Polar FT40 Heart Rate Monitor
| Fitness > Heart Rate Monitors | Rated: 
by 8 reviews.
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Also available for: Men |
Mountain Gear
Improve your fitness while you cross-train with the FT30 Heartrate Monitor that provides simple, easy-to-use training guidance while helping you to determine the appropriate intensity. Keep track of your heart rate in terms of percent of maximum rate and BPM with the wireless ECG - with this information, the watch calculates your target heart rate zones, calorie use, and fat burn - all while giving you visual and audio cues to keep you working out to your full potential.
Features:
- Along with exercise-ready functions, you get an alarm clock with a snooze feature, date, and weekday indicator, dual time zone monitor, and a low battery indicator
- Establish your manual target zone which is calculated from your BPM's upper limit - you get an audible and visual alarm when you reach a target zone
- Keep track of your progress with up to 50 exercise files - monitor records exercise date, HR-based target zones (you know when you reach them thanks to audible and visual alarms), average heart rate, calorie expenditure, exercise time, and maximum heart rate
- Make this watch work for you anywhere with a backlit face, water-resistance to 30 meters, and volume setting
- Monitor calories used with the Polar OwnCal feature and fat burn with the EnergyPointer calculator while the built-in fitness test assesses your aerobic fitness at rest - a graphical target zone indicator helps you keep up the pace
- Monitor your heart with the WearLink 31 coded transmitter
- View your heart rate as the percent of your maximum heart rate or as beats per minute (BPM) with the wireless ECG accurate heart rate
REI
Polar FT40 heart rate monitor significantly simplifies exercise by helping you to exercise smart and reach your goals.
- New EnergyPointer feature graphically displays your exertion in 1 of 2 zones—either fat burning or fitness improvement
- Designed for gym goers, joggers, active people and those who want to exercise efficiently and get fit; stylish watch can be worn any time, at work or play
- Polar Fitness Test finds your baseline fitness level in just 5 min.; predicts VO2max, as well
- Shows calories burned, duration and time spent in each zone (fat burning or fitness)
- Zone lock keeps you in the right zone (fat burning or fitness)
- Stores 50 workout files and 16 weekly training summaries
- WearLink™ transmitter with fabric mount is coded, eliminating interference from other heart rate monitors
- Works with Polar online personal trainer, an exercise journal and community medium that provides guidance, tracks progress and goals, and allows you to challenge your friends
- Includes user-changeable battery
Dick's Sporting Goods
The Polar® FT40 training computer is designed for gym goers, joggers, active people and those who want to exercise efficiently and get fit. HeartTouch operation of the wrist unit enables button-free operation of certain main functions. It's designed to determine the right training intensity for you during each training session, which allows you to enjoy your training and improve your overall fitness.
Features:
- Clear and easy to read display
- Indicates when you are above, below, or within your heart rate target range
- Provides precision heart-rate data
- Sound volume level setting
- Stores 50 workout files and 16 weekly training summaries
- User-changeable battery
- Water resistant up to 30 meters
| Average heart rate: | Yes |
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| Backlight: | Yes |
| Calories burned: | Yes |
| Clock: | Yes |
| Countdown timer: | No |
| Daily alarm: | Yes |
| Date: | Yes |
| File storage: | 50 |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Heart rate display: | Yes |
| Heart rate memory/recall: | Yes |
| Heart rate sensor: | Chest strap |
| High/low target heart rate: | Yes |
| Lap timer: | No |
| PC Interface: | Yes |
| Recovery heart rate mode: | No |
| Speed/distance: | No |
| Stop watch: | No |
| Strapless: | No |
| Target heart rate zones: | 3 |
| Time in target zone: | Yes |
| Water-resistance: | 30 meters |
| Waterproof: | water-resistant to 30 meters |
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 | Polar FT40M Heart Rate Monitor - MaleUnspecified | $159.95 |
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This product is available in the following colors:
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 | Fresh Green |
 | Black |
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| Color | |
|---|---|
| Fresh Green | 119.99 |
| Black | 165.00 |
| Grey | 179.95 |
Legend
- - REI
- - Mountain Gear
Notes:
Dick's Sporting Goods offers this product at $159.99, but does not provide any color/size information.
