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Polar F4

 

The Polar F4 is an advanced heart rate monitor that is complemented with weight management functionality. This compact fitness watch is comfortable to wear on the wrist. You can transfer the information the unit has collected to your PC for further analysis.

 

Key functionality: Polar is renowned for its heart rate monitors and that's what Polar F4 is, but this model is a weight manager, too. Once you have measured you maximum hear rate with the device, you can use that information to make your exercise more efficient. The Polar F4 tracks the intensity of your workout and gives you visual and audible alarms for staying at the exercise level you want (your target zone). The unit sums up the average heart rate and other statistics that can be viewed on the wrist unit's screen or you can copy the information to your computer to study it more thoroughly.

 

Polar has developed a set of weight management features they have labeled OwnCal. It calculates the amount of energy you have used for workout activities and adds them up to show, for example, a weekly trend in your weight management program. When you want use the Polar F4 as a wrist watch, it displays time and date and it can be used as a stopwatch as well.

 

Who likes this product: Polar is targeting women with this product's compact and soft-lined design.

 

Style: The Polar F4 comes in two colors: ice blue and black. Regardless of your favorite color, this is a nice and compact fitness watch.

 

Value for money: Polar F4 is good value money: You get an elegant and high quality heart rate monitor that you might even wear as your everyday wrist watch.

 

 

 

 


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