Polar RS800 Heart Rate Monitor Watch with Free IRDA - USB2 Interface | 
| Brand: Polar
Category: Sports
List Price: $389.95
Buy New: $360.00
You Save: $29.95 (8%)
New (5) from $360.00
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 63766
Color: Black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 9 x 6
MPN: 90026373
Model: 90026373
UPC: 725882458717
EAN: 0725882458717
ASIN: B000UOBL4A
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Wearlink W.I.N.D, Training Planning with Polar Protrainer 5 | | • | Online Running Coach, Interval Trainer | | • | Altimeter, Accurate HR, OwnIndex, OwnOptimizer, OwnCal | | • | 99 Memory Files, 99 Laps with Total Recall | | • | 2-year warranty |
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Product Description
The RS800 is designed for the elite level athletes and coaches who want to improve performance by planning, monitoring and analyzing training data. Exercise Features: Wireless Heart Rate, Polar Sport Zones, OwnZone/OwnCal, Fitness Test, Walk Test, HR Test, Keeps U Fit Workout Program, Own Relax, Body Workout, HR Target Zones w/Visual and Audible Alarm, Cadence Based Target Zones w/Visual and Audible Alarm, Exercise Set, Fitness Bullets, HR min/max, Interval Timers, Max/Avg/Min HR of Total Exercise, Recovery Measurement, Number of Laps, Auto Lap Recording, Altitude and Ascent, Countdown Timers, Interval Trainer, Zone Pointer, 2 User Settings, Zone Lock.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Polar dropped the ball with the IR interface July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have used Polar Heart rate monitors for years and, having become interested in tracking heart rate variability choose to purchase the RS800 so that I could do the analysis.
I'd note that I had the same problem as the other reviewer with Watchsavings, who did not include the IR interface (they claim that Amazon mis-listed the product).
While the watch has excellent features and an easy interface, there's a major problem: the infrared transmission system (used to transfer the data into the computer software) crapped out after 3 weeks and completely stopped working.
Looking over the web, this is not an isolated incident. People are reporting that they get data off the watch for a day or two, a week or two, one friend I have who bought one never go a single piece of data off his watch. I contacted a local running store and their employee told me that she had an identical problem, the watch stopped transferring data after 2 weeks. Polar kept telling her that the problem was on her end until she returned it for a refund.
Polar refuses to address this, they ignore it in their forums and will not answer emails.
This is unacceptable, the features of the watch (namely the heart rate variability) are contingent on getting the data transferred to the computer. That Polar refuses to admit or deal with the problem only makes it worse.
Given that other products can readily make a physical USB interface work, there's no reason for Polar to have gone this route and used a technology that is clearly faulty. This is one top of the fact that Polar decided to use a non-standard USB driver for Windows.
I have since replaced the Polar with the SuuntoT6 which went with a physical (clip) USB interface. While their software is not as good as Polar's at least I can get the data off of the watch.
I will NEVER purchase another Polar product.
Lyle
 Beware of Watchsavings seller May 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Free IRDA-USB2 interface was not delivered with my RS800 even it was promised. Watchsavings denied the problem.
Alvar
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