Polar Pacer – Running Smart Watch for men and women – GPS Multi Sport Watch, Gym Exercise Watch, Wrist Heart Rate Monitor, Sports Training Program Health Recovery Tools, Sleep Activity Tracker

Great running watch
I was planning to upgrade my old Amazfit GTS which has served me well for almost 4 years. I wanted something that was a bit more focused on running rather than an all rounder fitness tracker. I’m a recreational runner, running 5-6k 3 or 4 times a week so didn’t want to pay a fortune for something with lots of features I wouldn’t get the benefit from but at the same time wanted some accurate and meaningful stats from sessions. I did tons of research and the two which kept coming up in reviews was this and the Coros Pace 3. I know Polar have been making running wearables for years and Coros are relatively new to the market but I was leaning towards the Coros mainly because that was the cheaper option for similar features. However, the Polar was at an excellent Prime Day offer price (£70 cheaper than the Corps) so I decided to give it a try.I’ve been using it for about 6 weeks now and I’m absolutely delighted with it. It’s probably a little heavier than my previous watch but from other reviews much more lightweight than similar devices, it looks stylish, and feels solid. I chose it in the black/grey colour which has a kind of gunmetal look to the bezel and the buckle and a very dark grey, almost black, strap. I would have preferred a woven strap but Polar don’t seem to do one for this model and although they provide a connector to attach a different strap I had trouble doing this with an old woven one. That said, the silicon strap is comfortable to wear and I don’t feel the same level of slipping when I’m running as I did with my Amazfit.I found the set up on the app wasn’t as straightforward as it could have been but that’s the case for pretty much every wearable. It also took me a while to work out how to sync the watch and to get used to the lack of touch screen, which I actually prefer now because there’s no accidental turning off or on which used to happen with my old one.While some reviews have mentioned that the display looks basic, I’m happy with the look. In some lights I need to turn on the backlight to see the dial clearly but not really a big deal. The battery life is great. I get roughly a week out of a single charge with 3 or 4 runs.GPS connects very quickly, the watch is easy to navigate, and being able to clearly seen heart rate, speed, distance, etc on a run is great and something my previous watch didn’t have. GPS is also very accurate, and the detailed breakdown of stats and an option to record reflections of an activity through the app is great. Sleep tracking in far less accurate and sometimes doesn’t record at all so if this is a deal breaker for you this might not be the right watch. I have also noticed that the watch has occasionally turned itself off.I’ve tried some of the other sports settings, yoga, Pilates, and climbing but with all of these activities I’m not sure that there’s a meaningful way to record them aside from heart rate tracking so I think it comes into it’s own with cardio based movement activity – running, walking, hiking, bike riding, etc although I haven’t tried the others yet.Previous reviewers have talked about how great the Polar Flow app is. I haven’t had too many issues aside from initially trying to navigate it but I think there are some really basic things missing, mileage per month, for example. You can find this on the web version of Polar Flow but I don’t understand why little things like this aren’t on the app.All things considered, I’m giving in 4 stars, it’s really a 4.5 but I don’t have that option. It’s only the minor points that prevents it being a 5 and I’m prepared to overlook those for the benefits. It’s an excellent watch for the price I paid for it.

Impressed
Have tried numerous Polar watches in the past and none impressed at all, but the Pacer Pro is very different. Light and easily comfortable for 24hr wear, glitch free bluetooth sync with the app which now (finally!) works with Google Fit. This one is for keeps.

Lovely looking watch with great GPS and fitness tracking.
I bought this to replace my elderly Polar M430, which is an excellent sports watch with accurate HR and GPS but is looking a bit grotty and dated after 7 years daily wear.I was initially attracted to the slimmer, thinner Ignite 3, however GPS accuracy is important for me. I did consider Garmin but I find their app too convoluted and I’m not interested in making calls with my watch or touch screens and decided to stick with Polar.The Polar Flow app is easy to navigate and stats and activity are easy to read and track.The Pacer Pro looks great, not as bulky as I thought, even on my very small wrists. The gold bezel and beige strap look v smart, it fits well, thanks to the option of the included smaller strap. The watch features are easy to navigate and linking it to my Polar Flow account was a doddle.So far, I’m impressed with the HR and GPS (finding it immediately as opposed to waving my M430 around trying to find it) and the other new features. The battery life seems good; in the first week, I tracked about 5 sessions (1 with GPS) and still had >30% power.I also appreciate I can reduce GPS monitoring to once or twice per minute to preserve battery life on a longer activity eg hiking.Overall, I’m very pleased with the Pacer Pro and find it a great motivational tool.

É o Simples que funciona. Tem tudo que é preciso pra correr. Bom GPS, frequência cardíaca precisa, várias modalidades de treino, monitora sono. Bateria dura uma semana.

I wanted a fitness watch with an accurate and reliable HRM function that I could use for training, with a chest strap HRM.I wanted a watch with an intuitive interface and easy-to-use buttons that I could manage easily even when sweaty and gasping for breath, because, ya know, that’s how it goes when you’re training.I needed a watch face that I could glance at and read quickly without glasses, while running.And I needed a watch that would show the functions I wanted to know most while I was running… usually time elapsed, HRM, and distance covered.That’s apparently a lot to ask from a “simple” training watch, because I’ve been looking for a long time for one that fits those particular requirements, and I’ve been SUPER cranky about it. I don’t want a wrist-based HRM, because they’re always inaccurate. I don’t want a $3,000 Garmin supercomputer on my wrist that will show me a 3D rendered topo map of my route. I don’t need to know the barometric pressure, or how far off true north the compass function is. I don’t need a watch that will recite Hungarian poetry to me while I run, or anything like that. I just need some basic training metrics, delivered in a reliable form. The Polar Pacer Pro delivers. I am solidly wowed by it.The Pacer Pro watch face is easy to read even with my 55-yo eyes; the interface is dead easy to use, and the watch itself is pretty slim and not too bulky for my wee wrists. It measures the functions I want. Paired with the Polar H10 chest strap, it delivers a rock solid HRM readout, updated in real time. (The wrist-based HRM is pretty good, but when I tested it against a chest strap, it was off by as much as 7-8 bpm and lagged a few seconds in updating its reading. Better than a lot of wrist-based HRMs, but still not as good as a chest strap.) I want to be cranky about having to use an app to get full readouts on my workouts, but the app is really easy to use and I’ve been really happy with how it presents the info.One thing I didn’t think I wanted or needed was the sleep tracking function, but having tried it, I’m finding it’s really useful. It made me realize that I do not relax well before going to sleep most nights, and therefore get subpar sleep…so I’ve started doing some meditation and guided relaxation for a few minutes before bed, and wow, I’ve been sleeping a lot better, which is making me feel better overall every day.The battery life has been quite good; it goes about a week between charging, and the charging itself doesn’t take much time. Rather than draining the battery fully between charges, I’ve been taking it off my wrist occasionally and putting it on the charger while I eat lunch or take a shower, and that’s enough for several days’ worth of charge. I would feel absolutely confident it would last through a full weekend of ultramarathoning, although I haven’t tested it on that long a run yet.

Me gustó todo. Pero debería traer manual para saber usarlo y poder saber usar todas las funciones que trae. No se como apagarlo.Yo lo uso para correr pero lo traigo todo el tiempo.