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Polar Vantage V2 Smart Watch: A Sleek Black Fitness Companion Review

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Description of Polar Vantage V2 Smart Watch: A Sleek Black Fitness Companion

Polar Vantage V2 lets you truly understand who you are. This waterproof multisport GPS watch brings the entire Polar sports experience in one package, including wrist-based heart rate, GPS, performance tests and recovery tracking. Key Features: - Aerospace-grade aluminum alloy body with fiberglass reinforcement. Weighs only 52 grams! - Workout time 40 hours (using GPS in maximum accuracy mode and optical heart rate monitor), Numerous power saving options increase battery life up to 100 hours. - Color touch display, Gorilla Glass with anti-fingerprint coating - GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and QZSS. A-GPS with predictive technology to speed up the positioning process - Barometric altimeter (pressure-based altitude measurement) - Multi-sport mode (Triathlon, Multisport, training in any order) - Polar Precision Prime - optical heart rate sensor - Training Load Pro - algorithm Workout Performance Evaluators- Professional Recovery Recovery Pro- Wrist-based Running Power Meter- Swimming Metrics- Route Guidance- Interchangeable Wristbands Includes:- Polar Vantage V2 Watch- USB Charging Cable

Reviews

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

I do not advise buying this, it does not meet the stated standards.

The screen displays only one parameter, for example, the pulse, to switch to another you need to press the buttons or scroll through the screen 9 The sensor on the watch is also blunt, it does not always work, you need to get used to it 10 If you turn on notifications, everything will pile up, there is no choice of what to show and what not, for example, I don’t need email notifications, but I can’t turn them off separately 11 there is no NFC, even mi bands for 3000 have this function. 12 no…

Pros
  • They are not here. It would be possible that the battery would work, the watch really works longer than the Apple Watch, but not as much as the manufacturer claims. Plus, the watch is so primitive and the screen is so bad that it would be strange if they didn't last long on a single charge. With 2-3 workouts per day, of which only one uses GPS, one full charge lasts 4 days. I bought the watch in early April, the price is 49,000. with an H10 sensor, I sold it on ebay for 36,000 at the end of June, and I'm glad I got rid of it, albeit with a discount. I’ll say right away that I bought the watch from an authorized dealer, new, not left-handed, I wore it to a service center for verification, the watch was tested and they said that it was technically working and working as it should. I myself am an Apple Watch 4 user. I looked at the polar for a long time, only the battery didn’t suit Apple, if the watch is not new, then you can run a marathon at full charge or not run at all - it will be discharged. I reviewed a bunch of videos about Polar, everywhere, as a rule, good reviews, and stories about "cool" functions. Only one vlogger had a video stating that the pulse sensor on the Apple Watch is in no way inferior to the chest strap from Polar. After 3 months of using the watch, it became obvious to me that the polar has no advantages, this product is 5-7 years behind, and only those who have not held anything else in their hands can praise it. Speaking of sports: 1. The watch does not know how to correctly determine swimming workouts. Sometimes they don’t determine the swim distance at all, they show only time and heart rate, other times they show overestimated data by 20-40%, this is a lot, you can swim 4 and 5 km in them in an hour. Actually for me this was the reason for contacting the service - you never know, marriage. But no, no marriage, the service master admitted in a frank conversation that the polar algorithms are backward and that there are a lot of such calls, not only with swimming, but also with other training. I was given instructions on 2 sheets of how to swim so that the watch would measure the distance correctly. 👇
Cons
  • For the experiment, I did everything - it didn’t help, then they said that it was necessary to turn around somersault, tried it - it didn’t help, they stubbornly count more tracks than there are in fact. Moreover, unsportsmanlike AW4 never let me down, and their error is no more than 1 track. 2. GPS is not working correctly, it may show that you ran on water, or ran through a building 3 The heart rate sensor on the watch works with an error of 15-20 beats per minute, which is a lot 4. Sleep analysis does not work correctly and every other time, despite the fact that the watch is very tightly fastened on the arm, for 3 months at 5-6 nights they did not determine sleep at all. 4 The watch supposedly can show the level of your physical activity, determining detraining or overtraining, everything is great in the description, and most of the plus or minus showed something close to the truth, but it could also show detraining after a two-hour intensive swimming training and the data of the watch does not correspond to personal sensations 5 On running, the watch does not show anything more than other devices show. For example, a standard running workout in Apple Watch in the fitness app or in the Nike Run Club shows exactly the same information, and by the way, the MiBand 4 fitness bracelet is nothing informative and accurate training does not differ from Polar, I specifically compared it, but it costs 20 times cheaper (although it only works with a phone) 6 Doesn't show current time in workout view 7 The screen on the Polar V2 was removed from my first color push-button phone, it's just a shame. The screen is pixelated, squares are frankly visible in the corners of the numbers, the color reproduction is very weak, what you see on the photo of the box or on the Internet is a fake. Before buying, hold the watch in your hands, and think about whether you need this or not, or watch the video, but not advertising, but real shooting. The screen brightness is automatic, everything is visible in the sun, but everything is very dim in the room, for this the manufacturer also added a backlight from the button 8 The screens are not informative, this applies to both the workout screen and just the screen

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Everything is fine, I liked the product, I bought it for a reason.

