Well, please at least add Climbing (preferably: Bouldering, Rock Climbing etc.) to the list of available Sport Profiles. There is extensive list of sports, but for some reason Climbing is missing! It would be great!

My 920xt is already ordered....

I have the original packaging of my V800 ready to go for the Ebay sale.
I have however noticed, that the V800 is quite heavily discounted at online retailers now....I won't get much for my V800, but my oh my....I'll be happy to see it gone & replaced with a far more capable device.

I've had Polar's top of the line HRM for 15 years, but I'm done now.

Seriously Polar.... My V800 sees and syncs with my Stages PM. How hard is it to display and record the two number the meter is reporting? I'm tired of wearing my V800 and using my 310XT to record power data. Maybe I should just give up on Polar all together and go back to my 310XT..... I really like the V800 but not being compatible with aftermarket bluetooth power meters is just retarded and lazy at this point.

I generally agree that it is unbearable to not have the Stages-V800 combo work. Maybe we shouldn't blame it entirely on Polar though. It is only speculation how closely the stages BTLE transmission adheres to the standard. Is there another 3rd party BTLE headunit that could be used to demonstrate that stages BTLE plays nice with others? Obviously there's their own app, but that doesn't really count.

Anyway: Please Polar & Stages: Get together and make it work for us!!!

I am disappointed in some of the delayed responses of Polar to customer concerns. I've really enjoyed my Garmin products in the past... I actually think polar needs to get their act together to survive, and soon. Garmin and Suunto are going to eat them for breakfast if this delayed plan of updates continues. Polar is not going to succeed in the American market with the delayed updates and responses. Makes me sad, as I've had polar for years, but the American market is very demanding with respect to customer service, and at the same time, quite lucrative;-)... Sure so get your act together polar

First let me say that I’ve had the V800 for 10 days now and am loving it.

I’m sure some of these will be addressed in the future updates, but figured I’d ask about them now. They are mostly related to the Polar Flow.
1) I have never seen sleep data. I have looked in the diary were supposedly it would be reported for the Loop but can’t find anything. Is this information not currently tracked by the V800? Also, if I get extra sleep will the training load adjust down proportionately and vic versa?

2) In the progress tab do you think Polar will make it so different sport are different colors in the bar graph? Also will it be possible to select multiple sports, but not all? (this is just the way I’m use to looking a cumulative training over time).

3) Do you think it will be possible to create your own training plan in Polar Flow by the end of this year. Currently the “Add Training Target” seems to be the only way to add a planned workout to the calendar and it’s just too inefficient/ineffective to outline upcoming months of training.

I have many more question but will stop there for now. Thanks again for being a part of this message board.

skullyrush wrote:

Where my PM is concerned the grossly exaggerated power numbers were frustrating so I switched back to my Edge 500 and I'm going to hold off for a bit on ordering the v650.

I've been emailing back and forth on a slightly different issue...

I have multiple power taps and don't plan on being another one like Look Keo. I have been using the Viiiiva HR strap as a bridge, and it reads the power numbers, but they are almost exactly double the numbers they should be. My uneducated guess is that the V800 is interpreting the Powertap (via the bridge) as one pedal and then DOUBLING the numbers.

What worries me is that Polar does not see this as "their issue" at all, but rather a 4iiii issue.

This is sort of ridiculous, as it is either one of 2 things IME:

1. Ineptitude?
2. They are intentionally not playing well with others as they are hoping people will just buy the Look Keo pedals?

Probably more options here, but this is what I came up with ;-)


I have sent additional inquiries into Polar and 4iiii, but I am referencing the DC Rainmaker Review where he stated Polar planned to fully integrate with 4iiii as they felt that they were "Bluetooth compliant".


I have another way to read power (Garmin 800), but wanted all the data on the watch as well.


Maybe I should have just bought another watch?

I am also using a PowerTap, but I've got the BT cap and still get nearly double the wattage that I do on my Garmin. So this isn't something that's local to Viiiiva doing the bridging, it appears to be the way the v800 interprets the signal from the PM. In my mind this is a Polar issue.

Methinks something's changed in their social media and consumer support strategy.....they just announced that they will be shutting down their product forums at polar.fi and instead directing people to their Facebook page. And Chris has been AWOL from this thread for a while now..........

Ah Chris, you guys make the V800 bashing just too easy.

Swim metrics for someone in a 20m pool.................

I don't see the problem, you can set the pool length to anything between 20 and 250. Meters or yards, in .1 increments.

I don't see the problem, you can set the pool length to anything between 20 and 250. Meters or yards, in .1 increments.