Buy Vantage V Buy Vantage M



Polar’s ambitious offerings in next-level tech launch today. The Vantage V and M GPS watches cater to serious athletes who strive to record their performance and determine peak fitness with enhanced accuracy. The watches’ features intersect with their multisport readings and heart rate monitor reliability. However, the Vantage V belongs to a new school of its own with Polar’s introduction of “running power” from the wrist.

The Numbers Game

When it comes to training and racing, every second counts. Professional runners strive to reach their personal bests by meticulously recording their activities and vitals: pace, heart rate, perceived pain tolerance.

With more than 40 years of experience in wearable fitness tech, Polar encompassed three key features into the Vantage V (battery life 40 hours) that will help elite-level runners (or those who aspire to be elite) push their fitness to the outer limits.

The Vantage V shows your perceived running power. Courtesy of Polar

A separate sensor in the Vantage V discerns the wearer’s running power. This easy-to-read number represents the runner’s effort and will help them reach their goals.

Other features special to the Vantage V are Training Load Pro (also included in Vantage M) and Recovery Pro. By collecting data from athletic teams and endurance athletes all over the world, Polar has developed Smart Coaching metrics that will notify you if you’re undertraining or overtraining. The watch takes into account muscular load, perceived load, and cardiovascular load to determine your overall training load.

Smart Features

Both the Vantage M (battery life 30 hours) and V include features for runners of all levels who may want to improve their performance. Polar’s new Precision Prime offers new-level wrist-based heart rate accuracy; sensors in the Vantage series provide more reliable readings during activity.

The Vantage V and M (shown here) are multisport watches for those who want to improve their performance. Courtesy of Polar

The watches also monitor sleep and provide feedback for improvement, Polar Flow for Coach (an online service that allows coaches to tap into athlete’s accounts and improve their training program), and swim metrics.

The Vantage V ($500) and Vantage M ($280) are available for order today, at Polar.com. Look for a future tested review on RunnersWorld.com for both watches.

Amanda Furrer Test Editor Amanda is a test editor at Runner’s World and was a middle-of-the-pack Emerson College cross country runner; she’s run the Boston Marathon consecutively since 2013.

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