Polar Vantage V Sports Watch for Running, Cycling, Swimming, Etc. Precision Prime Sensor Fusion Technology Enabled, Waterproof, GPS Watch

This is a running 🏃‍♂️ watch first and foremost. It's not a smart watch pretending to track running, nor a running watch that tries to do everything. It's a running watch for people who run and want to improve their running. I've owned this watch for more than a year now and am still extremely happy. It's the best running device I've owned (and I've had various other Garmin and Polar devices). This is how i've used it: 1) I've set up the watch with all my data and heart rate zones (HR zones are vital for using this watch to its best abilities) 2) I've set up a succession of running programs over the year using the Polar Flow website, that syncs with my watch (via the mobile or a physical cable). This guides me throughout each exercise and gives me a score for each week. Get a good enough score after 4 weeks and the adaptive plan "rewards" you with a modified plan for the following 4 weeks 3) I check my recovery status every few days with the orthostatic test to ensure I don't overtrain (you need the H10 chest strap for this - well worth it). This is surprisingly accurate. A few times i've ignored the result and gone for a run anyway only to have a rubbish run! 4) I use the FitSpark recommendations to do regular core, strength and mobility exercises throughout the week (I target 6 in total per week). This has been a personal revelation with the added exercises really helping my running 4) With the OH1 arm heart rate monitor I have been, for the first time ever, accurately monitoring my heart rate whilst playing squash 😲 5) I regularly check the Polar Flow report data to look at my progression and accumulation of miles. Also after every run i check the Running Index measure which is a good measure of how the run went. You get good satisfaction from seeing the number grow over time What do I particularly like? o Lightweight and REALLY comfortable - I'm fussy about things around my wrist, but haven't struggled with this at all (unlike other devices, including the Garmin FR620 & Polar M600) o Battery life is not a problem - i'm doing a lot of exercises every week and only need to charge once per week o Polar Flow and how it links with the device - it feels like you have your own personal trainer and it provides you with a full complement of exercises o Health stats, particularly the orthostatic test, are very insightful and accurate o GPS is accurate, certainly over the past 6 months after the firmware updates, and catches a signal really quickly o Route following and track back have been a god send for me when running away from home, as i have a habit of getting lost... Niggle: o Wrist based HR is accurate, but unreliable. I've had a few runs where my HR has maxed out within the first couple of minutes and only calms down to a proper reading about 5 minutes later. This is a bit frustrating when following the running program which is HR reliant (and keeping to zones). I've solved this personally by running with the OH1 HRM. Alternatively, I'd advise using the H10 chest strap or any other vversion you can pair to the device. Not sure: o Not yet figured out how to blend wrist based power into my training, but power is definitely a personal development area for my running o Polar Flow app is a bit of a let down, struggling to keep up with the data on the website. I solve this by using the website portal the majority of the time, which is easy enough to access from the mobile o Haven't used the Serene breathing exercises enough. Think this would be a great thing to explore more, though

Changed from Fenix 5 X to this watch, due to the inaccuracy and weight of the Fenix range after having used Garmin products for at least 10 years, I have to say I'm not sorry the watch is great, it's light quick to log on to GPS and in my opinion very accurate in what it records. If like me you don't like wearing a chest strap for heart rate while this is the watch for you, I have tested it against Fenix 5 with a chest strap and find it very accurate in all disciplines, swim, bike and run. A couple of the things I particularly like is on the swim side, in the pool when you start a set you don't need to touch the watch again, It automatically pauses when you stop, it is also able to detect what stroke you are doing, with the added benefit of constantly displaying your heart rate, unlike the Garmin product where you have to lift yourself out of the water. Lastly, the battery life is fantastic as well.

Great watch, once the latest firmware is updated works really well. Just tested after doing a 10K, the main problem is the GPS is slightly out but not a deal breaker. Where this watch excells is accuracy of the HR monitor and running power and recovery feedback to avoid over or under training. The display can be quite dim, but auto backlight helps and I didn't have any issues reading the data. So far so good.

