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Polar Vantage V HR 2018 review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £479 on Polar Vantage V HR 2018, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Polar Vantage V HR 2018 review we’re going to look at why it scores 9.4/10 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

9.6

Price

9.9

Reviews

8.7

Overall

9.4

 

Polar Vantage V HR 2018 reviews

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Polar Vantage V HR 2018 Specification

Polar Vantage V HR 2018 specs

Polar Vantage V HR 2018
Feature 1

Comes with Optical HR Sensor

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Polar Precision Prime

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 3

Recovery Pro

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Over 130 sport profiles

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Training Load Pro

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 6

Running Power

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

Swimming compatible

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 8

Running Index

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 9

Calorie counting

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 10

Wrist based heart monitor

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 11

Running programme

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 12

Training Benefit feedback

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 13

Sleep tracking

Other GPS found with this feature: 3

Feature 14

Rechargeable 320 mAh lithium-polymer battery

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 15

Up to 40 hours of battery life in training mode

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 16

Bluetooth Low Energy connection

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 17

Gorilla Glass touch display lens

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 18

240 x 240 pixel display screen

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 19

Weighs 66g

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 20

Dimensions: 46mm x 46mm x 13mm

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other GPS found with this spec: 1

Price

£479

Number of Reviews

5

Review Score

4.8 / 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • Polar Vantage V HR. An activity tracker with over 130 different sport profiles that can be used to accurately track swimming, running, cycling, and more Optical HR Sensor. Included, in this bundle, is Polar‚Äôs Optical HR Sensor which is the new heart rate monitor with fusion technology that combines optical heart rate measurement with skin contact measurements. This combination reduces the interference and provides incredibly accurate, real-time heart rate metrics which can be synced and viewed via the watch Heart Rate Monitor. Polar‚Äôs Vantage V also comes with a heart rate monitor integrated into the wrist of the watch providing accurate heart rate tracking even in the harshest conditions Recovery Pro. After any training sessions the watch will let you know how your recovery is going giving you key insight into your needed recovery time following different types of training Sport Profiles. The watch comes with 130 different preloaded sport profiles which put the sport‚Äôs, particular, metrics at the forefront. You can then download further sport profiles via the Polar Flow app Training Load Pro. Plot your training and watch your progress through the Polar Flow app with the Training Load Pro which measures the strain of your training session and see and how your training can affect different parts of your body Running Power. For runners the Vantage V comes with multiple features specially developed to help you get the most out of your running with comprehensive insight into the intensity of your running sessions. The tracker also estimates your running VO2 max and shows how your running performance is developing Swimming Metrics. Completely waterproof the watch can be used to track your activities when swimming and during water sports. Follow your swimming with automatic detection of your heart rate, swimming style, distance, pace, strokes and rest times. This can be used in the pool of when open water swimming Smart Calories. Using your weight, height, age, gender, and your individual maximum heart rate and how hard your training to accurately show how many calories you‚Äôre burning Training Benefit. After you‚Äôve finished a training session receive motivational feedback immediately after describing the effect that the training has had Sleep Tracking. Getting the right amount of sleep and the right type of sleep is vital to your recovery. The watch therefore automatically tracks your sleeping. The device can tell you how long your slept and the quality of your sleep Features. Comes with Optical HR SensorPolar Precision PrimeRecovery ProOver 130 sport profilesTraining Load ProRunning PowerSwimming compatibleRunning IndexCalorie countingWrist based heart monitorRunning programmeTraining Benefit feedbackSleep trackingRechargeable 320 mAh lithium-polymer batteryUp to 40 hours of battery life in training modeBluetooth Low Energy connectionGorilla Glass touch display lens240 x 240 pixel display screenWeighs 66gDimensions: 46mm x 46mm x 13mmBuy Polar Run GPS from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World‚Äôs Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 725882046440
  • 90069634

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 V HR 2018 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 V HR 2018 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 V HR 2018 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 V HR 2018 at £479 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 V HR 2018 during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £479 which represents a £ or saving against RRP. If you think Polar Vantage V HR 2018 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 V HR 2018 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 V HR 2018 is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find 5 reviews scoring it 4.8 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 V HR 2018 such a high overall score of 9.4 / 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 5 reviews for Polar Vantage V HR 2018 which score it 4.8, 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 V HR 2018 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.