The RS100 Polar heart rate monitor is a simple to use watch that helps you to measure your heart rate and work out the right intensity level you desire. It comes with a stop watch, calculates the time you are in your target zone during your exercise program and has OwnCal and OwnZone features special to Polar watches.

RS100 Polar Heart Rate Monitor Details

  • Watch-style heart rate monitoring
  • Stopwatch
  • Calculates total exercise time spend in target zone set
  • Monitor intensity level of exercise
  • Polar T31 coded transmitter – prevents interference from other devices
  • Polar OwnCal
  • Polar OwnZone
  • water resistant up to 50m
  • 2 year warranty

Accurately Measures Heart Rate

The RS100 heart rate monitor helps you to accurately and effortlessly measure your heart rate. Having an accurate heart rate mesurement allows you to set the right intensity/exertion level of your exercise routine.

Target Zone

Time in Target Zone feature calculates the amount of total exercise time spent in your personal target zone. You can use this feature together with the Total Exercise Time to determine the effectiveness of your exercise program.
The Target Zone feature can be set manually or automatically (for age/weight), and the RS100 heart rate monitor provides visual and auditory alarms when you’ve moved away from the zone.

OwnCal

Polar OwnCal is a feature of many of Polar’s heart rate monitor watches. It shows your energy expenditure during one session of exercise as well as showing you the energy expenditured totalled during several. This feature enables you to set daily and weekly goals for calorie expenditure – so ify ou have one day where you don’t burn much, you can easily make it up the next day.

OwnZone

Polar Ownzone is a feature that guides you through a warm up routine and then automatically ascertains an effective heart rate zone for you to exercise in. It does this by also taking into account your current physical condition.

CrossTalk Prevention

The Polar RS100 heart rate monitor has coded transmission that prevents crosstalk/interference from other devices that may be near you. This is a great feature to have if you enjoy running in a club/group as opposed to on your own.

Watch Features

The RS100 heart rate monitor has watch features that include:

  • time-of-day
  • stopwatch
  • extra large digits
  • dual time zone
  • alarm with snooze

Water Resistance

The Polar RS100 heart rate monitor is water resistant to 50 meters.

2 Year Warranty

The RS100 heart rate monitor comes with a 2 year warranty.

Price

The Polar RS100 heart rate monitor can be found for around $80. You can save up to 30% more by buying from Amazon.

What Customers Say

Customers gave the Polar RS100 heart rate monitor an average rating of 4.2 out of 5. Customers found the RS100 heart rate monitor easy to use and found it to have all the features they needed without any frills. Customers found the heart rate monitor to be accurate and reliable at reading their heart rate

  • “So, all in all, highly recommended. I think it’s got just the right level of functionality for me, someone who wants to train with a monitor to get a little faster running 5k’s and 10k’s, but it also makes running a little more interesting on those days you just don’t feel like doing it.”
  • “A great device for fitness motivation for a newcomer. Before, when I was running and rowing it was difficult to be sure of progress, now I see that, for the same heart rate, I am, week on week, increasing my pace and distance. Highly recommended.”
  • “The RS100 has a very good transmission range…HRM functions are super simple…The watch function is adequate…”
  • “The Polar RS100 is solid. “

Complaints

Some customers found the Polar RS100 to be inaccurate at reading their heart rate. A few were disappointed with the calorie counting function and a few felt that the watch could have been simpler/easier to use.

Overall most customers were pleased with the RS100 heart rate monitor and found it to be a simple and easy to use heart rate monitor.