. Changing the weight is important as it more accurately will calculate the calories burned.
Other critiques stated that the watch had a stop watch mechanism. It does not. It doesn't have a light either but I haven't used it at night or in the dark. I don't use this for time at all; I use it ONLY to report back my workout results.
I do own the black watch because I thought the blue one looked cheesy and had read that it yellowed with time. After ten weeks and almost fifty uses, the black watch is holding up just fine.
My ONLY beef is that the LCD sometimes shows the numbers (calories in Summary section) in such a way that you can't read the first digit. A 6 may look like a 3 because the LCD isn't in full function on the first digit. In other words, 690 calories burned may read as 390 calories. However, just before the summary, when you're done working out, you get an immediate readout and I read the calories there.
Strangely enough, though, over the last two or three weeks, I haven't had an LCD problem. It may have been a problem with cold weather, but just know that this might happen with your watch.
Would I buy it again? Yep! Was it worth the $70 or $75 I paid? You bet!
Description of Polar F4 Women's Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Amber)The F4 is the first women's-specific product offering from Polar. Featuring all of the heart rate necessities with all of the comfort of a smaller woman's sized watch. Featuring a new, slim design, the F4 is Polar's first heart rate monitor designed specifically for women. It's 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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