Description
- VERSATILITY: Polar OH1 allows you full freedom of movement regardless of your sport. Wear Polar HR monitor either on your arm when rowing, cycling, running or training indoors, or against your temple when swimming.
- COMFORT: The soft textile armband keeps Polar OH1 snug around your arm. The swimming goggle strap clip included in the Polar OH1 + package keeps Polar HR sensor steadily in place when you swim.
- CONNECTIVITY: Pair HRM with the free Polar Beat fitness app, Strava or Nike, your sports or smart watch (Polar, Garmin, Apple, Suunto and others), bike computer or gym equipment (Peloton) via Bluetooth or ANT+ simultaneously.
- CONVENIENCE: 6-LED optical HR sensor has a chargeable battery and an in-built memory so you can start your workout with OH1 alone and transfer the training data to your phone afterwards.
- DIVERSITY: Polar OH1 suits all levels of athletes and countless different sports. Track your heart rate in real time or transfer workout data to your phone afterwards.
kettleman –
UPDATE: I was ultimately able to get in touch with Polar. Mailed the monitor back to them and got it back fairly quickly. Not sure whether they repaired my defective one or replaced it. Have had no issues since the warranty honored – so upping my rating from one star. Definitely far prefer arm to a chest monitor. much more convenient.
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Over the years i have had nothing but frustration with chest strap heart rate monitors, primarily related to the difficulty replacing the battery. Also a hassle / inconvenient getting chest strap on.
So after reading many reviews & getting recommendations from friends, i bought this monitor. For three months, i couldn’t have been happier! Easy to get on / off arm before and after workouts (primarily Zwift rides on my Wahoo KICKR). Fit well even if i was wearing tightfitting long sleeve shirt. Paired easily via Bluetooth with Zwift app. HR data seemed accurate. Knowing that i could track my HR hassle free with this monitor even increased my enthusiasm for my Zwift workouts… And it was great having a rechargeable battery (see below re: THE AGONY of replacing batteries in Polar chest monitors).
Then couple weeks ago, the device suddenly stopped working. At first i thought i had not charged it enough between rides. But after charging again overnight, no difference – green light on indicating battery fully charged – but would not turn on. And then NO RESPONSE from Polar despite contacting their Support online and via email multiple times and providing serial # for hy OH1+. Hence I am giving up now and writing this 1 star review… I really thought i had finally found the perfect heart rate monitor after all these years but I guess now it is back to the drawing board…
P.S. re: chest montiors – i previously had three Polar chest heart rate monitors that worked to varying degrees for varying times. All eventually became unusable because repeated attempts to try to open the back with a coin ground down the plastic so eventually had no way to open to replace the battery.… All still functioning – if i could get a new battery in – but useless once could not put in a replacement battery.
Bourbaki –
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Loved this, my trainer recommended it to me to get more accurate readings through my workouts and monitor my heart more accurately than my Apple Watch as I have a heart condition. The trainer was able to monitor my heart rate through the class workouts and tell me when to pick up, when to pull back and it gave us both fantastic piece of mind.
Outside of that it’s a brilliant asset to my workout in showing me where I can improve, measuring pace and pushing me to the next level.
Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to a beginner or expert with or without a medical condition, it’s a great training tool.
Dr. Adam B –
If you’re serious about your workout data, you depend on the accuracy of your heart rate monitor. Unfortunately, most wrist based optical sensors are wildly inaccurate during activity. So that leaves you with two options: Chest strap, or arm based optical sensor. Chest strap being the gold standard for accuracy, but incredibly uncomfortable. That’s where optical arm based sensors come in. They fall into a happy medium of “good enough”. They are accurate, reliable, and more comfortable than a chest strap. If you’ve done your research, you know there are basically three options for arm based sensors – Wahoo, Scosche, and Polar. I won’t get into all the details (See DC Rainmaker for a good comparison between the three), but I will tell you why Polar is the right choice.
