Polar Ignite

It's no coincidence, and it happens because it does, but the arrival of the good weather makes Heart Rate Monitors & Sports Watches launches proliferate. The Polar Ignite is one of the latest to arrive in the competitive world of metrics and training parameters.

In its presentation card, the new Polar Ignite appears as a multisport and fitness GPS watch, and includes heart rate at the wrist. But it certainly goes much further, as the user has direct access to a la carte and individualized training plans, as well as advanced data regarding recovery time when sleeping.

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In terms of aesthetics and design, this new Polar Ignite is very much in line with the Polar Vantage series, premium heart rate monitors from the Finnish brand. Thus, this Ignite stands out for a design for being a really light and elegant training device with round dial, including. In fact, this new Polar product is optimized for use 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing ease and simplicity of use with a very intuitive interface. So we are talking about a very versatile model, which adapts to your active lifestyle at any time of the day.

Polar Ignite, main features and innovations

Being a training device focused on multisport and fitness, it is not unreasonable to consider it as a functional activity bracelet of superior category, and that comes to reinforce that step ahead of the successful Polar A370 bracelet. What's more, as a user you will have the opportunity to choose from over 100 physical activity and sport profiles, and thus put all the focus on the constant improvement of your workouts.

As happens in the Polar Vantage series -models M and V-, but a step below, this Polar Ignite also incorporates the option of the puslometro on the wrist. That yes, providing the most cutting-edge technology of the Nordic house as Precision Prime, its most advanced system of heart rate measurement, which adds a leap of quality in terms of accuracy and reliability refers.

How could it be otherwise this Polar Ignite training device adds the functions of 24/7 activity monitor, tracking physical activity (steps, calories burned, distance traveled, etc.) throughout the day.

You can also stay connected with your smartphone notifications, receiving alerts for incoming calls, emails, messages, calendar events, etc.

On the other hand, thanks to a color screen, visualizing the data, as well as interacting with the GPS watch itself is really easy. In the absence of testing, and following the manufacturer's instructions, this Polar Ignite has a real autonomy of 5 days, which are distributed with 1 hour training a day, in addition to having the heart rate record permanently activated; or 17 hours of training, including GPS and heart rate, in on mode.

Exclusive features of Polar Ignite

The Polar Ignite also comes with exclusive features, among which we list the following:

• Sleep Plus Stages

Through this function, the Polar Ignite is able to evaluate and analyze the different phases of sleep, providing detailed information on both the quantity and quality of the night's rest. The good thing about this device that interprets different parameters and variables, and indexes them to reflect a score, which is easier for the user to understand.

• Sleep Score

Another function related to rest that gives you information about how well, or not so well, you sleep, with the idea of improving daily habits associated with sleep.

• Nightly Recharge

With this function, the device interprets the Sleep Score data and score, allowing you to establish a more concrete analysis of your relaxation times throughout the day.

• FitSpark

A function that grants you the opportunity to establish a personalized training plan, taking into account the current physical state of the body, but also extracting data from your own most recent training history, as well as measuring recovery. In addition, these plans are proposals that are adapted on a daily basis, and focus on strength exercises, cardiovascular exercises and other complementary exercises.

Other highlights

Aside from the metrics related to sleep monitoring and evaluation, as well as personalized training guides, the Polar Ignite also has a number of other interesting features, and they are summarized in:

• Exclusive swimming metrics: records data such as distance or stroke when swimming in an indoor pool, or in the open sea.

• Daily activity and continuous heart rate.

• Serene: Practical feature to reduce stress through guided breathing exercises.

• Running Index: Sets a valor for the purpose of indicating your running performance.

• Running Program: As seen in previous Polar models, this function allows the user to have at their disposal adaptive and personalized programs, focused on achieving a sports goal.

Finally, and attending to the price range, and its features we can say that the natural competitors of this Polar Ignite are to be found in options such as Suunto 3 Fitness, Garmin Vivoactive 3, Fitbit Versa or Xiaomi AmazFit Bip, among other devices.

The Polar Ignite is available in two shades: black, white and yellow. While in sizes there are: S-M-L, but depending on the color you choose. At the compatibility level, it is clear that you can access Polar Flow, the free online tool of the Finnish brand that helps you plan and carry out a specific tracking of your workouts, as well as your daily physical activity. There is even more with the accessories section, because the performance of the Polar Ignite is maximized if it is synchronized with the Polar OH1 optical pulse sensor, or also with the Polar H10 heart rate sensor.