Polar S410 Heart Rate Monitor (HRM)

Posted on March 3, 2007 in Sport, Watch

I’ve owned a Polar S410 for a couple of years but never blogged about it - it’s getting a bit old and I understand its now been replaced by the RS400. Since I’ve recently started a new exercise programme I’ve been using it to record my exercise timings and related heart rate information. Once I’ve built up some interesting statistical data I’ll probably blog on the polar precision performance (PPP) software used to download, store and analyse the exercise data.

According to the HeartRateMonitor site:

The Polar S410 heart rate monitor is a great performer. Polar has built upon the old Polar S210 with the addition of computer communication via SonicLink to transfer the training data from the monitor to PC and UpLink to load the settings from PC to monitor. This gives the user the added advantage that data can be analysed with the software (supplied). The Polar S410 HRM utilises one complete exercise storage file and five header files with 99 data points in the memory. The user may also note lap information.
The user enjoys easy storage and analysis of the exercises over a long period so progress is easy to check. Advanced technology also ensures there is enough memory for storing all your exercising information. The Polar S410 may also be attached to a bike.

BASIC FUNCTIONS of Polar S410

Water resistant to 50m

Backlight

Calendar

Stopwatch

Time of day / alarm

FITNESS FEATURES of Polar S410

OwnIndex(s)™ - provides automatic intensity guidance with blinking and sounding alarm

OwnCal(s)™ - automatically determines your calorie usage

Predicted maximum heart rate

Percentage of maximum heart rate

3 Hi/Low Target Zones with audible/visual alarm

Recovery function, Heart Rate or Time based

Lap times with heart rate

Max / average heart rate of each lap

Interval training function, 30 x Time based or Heart rate based intervals. For example; 5 x Interval of 3 minutes between 150 -160 bpm with a heart rate recovery down to 120 bpm. You can also add a preset warm up and cool down session either side of the interval segment.

RECORDING / MEMORY FUNCTIONS of Polar S410

Total Exerise Time

Time in target zone (above/below/in)

Average heart rate of total training

Max heart rate of total training

Recovery heart rate/time after exercise

Up to 99 split lap memory

Lap number indicator

Lap/intermediate times with heart rate

Maximum and average heart rate of laps

Number of intervals with average HR of intervals

Exercise set (5 settings)

Date and strating time of exercise session

1 complete file (120 HR samples) and 5 summary files

PLUS PC download / upload facility via Sonic link (transfer data via soundcard and microphone, no need for a special interface)

Software requirements. Win 95 or 98 or above. 20MB of free space. Sound Card and Microphone. CD Rom

Comes complete with new, more comfortable, Polar WearLink chest transmitter with self change batteries.

The Polar S410 is certainly a great watch and has lasted me a long time. However, it doesn’t have a GPS so I’m now looking for a heart rate monitor that also has this capability. So far, it looks like the Garmin Forerunner 305 is a good bet but by the time I get around to buying a watch of this nature there may be a few more competing models on the market.

Polar S410 Heart Rate Monitor (HRM)

Posted on March 3, 2007 in Sport, Watch

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