December’s v2.07 firmware has today been released for both Polar Vantage models; reviewed earlier here in detail (Polar Vantage Review) Changes made by Polar are stated to be these: Stopwatch, countdown timer and interval timer (image below) Button and touch lock Brighter backlight when looking at the display during training Speed sensitivity improved (faster reaction…
I’ve been getting very excited with myself recently. I had pretty much convinced myself into believing that an ANT+ Running With Power Standard would be announced at 1:03pm on Friday 15th March 2019. Then I took a step back and thought I’d better check my facts. That’s always a time-consuming annoyance when it comes to…
Polar Vantage Review – DETAILED look at Polar Vantage V and Polar Vantage M models. EVERY major aspect considered, pros cons and recommendation.
Here we look at the most important aspects of the accuracy of the Polar Vantage M and the Polar Vantage V. Specifically we look at the performance of the Precision Prime optical HR and of the Sony GPS chip used by both Vantage models across different types of workouts in running, cycling and swimming; although…
In this Polar Vantage V Review we take a quick look at Polar’s new running and triathlon watch. Let’s start with some highlights. Pro’s Great battery life Looks good Light-weight, quality construction Inbuilt running power meter leveraging barometric altimetery Native, and fairly extensive, running power support & cycling power support Gives a more complete view…
In this Polar Vantage M Review we take a quick look at Polar’s new running and triathlon watch. Let’s start with some highlights. Pro’s Great battery life Looks good Super light-weight Native running power support & cycling power support Gives a more complete view of HR-based training load Generally good optical HR, including for swimming…
A little bird has told me that there will be no more Garmin sports watch announcements in 2018. The next will be at or before CES 2019. This slightly blows my theory that we would be due a spoiler Garmin Tri watch for the Polar Vantage Launch (shipping now), with that spoiler being either a…
I can’t even blame an alcoholic stupor for inadvertently booking onto a cycling expedition across the Pyrenees. I just simply forgot that I don’t like going up hills that much and got starry-eyed and blinded by the thought of being the first person to cycle from the Atlantic to the Med across the Pyrenees. OK.…
This is one of those ‘YAY days’. I tried something a bit techy & convoluted and it all worked out. What I tried to do It was my first run for a while to check out my Achilles (mostly OK, thank you for asking). Also with RunScribe Plus now going LIVE with their “Sensor Fusion”…
I have been using the Vantage a lot for cycling over the last week and a bit. Mostly because of riding a lot (over 30 hours) but also because of not being able to run too much at all. This post is more of an update of some of the info I have got from…
Polar are targeting their new Vantage M and Vantage M models at ‘proper’ athletes. We shall see in some of the other posts publishing today that this involves some cool new hardware and software features. This post specifically looks at Running Power which Polar have rightly identified as one of the trends that running tech…