Now in more detail. Minuses : 1. The Polar Flow Mobile App is nothing. The PC version is another matter, everything is at level b. If you plan to use only with your phone, then I strongly do not recommend buying this watch. 2. The case of the watch itself is quite soft, it takes scratches with ease. 3. The quality of the strap. After a long wear, the skin reacts with redness and peeling of the skin in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe place where the bracelet was attached, before that, one year

Pros
  • Pros : 1. Autonomy 2. Workouts are saved in hours, no need to run with a smartphone. 3. Sports opportunities in general. 4. Stylish appearance
Cons
  • 1. Polar Flow Mobile App. 2. Marky Watch Case 3. The quality of the strap. After a long wear, the skin reacts with redness and peeling of the skin in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe place where the bracelet was attached, before that one year with this Watch, I did not experience such problems. 4. No function to download music to the watch

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not my best purchase, could have found something else.

In general, I regret that I switched from M to V2. There is nothing they are better in, in fact - this is the same, only with the expansion of functionality due to software, but not hardware. The case really infuriates, did no one test the watch before putting it into production? And if the M430 worked as long as the M and were the same in design, they would not be priced. It is unfortunate that the manufacturer has clearly freeloaded on its top product. Therefore, what is definitely worth…

Pros
  • 1. Look great compared to the competition. 2. Lungs. 3. Buttons are more comfortable than on the Vantage M 4. Strap too.
Cons
  • Here and below, everything is compared with the M430 and Vantage M: 1. Directly infuriates easily scratched watch case. No month of use, but it already has scuffs. This makes no sense. 2. The functionality is slightly wider than on M, but it is not clear why I paid 20 thousand more. 3. The touch screen is needed, it reacts crookedly to touch. 4. The animation itself slows down, which was not on M. 5. GPS is exactly the same as on 430 and M, not in terms of the ability to catch GLONASS, but in terms of positioning inaccuracy. It is searched for a long time and crookedly draws a trajectory. They could have made something better in their top watch. 6. The battery is consumed in the same way as on M, but I would like to charge the watch less often

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Very pleased with this purchase, will recommend it to everyone!

My first sports watch of this level. I am not a professional athlete and I bought a watch for motivation, i. E. I see progress and it motivates me. The watch is comfortable, everything is easy to press and everything is intuitive. I mainly use it for running tracking with a polar h10 chest sensor, everything works fine. Without a chest strap, I wouldn't use them even if I tightened the watch. GPS works fine, you can download routes. I use Polar Flow as an application, it's enough for me. In the

Pros
  • Covers all my needs
Cons
  • I don't like the interface of the Polar Flow app

Revainrating 1 out of 5

I am very upset, the product is no good.

aliexpress writes to me that the return of the goods was refused to me, since the goods are in good condition. But I returned the product to the seller because I had the right to return it. Why was it necessary to send the goods for examination and arrange arbitration? And now they will write that the return period has passed? It will not work - I sent the goods to the seller on the day of receipt. I hope that aliexpress will sort out the situation. Well, if not, then this will be a lesson for…

Pros
  • 1. Delivery time - on time. 2. Ease of return - a simple procedure through the mail.
Cons
  • 1. Absolutely ambiguous behavior of aliexpress in the matter of returning goods. In words - benevolently attentive to the client, in fact - manipulation of the client in the interests of the seller. The story is not over yet, so there may be new information here. 2. The quality of the Polar Vantage V2 product itself. Several times I tried to set the clock from the phone, but the process hung and then reset to the home screen. So I sent the watch to the seller the same day I received it. By law, I have 7 days to return the goods. An examination (which I did not order, this is the initiative of aliexpress or the seller) showed that the clock is working. So this is the property of the product itself, which I can not recommend in any way. I also suggest that the seller be very careful, since the appearance of the watch packaging showed that it had been previously opened (there was no plastic film, no wear on the box). I can’t say for sure, but I don’t exclude that this is a showcase or test copy.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The product is really good, Im glad I bought it.

Bought in addition to Ignite (see review) All the same Polar, nothing fundamentally new. The change of dials is conditional, I would like more options. The weather on the screen is convenient for me. The screen is the same - pale, but always visible from any angle (a plus for me). As I said about Ignite, Polar is a watch for people who are confused by sports and / or simply monitor their health - it has a mega cool system for assessing the quality of sleep, fit spark - it suggests sets of…

Pros
  • Outwardly they look very cool, it's not a shame to wear every day (I'm a fan of classic watches and design is important to me)
Cons
  • There is a doubt that the dark coating of green and black watches will not peel off.

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Disgusting, I don't recommend it to anyone!

