Polar V800

[SwissVan]

Well Swiss, you dont really need to export the files from flow as everything is in there.

 

As for finding the info... Its called "effective googleling".

You should try it, other wise you will MISS the important info SWISS.

 

 

Ek is net n klein aapie, sal jy my kan leer hoe om effektief te google?

 

So miss smarty pants you did not answer the question, you must work for Polar?....and thats the point it should be easily found on polars web site without having to resort to effective googleling tricks.

 

Peace and wear your tinfoil hat tomorrow, there is apparently a moerse solar storm coming that might cook our gps's

[Mats]

 

 

 

Ek is net n klein aapie, sal jy my kan leer hoe om effektief te google?

 

So miss smarty pants you did not answer the question, you must work for Polar?....and thats the point it should be easily found on polars web site without having to resort to effective googleling tricks.

 

Peace and wear your tinfoil hat tomorrow, there is apparently a moerse solar storm coming that might cook our gps's

 

No, i do not work for polar.

I found the info in the manual, on the polar forum site , dc rainmaker and google.

 

I will sommer add my miners hat and steel toes when i get in bed tonight. Just so that i dont forget.

Edited September 11, 2014 by Carpet

[Izak]

Last update was +/- 2nd Sept. I checked my watch and currently it also does not scroll to the next screen after the "Recovery Status" screen. BUT that I think is the problem, I have not trained since Saturday so its my status is "Under trained" and does not warrant any recovery time i.e. I think the status needs to be in the "Strained" or "very strained" before it will show the recovery time.

That makes sense to me, will see on the weekend when I put in a few rides and so on.

[SwissVan]

That makes sense to me, will see on the weekend when I put in a few rides and so on.

 

Hey Polar people...hoe gaanit?

 

Izak, howz the strain test doing....my watch seems to vastily overestimate my capability as it keeps saying i'm undertrained and have not been able to confirm that the time to recovery is still working...?

[Izak]

Hey Polar people...hoe gaanit?

 

Izak, howz the strain test doing....my watch seems to vastily overestimate my capability as it keeps saying i'm undertrained and have not been able to confirm that the time to recovery is still working...?

 

Sorry man had a handlebar snap on me on Saturday so have only been doing floor sessions in the gym as my ride on Sunday saw me pulling out after 18ks as my knee was just too sore.

 

I have the same issue though, it seems that (although my fitness level has recently been assessed and I am very fit at the moment) I cannot get it up high enough to register in the strained sort of area.

 

Apart from that quite a few other things that irritate / frustrate me such as daily activity - I want to be able to see what that is made up of steps etc on my watch.

Also on weekly summary on the watch there are simply three screens there are only screens for duration and zones. I want to know much more than that on the watch otherwise I can sell the watch and use my phone with a bluetooth HRM!

 

So yeah to me at the moment a bit of an ornament really much more than a proper fitness / sport watch.

 

#polarglobal

[SwissVan]

Sorry man had a handlebar snap on me on Saturday so have only been doing floor sessions in the gym as my ride on Sunday saw me pulling out after 18ks as my knee was just too sore.

 

I have the same issue though, it seems that (although my fitness level has recently been assessed and I am very fit at the moment) I cannot get it up high enough to register in the strained sort of area.

 

Apart from that quite a few other things that irritate / frustrate me such as daily activity - I want to be able to see what that is made up of steps etc on my watch.

Also on weekly summary on the watch there are simply three screens there are only screens for duration and zones. I want to know much more than that on the watch otherwise I can sell the watch and use my phone with a bluetooth HRM!

 

So yeah to me at the moment a bit of an ornament really much more than a proper fitness / sport watch.

 

#polarglobal

Sorry about the accident, hope all is well.

 

However luckily for me I dont really miss or want to see a breakdown of all my daily activities ( i dont even wear it all the time) and quite happy to use it just for sport stuff and like comparing when "it" thinks I will be recovered based on training activity / intensity.

 

I hear what you say about certain things not being visible on the watch and only via app on the phone or flow page, hopefully they will be there one day. I wonder why they doing this drip by drip... its not like its ground breaking tech that is not possible?

