Polar V800 GPS Sports Watch with Heart Rate Sensor
The Polar V800 is an advanced multisport GPS watch for serious sports enthusiasts and professional athletes who want to reach peak performance. #daretowin
Smart Coaching and GPS for peak performance
For professional and devoted athletes who want to reach peak performance
Polar Flow web service
- Create sport profiles and tailored views for different sports
- Balance between training and resting with Training load & Recovery
- Plan and analyze every detail of your training and learn more about your performance
Polar Flow mobile app
- Get a quick visual overview of your training and analyze your performance
- Follow your activity 24/7 and understand how much and how well you’re sleeping
- Easy sync with Bluetooth Smart
Smart Coaching Features
Activity Guide
Activity Guide shows how active you've been during the day. It also tells you how much you need to do to reach the global recommendations for physical activity. With practical guidance like ‘walk for 50 minutes or jog for 20 minutes’ you can choose how to reach your daily activity goal. Meet your goal faster with more intense activities or stay active at a slightly more moderate pace throughout the day.
Recovery status
Find the perfect balance between training and rest and get a true picture of your recovery status before getting out there again. Recovery status is based on the cumulative load of all your activities including your training sessions and data on the small activities you do every day. Continuous monitoring of recovery status helps you plan your training so that you avoid over- and undertraining.
Activity Benefit
Activity Benefit tracks all your active choices during the day and shows how they help you stay healthy. It'll reward you when you've done enough and make you move if there's still a bit missing from your daily activity goal. Activity Benefit gives you daily, weekly and monthly feedback, because the more you move, the greater the health benefits. You can check up on how you're doing either from your mobile or from the web.
Training Benefit
Motivating feedback that’s delivered straight to you immediately after exercise is something we can all benefit from. So if you want to know the effect of different training sessions, this feature will tell you exactly what you need to know. You get a quick overview after each session, and for more detailed feedback, you can either check your training file or you can get further in-depth analysis at polarpersonaltrainer.com.
Orthostatic Test
Orthostatic Test is an easy and reliable test to determine your current condition. It shows how your heart rate responds to training and factors such as stress and illness. By repeating the test regularly, you’ll learn what to expect with your heart rate and what can affect it. You can then adjust your training to allow your body to recover when it needs it.
Fitness Test
If you’re looking to improve your fitness and want to keep up to date with how well you’re doing, the smart Fitness Test will tell you exactly what you need to know in just five minutes. By regularly comparing your test results, you can see what progress you are making and how your fitness is improving.
Training load
Shows you how your training affects your body and helps you compare the load of different workouts. Continuous monitoring of training load will help you recognize your personal limits and adjust your training intensity and duration according to your targets.
Running Index
If you’re looking to keep on top of your running performance you’ll find this feature a big help. Regular use over time allows you to see how efficient your running is. Your Running Index score is calculated automatically after every run, based on your heart rate and from the speed data collected from your GPS or stride sensor. A higher reading indicates that you can run faster with less effort. In V800, this feature can also recognize if you're running uphill or downhill.
Smart Calories
OwnCal is the most accurate calorie counter on the market. It calculates the number of calories expended during a training session based on your weight, height, age, gender, your individual maximum heart rate (HRmax) and how hard you’re training.
