I have the Vantage V2 but replaced it with the Garmin Forerunner 965. Not sure if i would get the new V3. I love the testing aspect of the watch with my power meter and my H10 chest strap. I’m just tired of the watch being unreliable and restarting or having to be re-paired and restarted because of glitches.
It’s a disappointing result from Polar as this is their flagship device. I read somewhere they are having financial issues. This type of result is not going to help their bottom line.
A review later would be great because this device according to many reports is due to a bad update that worsened the heart rate sensor. There is no way Polar would release something like this knowing that it is worse than their previous sensors.
Did u wet your arm for the optical heart rate sensor for better accuracy? If not I suggest u do because that's the biggest mistake reviews on these optical sensored watches do.
Results from video are valid. Watch for example Quantified Scientist - other watches like Apple Watch during the same set of exercises have almost perfect correlation (near 1) where polar vantage is like between 0.5 - 0.7.
@@krzysztofbaranowski9491dokaldnie jest tak jak piszesz zegarki appla mają najdokładniejsze czujniki szkoda tylko że działają jeden dzień więc dla mnie taki zegarek to bzdura :)
@@bery7028 tutaj bardziej chodziło mi o to, że w tych samych warunkach wyniki Polara są o wiele gorsze ;). Oczywiście masz rację - 1 dzień pracy to śmiech na sali biorąc pod uwagę ile się za nie płaci.
@@krzysztofbaranowski9491 wiem o co ci chodziło,są gorsze w tych samych warunkach to raz.Dwa że ogólnie są gorsze czy to Polar czy garmin to Apple ma najlepsze czujniki ze wszystkich smart zegarków.
Hey! No - I have not found that to help accuracy in trying that in the past, myself. The sensor is usually wet from sweat within 3-5 minutes - and the other accurate sensors didn't require - so I like to keep testing uniform
After being one of the first to receive the new V3, I was also one of the first to send the V3 to Polar. I've been waiting for Polar to respond constructively for more than 3 weeks now. Apparently they want to play for time, which fits with their statement that a new firmware is coming. Will this firmware actually come this year? Anyway, I'm pissed. What did I pay 600 euros for? The V3 isn't a flagship, it's a wreck.
Sorry to hear that! That sounds rough. Are you returning it? What has been the holdup there? I think they have a pretty straightforward return process, right?
@@fitgearhunter No, the return process is sneaky. After receiving it, I - as always - threw away my delivery note. I don't need anything like that and have never needed it. What I didn't know: Polar refuses to process returns if the return is not accompanied by a delivery note. (The goods come to Germany from the Netherlands and are also sent back to the Netherlands.) So I had to initiate the return via Polar's service email. After 2 weeks a pointless email came, even though I had described my problem in detail. The email said that I should reset the watch to factory settings, which I had already done and what was also in my email. Now I keep waiting and the month I've been waiting so far is almost over. You have to know: I don't use the watch...
@@fitgearhunter The solution is that at some point (Polar Service has been overwhelmed for weeks.) the person responsible (who replied to my email) writes to me that a) a new firmware is available and I should try it out b) a return slip is included in the service email. You need to know: Polar itself wrote on the service site that returns are possible within 14 days and my complaint was exactly within this time frame...
@@ultrarunnerEST Both Polar and Suunto f**ed up their OHR sensor on their latest products. Probably rushed and not tester properly. I would personally never buy a product with such compromised OHR sensor
Great comments! To be clear - Coros is one of the worst sensors currently out, at least based on the recent Pace 3 testing - worse than this test. And Garmin's Elevate 5.0 on the Pro series F7/Epix is far and away one of the most accurate, even at the highest intensities - versus the others discussed. In simple estimated/general terms: - AW 6/7/8/9 - 98% - AWU - 96-97% - Elevate 5.0 - 95% - Elevate 4.0 - 90-92% - Polar older sensor - 83 or 86% - VV3 sensor (currently) - 72% - Coros Pace 3 - 65% or so
hard to tell exactly - yes, Ray noted the change, but then this particular test is under HIIT, wrist-flex tension testing too - which takes it to a whole new level of accuracy required
Thanks! I posted elsewhere but maybe check out the fitbit charge 6, big leaps in terms of accuracy and and some good recovery metrics
I have the Vantage V2 but replaced it with the Garmin Forerunner 965.
Not sure if i would get the new V3. I love the testing aspect of the watch with my power meter and my H10 chest strap.
I’m just tired of the watch being unreliable and restarting or having to be re-paired and restarted because of glitches.
Is it fair to say the chest strap is always more accurate because it's on the heart almost versus the wrist pulse?