Really pleased with the Vantage, its comfortable, light and looks good. The colour display is really clear and touch screen quick and easy to navigate round. It picked up GPS and my heart rate really fast in my first run and was even quick on intervals which my last watch wasn't. It synced to my phone first time and I have played around in the Flow software and chosen the sports I want and being able to easily customise the screens was an added bonus. I need to have a better look in the software as there is so much there, (running programmes, sleep and recovery). Its well worth the money there are so many features I would definately recommend this watch.

I have used Polar products for a long time and the Polar Flow app is brilliant – easy to sync and download my workout on my phone. I love the M430 but the addition of running power on the wrist with the Vantage V persuaded me to upgrade. I’ve only just started using it, but my early impressions are really good. It’s amazing to see the running power rise when you start going uphill. I cycle a bit and expect to use power in running just like I do on my bike. The battery life is seriously impressive too. There are loads of sports choices you can download onto the watch (like with the M430) so I expect to get just as attached to it! The Vantage is also stylish so I can wear it at work not just when exercising. Really pleased.

What I Like: the design, look and feel are slick. I had the 800 which is bullet proof but clunky if you wore it all the time. I don’t even notice this on my wrist. I like the training load status feature and the watch is easy to navigate and simple to use, almost basic! What I dislike: My main issue is the wild GPS signal which means I never know my accurate pace per mile until I syncs with strava. I do get a running summary at the end of a run, giving me an average pace, and although I roughly know how fast I am running based on feel, I need to see this as real time information. It’s really poor, especially if you do a fast turn or go of track, or on track! I also had issues with the heart rate dropping out and I didn’t know if that was because I was not wearing the watch tight enough, or if the watch was flicking between my H10 heart rate monitor and the watch. I’ve tightened the watch and removed the H10 and now it’s fine, although I feel like it’s a couple of BPM’s quick than my H10. I’ve contacted polar support but they said ‘they are very busy dealing with customer enquiries’ I am not surprised! I hope they manage to get it sorted, as the watch has a lot of potential in my view. On balance, I will keep it but only just.

I am absolutely loving the 40 hour battery life on this watch and that's with my HR & GPS on at the same time. My old Garmin 235 only gave me about 10/11 hours and with the amount of training I do, this has been a godsend already! I have never used Polar before as I thought they looked quite old fashioned but now finding that I am wearing my training watch all of the time, which is also now improving the accuracy of my training load. My coach has always tried to estimate this for me but now we feel as though we have access to the England Athletics sports scientists now too, there is a chance I could be a pro yet! I am still getting to grips with the new power metrics, it certainly feels strange at the moment because my coach is actually telling me to slow down at times now on hills and hard interval sessions, as I used to push too hard all of the time. Now we have started to see some positive signs from my recovery data, so time will tell in my next few races. Another thing for me,is that I have always used heart straps in the past, as have been a bit sceptical recording from the wrist. Apparently no-one else has this technology on the wrist and so cannot be as accurate, with the movement it can keep up with and the different coloured lights. This has been a bit of a breakthrough for me too because we have seen that it has been just so responsive and comparable with my HR strap data, even in the cold of our annual open water boxing day swim! I am immediately impressed with Polar here, the GPS has been great, the number of different sports that I can add onto the watch is just meaning that everything I am recording is specific now and relevant. Then I have been able to personalise them too,. This will certainly change and shape my training in the future, I am more switched onto how my body is feeling and then the watch kind of validates it now.

