Ignite 2 Series Water Resistant Smartwatch with GPS, Heart Rate Monitoring, Sleep Analysis and Personalized Fitness Tracking, S-L, for Men or Women, Champagne/Gold

I’m loving the new Ignite 3! Polar has really innovated and improved the Ignite watch series with the 3 by adding an AMOLED screen, more intuitive UI and even lightened up the watch making it barely noticeable on my wrist. The screen is brilliant and I’ve been using the always-on display and have seen battery life which lasts for at least 1.5 days. The interface is intuitive and though there is some lag (less-so with recent update) I find it doesn’t ruin my experience. I’ve attached a video demonstrating the responsive of the touchscreen. The improved screen also makes interacting with the watch more pleasant. Notifications, music controls, and setting are all easier to interact with on such a high resolution display. Ignite 3 is perfect for the gym and great for everyday training guidance via FitSpark. The new sleeping analysis with sleep boost has helped me to dial in the best time for me to workout for the day and sleep gate has been useful for knowing when to get to bed! TraingLoad Pro is a tool I have used for years to determine my workout intensity and it’s an amazing tool on the Ignite 3, especially now that I’m moving from heavy road cycling to indoor training and CrossFit. Ignite 3 is a complete package with modern aesthetics combined with hardcore training tools. If you’re just getting into a fitness routine or looking to improve your workout regime, you cannot go wrong with this watch!

First thing I love is the screens with real time weather forecasts. Then the charging mechanism is much improved from the Unite series. I also love that you can buy market standard sized watchbands if you don’t prefer silicone or leather. Very stylish and it immediately looks for your phone app so setup was easy and it connected with all my stored information.

The watch has a a better crystal, bezel and display than the older models. The pulse monitor is a tad better too. There are also a few added features. Oveall this watch is nicer to use and wear than the older models. Early reviewers knocked the speed of the display and GPS accuracy. The display works perfectly now, presumably this was fixed with a software update. The GPS accuracy is said to be a problem tied to the watch's small size. I get good performance in the street, and wonky performance entering or exiting buildings, tunnels and other covered areas. So perhaps this is not the watch for those who need accurate performance everywhere.

I'm updating my review because after all the time I had it, it managed to almost work for most of that time. What is almost impossible is updating it either by computer or by phone. By computer it will take you days to get the update to work (maybe). By phone it will never work (bluetooth lost). Normal syncs work maybe 50% of the time, but sync well enough to get your workouts to the cloud. I don't think it is reporting my heart rate very well (at least compared to my old Polar device), it tends to report it as lower than it is. Also the user interface pretty much will drive you insane and also it tends to lock up so it no longer works (sometimes during a workout). If you reset it often it tends to behave itself. It does not speak to iPhones to report notifications, despite implying that it does. This is the worst technology experience I've ever had, and I was a software engineer for 35 years and had a lot of computers and devices. This is just such a poor device in terms of software and/or hardware (software I suspect) that I can't recommend ANYONE buy this. And any other polar device will, I suspect, suffer from the performance of the polar app on computers. Note I have a iMac and an iPhone. It's just possible they do better on PCs. I will leave my former reviews below in case they should be helpful, but you don't really need it. First, it seems to underestimate heart rate relative to my previous Polar chest strap and watch. Judging from how my heart feels, I suspect the heart strap is more accurate. Second, syncing takes a lot of time and it seems to want to do the next sync immediately after completing the last. I have to bring down the IOS app or the FlowSync program on my iMac to prevent this. It does charge quite fast though, and the graphics are good. It's fairly intuitive, which is fortunate since the manual is virtually non-existant. I couldn't update the software at first until I put in a problem report and ended up uninstalling, rebooting, re-downloading FlowSync using Safari, and syncing/updating again. The update took quite a while but did complete this time. I feel like it's adequate to replace my previous Polar watch with it's sealed chest strap (that had to be repurchased periodically) and I guess I'm willing to live with the under reporting of my heart rate (and thus lower calorie burn). The customer service was quite good. EDIT: After about a month of use, the update seems to have changed the way updates are made. It no longer fully updates on demand. Instead, with the app running, it seems to update periodically behind the scenes. While it is sometimes required to wait a while for the update to happen, it seems to be reliable. I have also had the touchscreen stop working and there is no manual but I kept the button pushed and eventually it did a reboot and after the reboot the touchscreen works again. It does record steps, but it doesn't translate a lot of steps automatically into a workout (as fitbits do). Thus if you want to walk for a workout, you have to start a workout on the watch. The online site is good, though various types of workouts have very different information available (and I can't quite predict what I'm going to get). However remember I bought this because my previous polar watch has been obsoleted by Polar. It still works, but I can no longer upload the workouts. So there is no guarantee of how long this watch will be supported. EDIT: After about 3 months, it has a new issue. Every once in a while, say every month, it just stops updating to online no matter how many times you try to sync to your phone. The only thing I've found to fix that is to attack the cable to my Mac and sync directly to the computer. I guess we have to say that this watch has a lot of capability, but it is a BUNDLE of problems you're going to have to address constantly. EDIT: New bug after more time on the wrist. The most consistent way to sync is to kill the app on the phone and then restart it. Then to connect it to power and then press the button to take it off the charge screen. Then go to the Activity screen and then press the button until it says it's syncing. However, sometimes after successfully syncing, it syncs again and errors out, leaving you with the error screen. The new bug is that sometimes if you do not reboot for a while, it stops charging even when connected. Also over time it seems to underestimate the heart rate to an increasing degree. I probably will end up trying to replace this thing this summer.

Missnöjd. Mäter steg via armrörelser så fast man sitter ner kan steg registreras. Kan inte heller mäta simsträckan i bassängen korrekt trots att 50 meters längd var inställt blev 2000 m 3300 m.

Design bonito com a cor marrom. As funções atendem mais que necessário a prática de vários esportes. O destaque vai para as informações que ele transmite para o fone durante a atividade física! Vale a pena!

C'est ma 3 ieme Montre Polar . Bon produit fiable comme toujours

Lo compré para mi esposa quería un reloj deportivo bueno y polar nunca me ha defraudado. Además de ser muy bonito estéticamente funciona a la perfección. Comparándolo con un tensiómetro-FC médico no se desvía más de 2-3ppm y eso ya es mucho decir para un sensor de muñeca. Tiene muchos modos diferentes de deporte, mide el nivel de descanso y recarga del sistema nervioso y te recomienda en función de esto, al día siguiente, qué tipo de actividad física te conviene hacer. Monitoriza la FC, FR durante la noche, intervalo entre latidos, actividad diaria, gasto calórico (en el que se incluye el gasto basal). Muy buen cacharro. Como pega decir, que la batería podría durar un poquito más y que tuvieron que cambiarme el primero porque se desconchó un poco el dorado de la esfera, pero este está como nuevo.

Lasted just over 12 months before I started facing a battery issue. Would show fully charged but % would drop drastically after 2 minutes off the charger. Restarting and factory reset didn't help. Big disappointment as it was a good watch while it lasted but a waste of money since warranty just ended.