Polar’s Grit X multisport watch goes Pro

Polar is making quite a few updates to its household of sport watches at this time. This consists of the launch of the Polar Grit X Pro for outside multisport lovers, alongside function and design tweaks to the corporate’s “premium” Vantage V2 multisport watch and Polar Unite health watch.

The Grit X Professional is an replace to the Grit X launched final 12 months. For an additional $70/€70, the $499.90/€499.90 Professional mannequin provides a more durable sapphire lens and a sturdy but supple FKM watch band. In any other case, you’re just about wanting on the identical specs as final 12 months: GPS/A-GPS, waterproof to 100 meters, turn-by-turn navigation when linked with Komoot, and what’s thought of to be one of the crucial correct coronary heart fee sensors obtainable on any watch. Grit X watches will final for as much as 40 hours of battery life in full GPS and heart-rate monitoring modes, as much as 100 hours by disabling some options, or as much as seven days in watch mode. The Grit X Professional is obtainable in copper, black, and gold.

If weight is a major concern (rugged multisport watches are heavy!), then Polar can also be promoting a titanium model, which is 12 % lighter for $599.95/€599.90 — a value that features a second band made from leather-based. The watch plus leather-based band weighs 53g in whole. That makes the Grit X Professional Titan the costliest sport watch in Polar’s lineup.

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Polar despatched me a copper-colored Grit X Professional evaluation unit to check. Though I’ve solely used it for just a few days, I can already say that the Professional mannequin, just like the Grit X it builds upon, gives a decent mixture of options for the value. It lacks some capabilities like V02max to measure your maximal oxygen uptake, on-device topographic path maps, and native storage for music that you just’ll discover on different multisport outside watches, however Polar’s newest covers a lot of the fundamentals properly. Uniquely, Polar’s Fitspark workout suggestions are literally fairly helpful since they’re tailor-made to my present health degree, targets, exercise historical past, and nightly recharge rating that takes into consideration how nicely I’ve slept.

I additionally actually like the burden, look, and textured buttons of the Grit X Professional, however I discover the show to be much less readable, each indoors and out, in comparison with class-leading sport watches just like the dearer Garmin Fenix 6 Pro. I like the feel of the FKM rubber band, and the sturdiness seems to be promising in comparison with the essential silicone bands typically bundled with different sport watches (I tore considered one of Garmin’s whereas mountain biking, for instance).

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Polar’s $499.95 Vantage V2, launched final 12 months, is the corporate’s multisport look ahead to these repulsed by the Grit’s chiseled aesthetic. It’s additionally the multisport watch you select when monitoring your V02max is a major concern (hiya, runners). Now, along with a brand new vibrant pink colorway, Polar is giving the Vantage V2 the flexibility to shortly swap out bands to make this sport watch appropriate for extra events.

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At the moment, the Vantage V2 is getting a $549.95 Shift Version, obtainable in silver and black, that ships with leather-based and FKM straps fitted with new fast launch bars. Present Vantage V2 homeowners should buy a $49.95 Shift Version bundle, which incorporates the quick-release adapter bars and selection of any 22mm Polar band.

Vantage V2 homeowners are additionally getting a 3.0 software program replace that mirrors the most recent additions added to the Grit X Professional. These embrace always-on dashboard options like compass and altimeter, navigation options that will help you return to the beginning of your journey, and an HR sensor mode that makes use of Bluetooth to indicate your coronary heart fee on fitness center tools and cellular apps.

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Lastly, Polar is giving its light-weight (32g) $149.95 Unite watch new pink and teal colorways alongside a software program replace. The replace trickles down options like weekly summaries and power supply (carbs, proteins, and fat) consumption estimates obtainable on different Polar watches, along with the identical HR sensor mode coming to the Vantage V2.