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Monitors the activity. Overview bracelet and heart rate monitor Polar Loop Wahoo
Fitness bracelets have been gaining wide popularity. Whether people thought again and decided to monitor the health and lose weight, or just craving for new devices. However, now almost every self-respecting company released trackers to track your activity. Not long ago, my friend Habré dashman shared impressions about Nike Fuelband SE , but today I want to talk about the bracelet, which is very similar to the gadget sports brand. But here in the tracker functionality Polar to order more. Well, you will not long torment his arguments, move on to the review.
When I first saw this bracelet, I had a feeling of deja vu incessant. Polar Loop is very similar to the Nike Fuelband, which I have been using for a year. LEDs are also equipped with which information is displayed, one button, however, let's first things first.
Appearance h4> We start from the beginning, with the box and packaging. Along with the bracelet inside there tutu instructions, USB cable for charging and syncing, and the key to adjust the strap. But more about that later. The photo next to Loop bracelet you can see the heart rate monitor Polar H7. But today I will not test the tracker with the original accessories and gadget Wahoo. To leave no doubt that the bracelet can work with any Pulse Monitors with Bluetooth, well, even more so with the firm.
Bracelet itself looks quite stylish. Black plastic, shiny metal inserts, this accessory will look good on his arm and a businessman, and a wrist athlete. Alas, there is no other color straps, and replace them in principle impossible. Therefore, if you do not like the black color, the bracelet you will not like. However, this is a classic, so there is nothing strange in this selection no.
By the way, on the strap. The thing is that the original concept of Polar. If Jawbone sells bracelets of different sizes, Sony in Smartband allows easy change size as a conventional belt, there is more interesting. Originally strap fitness tracker big and you have to cut yourself and make it the size of your hand. To do this, complete the key and goes to remove the buckle, and then cut off the plastic and attach the clasp back. Of course, it's not very convenient, but there are also pluses. You can perfectly adjust the bracelet on his hand, unlike its competitors, where we have to choose from the standard sizes. Clasp itself, of course, already obsolete, but what can you do.
On the inside of the bracelet has an unusual connector that performs two functions. One - obvious - a connection of the charger for charging the bracelet and data synchronization. But the second - less obvious. At first I did not know about it and in the end did not understand why the bracelet does not work periodically. The fact is that if the strap is not worn on the arm, the button information output will not work. This is an interesting solution, but is not immediately clear that without body contact with this connector to use the screen will not succeed. So, if you adjust the strap, do not forget that much hang freely on the hand tracker should not.
Charging bracelet for 30-60 minutes, but the work can be a week. However, some indicators are now all modern fitness trackers.
Generally I'm not a supporter of proprietary connectors, especially in accessories. For example, I really do not like the connector 2, 5 mm in Jawbone UP24, because need not lose the adapter. This plan is very well done in the FuelBand, because there is built into the USB bracelet. In Polar is a connector can be explained by one important quality - water resistant bracelet. Yes, Loop is tight and you can dive with it.
By the way, today I personally know of only one bracelet that can be submerged under water and in which the connector microUSB - this Sony SmartBand. Although I still have many doubts about his integrity, yet in this tracker connector rubberized and perhaps with it is really possible to dive. Well, back to the Loop.
On the front panel from the bracelet has only a few rows of LEDs and touch button. Displays information here, as I said, very similar to the Nike Fuelband. This 5 rows of LEDs in which the characters are displayed. There are 4 modes: time, calories, active steps and. As shown activity bar that fills up as to how often you load yourself up for the day. And there is one very interesting feature. Bracelet will show you what to do to reach the daily low. For example, today, to reach the minimum I need to work out or 1:00 in the active pace or walk for 2 hours, or 7:00 in the hold is not very active. This is a very handy thing, once you understand, it is worth the evening walking home from the subway, you can go for a run or on the bus.
| This is the small screen is displayed, no matter whether the synchronization is not whether the airplane and it also highlighted the low battery notification battarei. Well, in this kind of bracelet finished, look at the heart rate monitor. |
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