New Products From Polar: RS300X G1/RS300X sd
Polar are about to release a new product, the RS300X G1 which supports the Polar G1 GPS device and RS300X sd, a foot pod compatible version.
The RS300X is designed for recreational athletes, but with all the features packed into it, it could easily be useful to those who are pushing for a little extra performance. The RS300X watch is compatible with the Polar S1 foot pod and G1 GPS sensor. If purchased without these devices it can be upgraded in future.
The watch guides you to the right intensity with personal training zones, displays how many calories you’ve burned, tracks your training and can store up to 16 training sessions and is compatible with polarpersonaltrainer.com with optional Polar FlowLink.
We have written about the Polar RS100 heart rate monitor watches before.
The RS300X supercedes the RS200 watches and is a step up from the RS100 Polar watch.
This watch will be released on March 30th, 2009 and is available for pre-order on Amazon.
For more information browse to the following links on Amazon:
- Polar RS300X G1 Heart Rate Monitor Watch with G1 GPS Sensor
- Polar RS300X SD Heart Rate Monitor Watch with S1 Foot Pod
The differences between the RS100 and RS300X are illustrated below:
How RS100 and RS300X Watches Differ
RS100
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RS300X
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| User configurable display | top line | two lines |
| Event Countdown Timer | not supported | supported |
| Display Zoom | not supported | supported |
| Two Lines | not supported | supported |
| Transfer logos from Polar web site to wrist unit (UpLink) | not supported | supported |
| Edit wrist unit settings with Polar UpLink Tool and transfer them to your Polar product (UpLink) | not supported | supported |
| Number of Exercise Files | 1 | 16 |
| Maximum heart rate | not supported | supported |
| Last OwnIndex | not supported | supported |
| Calorie expenditure | exercise total fat% | exercise total |
| Dual Time Zone | not supported | supported |
| Display text in English, German, French and Spanish | not supported | supported |
| T31 coded™ transmitter | not supported | supported |
| WearLink® 31 coded transmitter (changeable battery) | not compatible | compatible |
| WearLink® 31 coded transmitter (changeable battery) | not compatible | compatible |
| Speed and Distance | not supported | supported |
| Shock resistant | not supported | supported |
| Full power mode | not supported | avg. 10 hours |
| Low power battery mode | avg. 15 hours | supported |
| SIRF-III chipset | not supported | supported |
| Speed/Pace and Distance | not supported | supported |
| Speed displayed in pace, or kmph/mph | not supported | supported |
| Target pace | not supported | supported |
| Target pace alarms | not supported | supported |
| Trip Odometer | not supported | supported |
| Run Distance | not supported | supported |
| Totals mileage, kilocalories, time training | supported | |
| Distance summaries | not supported | supported |
| Speed/Pace summaries | not supported | supported |
| Speed/Pace target zones | not supported | supported |
| S1 foot pod™ | not supported | supported |
| Wireless ECG accurate heart rate | not supported | supported |
| Polar sport zones | not supported | supported |
| Polar OwnZone® | not supported | supported |
| Polar OwnCal® | not supported | supported |
| Polar Fitness Test™ with OwnIndex® | not supported | supported |
| Polar OwnCode® (5kHz) | not supported | supported |
| HR-based target zones with visual alarm | 1 | 3 |
| HR-based target zones with audible alarm | 1 | 3 |
| Exercise Set (extended exercise profiles) | not supported | supported |
| HRmax (Polar Fitness test-based) | not supported | supported |
| Number of laps | not supported | 99 |
| Automatic lap recording | not supported | supported |
| Maximum heart rate of each lap | not supported | supported |
| Interval trainer (HR, pace, distance) guided workouts | not supported | supported |
| ZonePointer | not supported | supported |
| Speed-based target zones with visual and audible alarm | not supported | supported |
| ZonePointer | not supported | supported |
