Polar Vantage V - Wrist Based Power for Runners
I've been using Power for marathon training for most of 2019, but that has required the use of a footpod that attaches to my shoe. So when I learned about the Polar Vantage V promising the same power data but from a wrist, I was intrigued. I'd also been running from time to time with a chest wrap heart rate monitor, so I was also quite curious as to whether Polar's implementation of a wrist based heart rate monitor could hold up to rigorous running conditions.
TLDW. Wrist based power works great. You can't compare the precise numbers from a Stryd footpod to the numbers from the Vantage V, but the relative peaks and valleys seem to be spot on. There are some slight differences, but the Vantage V's promise of wrist based power numbers seems to be lefit.
Heart rate was still a problem for me, and as the watch slid around over the course of the run, the reliability of the HR numbers slid around with it.
The only real gripe I had with the watch is a problem that I think may be endemic to GPS watches as a genre. I run in an urban setting, with frequent interference from tall buildings and underpasses. A footpod provides such insanely reliable distance and pace data. I had a bit of variability in terms of pace and distance with the Vantage V, and that threw me off a bit. I'm just not sure it's fair to blame Polar for that.
disclosures: this watch was sent to me for review by Polar for the purpose of review. They are not paying me to make this video or use the watch, and they will not have the ability to preview this video before it goes live on youtube.
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