The polar OH1+ comes with a “goggle clip”. Meaning, if you’re a triathlete, you can clip the HR monitor to your goggles while you swim and it will record your temporal pulse for accurate HR data. That in itself is a nice feature, but what polar doesn’t mention, and perhaps more importantly, is that you can use the clip anywhere there is reliable pulsation and a flat area of skin. Enter the “waist clip”. I started to clip the monitor into my running shorts and cycling bibs and found that it will accurately record HR data from the femoral pulsation. Perhaps even better data than the arm (More stable, less light penetration, stronger pulsation etc). This means no arm band, no chest strap, just a small clip into my shorts which is secure and hidden. This takes comfort and accuracy to another level. For this reason alone, this is the only optical HR monitor to consider.
Homer –
Great product, much simpler to use than a chest strap. It took me a few tries getting used to syncing the device with the Polar Beat app on my iPhone, but once I got the hang of it, it is very consistent and appears to be accurate. The sensor is very small and light and clips into an arm band that you can wear on your forearm or wrist.
Edgar Hernández Leonor –
Nachdem ich vorher mit mehreren Brustgurten ohne Erfolg rumprobiert hatte wollte ich mal diesen optischen Pulsmesser ausprobieren. Und in der Tat hat es direkt ohne Schwierigkeiten funktioniert, die Pulsmessung scheint dabei recht zuverlässig zu sein. Das Tragegefühl am Unterarm finde ich persönlich viel angenehmer als bei einem Brustgurt, und der Kontakt ist auch verlässlicher.
Die Kopplung funktionierte einwandfrei sowohl mit dem Smartphone und der Polar Beat App als auch mit meinem TeasiOne Fahrrad-Navi.
Also Kaufempfehlung!
Rachie –
Aunque no es tan fiable como una banda pectoral ( y nunca lo será esta tecnología) es de los mejores sensores ópticos del mercado, muy cómoda y con buenas características como el Ant+ o poder usarlo en el agua. 100% recomendable si la encuentras a buen precio, en caso contrario el último modelo Verity Sense tiene aun características más impresionantes.
Cliente Amazon –
腕時計型を愛用してきた心拍計でしたが、たまたまお借りしてこれを使用して感動し購入しました。
上腕から手首までの好みの位置（血管が存在してる前提）で計測が可能で、スイムではゴーグルの横に装着してのこめかみ部分での計測も可能ということ（自分は実施したことはないです）。
特に、手首部分の測定がズレやすいアームウオーマーとベストを着用してる時期に自分は有効性を感じました。ヒルクライム時にはアームウオーマーを手首まで下げて走るのですが、半袖に隠れるあたりに装着しておくと、腕時計型と違ってズレる心配がないです。胸に装着するのは違和感があり、山登る時にキツク感じたりもしたので腕時計型に落ち着いてましたが、こちら使ったら戻れないですで。
バンドの太さが無段階で調整できるのも嬉しいです。ゴムが伸びるまでどれくらいなのか見て行こうと思います。
なお、心拍を参考にしたトレーニングをしていますが、違和感のある測定結果が出たことが無い事もご報告します。
David Moskowitz –
Se compró como material escolar universitario y ha funcionado de manera excelente.
Dr. Adam B –
I typically use the Polar chest strap for my workouts and cardiac monitoring. The chest strap has bluetooth, Ant+ and a 5Khz transmission. This works with just about any equipment and app on your phone.
The Precor workout display on the AMT and other ellipticals requires a 5Khz transmitter. Most of the Polar chest straps have this built into the system.
The optical transmitters do NOT have 5Khz. I checked every optical transmitter and they only have Ant+ and bluetooth.
I was still interested in the optical device as I was having multiple dropped beats for up to 1-2 minutes with the chest strap. This was despite washing the straps, replacing the batteries, the straps and the device. This may be chest an inherent problem with the analogue system. However, it changes the “time in zone” and heart rate average if there is no heart rate being recorded.
This device has good pickup, is light weight, and I can use it on my forearm, on my temple clipped to my sweatband, or almost anywhere.
The cons are:
1.) It charges off of a USB separate clip device…. don’t misplace it.
2.) It requires use of a bluetooth receiver. The App is ok. I’m not a fan of having to give my health conditions to Polar in order to use the device. It is part of the EULA… all the information is sent to Polar.
3.) I find a battery that is good for a year is easier than recharging this optical device.
Essentially, the App is intrusive and more than necessary. The charger is proprietary and the device doesn’t have 5Khz, but it does have a great pickup, no dropped beats.