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Textronics | Home » » » Polar RS200 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Red) | | | | | | | Description: | | The RS200 was made for goal oriented runners who want to prepare for their first running event or who want to enhance their running experience. Use the Polar Sports Zones and the Event Countdown Timer to manage your training for that key running event. You can even upload your settings to your running computer and then download your workout files to the Polar Running Coach Web Service for analysis. WearLink fabric transmitter included. Get the most out of your RS200 when you add on the optional S1 foot pod to take advantage of the Speed and Distance function. | | | Features: | |
• Wrist-style heart rate monitor and stopwatch in red geared for runners
• With optional S1 footpad, take advantage of the RS200's Speed and Distance functions
• Polar's OwnZone helps determine an individual exercise zone; calorie counter and goal management
• OwnCal feature shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session and accumulated expenditure
• Dual time zone, alarm with snooze, and water resistance to 50 meters
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 6.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 32 reviews |
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 Difficult to Use; Also battery ran out after only 11 monthsNov 19, 2009
I purchased this RS200 (red) from my health club in late Jan 2009. I read the instructions word-for-word to try to set-up the settings the way I wanted them (including date, time, etc.). It is so confusing to do these simple actions that even the fitness instructors at my health club can't explain it to me. Instead, they always set it up for me whenever it needs to be changed (due to change in time or date for daylight savings time or whatever) because it's too difficult to actually explain how to do it.
Also, I've owned the watch less than 11 months, and the battery is already low, so I have to send it in to a Polar authorized representative to get a new one. A big hassle, if you ask me, and the cost of battery replacement and insured shipping. I'm about to get onto the Polar web site to get the instructions for doing this, but if this process is anything like the instructions for using the monitor, I can tell that I'm in for trouble. I don't recommend this product.
 Works, but glitchyJun 09, 2009
I've been using the Polar RS200 for a little over a year, and on balance, I have been happy with it. It has done precisely what I have asked it to do until recently when I have been trying out more complex workouts. More on that in a second.
I believe I got a defective unit, because the watch will spontaneously emit these strange sounds, similar to a static or old-school modem sound. I guess it's some software glitch that causes the WebSync speaker to fire off. It comes and goes without any kind of pattern. The downside of it is that the battery discharges after 6-8 months instead of the 2 years or so the manual says. Also, the noise prevents me from wearing this as a watch, day-to-day, because it would be too annoying to have it go off all the time. This sound glitch must also cause the battery to drain. I've scoured the web looking for answers, and the answer seems to be ship it back to Polar for evaluation and repair, at my expense. But I'm not going to do that because of the expense and my compulsive need for a running watch.
Another annoyance is that, although you can create custom exercises so that you can do -- for example -- interval training, you can only configure a maximum of three exercise segments. So you can configure a warm up, effort, and a cool down. Or you can configure a typical interval workout of a hard effort and recovery [no warm up and cool down, however.] But if you want to run, for example, a ladder-type speed workout where you run a 1600, 1000, 800, and a 600 with 400 meter recoveries, then you are out of luck. [I should mention that I bought the S1 foot pod separately, and I use that to gauge my distance in these sorts of workouts. I guess I should have bought the RS200sd package to start with. Oh well.] I suppose I need a more advanced watch since I am now doing more advanced training.
Apart from these complaints, I am happy with the unit. It's a decent watch with good features and a reasonable price for most recreational runners. If you plan on doing more advanced training, then I would look for something else.
 I love it!!!May 31, 2009
It was just as told!! I really love it and very simple to use. Has given me no trouble. i would tell all of my friends to buy, it;s great!
Accurate Heart rate monitorMay 17, 2009
Accurate and an important part of my routine, it calculates everything I need to account for my work out. It works with both gym's I work out in equipment I use; from elliptical to the stair master. It is calibrated for use with my body weight index, and heart rate and it gives me the greatest accuracy for my work out. I highly recommend anyone who both works out in the gym and jogging. I do not have the foot accessory for this, but will invest in it later on.
A lot of information, but not complicatedMar 23, 2009
This watch is working very well for me. I really like looking at my statistics after a workout. There is a lot of information available through this watch, but it is not complicated to understand or navigate. I wish that Polar offered a female-sized version of this watch; it's a bit chunky for a female wrist.
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