It’s a disappointing result from Polar as this is their flagship device. I read somewhere they are having financial issues. This type of result is not going to help their bottom line.
yes completely - thanks for commenting
The sensor update should arrive within days. Polar can score such premiere slip-ups.
A review later would be great because this device according to many reports is due to a bad update that worsened the heart rate sensor. There is no way Polar would release something like this knowing that it is worse than their previous sensors.
Yes I completely agree but unfortunately had to send the device back already! Sorry!
Did u wet your arm for the optical heart rate sensor for better accuracy? If not I suggest u do because that's the biggest mistake reviews on these optical sensored watches do.
Results from video are valid. Watch for example Quantified Scientist - other watches like Apple Watch during the same set of exercises have almost perfect correlation (near 1) where polar vantage is like between 0.5 - 0.7.
@@krzysztofbaranowski9491dokaldnie jest tak jak piszesz zegarki appla mają najdokładniejsze czujniki szkoda tylko że działają jeden dzień więc dla mnie taki zegarek to bzdura :)
@@bery7028 tutaj bardziej chodziło mi o to, że w tych samych warunkach wyniki Polara są o wiele gorsze ;). Oczywiście masz rację - 1 dzień pracy to śmiech na sali biorąc pod uwagę ile się za nie płaci.
@@krzysztofbaranowski9491 wiem o co ci chodziło,są gorsze w tych samych warunkach to raz.Dwa że ogólnie są gorsze czy to Polar czy garmin to Apple ma najlepsze czujniki ze wszystkich smart zegarków.
Hey! No - I have not found that to help accuracy in trying that in the past, myself. The sensor is usually wet from sweat within 3-5 minutes - and the other accurate sensors didn't require - so I like to keep testing uniform
After being one of the first to receive the new V3, I was also one of the first to send the V3 to Polar. I've been waiting for Polar to respond constructively for more than 3 weeks now. Apparently they want to play for time, which fits with their statement that a new firmware is coming. Will this firmware actually come this year?
Anyway, I'm pissed.
What did I pay 600 euros for?
The V3 isn't a flagship, it's a wreck.
Sorry to hear that! That sounds rough. Are you returning it? What has been the holdup there? I think they have a pretty straightforward return process, right?
@@fitgearhunter
No, the return process is sneaky.
After receiving it, I - as always - threw away my delivery note. I don't need anything like that and have never needed it. What I didn't know: Polar refuses to process returns if the return is not accompanied by a delivery note. (The goods come to Germany from the Netherlands and are also sent back to the Netherlands.)
So I had to initiate the return via Polar's service email.
After 2 weeks a pointless email came, even though I had described my problem in detail. The email said that I should reset the watch to factory settings, which I had already done and what was also in my email.
Now I keep waiting and the month I've been waiting so far is almost over.
You have to know: I don't use the watch...
@@shashi566 lord no. Holy cow. That is toughhhhh. Any resolution in sight?
@@fitgearhunter
The solution is that at some point (Polar Service has been overwhelmed for weeks.) the person responsible (who replied to my email) writes to me that
a) a new firmware is available and I should try it out
b) a return slip is included in the service email.
You need to know: Polar itself wrote on the service site that returns are possible within 14 days and my complaint was exactly within this time frame...
Polar working to fix the OHR via software updates. Written on twitter from themselves.
Just wondering how much they can improve it? Let's wait and see
@@Sinasi08 And how long it will take.. I wonder how much patience people will have
@@ultrarunnerEST Both Polar and Suunto f**ed up their OHR sensor on their latest products. Probably rushed and not tester properly. I would personally never buy a product with such compromised OHR sensor
@@Sinasi08 Still V3 Isn't far from fenix 7 in performance when that was released.. Garmin and Coros had.and have many with bad OHR as well.
Great comments! To be clear - Coros is one of the worst sensors currently out, at least based on the recent Pace 3 testing - worse than this test. And Garmin's Elevate 5.0 on the Pro series F7/Epix is far and away one of the most accurate, even at the highest intensities - versus the others discussed.
In simple estimated/general terms:
- AW 6/7/8/9 - 98%
- AWU - 96-97%
- Elevate 5.0 - 95%
- Elevate 4.0 - 90-92%
- Polar older sensor - 83 or 86%
- VV3 sensor (currently) - 72%
- Coros Pace 3 - 65% or so
Heart rate sensor is sooooo bad.
The sensor is not the problem, after an update it became very inaccurate...
Hope they update there watch!
hard to tell exactly - yes, Ray noted the change, but then this particular test is under HIIT, wrist-flex tension testing too - which takes it to a whole new level of accuracy required