Polar Verity Sense - Optical Heart Rate Monitor Armband - ANT+, Dual Bluetooth

I’ve used several heart rate monitors over the years, and the Polar Verity Sense is easily my favorite. The biggest benefit for me is not having to wear a chest strap anymore. I find chest straps uncomfortable and restrictive, especially during longer sessions – they tend to feel tight and distracting after a while. Wearing the Verity Sense on my arm is a game-changer. It’s lightweight, barely noticeable, and stays in place securely throughout my runs and bike rides. The readings have been accurate and consistent across all my workouts. One downside is that the battery doesn’t last as long as a traditional chest strap HR monitor, but it’s rechargeable, which makes up for it. I’ve also tried using it under my swim goggles, but it puts too much pressure on my head, so I avoid it for swim sessions. This is actually my second time buying it – I liked it that much. If you want a reliable HRM without the hassle of a chest strap, this is a fantastic option. __ __ He probado varios monitores de frecuencia cardíaca y el Polar Verity Sense es, sin duda, mi favorito. Lo que más me gusta es no tener que usar la banda en el pecho, que con el tiempo se vuelve molesta y me genera una sensación de presión que me desespera un poco en entrenamientos largos. Llevar el sensor en el brazo es muchísimo más cómodo. Es ligero, apenas se nota y se mantiene bien sujeto durante sesiones de running y ciclismo. Las mediciones han sido precisas y constantes en todos mis entrenamientos. La única desventaja es que la batería no dura tanto como la de un sensor tradicional de pecho, pero como es recargable, se compensa bastante bien. Probé usarlo bajo las gafas de natación, pero me incomoda mucho en la cabeza, así que no lo uso para nadar. Esta es la segunda vez que lo compro, y eso dice mucho. Si buscas un sensor confiable y cómodo sin tener que llevar banda en el pecho, lo recomiendo totalmente.

The TL-DR is, i've only used this paired to my watch for almost 2 years with no issues, and I get good quality data. I haven't used it stand alone, or paired to the Flow App on my phone to record sessions. I have been happily using my verity sense HR band for almost 2 years now paired with my Polar (grit x pro) watch. I've also used it with my Polar Pacer Pro. In that time I've tracked just under 6,000 miles of running HR data and a lot of hours of strength training, mobility, and bike riding. I've had two bad readings in that time and both were my fault. Over all I'd say this is great value for money. The strap adjusts to my skinny runners arms, and it can get pretty long too for huge forearms. I'm a heavy user of this device and i'm a fitness professional who runs and works out every day. I came back to look at this device as I was thinking of getting another one for my wife, and a new strap for my sensor. I'm still on the original strap, and its holding up very well. If you are looking at the low star reviews, then I can see most are for people using the strap with their phone or some other cardio equipment. I've never tried that so I cant comment on that use case. I've compared the Verity Sense to my H10 and it's pretty close, I've also got a really good feel for my HR levels so I know its giving me good data, if it didn't then I'd not use it as wrong data is much worse than no data. I don't have much success with the optical HR data on the watches, as it tends to lock to my cadence from time to time. The Verity Sense is placed just below the elbow joint on my forearm and seems to work very well there. As usual with all optical HR sensors, there's a 15-30 second lag, so don't plan to use it for accurate readings while doing short intervals. That is where you need the H10 or other ECG device. Battery life is good. I get somewhere around 20-ish hours over a week of use. Now that Polar have the loop band I also use that for all day wear, and take it off when I'm using my Polar watch and Verity Sense combo, between the two I get HR (and lots of other data) readings 24/7 with no noticeable drops. Hope this helps with your choice.

I have a TRUE treadmill that uses a Polar heart rate monitor. I use the Polar Chest Strap for the treadmill and it works fine. Since I use a WAHOO brand arm heart monitor for everything else, I thought I would try the Polar Verity Sense for my True Treadmill. The Wahoo heart rate monitor is easy to use. You simply sync it to your devise and off it goes. Never had an issue for over 4 years. Not the case with this overly complicated piece of junk Verity Sense. The developer of this product should be fired. If the goal was to create on overly complicated, must sign up for the App, Agree to allow Polar to use your personal info, product then they succeed. With todays technology and ease of use this thing is a complete joke. You must sign up for the app to be able to us it. Well I did since I paid almost a hundred dollars for it. However, the thing did not work on my True Treadmill. The only product ( polar) that my treadmill is suppose to work with, would not work. Rather then take a sledge hammer to this piece of junk, ( I almost did) I sent it back. Thank god for Amazon. Return was even easier than using this trash. Look, it may monitor your heart rate real good if it works for you, but my advise is to check out the Wahoo arm Heart rate monitor. Compare them both and you will see that Wahoo is a much better product. Cost is about the same so no break there. But after four years of using the Wahoo arm heart rate monitor, I can say it monitors heart rate very accurately and is reliable.

