Product Review – Polar FS1 Heart Rate Monitor – 2.5 Stars

I’d never used a heart rate monitor until recently, so I thought I’d use the first of a series of running-related reviews to discuss the Polar FS1 monitor. The cheapest of the Polar range, the FS1 has one key attribute; it’s simple. All you get is a stopwatch and heart rate (though, unfortunately, you can’t see both concurrently). It’s comfortable (even though the watch is a bit bigger than I’d like), and because it isn’t ‘coded’, it often gets interference from nearby devices or music players. But if you just want to know your hear rate – it does the job.