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Polar S120 Heart Rate Monitor
Product Description
User Reviews 
Submitted by
RafalSC
a Cross Country Rider
from Sosnowiec/Poland Date Reviewed: December 21, 2008 Strengths: Very convenient, pretty (beautiful) appearance. Signal of pulse gets back fastly. Capabilities of setups of zones a lot pulse. Waterproof (I'm swimming). Weaknesses: Electronic engineer (electronics) are hinged (are suspended) . As beep of zone it sometimes start up get silly. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Beskid Sadecki/Poland mountain Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: sportprofil.pl Similar Products Used: Sigma MHR 2006, PC 14 Bike Setup: Giant XTC composite, X.9, Avid, Crossmax ST.  
Submitted by
soupedupcivic
a Weekend Warrior
from Sydney, NSW, Australia Date Reviewed: August 23, 2008 Strengths: Looks. Comfortable to wear. Three target heart rate zones. Lap timer function. Weaknesses: Struggles to get an accurate HR reading when it's cold and I don't sweat, but that's not really the monitor's fault. Side buttons a little difficult to press. No back light. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months
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Chris Blanchard
from Orrington, ME Date Reviewed: April 2, 2005 Strengths: Price, easy to use, it has all the featurs that i need. One touch start. 3 training zones. Easy to read display. Weaknesses: No back light. The manual is very weak. You get an in accurate reading if your around other riders with monitors. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $79.00 Purchased At: Dick's Sporting Goods Similar Products Used: Timex HRM Bike Setup: Mt: Specialized FSR XC Road: Cannondale
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Jacob T
a Weekend Warrior
from Honolulu HI Date Reviewed: December 29, 2003 Strengths: Affordable, one touch start, easy to use, large display that you can see the time of day, HBPM and your run time all at once. Seems to be easy to use, not sure why others found this one hard to use. Self explanitory if you play with it for a few minutes. BONUS, I used for the first time on a stationary bicycle and my HR displayed on the bikes screen. May also work with treadmills and other Lifecycle products. Weaknesses: When you use the HRM in close proximity of others with transmitters on you get aronious readings, would be nice if the transmitters were coded to the recievers. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Aiea Loop Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $89.00 Purchased At: Sports Authority Similar Products Used: Polar A-5 Bike Setup: Canondale Carbon fiber w/head shock XTR Shifters, levers, brakes and rear derailer. Front XT. RaceFace crank. Now looking at canondale tri bike 
Submitted by
Gene
a Weekend Warrior
from Doylestown, PA Date Reviewed: December 10, 2003 Strengths: Lots of bells and whistles. Weaknesses: Manual stinks as it was seemingly designed by a 2 year old with an attention deficit disorder. There is NO quick start anywhere in the book so one must plod through the whole book to just find a heart rate. The function buttons on the side work when they want and not always when pressed. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: Sport's Authority Bike Setup: Moots.
Submitted by
JP
from Finland Date Reviewed: September 18, 2003 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $130.00 Purchased At: a Finnish webstore
Submitted by
john
a Racer
from littleton,co,usa Date Reviewed: August 6, 2003 Strengths: I concur with the other viewers this has all the essentials, some of the gee thats cools, but none of the really whizzy stuff. I am pretty much a techno weenie at heart but usually that lasts until I completely figure a toy out then I primarily use the essential functions. Others listed the interface as a weakness, compared with the 2 other Polars I have owned this interface is very intuitive. Admittedly when you first approach it you will scratch you head - give it a little time along with the manual you should be a pro in about 15 minutes. Weaknesses: Not sure it will have any - just got and set it up today and will start using it in earnest tomorrow - will post if I find something unbearable. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: cement-reno-bear-flag-deadmans in CB South Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $89.00 Purchased At: performance Similar Products Used: The first Polar product I purchased was the Protrainer NV about 5 years ago. About 4 years ago I decided I needed a backlight on the HRM. So I purchased the Protrainer XT and gave the NV to the wife who is still using the NV. I soon found out the backlight was a hassle - try riding at night and fumbling with the backlight button(have to hold for maybe 2 second). Now I use a Black Diamond headlamp stapped to my helmet - this thing burns LEDs and runs on a single AAA - very light and helpful for changing flats. Bike Setup: Mtn - Santa Cruz Superlight Road - Trek 5200 OCLV
Submitted by
JP
a Weekend Warrior
from Finland Date Reviewed: July 25, 2003 Strengths: Both the transmitter and the receiver are durable and comfortable. Crisp display. The range of functions is thoroughly thought; you get all the essentials plus some more advanced features. Great timing functions. Nylon case included. Possibility to transfer exercise setups and logos from PC to HRM. Weaknesses: No backlight - only for daytime use. User interface is quite complicated. Memory for one exercise only (accidental keying may overwrite needed exercise data). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $130.00 Similar Products Used: HRM mounted on exercise bike
Submitted by
Greg
a Racer
from Crownsville, MD Date Reviewed: July 2, 2003 Strengths: The polar is very versitale and has many features. HR zones make it easy to knwo where you are during the ride, recovery HR lets you know when you get back down in your HR. The file feature lets you acess what your HR rate data was for the last ride. I use this mainly for road riding and racing but is helpful when trainig off road as well Weaknesses: No back lit dispaly feature, Transmitter battery cannot be changed-- has to be exchanged through polar Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Patapsco Valley--Ridge trail Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $110.00 Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: Trek 8000, Rol wheels, hutchinson tires, bontrager race modified bar, stem and post, shimano pedals, full XT wiht some XTR
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