216 of 220 people found the following review helpful
DOES work well - Please Read for Helpful Information,
March 15, 2010 Landon Dodd "Fitness Guru" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polar Flowlink (Sports)
First off, this product works amazingly well. Works 98% of the time on the first try with no interference, amazingly easy to upload and track information via [...]. Please note several things that may require this item to not work on your computer that many people overlook:
1) The installation software MUST be downloaded via Internet Explorer.
When I tried to download the software via Google Chrome or FireFox, the Daemon would not install at all, which rendered the product useless, as this daemon file is what allows the upload to the polar website. If you don't download the software via internet explorer, odds are it won't work. Tried this on 4 computers, none of which would install it correctly using ANY browser other than Internet Explorer.
2) The FlowLink itself can NOT sit on a metal surface and successfully sync your Heart-rate Monitor.
It says in the instructions, in smaller print, that the syncing process is based on a magnetic field to...Read more
55 of 58 people found the following review helpful
No analytical capability!,
December 5, 2009 Mark Lenzer - See all my reviews
This review is from: Polar Flowlink (Sports)
I was not plagued with the uploading problems many other reviewers had but what use is uploading the data to the polar personal trainer website when you can't analyze the data? I like to graph and do statistical analysis with the data. To this end, I copy the information into an Excel spreadsheet where I can work with the information. It also lets me look at much more of the data at one time than Polar Personal Trainer does. Save your money as you can read the data off of wrist unit and type it into a spreadsheet where you can do something with it.
65 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Worst Polar Product Ever - Do Not Buy,
April 9, 2009 T. Snook "in vino veritas" (Fountain Hills, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Polar Flowlink (Sports)
Let me preface my following comments with: I am a big fan of Polar products. I have used the F4, and am currently using the FT60, which I find to be a very key piece to me fitness efforts. Polar makes good stuff.
But not the Flowlink. Not even close. Main problem is that it simply doesn't work very well; the data flow from the FT60 is consistently interrupted (even though I am VERY careful to make sure the device is totally still and undisturbed). The longer I used it the more this problem seemed to be happening. Checking on the Polar website leads me to think they have had some firmwear issues. I do know that my emails to Polar customer service have not been replied to.
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