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90 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
Good value Heart rate monitor
I have had this product for a few months now and it does just what I want it to. It is Polar branded and thus compatible with a lot of gym equipment and it tailors its results to the user based on sex, age and weight.
Got quite a few features but I am just interested in how my heart rate is and max and min readings during a session plus the totals at the end...
Published 19 months ago by M. J. McGarrigle
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Average really
The watch is easy to set up and comfortable to wear, very light and does not slide around on your wrist however wet /sweaty you get and the clip that holds the strap is a superb piece of design so that you never have it catching against your clothing. The only mistake I made was not reading the small print well enough - note there is no pause function so you cannot hold...
Published 10 months ago by R. Pawlyn
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90 of 91 people found the following review helpful:
Good value Heart rate monitor, 10 Feb 2009
I have had this product for a few months now and it does just what I want it to. It is Polar branded and thus compatible with a lot of gym equipment and it tailors its results to the user based on sex, age and weight.
Got quite a few features but I am just interested in how my heart rate is and max and min readings during a session plus the totals at the end. Easy to set up and would recommend it for most amateur keep fit and training.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
Fist time HRM buyer, 6 Nov 2009
First of all what do you get:
A watch
A band that fits around your chest
An instruction booklet.
The watch has plenty of functions, which are all very easy get to. Starting the HRM (Heart rate monitor) is very easy- it is a one touch button, and then when you have finished exercising, you press the same one, and it comes up with a full summary of the workout you have done, average, high, low HR etc etc.
It is very easy to set the WATCH up.. you need to have some details- height, weight and age- nothing to difficult to get! Read the instructions, and it is very easy to follow, as the watch itself is very function friendly,
The chest band is needed to get your HR. I initally thought that it woudl do it through your wrist, but you do need the chest band. This is essentially an elasticated fabric band which fits snuggly round your chest. It has some platsic bits on the front, which you wet slightly before exercising, and it transmits the HR to the watch. A very nice little fucntion, is if you bring the watch up to the logo on the chest band, the backlight comes on... very useful when you are running at night, as you do not need to fidle with two hands to switch the light on.
It may seem silly to alert people to the fact you need the chest band, but I was not aware of it!
All in all, a superb HRM, and i am very very happy that i have bought it. Can't really think why I would need a 'better' one, so chuffed to bits with it!
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86 of 88 people found the following review helpful:
Perfect first HRM, 17 Jun 2009
This was the first HRM I owned, and it is perfect for beginners. Everything is very simple to understand, and set up. The unit is attractive looking, and highly accurate (you can see your HR rise the moment you start moving), with enough real features to keep you motivated, and actually put it to good use either in the gym or on the road.
One thing I've since discovered, is that Polar HRM's are much easier to use than some other models (check a few manuals online to see for yourself). The F4 is very simple: simply enter some initial data (age, sex, weight), and then put the strap on (wet the reverse with some tap water) and you're ready. Click the start button. The unit has useful exercise views (duration, time in zone, calories, avg heart rate, max heart rate) which you can cycle through with a button press as you work out. Once finished, you view an exercise summary screen, which displays all this information. The data is then added to a totals file (which can be reset at will -- ie: at the end of the week).
All in all, this is perfect for a beginner. It does enough for it to be useful for a couple of years, before you will want to move onto something more complicated. Don't spend £150+ on a HRM first time; try something like this and make sure you need extra features. This worked like a dream for me, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a simple (but effective) heart rate monitor.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
ok for use in the gym but not great for anything else, 11 Mar 2008
the F4 comes with easy to use functions such as the ability to give you ur heart rate as a percentage of ur maximum which is good if ur trying to maintain a level if intensity. such as when you want to do a low level workout to burn fat, or if ur wanting to do a cardio workout and push urself harder, then you can see direclty on the face what percentage ur at.
i use it for workouts in the gym because it gives a more accurate calorie expenditure than the gym equiptment. plus many of the cardio machines are polar ready at my gym. so no need to look at my wrist just check out the machine i'm using.
when i have taken it for a run outside on some occasions it has failed to register my heart rate, and i wasn't even working too hard for it too do that.
the belt can slip a bit aswell over time, when doing a longer exercise workout.
overall it is a good investment for the beginer in heart rate training, but as you progress you will want more functions, so if you have a litttle extra cash then pay a little more and get the F11 or the RS 800
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Perfect first HRM, 16 July 2009
This was the first HRM I owned, and it is perfect for beginners. Everything is very simple to understand, and set up. The unit is attractive looking, and highly accurate (you can see your HR rise the moment you start moving), with enough real features to keep you motivated, and actually put it to good use either in the gym or on the road.
One thing I've since discovered, is that Polar HRM's are much easier to use than some other models (check a few manuals online to see for yourself). The F4 is very simple: simply enter some initial data (age, sex, weight), and then put the strap on (wet the reverse with some tap water) and you're ready. Click the start button. The unit has useful exercise views (duration, time in zone, calories, avg heart rate, max heart rate) which you can cycle through with a button press as you work out. Once finished, you view an exercise summary screen, which displays all this information. The data is then added to a totals file (which can be reset at will -- ie: at the end of the week).
All in all, this is perfect for a beginner. It does enough for it to be useful for a couple of years, before you will want to move onto something more complicated. Don't spend £150+ on a HRM first time; try something like this and make sure you need extra features. This worked like a dream for me, and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a simple (but effective) heart rate monitor.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
Average really, 24 Oct 2009
The watch is easy to set up and comfortable to wear, very light and does not slide around on your wrist however wet /sweaty you get and the clip that holds the strap is a superb piece of design so that you never have it catching against your clothing. The only mistake I made was not reading the small print well enough - note there is no pause function so you cannot hold the settings whilst you stop for a breather, and secondly, the watch does not show % of max heart rate. There is nothing wrong with the watch just, if you want those two features, you need a dearer model.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
polar watch, 30 Aug 2009
Excellent product. Straight forward set up,easy to programme,specific information to suit entry level fitness and beyond. Would have no doubt in recommending this product. Does what it says on the box!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Polar F4M Heart Rate Monitor, 27 Feb 2010
I am very disappointed with this product. It is inconsistent and measures calories inaccurately and intermittently. I do not like the kcal measure at all. It is also intermittent in measuring heart rate and calories and connects and disconnects constantly. A nuisance. I previously had a more expensive polar HR monitor and this was fantastic. As someone who regularly exercises, I regret not paying that bit more for a more sophisticated and reliable polar - but having had a good one I expected that all polar products would be of a high standard. Take my advice and don't bother with this one! It does the basics badly. Can I have my money back, please!! Polar F4M Heart Rate Monitor
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Great piece of kit! Great value!, 14 Dec 2009
I'd been looking for a decent heart rate monitor in this price range for a while and stumbled across this one on amazon. It's essentially a great piece of kit for great value.
I had used another brand of heart rate monitor and they were expensive and quite flimsy. They broke quite easy. The Polar F4 is durable and well built and has excellent features.
It may be basic compared to what Polar have released recently but it really has everything any hard trainer would need! It has a calorie counter, heart rate zones, alarms, backlight, it's very lightweight and as I said, just a great piece of kit at great value.
Very happy with it and highly recommend it!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
TOP PIECE OF KIT, 7 Oct 2009
After trying a different make initially and finding its setup and use difficult the Polar F4 was a breath of fresh air . I didnt even have to resort to reading the instructions for the initial setup and was up and running ( no pun intended ) within minutes ,it does what it says , is easy to use and i love it .
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