Polar FT40 Heart Rate Monitor Reviews Summary:
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Positive Reviews:
I really like this technology! | |
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| 4 stars only because it is expensive I think but I do like the technology. I have used this watch for 4 months now. You do have to be a little smart both with computers and in running this device properly. Once you go through the setup this device has helped me watch how my VO2 has improved while my weight has decreased over time. You must manually change your weight which I choose to update on a weekly basis. I also perform my fitness test weekly. I purchased the available weblink device so I can upload to the polar website. (It is called Flowlink which is sold separately and was about [$]) This allows me to see a graph of my progress and label which sports I have been doing so I can look back over time and identify workouts and caloric demands. You must personally set up the website with your own personal sports. This website also is a great resource to help you with workouts if you choose to go that route. I am a physical therapist who has fallen a little off the fitness side since getting older and raising a family. Now I am on a mission! You must really play with this watch to get it set up just the way you like it. I like the display that is on this page display with the heartrate showing and then during a workout I only have to briefly bring the watch near the chest strap and it will change to time quickly so I can see the time of day. Then it reverts back to the heartrate setting. I bought the beige which is easily cleaned with soap and water. The lense has not scratched yet. I only get teased over the display size but these are by non-athletes. Note: You can also attach it to your handlebars during biking workouts. I am trying to work in certain zones and so I like to see where I am with my heartrate but you can set alarms to tell you this. | |
| ilovenature at REI on 06/06/2009 | |
Love it! | |
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| I am very happy with the Polar FT40. I had to order it because the store doesn't stock it in beige and it took two weeks to get. It was worth the wait. Previously, I had used the RS200 but it broke and is now discontinued. This is a good replacement as it has many of the same functions and is also more feminine to wear as a watch while I work as a personal trainer. I like Polar because if you have owned one, you can easily figure out how to use another and I really like the comfortable chest strap. It is not very comfortable to wear during Yoga classes during certain poses so I would not recommend it for that. | |
| PT Nikki at REI on 08/08/2009 | |
Awsome for all workouts! | |
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| I was able to get this out of the box and to spin class in no time at all. It is versitile, so I can get calorie counts on everything I do: running, spin, yoga, skiing. Accessing the information is a piece of cake. I bought the green one and really enjoy the color. I have tried another brand, this is a keeper. | |
| Graceful Skier at REI on 11/11/2009 | |
FT40 Rocks! | |
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| I love this heart rate monitor. It's very easy to use. | |
| JJ1977 at REI on 01/01/2010 | |
Good Product | |
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| The daily and weekly calorie counter is a great feature. | |
| chris at Dick's Sporting Goods on 08/08/2010 | |
The present watch ever | |
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| This watch works great at for outside or indoor work-outs | |
| kjens31 at REI on 04/04/2009 | |
Negative Reviews:
Buttons Keep Breaking! | |
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| I already traded in one of these after 4 months of normal use because the buttons cracked. Now I'm going to have to turn in my second watch after 2 months because the buttons are breaking again! I am nice to my watches. It's really unacceptable for this to be happening! Twice! I'm not sure I want to even try a Polar again. | |
| coloradoB at REI on 08/08/2009 | |
Neutral Reviews:
I ran with this watch for 6 months | |
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| I ran with this watch for 6 months, the heart monitor was great. But the buttons the interface do not have good user-flow, it took a while to get use to using the interface. I got the lighter color straps, they picked up dirt really easily. It was very difficult to keep the watch looking clean. Overall I thought the watch was over priced would have been a better value if the price was lower. | |
| PinkNinja at REI on 11/11/2009 | |
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