Average Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Total Number of Reviews: 24
Editorial Review: Measures your Pulse from your fingertips! Just press and hold the silver contact button and display your pulse rate in seconds flat . Purchased separately , you can add any Polar transmitter and the A4 becomes a continously displaying Heart Rate Monitor just like the other famous Polar models . Watch , Owners manual ,and warranty card ,come packaged in a black nylon zippered carrying case . Check your pulse while sitting or standing , or buy a Polar transmitter separately, to see continuous display of Heart Rate while excercising . Other features such as caloric counting and excercise file record, available when using a chest strap transmitter (not included.)
Useless piece of junk 1 out of 5
I bought this watch reading all the reviews and thinking, it couldnt be so bad as some of the reviews have described it. And I was right, it was not nearly as bad as people described, it was much worse. The heart rate monitor is so unreliable. It works one in ten times. Other nine times it will show absurd values like 12, 23 etc.
I thought, ok I will use it as a watch but then the watch died within 4 months of my buying it. I dont knnow if it is the battery or the watch itself is dead. I cant find out how to open the watch to replace the battery. Absolute waste of 50$.
Comfortable and effective 5 out of 5
I bought the watch to monitor my calories burned during excercise. The watch is comfortable, it works seemlessly with my Polar chest strap, and is easy to use. I don't find it to be as useful when using only the touch heart monitor, but with the strap it's been a great purchase.
Polar A4 heart rate monitor watch 5 out of 5
This watch works great as long as you wear the heart rate transmitter band. I do not think any of them work very well by the method of pressing with the finger. The watch has different options. You can be exercising and see your heart rate or the percentage of your target heart rate. I use it with the percentage and try to keep it between 70 and 75 percent. It beeps each ten minutes you are in the target zone. I already owned the chest strap for use on a rowing machine. The watch allows me to walk and keep up with my heart rate. It has several other features that I have not put to use yet - but might be useful to others.
Polar heart rate monitor 5 out of 5
I wanted an inexpensive monitor to measure my heart rate while exercising and this unit works well. Combined with the Polar transmitter on the chest belt I easily maintain my heart rate at the desired level.
For its category, it works well and is a good value. 5 out of 5
I already had a chest strap so how I use it is different than those that want the instant HR check. It takes a little time to get used to the buttons and I only learned enough to be able to record my time and ave HR, but it has been working well. The beeps for out of the HR zone are helpful and are loud enough to be heard without being annoying. It is inexpensive for a HR monitor and has worked well, so I consider it a good value.
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