7. If you want interval training, then you will have to dig into the settings before starting the workout. Do you want to change the format of your workout? Interval no longer needed? Again, through the pause-settings-turn off the timer. The user journey is terrible. 8. All tests, hopping, orthostatic on the watch sensor - just numbers for the sake of numbers Conclusion: for a cost of 43,000, you overpay for: - non-working heart rate sensor, on the basis of which a good half of the functions…

Pros
  • NO! Do not even think about buying this model, as well as any product under the POLAR brand.
Cons
  • NO! Do not even think about buying this model, as well as any product under the POLAR brand. I wore the V800 model for a very long time, the watch was chic, faithfully served 6 years and it's time to replace it. At that time, I was extremely pleased with the POLAR brand, without hesitation I took Polar Vantage V in the store. The first hours - marriage. We open the box with the watch, they are with a torn belt. The second watch - everything is ok with the belt, but after 2 weeks of use I give them for examination - they are faulty. The vaunted heart rate sensor consistently showed an error of more than 50 beats per minute. Then I returned to the still alive V800. But then they died and I decided to give the last opportunity to rehabilitate Polar. The points. 1. The vaunted sensor still does not work. In training, it is absolutely useless, since the pulse error is huge. He behaves adequately ONLY up to a pulse of 110. The instructions for working with the sensor on the watch have been studied up and down. 2. Since the sensor is NOT working correctly, the VNS recovery function, sleep monitoring are all numbers for the sake of numbers, based on incorrect information from the sensor. 3. GPS in open water - forget about this feature. It does not work. For all sensitivities. 4. GPS on land - if you are ready to wait for connection for 4-5 minutes before the start and enjoy constant disconnections while running - you are welcome! 5. Clock screen. Yes, I understand, this is a sports device, but 2022 seems to be. Polar - look at the competition. Do not talk about your vaunted quality - it has long been gone. 6. Sensor. Useless thing that works for good luck. I never use it, again, if you install a sensor, why not make it work?

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I am amazed! It was definitely worth the money!

Before buying a watch, I used previous Polar products. I train 5 times a week for 1.5-2 hours. Bicycle, jumping, barbell, special cardio work. Charging is enough for a week. A full charge takes 40-45 minutes. GPS, on the highway and in the forest, works correctly. I checked with other sources (bicycle computer, maps), speed, distance, correspond. When training, on a pulse of more than 130-140 beats, it is better to use a chest sensor, the light one starts to give incorrect information. I…

Pros
  • In my opinion, the main thing in this watch is the ability to track in the application, the level of physical activity, as well as the degree of recovery, thanks to the assessment of the state of the ANS and the results of the orthostatic test. After I started using these functions, I made adjustments to the training process and training became more fruitful.
Cons
  • 1. When the backlight is off and there is a lack of lighting, the display is hard to read. In the settings there is a function to force the backlight to turn on. 2. In the training mode, the number of segments is displayed in a very small font, which is impossible to read in motion.

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good and quality product, but there are flaws.

I would like software ates from the developer with improvements and improvements, but so far silence. As a sports tool, the watch is good, but why not add the most requested functions like in a smart watch?! A more flexibly customizable curtain, several alarms or reminders, all menus with through paging, smooth operation of the software interface, and at least a few more dials would significantly improve the functionality and joy of using this watch.

Pros
  • Measurement accuracy, reliability, rich sports functionality.
Cons
  • There is only one alarm clock, there are no reminders, there is practically no choice of dials. Smooth interface.

Revainrating 5 out of 5

I definitely recommend buying, I didnt notice any disadvantages.

The watch glass is strong, I have already checked it. It also saves that the glass is deepened into the watch case by about 1 mm. Before buying, I analyzed the need - NFC and receiving calls on the phone are not as important to me as the need for health analysis. The oxygen saturation sensor on the watch is not very important for me, for this there are medical devices that accurately measure the oxygen saturation in the blood, and the level of perfusion, without measuring the latter, it will…

Pros
  • The status of the autonomic nervous system is measured by pulse variability, with my vegetovascular dystonia it is very important, for which I took it. After the course of treatment, it was shown that there were not enough tablets. Moderate physical activity helps to improve the condition. Sleep is measured objectively, good/bad, sleep time, deep/rapid. I measured the distance traveled during a day hike (the "Walking" workout was selected on the watch) - I compared it with OPPO Reno with the Nike Run Club app - it completely coincided. 5 buttons are very convenient.
Cons
  • At times, the pulse is overestimated when walking up to 140 beats / min. it was a couple of times - I washed the sensor with soapy water (from solid soap), then wiped it with a soft cloth + tightening the strap with fixation for a few mm in another place on the hand. The instructions say that it is desirable to flush the sensor after each workout, they are not so serious for me, so I don’t wash it every time. Only one alarm clock is not always enough. With a relatively large case diameter, the screen itself is only 30 mm in diameter. Some information is in too small letters, saves the reflective screen, it is better seen in bright light (important if eyesight is rather weak).