Polar F6 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Diamond)

Review by eric for Polar F6 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Diamond)
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So, I purchased the F6 in October of 2006. I use it for cycling and on aerobic machines and it really works great. No complaints about performanace at all and it does a nice job of tracking exercise. I paid $99.95 for the product, which seemed sorta high, but I wanted a reliable product from a good name. Well…in August 2007, the transmitter stopped working. Despite the “2 year” warranty stated above, that does not cover batteries, which apparently was the transmitter problem. So, I sent it back to Polar to fix it…but they can’t fix it, they can only replace it. All said, it cost me $52 plus my shipping costs to fix. The “replacement” was clearly not new. I’m not sure if it was mine, but it definitely was not new. So, in less than a year, I’ve had to shell out about $160 and, if the battery dies again six months from now, I guess I’ll have to go through this again. I would not but another Polar product.

Review by Amjra for Polar F6 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Diamond)
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I always knew that I should be hitting 65% to 85% of my maximum heart rate while exercising, and I knew that I was sometimes, but this little gadget showed me how far off the mark I was. I had to double my cardio workouts in order to get into the zone where I needed to be to lose weight. Now, I am seeing real results. That knowledge alone was worth the price. Most of us overestimate how hard we work out, spend a lot of time at the gym, and then get frustrated at the lack of results. With this gadget I am able to make my workouts effective not just long and energy consuming.

The features on the A5 model are numerous enough to make this a great toy, and few enough as not to make it too complicated. This model is reccomended by Polar as one for for people looking to lose weight and increase overall fitness. This is not a model for the serious “data junkie” who wants to store all of their workout data in a spreadsheet. I don’t think that this is a model for cyclists either. This is a model for someone who wants to know how many calories they’ve burned, time in their target workout zone, BMI, % of maximum heart rate being reached, and heart rate. You can also perform a fitness test with this model, and that is an interesting feature.

This model comes with a transmitter. The product specifications were not clear about whether or not it came with one. I was confused about that, and ended up purchasing an extra, albiet better, transmitter. The transmitter that came with the A5 does not look comfy, the front part that goes over your chest is made of flexible rubber and the back part is a fabric strap. The extra one that I ordered (for $45) is a totally fabric model called the WearLink, that has one small plastic piece in the front. So, I would suggest you buy a more comfortable mostly fabric transmitter, if you plan to wear it alot.

Review by Susan McGill for Polar F6 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Diamond)
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Overall I am very pleased with this watch. I am not a health nut of a fitness fiend. I’m just an average person looking to get into better shape and needed something to tell me if I am over working or not working hard enough.

The Polar F6 Heart Rate Monitor did just that. The watch helps you figure out your “zones” that you personally work well in and monitors where you average, your peaks, your lows, counts your calories and then gives you a full report once you’re done.

For someone like me this is great! I found that I was not working hard enough and that when I did get an urge to work hard I was over doing it. With this watch I can pace myself and extend my workouts. Before I would get winded and have to stop. Then I would get frustrated and have to walk away, thus not fulfilling my fitness goals.

In the month that I’ve been using the Polar F6 Heart Rate Monitor I have found a new interest in my workout and am on my way to having a semi-pleasant bathing suit season (if that is possible.) So to make a long story short, this watch has helped me a great deal and I am very happy with it.

Review by J. Walhs for Polar F6 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Diamond)
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Good news is that this seems to be a great product. I never thought that I would want to purchase a fancy HRM until I started to get serious about my fitness. I still am not a gym nut, and purchased so that I can monitor my heart rate while using home equipment as well as having something consistent when I travel on the road.

My parents are in cardio rehab and the folks at their center highly recommend the Polar units. They have one and have tested it against some of the sophisticated HRMs that they have there and have found it very accurate.

I purchase the F6 as it had some bells and whistles, but not the kitchen sink. The instructions are very basic, but fortunately it is a simple unit to use. One of the big reasons I purchased it was to be able to upload my settings to the Polar fitness website so that I can keep track of my workouts. (It is dumb, but for some reason it is motivating for me to see on a computer monitor when I need to work out to maintain my goals…) I must say, the instructions for the Sonic Link are a little lacking. For those of you who want to use it, you need to search through a special web site to get the free WebLink software. (You can not navigate from the main polar web site as far as I can tell.) Once I downloaded that, and figured out how to hold my watch to get a good sound connection, it was very easy to upload the data.

So, this was a long way to say, great watch, but they need to improve the instructions.

Review by uncle-buck for Polar F6 Women’s Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black Diamond)
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UPDATE: I lost the watch/receiver of my third Polar F6 and have decided to go with the Timex Race Trainer, instead of the Polar. Bought my first Polar F6 in 2006. It was reliable and produced accurate, consistent readings – but quality has gone downhill since then.

I’ve had my Polar F6 for two years. It’s a great product, but the company’s customer service could be improved. Recently, I sent the unit to the Polar Dallas, TX service center and requested a new LCD and a new elastic transmitter strap. They returned it with a new battery and new transmitter. Go figure.

People do make mistakes, but my follow-up email was apparently read by the same person who gummed up the original request. A simple repair request has now turned into a time-wasting Tarbaby.

You could always contact a private auction house. Or just go the route and sell it on Ebay, set your own price and then just deal with the shipping.
One thing to realize is this, jewelry shops or private sellers are in this business to make money, which in the end means you make less when you sell through or to them.
You can even place an ad in the local or national papers to sell jewelry or even hold a private auction of the items yourself if you want to make top dollar.

i think at the moment,a jewllers would not be the best place to go simply because they dont give u the best prices.
you would be better to look for private buyers especially if they are in good shape,christmas is coming youd be surprised how many people are looking for bargains with the recession.
stephen .IRELAND

Probably the best way is to put it on as many shopping sites as you can find. Ebay is a great one. Going to a jewelry store may lower the amount of $ you get for it, so try the private sellers first.
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