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$Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men\'s$

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Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's

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Item # 794741

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Easy to use and comfortable to wear, the Polar FT4 heart rate monitor will help you improve your fitness level.

Included Polar WearLink®+ transmitter chest strap accurately measures your heart rate; transmitter is coded, eliminating interference from other heart rate monitors
WearLink+ strap is soft next to skin and it adapts to the shape of your body so you'll hardly notice it's there
FT4 lets you define the limits of you target zone so you can maximize your training
Watch offers average and maximum heart rate during total exercise time; includes time spent in target zone
Visual and audible alarm alerts you every time your heart rate exceeds the upper limit or falls below the lower limit of your target zone
Polar OwnCal® counts and displays calories burned during a training session; also displays accumulated kilocalories from several training sessions for long-term goals
HeartTouch function enables button-free operation of certain heart rate functions; simply bring the watch close to the transmitter on your chest to change functions
FT4 keeps track of the number of training sessions, total training hours, total time of in-zone training and total burned calories
Watch features include time of day with alarm and snooze, date and weekday indicator, stopwatch and low-battery indicator
Display text in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish and Swedish
The Polar FT4 heart rate monitor is water resistant to 50m (164 ft.)
User-replaceable CR1632 battery included

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Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's Customer Reviews

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Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's

3.3

(based on 4 reviews)

50%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Gives A quick reading (4)
Accurate (3)
Easy to use (3)

Cons

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Feb

2010

(6 of 6 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Good base model.

By Mr. Wonka

from Boise

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Pros

Accurate
Easy To Use
Gives A Quick Reading

Cons

Limited Features

Best Uses

Running
Spinning
Treadmill
Weight Loss

Comments about Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's:

This is Polars base model. Nice HR monitor. Does what it says it does. The chest strap takes 3 or four days to get used to but it's fine after that. One thing is that you can't watch your heart rate and the workout time at the same time, it's either one or the other. This model has only one HR zone so if you want more zones you're going to have to pay quite a bit more, but for the basics it's great.

Aug

2010

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

nice HR monitor, needs improvement

By foco_backpacker

from Fort Collins, CO

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Pros

Accurate
Compact Design
Easy To Use
Gives A Quick Reading

Cons

Very Quiet Alarm

Best Uses

Running

Comments about Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's:

I like the setup of the watch and heart rate features, but the menus could really be simplified. Also, the alarm is very quiet and hard to hear. It needs to be louder.

Apr

2011

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Don't Do It

By LEM in Utah

from Northern Utah

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Pros

Gives A Quick Reading

Cons

Bulky Design
Itchy chest strap
Limited Features
Uncomfortable
Unreliable

Best Uses

Return

Comments about Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's:

Cannot view workout time and heart rate in the same screen. Didn't polar think those might be the most important features when you are working out? I can't believe that I wasted my coupon on this junky HRM. Had a comparable old version that finally died after 3 years. I thought this would be equivalent and maybe an upgrade.
All data on the website has to be entered manually. Menus are clumsy. The chest strap is very itchy and the monitor "box" on the fron is painful on my ribs. I use my old strap that is worn out so I don't have to suffer with the new strap.

Oct

2011

5.0

Does the Basics Well

By PW Waldo

from Forest Lake, MN

About Me Gym Rat

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Pros

Accurate
Easy To Use
Gives A Quick Reading

Cons

None

Best Uses

Training Hikes
Weight Loss

Comments about Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor - Men's:

The FT-4 does exactly what I was looking for - give me HR and CAL burned and do it simply. The set-up was very easy and has worked flawlessly. I've used it in intense gym workouts to wlakingthe dogs thru the woods.

he REI staff were great matching this to my needs and not selling me features I woudl never use. Yeah the chest strap feels weird at first but after an hour you don't know its there.

The feature where you can put the watch next to the HR strap and the watch switches to time for a few seconds is handy. Especially when the othetr hand has the dog leash.

Great unit. Really great with 20% member discount.