I recently bought the Polar FT40 heart rate monitor/watch. I wanted to keep track of my workouts at the Polar Personal Trainer web site. The Polar Flowlink is a nifty gadget. It's very easy to use and loads up all the data information from the watch very quickly. I don't have any problem with this product, but I do have an issue with the Polar Personal Trainer website. In fact, I am very disappointed. It's not as user-friendly as I had hoped, and that's saying a lot coming from someone who is internet/computer-savvy. The Diary section is all I use right now. The calendar shows the dates the European way, meaning that it will display the date as "day.month" (for example, 06.05 for May 6th). That can throw people off for those of us in the western hemisphere, as it is very easy to mistake 06.05 for June 5th, and not May 6th. Whoever designed the personal trainer program for the Polar site must live in Europe, and made things much too complicated than they need to be. The display of the workout summaries is a joke because it's confusing, and there are dates all over the place, which you have to figure out each time because they show it as "day.month.year." It's very annoying.
In summary, I really like the Flowlink, but I hate the Personal Trainer web site. For the type of workout routine that I follow, my excel spreadsheet does the job better than the Personal Trainer web site could ever do, and I don't need to use a calendar.
(31 customers reviews)
Customers Rating=3.5 / 5.0
More Detail For Polar Flowlink
- Data link accessory for transferring data between Polar product and a computer
- Connects to a PC via USB connection; requires Windows XP, 2000, or Vista
- Compatible with Polar's FA20, FT40, FT60, and FT80 training products
- Compatible with these Polar products: FA20, FT40, FT60, and FT80
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