In the box
Polar V800 with heart rate
- Polar V800 training computer
- Polar H7 heart rate sensor
- Custom USB cable
- Polar V800 Getting Started Guide
Polar V800 without heart rate
- Polar V800 training computer
- Custom USB cable
- Polar V800 Getting Started Guide
Polar V800 GPS Sports Watch Features:
Body Measurement Features:
Orthostatic Test |
Orthostatic Test is an easy and reliable test to determine your current condition. It shows how your heart rate responds to training and factors such as stress and illness. By repeating the test regularly, you’ll learn what to expect with your heart rate and what can affect it. You can then adjust your training to allow your body to recover when it needs it. |
User-definable heart rate zone limits |
There are three ways you can set zone limits: as default heart zones that are automatically calculated based on your max HR; as free heart rate zones for which you can set the limits yourself; or as heart rate zones based on thresholds which you can define yourself. |
HRmax (age-based) |
The highest number of heart beats per minute (bpm) during maximum physical exertion. For a rough estimate of your maximum heart rate, subtract your age from 220. HRmax is a useful tool for determining the intensity of training as intensity zones can be defined using HRmax. Some Polar products define maximum heart rate during the Polar Fitness Test, see also HRmax (Polar Fitness Test -based). |
Polar Fitness Test |
Polar Fitness Test measures your aerobic fitness at rest in just five minutes. The result, Polar OwnIndex, evaluates your maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max). With the Polar Fitness Test you can measure your aerobic fitness by yourself, automatically and without any exertion. All you need is your training computer. The Polar Fitness Test is as accurate in predicting the VO2max as any sub maximal fitness test. The test is based on heart rate and heart rate variability at rest and personal information. |
Polar OwnCal - Smart calories |
The most accurate calorie counter on the market calculates the number of calories burned. Calculation is based on your individual data: your weight, height, age, gender and the intensity of physical activity. Smart Calories are available in heart rate monitors and activity trackers. |
HR-based target zones with visual and audible alarm |
You can define your target zones for a training session based on heart rate to help define the right intensity. When you are out of the preset zones, the training computer will give a visual and audible alarm. |
Automatic age-based target zone – bpm / % |
To help you train safely and effectively, the training computer determines your heart rate target zone limits automatically according to your age-based maximum heart rate (220 minus age). The limits are determined either in beats per minute (bpm), as a percentage (%) of your maximum heart rate, or as a heart rate reserve (% HRR). See also Maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) and Manual target zone. |
Average, minimum and maximum heart rate of training |
Heart rate – bpm / % |
Heart rate is the measurement of the work your heart does. Heart rate can be expressed as the number of beats per minute (bpm) or as a percentage (%) of your maximum heart rate. |
Heart rate zones |
Heart rate zones provide an easy way to select and monitor the intensity of your training and to follow heart rate based training programs. The default heart rate zones are divided into five zones based on the percentage of your maximum heart rate: very light (50-60 % HRmax), light (60-70 % HRmax), moderate (70-80 % HRmax), hard (80-90 % HRmax) and maximum (90-100 % HRmax). You can also define the zones as you want. |
Training Benefit |
Motivating feedback that’s delivered right to you immediately after exercise is something that can help all of us. So if you want to know the effect of different training sessions, this feature will tell you exactly what you need to know. You get a quick overview after each session, and for more detailed feedback, you can either check your training file or get further in-depth analysis at Polar web services. |
Training load |
Shows you how your training affects your body and helps you compare the load of different workouts. Continuous monitoring of training load will help you recognize your personal limits and adjust your training intensity and duration according to your targets. |
Recovery status |
Find the perfect balance between training and rest and get a true picture of your recovery status before getting out there again. Recovery status is based on the cumulative load of all your activities including your training sessions and data on the small activities you do every day. Continuous monitoring of recovery status helps you plan your training so you can avoid over- and under training. |
Activity Features:
24/7 Activity Tracking |
24/7 Activity Tracking registers your daily activity at different intensity levels continuously for 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Counts daily calories and steps. |
Activity Goal |
Get your daily activity goal and guidance on how to reach it. Activity Goal is based on your personal data and choice of activity level. The activity goal bar on your device fills up during the day based on your activity. With practical guidance like ‘walk for 50 minutes or jog for 20 minutes’ you can choose how to reach your daily activity goal. Meet your goal faster with more intense activities or stay active at a moderate pace throughout the day. You can find more tips on how to reach your activity goal from Polar Flow mobile app and web service. |