Polar took almost 5 years to amaze us with a 'premium and professional' product that you'd be embarrassed to flaunt and wonder why it couldn't match it's predecessor. I've been through all all the high end polar devices since 2006. I've been watching, testing and using these devices for competitive purposes. Generally speaking, Polar's metric measurements are second to none. The more expensive Garmin products (FENIX 5X plus, which I own) cannot compete with Polar's precision nor its clean and easy feedback. Polar's competition generally track and store a lot more types of potentially useful data, however, for most, these are meaningless or gimikky data. However, the Training Load and Recovery Status available with Polar's ecosystem is in my opinion the reason why they are leaders. But just like Microsoft Mobiles, they are the pioneers that allow brands like Garmin to step into their space with tonnes of features (mostly gimmicks) and take notes out of its pie until one day when they will be left with crumbs. I've been been through the FT60, FT80, V800, M600 and now the Vantage V. I don't make compromises on my gear and I'm prepared to pay any amount it the product is good. So let me explain the situation here: The FT series were great, especially for gym use or work/recovery guided training. The highlight was a feature that displayed a line graph and baseline heart rate that you need to maintain throughout your session. In those days they had no wireless connectivity, so you had to carry a phone and earphones for you music and interval notifications. The synching was long winded, carried out via wired connection to the old polar flow. The V800 was for sure, at the time, the best piece of kit you could find. The post training feedback, recovery status (directly on the watch) and training load kept me at optimum performance all year around. However, when it came to strength training I was really angry that they took away the key feature from the FT series. Despite numerous support queries Polar ignored my frustration. Note, at this stage we have entered a fully wireless generation of products everywhere else. Still no Bluetooth connectivity with earphones. The beeps and vibrations are too soft to be noticed when you're doing circuit training or interval runs. You need that earpiece (somethings Garmin managed to pull off quite well). So I had to continue to carry my phone along with my watch everywhere I trained. Not so smart! The Polar (Android) M600 almost nailed it. Wireless connection to headsets allowed music, stored directly on the watch, along with full Wear OS features (when it finally uodated from older Android OS). Sadly, despite numerous mails to Polar, they couldn't incorporate the training sounds into the earpiece. Now this is Android, they should have no excuse! Now here's the biggest problem... The watch doesn't track training load or recovery status, so I thought I would use my v800 when possible, but mainly use my m600, as this was my smartwatch, used for everything related to work and social. Sadoy, even though I'm a customer of the v800, the two watches combined wouldn't give me the data I needed. I was forced to put my m600 aside. I waited nearly 5 years for polar to release their next pro product, and here we have it - a product marketing as premium and professional, a product that couldn't be farther from its description! Polar was onto something with the ft80, then thr v800; finally they were onto something with the m600. In fact polar have always been onto something and never really quite there. It seems they pack the watches with gadgets but deliberately leave out features between models, and that's understandable, but they never once had a complete solution. This polar vantage v however, is a complete and utter joke! Don't get fooled by the misleading pictures. Nothing on this watch shouts premium, it's all plastic. Nothing is completed. The paint work on what appears to be metal in the picture is a poor spray job in real life - you should see one in real life. The acclaimed top end wrist based heart rate is sub standard, so much so that polar itself confesses you cannot do a fitness test without the HRM strap. The features on my older v800 is clearly still ahead of this new vantage v. The screen resolution, colour, backlight and belt - embarrassingly rubbish. I was so fed up with Polar, I finally switched to Garmin, a Fēnix 5X plus. It's a monster of a watch, when it comes to functions/features etc. However the data and feedback turned out to be relatively useless, unless you train the way Garmin specifically want you to train (there are other reviews that could explain these problems out there). With no further choice, I am now now to my previous V800. My advice, don't throw your money away on the Vantage series. If you want a good sports tracking device, it's the V800. If you've been using high end polar devices for a while you will understand my frustration. if you're new to Polar, well it's a good place to start, and welcome to this space!

Materiale di alta qualità e leggerissimo! Cliente polar da anni e ancora una volta sono ampiamente soddisfatto. Non capisco i feedback sulla luminosità del display che è perfetta...a riposo con la modalità always on ovviamente la luminosità è molto tenue ma aumenta appena si alza il polso per visualizzare i dati...e se non basta c'è il solito pulsante per attivare la retroilluminazione! Ho diversi polar, quello più simile è ovviamente il V800 che in confronto sembra un carrarmato...in questa versione è finalmente stata curata molto l'estetica, rimane uno sport watch sportivo (appunto) ma indossabile anche in giacca e cravatta. La plastica del cinturino è veramente ben curata e di ottima qualità (incredibilmente morbida) alla vista sembra addirittura di altro materiale. In questa versione la leggerezza e comodità la fanno da padroni... ho anche un A370 e la differenza, incredibilmente, nemmeno si sente! Qualcuno critica la gestione notifiche che è basilare se fatta dall'orologio...ma accidenti a voi...c'è l'app polarflow x gestire queste cose!! Si possono bloccare le app che notificano troppo spesso (ad esempio whatsapp) o impostare fasce orarie "non disturbare". Sulla sensibilità della rilevazione del battito, buona ma ovviamente nemmeno paragonabile alla fascia H10. Prodotto consigliatissimo.

