Polar F4 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Men’s Black Thunder): Calorie Tracking, Heart Rate Zone
 Price: $99.95 |
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Note: If you’re looking for a women’s version of this watch, then you might want to read our other article located here: Polar F4 Heart Rate Monitor Watch.
The Polar F4 heart rate monitor watch hails from Polar, the most recognized heart rate monitor company in existance when it comes to running and fitness watches.
Polar designed the first wireless EKG accurate heart monitoring watch back in the year 1977. It would be used as a training and fitness tool for the Finnish Cross Country Ski crew. The 80′s saw the recognition of the benefits of heart rate intentensity measuring by the athletic community and the rise of Polar as the go-to heart rate monitor manufacturers, a reputation the heart rate monitor specialist continues to hold today, due to the superior quality of their heart rate monitor watches and devices.
Polar’s sports watches, fall into three main categories: Running & Multisport, Cycling and Fitness & Cross Training. The Polar F4 is a member of Polar’s Fitness/Cross Training line and is an affordable digital calorie heart rate monitor watch. The F4 polar heart rate watch is ideal for tracking the calories you burn over an exercise session and maintain a careful watch on your zone level to thus ensure you are training hard enough to achieve a positive fitness benefit or that you don’t overdo it. Polar watches also feature Digitaly coded wireless transmission from heart rate strap to wristwatch, for reduced interference and crosstalk around other HRM users. This f4 polar men’s heart rate monitor is also compatible with the most poular makes of CV gym equipment.
The features of the Polar F 4 heart rate monitor are summarized as follows:
General Features
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Target heart rate zone and Max HR are automatically calculated based on your age.
Backlight – w/o backlight in the North and South America
A graphical display of your target zone
Heart rate can be expressed as a percentage of beats per minute (bpm) of your Max HR or in actual bpm
HeartTouch™, Polar technology that enabled button-free operation of the watch
KeyLockManual target zone (% / bpm) – %/bpm
Audio/Visual target heart zone alarms
Water resistance to 50 meters
Date/weekday display
Low battery display
Time of day (12/24h) with alarm
Computer Connectivity Features
- Edit wrist unit settings with Polar UpLink Tool and transfer them to your Polar product (UpLink)
UpLink (PC with a sound card and headphones/dynamic loudspeakers required)
Bike mount – opt.
Exercise Features
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Average heart rate of total exercise
Exercise DateFitness Bullets (after 10 minutes in target zone)
HR-based target zones with audible alarm
HR-based target zones with visual alarm
Polar OwnCal®
ZonePointer
Measurement Features
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Average heart rate
Calorie expenditure – exe.total
Exercise Time (total) – total
Maximum heart rate
Number of exercise files (with summaries) – 1
Target zone limits
Time in target zone
Polar Heart Rate Monitor Strap
- T31 coded™ transmitter – incl. in product set in other countries
T31 transmitter – incl. in product set in the North and South America
WearLink® 31 coded transmitter (changeable battery) – compatible
Polar OwnCode® (5kHz) – non-coded in the North and South America
Wireless ECG accurate heart rate
The polar F4 monitors are cheap heart rate devices that are suitable for those seeking to keep track of their real time heart rate and approximate burned calorie over the duration of a session. If you seek a way of reviewing historical data over a large number of sessions, or monitoring your activity level you might consider one of these more advanced polar heart rate fitness watches:
| Polar FA20 Activity Computer | Price: $119.95 |
| The Polar F7 Heart Rate Monitor Watch | Price: $129.95 |
| The Polar FT40 Heart Rate Monitor Watch | Price: $159.95 |
| Polar FT60 HRM Watch | Price: $239.95 |
| Polar FT80 HRM Watch (with GPS) | Price: $267.95 |
If these are not required, then the Polar F4 heart rate monitor is exceptionally good value. It is backed up by a two year limited warranty, guaranteeing your watch is free from defects in material and workmanship.