Steps and Distance |
Counts steps taken during the day. The number of steps is estimated based on the frequency, intensity and regularity of your wrist movements. Polar Flow mobile app also shows distance based on the steps you have taken. |
Active Time |
Active time tells you the cumulative time of health and fitness beneficial body movement. Basic recommendation: aim for 30 minutes or more a day. |
Sleep Duration and Quality |
Sleep and required amount of rest are very individual and affected by several factors such as training load, stress, body’s condition and individual differences. Polar Flow mobile app and web service tell you how much you have slept and how restful your sleep has been. By following your sleeping patterns you can see if they’re affected by any changes in your daily life and find the right balance of rest, daily activity and training. |
Activity Benefit |
Activity Benefit gives you daily, weekly and monthly feedback on the benefits of your activity and on the effects of sitting. The more you move, the greater the health benefits are. Check out how you're doing in Polar Flow mobile app or view the detailed information on health benefits in Polar Flow web service. |
Activity Intensity Levels |
Your Polar device tracks your daily activities at five intensity levels: resting, sitting, low, medium and high. Check out how active you've been from Polar Flow web service and mobile app. You can also compare different activity intensities: the higher the intensity, the faster you’ll reach your activity goal. Find more examples for low, medium and high intensity activities from Polar Flow web service and mobile app. |
Inactivity Alert |
Sitting for long periods of time is not good for your health – even on those days when you train and gain enough daily activity. Sitting affects to your blood circulation, metabolism, energy expenditure and body's readiness for training. Your device reminds you to get up after 55 minutes of sitting and helps you to add active breaks to your daily routines. After one hour of sitting you will get an inactivity stamp which is visible in Flow app and web service. Recognize the patterns of your daily inactivity and find ways to make changes toward healthier living. |
Training Features:
Swimming Metrics – Pool Swimming |
Track your swimming performance effortlessly with automatic detection of your swimming style, distance, pace, strokes and even the rest times. Analyze each pool length or phase based on your swimming style in Polar Flow web service. The SWOLF score helps to improve your swimming technique and follow your progress. |
Interval Timer |
You can set two timers for any interval workout, based on distance or time. |
Interval trainer guided workouts – heart rate / distance |
Create interval workouts based on time, heart rate or distance and get guidance during training. |
HeartTouch – button-free operation of wrist unit |
When HeartTouch is on, different training information during training can be accessed without pressing buttons, for instance, when gloves make pressing buttons difficult, by bringing your training computer close to your transmitter. |
Vibration and audio alerts |
During training, you are notified with a sound or vibration, for example when you need to slow down or speed up to make sure your training goes as planned. |
Tap gestures |
When you firmly tap the display of your training computer in time mode, it will show your recovery status. During training, you can also take lap time, change the training view or turn the light on by firmly tapping the display. |
Manual and automatic laps |
Sport Profiles (adjustable) |
Lets you list all your favorite sports and define specific settings for each one of them. For example, you can create tailored views for each sport you do and choose what data you want to see when you train (i.e. just heart rate or only speed and distance) – whatever suits you and your training needs and requirements best. It will also automatically detect the sensors you have added. You can set up to 15 sport profiles with Polar RCX5, up to 20 sport profiles with Polar V800 and M400 and up to 4 sport profiles with V650. |
Transition times in multisport training |
Shows the time it takes for switching from one sport to another. |
Multisport training |
With just a few button presses, you can change from one sport to another during training, for example in triathlon. |
User configurable displays |
This feature allows you to configure training computer displays to show the information that you need during your training session. You can do it either in your training computer, ProTrainer 5 software or at the Polar Flow web service. |
Training reminder |
Reminds you to drink, eat or take other important actions during training. |
ZoneLock |
ZoneLock feature helps you to accumulate certain intensity. You can either lock a zone before a training session or during it by pressing a button when you are on the desired zone. |
Polar Flow web service Features:
Steps |
Counts steps taken during the day. A basic recommendation is to aim for 10,000 steps or more a day. |
Advanced training analyzing |
You can easily analyze every detail of your training and get a deeper insight into your activities with plenty of possibilities to learn from what you do. |