Für die neue Polar habe ich mich aufgrund der neuen Funktionen (Cardio Load, Recovery, FitSpark, etc) und des neuen Designs entschieden. Ich war jedoch zunächst etwas verunsichert aufgrund der sehr kritischen Bewertungen. Ich hab die Uhr jetzt seit über einem Monat und diverse Sporteinheiten damit gemact. Hauptsächlich Laufen, Krafttraining, Wandern, Skifahren und Mobility/Dehnübungen, welche von der Uhr vorgeschlagen wurden (ca. 6 Einheiten die Woche). Schwimmen war ich bisher noch nicht, da ich eher im Sommer gehe. Ich hatte bereits die Vorgänger m400 und m430. Ich war vor allem mit der m430 auch sehr zufrieden. Ich bin ein Polar-Fan aufgrund der Trainingspläne und anpassung selbiger aufgrund der Leistung und des Fitnessstands. Durhc dei Trainingspläne konnt ich vor allem große Fortschritte im Bereich des LAuftrainings erzielen (Steigerung der Pace um ca 25 s). Rein Äußerlich ist die Polar schon ein großer Fortschritt im Vergelich zu den alten kantigen Modellen. Die Vantage V ist alltagstauglich mit übersichtlicher Menüführung und ansprechendem schlichten skandinavischen Design. Was mit auch sehr gut gefällt, dass Farbe durch Polar ins Spiel gebracht wurde. Die Uhr kann man auch gut nachts tragen (bisher hat sie mich nicht gestört, was bei der m430 schon der Fall war). Die Notifications nutze ich nicht, da ich keine Smartwatch haben wollte und diese Funktion nicht brauche. Daher kann ich hierzu nichts sagen. Es lassen sich nun sehr leicht Strecken und Trainingsziele auf die Uhr übertragen (toll ist hier die Einspeicherung verschiedener favorisierter Strecken/Runden). Die Trainingspläne lasssen sich wie gewohnt mit PolarFlow erstellen (diese sind auch für ambitionierte Läufer sehr empfehlenswert). GPS ist relativ genau, ähnlich wie bei anderen Fitnessuhren(meiner meinung nach ausreichend für fast jeden Läufer). Besonders toll finde ich die neuen Funktionen, wie CardioLoadPro, Nightly Recharge, TrainingLoadPro, Recovery Pro und seit 1.1.20 FitSpark. besonders toll finde ich dassmit Fitspark in Aghängigkeit von bisherigem Training und Fitnesszustand Einheiten vorgeschlagen werden. Diese reichen von KRafttraining, über Cardio-Einheiten bis zu Core-Training und Mobility-Übungen. Dabei wird einem genau vorgegeben, was gemacht werden soll (dabei kommt keine Langweile auf und man dehnt sich tatsächlich öfter;) ). AUch die Vorgeschlagenen LAufprogramme sind abwechslungsreich und machen Spass. Insgesamt eine wirklich tolle neue Funktion, die einen animiert noch aktiver zu werden und andere unterstützende Einheiten zu machen. Sehr gut gelungen. ICh bin sehr zufrieden mit der Uhr. Und kann einige Kritikpunkte nciht verstehen, da cih nicht die gleiche Erfahrung gemacht habe. Manche Kritikpunkte sind nachvollziehbar, aber auch sehr hohen Ansprüchen geschuldet. Hier ein paar von anderen Nutzern genannten Kritikpunkte mit kurzer Stellungnahme: - Display nicht ablesbar: kann ich nicht bestätigen - Touchscreen etwas schwerfällig - stimmt teilweise, wenn man etwas anklicken möchte - Display geht in der Nacht immer an - Nein es gibt einen bitte-nicht-stören-modus (mit einem Klick aktivierbar) - GPS ungenau - ja, aber im Meterbereichund welche Uhr ist 100% genau? - zu teuer für Funktionen - das seh ich anders; auch wenn die Uhr nicht günstig ist, wir einem allerhand geboten udn deutlich mehr als bei den alten Polaruhren Von mir gibt es eine definitve Kaufempfehlung.

