OK, HR to both my V800 and V650 solved.

I just realised that during a triathlon I usually use a chest strap (or sometimes a Scoshe optical HR sensor). BUT, I also use a Lazer Lifebeat Genesis helmet with with built in ANT+/Bluetooth HR. Problem solved for getting HR to the V650.

.....but it would still be nice if the re-broadcast of the HR signal would work with the V800.

This is obviously true for the H7 as well and I recall seeing reports of dropouts with the analog 5kHz signal and even interference with the V800 GPS. I wonder if that was a firmware problem that is now fixed or a hardware problem, possibly fixed in later V800. Or is it still a problem? Don't have my H7 with me now, can't test.

Isn't the problem with the analog signal also that it can connect to someone else's HR belt if you start the session in a crowd, like in a tri start, waiting for the swim.

Is Chris still monitoring this thread??

Thanks,
G

Chris is not with Polar anymore, but Wayne has been quite active, see recent posts.

Ok, thanks!

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Wayne, I need a new watch band for my V800. The watch is out of warranty. Is there anyway to purchase a band and have it sent to me without sending the watch in? (trying the reduce the red tape here)

Thanks!
G

I haven't had any problems using the analog signal in a crowd such as in a triathlon race nor during training.

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Ok, good to know, I'll give analog a try for a few sessions next week. Pretty slim chance that another Polar analog user would be close by in a tri, btw. Maybe in Finland.

I still get emails when the thread resurrects! So the answer is yes, kind of. But I left Polar about 2.5 years ago.

Wayne looks to still be plugging away and monitoring the thread officially (he's awesome)

I still loyally rock my V800

Buehler??

My bad, I was referring to the H7 monitor NOT the H10

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Thank you for all your help Wayne!! You're awesome!!! You are a huge asset to this forum and the triathlon community!!! Thanks again brother!!!

@Apache Please PM me and we can take this offline :)

Hi Adam
Happy to help! The goal is to always keep you guys recording your Polar data!

Not sure if you found one already or not, but Creative Health Products (chponline.com / polarservicecenter.com) has them.

The anser: The battery did run out ofter about 8 hours. So it wasn't the routing and we now know that battery lifespan on a somewhat slowtwitch-like volume is about 3 years until you're left with a non-Ironman feasible battery lifetime. I'll be trying to get the battery replaced...

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When is the Polar V800 Successor coming?

I love the V800's sleep tracking feature because of its accuracy. Dedicated sleep trackers I've tried weren't even close. However, after one of the flow app updates I started seeing inaccurate readings. Has anyone notice this?

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Yes, last update seemed to render the sleep tracking inaccurate. Any word on fixing Polar reps?

@BigH
Thank you for the email and data, it was shared with our team to communicate back to global. I do not think we need access to your account

Exactly what everyone is wondering. It's been too long and I'm starting to lose patience.

A little bump on the question about logging rowing Strokes per Minute with the V800 (or any other Polar with G-sensors). The periodic motion of a rowing oar should be easy to catch up using G-sensors.
I also recently tried to get this data by taping my S3 stride sensor to my oar but it did not catch any cadence below 30 (which seems logical seeing that the stride sensor is for running). Also, the stride lengths were a bit odd but that was to be expected.
Perhaps Wayne, if you see this. I hope you can help. It would be such a small thing to add to the otherwise brilliant V800 !!!

Made my account especially for this question after seeing that Polar employees seem to be active here :-)

Hello,

I've been a very happy user of M400 for 3 years (running and biking), until i changed to V800 to include open water swimming and start triathlon training.

I was disappointed to see that my V800 cannot keep track of the heart rate in the water. As you can see below in the "Open water swimming" section of the diagram the heart rate is at a constant 119-120bpm which cannot be true. This malfunction was confirmed at later open water sessions. No matter what i did, the V800 recorded a heart rate of 119-120bpm.





Another session with open water swimming:




The GPS function is also not best when in open water swimming mode. As you can see in the following diagram from the same triathlon race there is quite a difference between the actual and the Polar recorded track:


I have used both my H7 HRMs to test the open water swimming functionality, one of them has the new pro strap. The results were about the same. Totally wrong HRM recording, almost unusable gps tracking when in open water swimming mode.

My questions are:
1. Is my device faulty and should send it for repair or this is normal behaviour?
2. If it is normal, should I wait for a fix or it cannot be fixed by firmware?
3. Could the situation be improved if I purchase an new HRM (H10)

Thank you in advance

I have been using my V800 for a while and have not seen the issue you are seeing.

I get pretty accurate HR readings in the water, with the occasional drop out. I do think it works best with a fresh battery (and I only use Sony batteries)

I do see some strangeness in the OWS GPS tracking. I routinely train with some friends in a local lake. We swim across and back, stopping and waiting for everyone. I may swim a quick out and back while waiting. And even though I am starting and stopping in pretty much the exact same spot, my position will jump a few meters when changing directions.

It's good to know that it works for someone. I will try a change of battery, but I don't have high hopes. I changed the battery on my first H7 after 2 years as a precaution and this one is only 5 months old.

I assume you are waiting for the GPS to sync and for you HR to show on the pre-workout screen.

Does the HR show brightly or slightly dimmed? When it switches to 500 mhz, I think it shows slightly dimmed.

Have you connected and synced through a computer and upgraded to the latest firmware?

I thought it was odd that even your stroke cadence didn't show up, so maybe you do have a defective unit.