After getting frustrated with the most recent scosche arm band and its inconsistent readings, due to overly sensitive placement issues, I looked for other options, and found this Polar device. Overall I'm pleased. The ant+ connection has been solid, never dropping. And the placement is far less finicky than the scosche was, and has been consistent with the readings. It's not an issue for me, but the Bluetooth connection dropped about 5 min in, so I switched to ant+ and haven't had an issue since.

Overall it seems to work well. Pairs easily with bluetooth, though can only pair with one device at a time, so hard to use with phone and computer. The Polar app is basically worthless, it is poorly designed and doesn't do simple things like record your heart rate, but I have used with Zwift and Strava and Garmin computer and works fine and connects with no real issue. Accuracy seems good enough, I know others suggest the one on your chest is more accurate, but I wear on my arm and seems to do a good job. My biggest complaint is the stupid charging system. It comes with this little usb charger and that is the only way to charge. If you lose this stupid piece then you can't charge. Suboptimal. I get that for waterproofing they don't want an external port, but then at least add support for magnetic charging. Would have given this 5 stars, but not with the way the charging system works.

Way back in the day I had a Polar chest strap. It was uncomfortable, got soaked with sweat every time I worked out, and was generally a pain in the bottom I put up with because It read my heart rate perfectly every single time. Enter the new age of cool stuff; I got a wrist watch thingy to monitor my heart rate. Very convenient, measures heart rate 24/7, just stays on your wrist (athough you can't shower with it?) But wait: Every 3rd workout it dozes off and forgets to follow my heartrate, so when I should be doing the big push, instead I'm yelling at my wrist thingy. Then it quit, and you guessed it; right at the crux of my workout. Enough! Unwilling to go on like this, I go on Amazon to see what else is available. I'm thinking I'll just bite the bullet and get a chest strap, but what's this? An armband HR monitor by POLAR? With great reviews? Oh, yea, I'm all in. The software was a bit fidgety to set up, but now I know the drill for my devices and software; and every workout is the same. A glance at my heartrate verifies I'm on path, and afterwards I have graphic and digital records I can browse through to plot out recovery time and effort. This makes me very happy! I wear mine on my left forearm and have never had to mess with the sensor to get a reading. It integrates with my Echelon bicycle running qdomyos-zwift and links with Stava. Twelve stars!

I have used the Polar Sense now for over 4 months. I weight train 4 days a week, HIT class 4 days a week, and swim 1000m 5 days a week. The bluetooth has been intermittent since new so I just log my data and download it when I'm done. I wear it on my forearm and it works well during weight training and HIT classes. During my swims it stops recording my heart rate randomly during a workout once a week on average - very frustrating. I've tried several things to get it more consistent and the outcome is the same. I would not recommend for swimming.

I bought this to use with my Peloton bike after struggling for a few months to get my Apple Watch to stay connected to the bike. I was able to get the Polar Verity Sense strap to connect easily. It showed up on the Peloton right away under Bluetooth. I only had the sensor ON; I did not need to do anything to put it in pairing mode. The sensor seemed to update my heart rate on the screen more often than the Apple Watch ever did. It even showed the percentage of charge of the Polar sensor on my Peloton bike. It is comfortable to wear on my upper forearm. I can not even tell it is there during my workout. I have some information to help others with a Peloton. I noticed that if I already have the sensor on before logging in (clicking your profile pic), that the Peloton automatically connects to it. It may also be helpful to turn off the Peloton first then the sensor, so that the Peloton remembers being connected to it (I am not sure if this part is needed). On the Peloton when you select a class you can see the battery level of the Polar Verity under heart rate monitor in the middle of the screen. Also there is a heart icon in the top right of the screen that shows level of heart fullness (battery level). So, overall it is much better than the Apple Watch with the Peloton.