Polar Vantage M

The Polar Vantage M is one of the two new multisportHeart Rate Monitors & Sports Watches of the innovative Polar Vantage series, and the most affordable in terms of price. A clear commitment of the Finnish brand to regain lost ground with respect to its main competitors, Garmin and Suunto, and position itself in that exclusive segment of high-end training devices for the most demanding athletes.

The presentation in society of the Polar Vantage M brings to sports lovers of a sports watch advanced training metrics, as well as a series of renewed Smart Coaching functions. To which we must also add the implementation of the most advanced Polar technologies, such as Polar Precision Prime, focused on the measurement of heart rate in full physical effort, improving its performance as far as a more reliable accuracy refers. Without forgetting that it is also a fully customizable wearable.

Polar Vantage M, main features and technologies used

Being a multisport sports gadget, the Polar Vantage M is able to adapt to more than 130 sport profiles, which is a fact in favor so that as athletes we have the possibility to improve our own sports performance, as well as train and compete with the firm purpose of beating personal records. In fact, this new PolarVantage M includes interesting features such as Training Load Pro, through which the athlete has direct access to detailed information and knowledge about their volume and workload, their performance, and even their recovery phase. All this aimed at adapting and improving your training.

Regarding its main features, this Polar Vantage M stands out for being a very light device, weighing just 45 grams, comfortable and submersible in water. All this with an optimal fit that guarantees maximum comfort to practice any sport discipline. In addition, this sports watch includes integrated GPS/GLONASS and heart rate recording from the wrist with Polar Precision Prime technology.

And if that were not enough, the Polar Vantage M has an autonomy that exceeds 30 hours of duration in activated mode. It also integrates a high-resolution color display (240x240) and 12 inches. Its dimensions are 46x46x125 mm. Of course the change of aesthetics has also been evident, where this Vantage M has a certain air of similarity with a bestseller like the Garmin Forerunner 235.

Another detail that does not go unnoticed are its straps that have been designed with recycled material, showing its commitment to respect the environment.

Polar Precision Prime, new heart rate measurement technology

With the launch of the Polar Precision Prime it is clear that the brand of Kempele (Finland) has opted to take a step forward in what refers to the optical sensors for recording heart rate from the wrist, but being able to adapt to all kinds of movements, since this is where a sports watch shows its full potential and performance, while maintaining reliability at all times.

The differential valor of this Polar Precision Prime technology is that it incorporates several sensors that optimize contact with the skin, and thus improve the accuracy of all training metrics.

Moreover, Polar Precision Prime brings with it the technological innovation of incorporating three sensors that measure the pulse at the wrist. This translates into a network of nine optical LEDs with different color range, and that provide wavelengths of light and 3D accelerometer. Not to mention the electrodes that allow to have under control, at all times, the sensor-skin contact section.

Training Load Pro, new Smart Coaching function

We have already commented previously, this training gadget Polar Vantage M also has as a great novelty the Smart Coaching function with its Training Load Pro, whose mission is to guide you in each training to improve your performance.

Through this new feature you will have the opportunity to record each training load, and thus get to know your own physical limits, as you will know if you are reaching that dreaded threshold of overtraining, or if you are in the right parameters, or even below them.

This system is able to monitor and evaluate your cardiovascular stress level, whose functionalities are maximized if it is synchronized to a power meter to measure muscle load during exercise. With all this, the Polar Vantage M can become a perfect ally not only to evaluate your progress as an athlete, but also as a method of injury prevention.

Additional features of the Polar Vantage M

In addition to these two innovative and relevant technologies, Precision Prime and Training Load Pro, the Polar Vantage M integrates more practical features that improve your performance in various sports disciplines. Namely:

Running Program

It is a free program offered by Polar, fully customizable, and also adapts to a preparation of different distances, from 5k to 42k.

Running Index

It consists of offering a running performance score, which is similar to Vo2max based on various races.

Swimming Metrics

Also records training data both in open water and in the pool, collecting distance and number of strokes.

Polar Sleep Plus

Function to measure the quality and quantity of your sleep, as well as rest time, and gives you feedback to help you improve your sleep time during the night.

Continuous heart rate and activity monitor

And no less interesting is the function that integrates this Vantage M as combining daily physical activity data with continuous heart rate to calculate the calorie consumption per day without counting the workouts, while allowing to visualize the activity that has been carried out.

Polar Flow for Coach, more workout planning

And if that wasn't enough, this Polar Vantage M sports watch offers the free Polar Flow for Coach web service . A platform that allows coaches to develop training plans, which you then have direct access to as an athlete in your own Flow account so that both coaches and athletes can compare and make the necessary adjustments.

Polar Flow for Coach incorporates new advanced planning functions, very intuitive, and in which graphs are added, which allow you to have a vision both annual and detailed by months and weeks.

Finally, it should be noted that the innovative Vantage series of multisport Heart Rate Monitors & Sports Watches also incorporates a big brother to the Polar Vantage M, the Polar Vantage V, which maintains functions in common, but other more specific high performance. In addition, the Polar Vantage M is available in white and black, as well as in sizes S-M and M-L; and also in red, and in a single size M-L.