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Polar Vantage M review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £249 on Polar Vantage M, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Polar Vantage M review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.0/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 116 products in the GPS category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

9.2

Price

9.1

Reviews

8.7

Overall

9.0

 

Polar Vantage M reviews

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Polar Vantage M Specification

Polar Vantage M specs

Polar Vantage M
Feature 1

Wrist-based heart rate monitor

Other GPS found with this feature: 6

Feature 2

130 different sport profiles

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

24/7 activity tracking

Other GPS found with this feature: 5

Feature 4

Training Load Pro

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 5

Swimming compatible

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 6

Running index

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 7

Counts calories burned

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

230mAh lithium-polymer battery

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 9

Up to 30 hours of battery life

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 10

USB rechargeable

Other GPS found with this feature: 30

Feature 11

240 x 240 pixel lens resolution

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 12

Integrated GPS and GLONASS

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 13

Weighs 45g

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 14

Dimensions: 46mm x 46mm x 12.5mm

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Spec 1

Colour: Black, White, Red

Other GPS found with this spec: 6

Spec 2

Size: M/L, M/L , S/M

Other GPS found with this spec: 1

Price

£249

Number of Reviews

20

Review Score

4.4 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • . A multifunctional activity tracker with an integrated heart rate monitor and supports over 130 sports Polar Precision Prime. Polar‚Äôs Vantage M comes with a heart rate monitor integrated into the wrist of the watch which works whether you‚Äôre swimming, running, or cycling and even in the harshest environments Sport Profiles. The watch supports over 130 different sports with specific metrics suited to a range of sporting endeavours. You can add additional sports using the Polar Flow app 24/7 Activity Tracking. Not only does the activity tracker help track your sporting activities but it also tracks all your activity including your daily steps, distance, calories, and sleep. You can easily set your daily activity goals for each day and push yourself to take the stairs and ensure that you get the right amount of rest that you require Training Load Pro. Sync all your training and daily activity to the Polar Flow app and with Training Load Pro which quantify the strain of your training session and see how your training effects your body Swimming Metrics. With a fully waterproof design the watch is suited to all different kinds of water sports and swimming. When swimming the Vantage M detects your heart rate, swimming style, distance, pace, strokes and rest times. Distance and strokes can be tracked in open water swimming Running Index. The watch helps your running by working out your VO2max and follow how your running performance is developing. Also, specifically tailored to running the device provides personal and adaptive training plans that fit your particular goals Smart Calories. Using your heart rate, weight, height, age, gender and your individual maximum heart rate and how hard you training to provide accurate calorie counting Training Benefit. After every training session you‚Äôll receive personal motivation feedback on the effect of the sessions Sleep Plus. Sleeping is an important part of the resting process and the Vantage M automatically detects the timing, amount, and quality of your sleep so you can boost your recovery Features. Wrist-based heart rate monitor130 different sport profiles24/7 activity trackingTraining Load ProSwimming compatibleRunning indexCounts calories burned230mAh lithium-polymer batteryUp to 30 hours of battery lifeUSB rechargeable240 x 240 pixel lens resolutionIntegrated GPS and GLONASSWeighs 45gDimensions: 46mm x 46mm x 12 5mmBuy Polar Run GPS from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World‚Äôs Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes:
  • 90069747

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like GPS.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Polar Vantage M or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 116 different products in the GPS category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 22 products from Polar (although only 13 of the 22 are in the GPS category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your GPS. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Polar Vantage M and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Polar. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Polar Vantage M to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for GPS. There are 116 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 116, the average price is £204.13. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £1.5 and most expensive was £759.99.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Polar. The average price was £169.50 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £11.99 up to £522.33 with Polar products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Polar products that appear specifically in the GPS category. So you can see that the price of Polar Vantage M at £249 is great value considering the average price of Polar GPS is £240.11 and the price varies from £14.99.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Polar Vantage M during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £249 which represents a £ or saving against RRP. If you think Polar Vantage M ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Polar Vantage M Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for GPS too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Polar Vantage M is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 20 reviews scoring it 4.4 out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Polar. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the GPS category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Polar is 3.8 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Polar in the GPS category the average review score is 3.9.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Polar Vantage M such a high overall score of 9.0 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are 20 reviews for Polar Vantage M which score it 4.4, so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Polar Vantage M or in fact any of the other GPS, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.