OwnIndex™ - determines your fitness level in less than 5 minutes at rest using the unique Polar Fitness test.
OwnZone™ Advanced - provides two levels of automatic intensity guidance with blinking and sounding alarms
OwnCal™ - automatically shows your calorie usage
Exercise Reminder - three days after the last exercise session displays a gentle text message every full hour
You and I - user profiles for 2 persons - switch with a push of a button. Complete files for each user.
Last exercise file - shows each user his/her exercise date, exercise time, time in the zone,
Average Heart Rate, Fat consumption estimate, calories burned, total calories burned, total exercise time and OwnIndex
In-zone indicator - A bullet appears for each 15 minutes in your Target Zone
Heart rate monitoring
Heart Rate Limits
Heart touch - a hands-free way to activate the backlight
Watch, alarm, calendar, weekday indicator and stopwatch functions
Water resistant to 30 meters.
Coded wireless transmitter that prevents cross-talk with other monitors (Note: In the USA and Canada this product is sold with uncoded Polar Transmitter.)
Submitted by
walt
a Cross Country Rider
from bristol tn usa Date Reviewed: October 30, 2008
Favorite Trail:
steel creek park
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$130.00
Purchased At:
on line
Strengths:
reliable, easy to set up and use
Weaknesses:
back light poor and button works intermittently
Similar Products Used:
none
Bottom Line:
great product for people who need basic info.
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Submitted by
Chris Veltman
a Cross Country Rider
from Almere Date Reviewed: September 2, 2003
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$125.00
Purchased At:
webshop
Strengths:
I use the Polar M52+ which is very durable,
Weaknesses:
Too bad that heartrate min. and max. are not displayed.
Bike Setup:
Colnago Maxim
Bottom Line:
Also used during Spinning. Especialy the Fitness test and Kcal/%Fat measurements are very usefull. It helped me during training in trainingzones.
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Submitted by
Adam Spiers
a Weekend Warrior
from London, UK Date Reviewed: May 15, 2002
Favorite Trail:
Lakes
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
145
Strengths:
Nice looks, a lot of nice features, e.g. fitness test, heart touch (move watch close to centre of band to activate backlight and display target zone limits), kcal/% fat measurements, nag message when you don't exercise for a while.
Weaknesses:
Sometimes erratic at beginning of ride, or during running, particularly if the band is too loose or there's not enough moisture between it and your skin.
Transmitter battery seems to have died earlier than expected. Newer models claim to last for 5 years though.
Menu navigation a bit confusing. Buttons slightly awkward to press when in motion.
Not hugely cheap, but definitely a step up from the cheapo models.
Similar Products Used:
None
Bike Setup:
Pinarello Paris, Dura-Ace
Bottom Line:
I've really been pretty happy with the M52. All the weaknesses are minor niggles which I don't really notice - with a good transmitter battery, if you make sure to moisten the contact patches before exercise it works fine.
It would be great to have computer download, but you have to pay a fortune for that kind of stuff :-(
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Submitted by
Eric Wright
a Weekend Warrior
from UK Date Reviewed: March 23, 2002
Favorite Trail:
North York Moors
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Price Paid:
$150.00
Strengths:
Comfortable and easy to see read out. good when working properly.
Weaknesses:
inaccuracy
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
Orange O2 mountain bike. No other electronic equipment fitted
Bottom Line:
Found the M52 works fine for first 45 minutes then becomes erratic, prone to locking up both in and out of my own zone when used with bike mount. Will start to work again when hr changes by significant amount (20 bpm) + or - and triggers it to come out of own zone. It can be set working again by moving the transmitter close to reciever, (leaning forward) Found M51 on loan had same problem. This item works as it should when used in the gym. Very dissapointed at this time. But still experimenting to find out the problem, which may be clothing or static.
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