Polar M200 GPS watch

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hey peeps.

 

I inherited an old Polar FT7 and was happily using that the last 2 odd years and I really only care about my HR for Vitality points. But polar is now discontinuing their polar personal trainer platform so the FT7 will no longer be able to synch with Discovery. Polar are offering a discount of 30% on new product for client retention purposes.

 

i'm purely a weekend warrior and not interested in forking out thousands for a sport watch. I like the idea of an integrated HRM as I hate having to strap on a chest strap each time and then realising you've left some component at home etc, and I understand the wrist HR is not as accurate.

 

would be cool to have integrated GPS rather than Strava through my phone though I like how my phone lies to me about how much I've actually climbed.

 

So question really is has anyone used the Polar M200 specifically and have any dodgy experiences with it?

We bought 2 x M200 watches, one for myself and my son. We love them, use it when playing squash and I also use it for my cycling and it sync with Strava faultlessly everytime. I don't use it 24h a day because I don't/can't sleep with a watch and for the price we paid per unit it is does enough. Hr, cycle time, distance etc.

Yes if I had R10000+ I probably would have bought a nice Garmin or something, but I wear my Polar everyday, it's my work, play, exercise and church watch.