ReviewBike Overall Score:
8.7/10
So you’re interested in reading Polar Vantage V HR 2018 reviews? We’ve pulled together as much information as we can to help you choose the best GPS for your needs. We’ll take a look at some of the key factors that you’re likely to need to know about, from the key features, quality and price. Whilst considering how Polar Vantage V HR 2018 compares to other alternatives. We’ve used Chain Reaction Cycles as the basis for our comparisons because they had the most extensive range of customer reviews and product range too from our search.
Latest price search at Chain Reaction Cycles: £430.49
Without question, the most valuable thing you can do at this stage is to read lots of customer reviews. Buying any product online has a certain element of uncertainty because you don’t have the benefit of testing it for yourself, but customer reviews go a huge way to giving you as much peace of mind that you’re getting a great product. Mainly because you know that a customer review is going to be completely honest, if they don’t like it, they’ll say so. So your best and most valuable help is going to come from customers just like you.
To see what customers think of Polar Vantage V HR 2018 in reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles just hit the “View Reviews” button below.
Let’s spend some time looking at the various features of Polar Vantage V HR 2018. We also thought it would be good to give you an indication of how many different products that we’ve come across with the same feature, and the average price that you can expect to pay for those products.
- Product: Polar Vantage V HR 2018
Price: £430.49 - Feature: Comes with Optical HR Sensor
Total products with this feature: 1
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Polar Precision Prime
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Recovery Pro
Total products with this feature: 3
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Over 130 sport profiles
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Training Load Pro
Total products with this feature: 4
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Running Power
Total products with this feature: 3
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Swimming compatible
Total products with this feature: 3
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Running Index
Total products with this feature: 3
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Calorie counting
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Wrist based heart monitor
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Running programme
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Training Benefit feedback
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Sleep tracking
Total products with this feature: 3
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Rechargeable 320 mAh lithium-polymer battery
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Up to 40 hours of battery life in training mode
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Bluetooth Low Energy connection
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Gorilla Glass touch display lens
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: 240 x 240 pixel display screen
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Weighs 66g
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Feature: Dimensions: 46mm x 46mm x 13mm
Total products with this feature: 2
Average price of products with this feature: £430.49 - Spec: Colour:
Blue
Total products with this Spec: 141
Average price of products with this Spec: £196.04
So from here we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the various things that you should consider when buying Polar Vantage V HR 2018, or in fact any other product in the GPS category.
Quality of Polar Vantage V HR 2018
Based on our assessment of Polar Vantage V HR 2018, it scores a very credible 8.1/10 for quality.
There’s no doubt that quality is a major factor when buying any bike related products but as you’d imagine, it’s especially important when buying GPS. The difficulty with shopping online is that we don’t get the benefit of being able to see and perhaps test the product like we would in-store. So we aren’t able to make an informed decision for ourselves on the quality of an item.
This is why it’s important to read lots of reviews, as customers like you will give honest and open feedback on the quality of a product. That’s why we really emphasise the importance of spending time reading lots of reviews, don’t just look for the good ones, try and dig deeper into those that aren’t so positive. There are various factors that can influence the quality of a product or even our perception of the quality of a product. Generally these are:
- Price: Whilst this absolutely isn’t always the case, often the higher the price the better the quality, when comparing like-for-like products.
- Specification: You will have seen the features and specs of Polar Vantage V HR 2018 above, some of the specs will be of a better or worse quality than alternative products, we often use the specs list as a guide to how good GPS are.
- Brand: Obviously Polar are pretty well known for their great quality GPS, but there are tons of different brands out there, some will be better known for offering better quality products, so if it’s quality you’re after, shop for those products from brands that are known for their quality.
- Your own preferences and experience – nothing can beat your own experience. We all have different expectations of what we consider to be good quality, so it’s important to think about and apply any previous experience or preferences you have when shopping around. Do you have any experience with Polar Vantage V HR 2018 or products from Polar. If you’ve never bought GPS before then reviews will of course be a huge factor for you.
Price of Polar Vantage V HR 2018
Polar Vantage V HR 2018 scores a fantastic 8.9/10 for price in this review.
Given the fact that none of us want to spend more than we need to on a GPS, we’re going to spend a bit of time looking at the price of Polar Vantage V HR 2018 to see how it stands up against the vast amount of competition available from Chain Reaction Cycles. Retailers are of course having to constantly review their prices to make sure they stay as competitive as possible online, with so many different companies offering bikes and bike accessories, it works in our favour as customers as they’re always wanting to keep their prices competitive. In our latest search we found Chain Reaction Cycles to be really competitive for Polar Vantage V HR 2018 with a price of just £430.49.
In this price analysis of Polar Vantage V HR 2018 we looked at the 130 products that are in the GPS category to see how it stacks up. Of the 130 the average price of a product was £186.52. With the most expensive product coming in at £689.94 and the cheapest was just £2.99. So as you can see there is a huge variance in the price of these products, but at £430.49, Polar Vantage V HR 2018 comes in above average. We found that of the 130, 13 were more expensive than Polar Vantage V HR 2018 and 115 were cheaper.
We then wanted to look at products from the brand Polar, of which we found 24 products at Chain Reaction Cycles. The average price of the products from Polar is £150.42, with the highest price showing as £439 and lowest just £12.5. So at a price of £430.49, Polar Vantage V HR 2018 comes in above average. We also looked at how many Polar products were more expensive and cheaper, of the 24 products, 1 were more expensive and 21 were cheaper.
We then thought it would be good to look specifically at Polar products in the GPS category. Of which there were 15 products with an average price of £208.45, a highest price of £439 and a minimum price of £12.5. We found that of the 15 products, Polar Vantage V HR 2018 was above average for price.
Reviews of Polar Vantage V HR 2018
Polar Vantage V HR 2018 scored well above average with 9.1/10 for customer reviews in our review, and scored 4.7 / 5 from the 6 reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles.
As we’ve already highlighted, it’s really important to spend some time going through the reviews from existing customers. With 6 Polar Vantage V HR 2018 reviews at Chain Reaction Cycles you should be able to get a feel for how good the product is, and whether it’s going to suit your needs. Watching YouTube videos is another great resource for getting to know a product without having to actually buy and test it.
Overall score of Polar Vantage V HR 2018
Polar Vantage V HR 2018 received a score of 8.7/10 overall.
By looking at the various elements of our review, from the price, the quality and the reviews score of Polar Vantage V HR 2018 and combining these scores together, we get an overall score of 8.7. This score works really well as a benchmark for comparison purposes. So if you decide to go looking for other GPS in our reviews, you can see how the scores compare.
Additional information for Polar Vantage V HR 2018
- Brand: Polar
- Model Number: 90080284
- EAN: 7.26E+11
- Product ID: 25308825871
- Price: £430.49
- RRP: £479
- Saving against RRP: 10%