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Polar F4 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Red Berry)
Polar F4 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Red Berry)


Product Description
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Featuring a new, slim design, the F4 is Polar’s first heart rate monitor designed specifically for women. It’s packed with innovative training features to help you toward your exercise goals, including:
- Zone Pointer: A visible and audible feature on the display of your heart rate monitor showing your target heart rate zone and where your current heart rate is within that zone.
- Polar OwnCal: Shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions. You can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time (e.g. one week), it helps in achieving both short-term and long-term goals.
- Fitness Bullets: Shows a bullet on the monitor’s display for every 10 minutes spent exercising/training in your target heart rate zone. The Time in Target Zone feature calculates the amount of total exercise time spent in your personal target zone. You can use this feature together with the Total Exercise Time to determine the effectiveness of your exercise program.
Key Features:
- Display of heart rate, exercise time, and average heart rate
- 24-hour clock with day/week indicator and stopwatch
- Large easy-to-read display with split screen
- One-year average battery life
- Water resistant to 30 meters (100 feet)
Manufacturer’s Warranty
The original purchaser of this heart rate monitor is backed by a limited warranty that states that this product that the product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase.
Note:
Polar heart rate monitors are precision instruments; consumers are not advised to change their own battery. Polar recommends that all service be done by an authorized Polar Service Center which will include a warranty for 90 days on repairs and 6 months for batteries.
About Polar
The first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor was invented by Polar back in 1977 as a training tool for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski Team. The concept of “intensity training” by heart rate swept the athletic world in the eighties. By the 1990s, individuals were looking to heart rate monitors not only for performance training needs, but also for achieving everyday fitness goals. Today, the same concept of heart rate training is being used by world-class athletes as well as everyday people trying to lose weight. Polar is the leading brand among consumers, coaches, and personal trainers worldwide and the company is committed to not only producing the best products, but also being the leading educator on the benefits of heart rate based exercise. |
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Product Features
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- Slim, “red berry” heart rate monitor watch designed exclusively for women
- Zone Pointer mode displays where you heart rate fits within target zone
- OwnCal function shows your energy expenditure during 1 or many sessions
- Time in Target Zone calculates amount of total exercise time spent in zone
- 24-hour clock with day/week indicator and stopwatch; 2-year warranty
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Customer Reviews
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Great watch
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| Review Date: July 30, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Cjg, New York |
| This is a great heart rate monitor watch for the money. I’ve been using Polar watches for quite some time and think this is the best I’ve owned. I recently tested/compared this watch (F4) to Polar’s M61. The F4 provided more accurate numbers regarding my calories burned (which is the most important thing for me–heart rate and calories burned). I wear an Apex Body Bug that also monitors my calories. When compared to the Body Bug (which is extremely accurate) the F4 was on the money. The M61 only showed that I burned about 1/2 of what the F4 and the BodyBug showed. I also wear my F4 while swimming (which I cannot do with the BodyBug). So far, this was held up great to all conditions. I’m considering purchasing another as a back up or in case Polar for some unknown reason discontinues the watch. Great product!!! |
Great Motivational Tool
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| Review Date: April 14, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Discriminating taste in Philly, |
| Love this hr monitor. Easy to set and allows me to get the most out of my workouts. It is also very rewarding to see the calorie burn at the end of each workout. It asks for your height, weight and gender, and calories burned are predicated upon your specific data, rendering it much more reliable than estimates from most pedometers and gym equipment. My personal trainer recommended this brand (this is what she owns as well), and although you may see flashier, more attractive monitors, they will not be as reliable or user-friendly. |
Perfect heart rate monitor
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| Review Date: September 23, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Lucysmamma, North Carolina |
| This is my first heart rate monitor and I love it! It has greatly improved my workouts. It’s very user-friendly and doesn’t take long to learn how it works. You can set it to show your heart rate or the %. It also keeps track of how many calories you have burned. The chest band is not uncomfortable to wear…I forget I even have it on. I highly recommend this monitor for anyone. The only negative thing I can say about it is that the watch is a little flimsy. It doesn’t feel very durable but I haven’t had any problems with it so far. |
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