Die Vantage V dient als Ersatz für die M400 und hat eine höhere GPS Genauigkeit. Der Akku hält bei täglich Sporteinsatz und Nachts mit Pulsüberwachung (8 Std) ca. eine Woche. Pulsmessung beim Joggen hab ich Probleme, wenn mir noch kalt ist = Uhr locker, Puls wird zu hoch gemessen, wird mir warm ist Armband zu stramm, es wird ein zu fiederiger Puls angezeigt. Das Armband muss zu anfangs mehrmals verstellt werden. Pulsüberwachung in der Nacht ist sehr hilfreich, der Puls sackt bei mir nachts bis auf 36 ab, was ich vorher nicht wusste. Mein Kardiologe sagte nach Langzeit EKG keine Herz Rhythmus Störung, alles OK. Für genaue Messung verwende ich, beim joggen im Wettkampf, das OH1 oder den Brustgurt H7. Der Kauf hat sich gelohnt

I am a crossfitter that trains 6 days a week, twice a day. The polar vantage V I can say is the product I have been looking for since long time, it gives a lot of details regarding your training, activity, heart rate zone, workout strains, body strain and a lot more. It’s a very impressive product actually. Highly recommended

Je me suis offert cette montre pour le Black Friday. J’ai eu beaucoup d’outils de mesure d’activité physique (notamment une polar M600 avant la Vantage), plus particulièrement dédiés à la course et cette montre est géniale. Contrairement à la M600, ce n’est pas une montre Android. Il n’y a donc pas tout le système de notifications des montres « modernes ». C’est bien une montre dédiée au sport. Mais quel plaisir de ne pas être dérangé à la moindre occasion pour des choses au final souvent futiles. La montre me semble aussi plus réactive par rapport à la M600, c’est aussi l’intérêt d’un système qui fait une chose bien. Les personnes qui se plaignent de la luminosité doivent avoir des problèmes de vue. Je ne suis pas tout jeune et je vois mieux dans un environnement lumineux. Et pourtant la luminosité de l’écran me convient parfaitement. C’est suffisant pour lire l’heure et les données importantes pendant une course en plein jour. Encore une fois, il n’y a pas de distraction au poignet avec une montre qui s’illumine soudain fortement au moindre mouvement. Par ailleurs, pour ceux qui le souhaitent un bouton permet de rendre temporairement l’écran très lumineux. Donc tout le monde devrait y trouver son compte. Surtout avec 2 courses d’1h15, la montre tient facilement une semaine sans aucune recharge ! Et encore il reste 30% de batterie avec le mode de suivi du sommeil (donc suivi du rythme cardiaque uniquement la nuit). J’aime que l’écran soit désactivé pendant une course. C’est un point qui m’agaçait avec la M600. J’imagine qu’à cause de l’électricité statique des vêtements au contact de l’écran, il est arrivé à plusieurs reprises qu’une course soit mise en pause sans que je m’en rende compte. Cela n'arrivera pas avec la Vantage. Les capteurs sont suffisamment bons à mon sens. Je cours aussi avec une ceinture pectorale Polar H10 et les résultats relevés par la ceinture ou la montre sont très proches. Pour ma part je n’ai rien à redire au GPS non plus. Je n’ai pas davantage noté de bug intempestifs ou gênants (en fait je n’ai noté aucun bug à l’usage). Bref, pour ceux qui veulent une montre de sport (et uniquement de sport), pas un mini téléphone au poignet, après plusieurs semaines d’utilisation, je ne peux que chaudement recommander la Polar Vantage V.