[Izak]

Sorry about the accident, hope all is well.

 

However luckily for me I dont really miss or want to see a breakdown of all my daily activities ( i dont even wear it all the time) and quite happy to use it just for sport stuff and like comparing when "it" thinks I will be recovered based on training activity / intensity.

 

I hear what you say about certain things not being visible on the watch and only via app on the phone or flow page, hopefully they will be there one day. I wonder why they doing this drip by drip... its not like its ground breaking tech that is not possible?

My thoughts exactly and it's not really that Polar is a small concern worldwide.  From there my statement that I think they just pushed to get it to market asap and then fix (almost do QA on it as they get requests complaints from users).

Small things like inactivity alert ... why is it not on the watch with a quick vibrate or whatever.  It's of no use knowing tomorrow or next week for that matter that yesterday I should have gotten up and walked around a bit or whatever.  Gimmicky functionality that should either not be there or properly thought through.

Another thing which I am missing is the Heart Rate Optimizer which sets your zones according to current training load or status as per previous units I have used.

Which SUUNTO would be on a comparable level to this?

 

I'm ok thanks. Knee is still too stiff/sore to get back on the bike but have been spending some time in the gym so all's ok

[SwissVan]

You sure there is no inactivity alert? I thought i saw it there somewhere....

 

But if its not, then the question is why?

 

All though they are a big concern world wide, it looks like the actual polar "factory" pool of people who develop the things is rather small compared to the amount of products out there.

[Izak]

You sure there is no inactivity alert? I thought i saw it there somewhere....

 

But if its not, then the question is why?

 

All though they are a big concern world wide, it looks like the actual polar "factory" pool of people who develop the things is rather small compared to the amount of products out there.

Nope only on your phone  .... Another peev as the android app is not due till December 2014 ....

It is apparently coming to the watch at some point.  But that's the sort of thing that makes it feel incomplete to me personally..

Edited September 19, 2014 by Izak

[SwissVan]

Nope only on your phone  .... Another peev as the android app is not due till December 2014 ....

 

LOL...you complain more than i do...

 

But ja sadly we have a point

[Izak]

LOL...you complain more than i do...

 

But ja sadly we have a point

 

hehehe.  You know what yes I think it's the 50% German in me that wants to have everything the right way!!  But if you pay, what I think is a fair amount of money to be forking out on a training device, then it should be good.  Otherwise find something that is.  I like the SUUNTO brand as well and will have a bit of a look into it this weekend. 

 

Ok here's another complaint hehehe.  How easily do you find the buttons to operate especially when busy training?

[Mats]

I saw somewhere that the inactivity alert is scheduled for one of the firmware updates.

It will then vibrate on 50 min of inactivity but will only display the inactivity message on the software after 60 minutes of inactivity

[SwissVan]

 

Ok here's another complaint hehehe.  How easily do you find the buttons to operate especially when busy training?

 

No problems EXCEPT the "stop / end recording" function that requires the bottom left button to be pressed in for 3 seconds, sometimes i find nothing happens or it just pauses. Not really a problem when you running or just stopped running but it can be a bit akward when u still moving on a bike or in the swimming pool.

[Traveler]

Hi guys, I've been following this topic with interest. Been using the RCX5 for a while and super happy. 

Any news on when we can expect the V650. Saw it is being launched in Europe end of September, which is basically this week. 

[Mats]

Did you noticed that you can now export from the flow website.

 

Open a exercise.

Scroll to the bottom of the page.

You will find two buttons.

One to export the session and one to remove the training.

 

Once you click on export session you get two options.

one for Route only and one for the complete training.

[Capricorn]

Hi guys, I've been following this topic with interest. Been using the RCX5 for a while and super happy. 

 

Any news on when we can expect the V650. Saw it is being launched in Europe end of September, which is basically this week. 

 

 

I've subscribed to Polar South Africa's updates concerning the v650, but nothing yet. arse end of the world i tell you. Anyway, i'm hoping its sooner than later.