Map view |
When you use GPS, you get a map view of your training route. On the map you can examine your training data in further detail. |
Relive |
A video feature with which you can see and share the highlights of your training and routes. |
Sleep duration and quality |
Starts tracking your sleep time automatically when you lie down and your body movements slow. It also tracks your body movements as you sleep. The Polar Flow mobile app and web service tell you how much you slept in total and how restful your sleep was. By showing you the amount of restful versus restless sleep, it gives you a detailed look into how you sleep at night and how changes in your daily life can affect your sleep patterns. |
Activity zones |
Activity zones track your daily activities at five intensity levels: resting, sitting, low, medium and high. You can check how active you've been at the Polar Flow web service and mobile app. You can also compare the intensity of the different activity zones (low, medium, high). The higher the intensity, the faster your activity goal is reached. You can find more examples for low, medium and high intensity activities at the Polar Flow web service. |
Advanced activity analysis |
Activity reports store all your daily activity so that you can easily analyze your daily and long-term physical activity. The total active time tells you the cumulative time of body movements that are good for your body and health. Besides the many details you get about your physical activity and all the health benefits that come with it, you can also see the inactive periods and when you've been still for too long. |
Training diary |
Diary is available at Polar Flow web service. When you transfer your training and activity details from your activity tracker to Polar Flow, you can easily follow your activity and progress. You can choose to see your activity history in a monthly or weekly view, along with a monthly or weekly summary. |
Training load |
Shows you how your training affects your body and helps you compare the load of different workouts. Continuous monitoring of training load will help you recognize your personal limits and adjust your training intensity and duration according to your targets. |
Recovery status |
Find the perfect balance between training and rest and get a true picture of your recovery status before getting out there again. Recovery status is based on the cumulative load of all your activities including your training sessions and data on the small activities you do every day. Continuous monitoring of recovery status helps you plan your training so you can avoid over- and under training. |
Polar Flow mobile app Features:
Steps |
Counts steps taken during the day. A basic recommendation is to aim for 10,000 steps or more a day. |
Sleep duration and quality |
Starts tracking your sleep time automatically when you lie down and your body movements slow. It also tracks your body movements as you sleep. The Polar Flow mobile app and web service tell you how much you slept in total and how restful your sleep was. By showing you the amount of restful versus restless sleep, it gives you a detailed look into how you sleep at night and how changes in your daily life can affect your sleep patterns. |
Instant training analysis |
Inactivity Alert |
Reminds you when you have been sitting for too long. With V800, the Flow app shows when you've been still for too long. |
Compatible with iPhone 4S and later, and with select Android devices using Android 4.3 or later |
iPad (3rd & 4th generation)
iPad mini
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5
iPhone 5C
iPhone 5S
iPod touch (5th generation)
iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
HTC One M8 with Android 4.3 or later
HTC One Max with Android 4.3 or later
HTC One Mini 2 with Android 4.3 or later
Huawei Ascend P7 with Android 4.3 or later
LG G Flex with Android 4.3 or later
LG G3 with Android 4.3 or later
HTC One Mini with Android 4.3 or later
HTC One with Android 4.3 or later
LG G2 with Android 4.3 or later
LG Nexus 4 with Android 4.3 or later
LG Nexus 5 with Android 4.3 or later
Motorola Moto G with Android 4.3 or later
Motorola Moto X with Android 4.3 or later
Samsung Galaxy S3 with Android 4.3 or later
Samsung Galaxy S4 with Android 4.3 or later
Samsung Galaxy S5 with Android 4.3 or later
Samsung S5 Mini with Android 4.3 or later
Samsung Galaxy Note II with Android 4.3 or later
Samsung Galaxy Note III with Android 4.3 or later
Sony Xperia Z1 with Android 4.3 or later
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact with Android 4.3 or later
Sony Xperia Z2 with Android 4.3 or later |
Easy data sync to the Polar Flow web service via Bluetooth Smart |
Integrated GPS Features:
Route guidance |
Follows your previously recorded routes and shared routes from the Polar Flow web service. |
Back to start |
Directs you to your starting point in the shortest distance possible, as well as shows the distance to your starting point. Now you can check out more adventurous routes and explore them safely, knowing that you're only a touch of a button away from seeing the direction to where you started. |
Autostart/stop |
When you turn on this feature, your training computer starts and stops training recording automatically when you start or stop moving. |
Distance – training, lap, trip and total |
Speed/Pace – current, average and maximum |
Running Index |
Running Index is based on heart rate and speed data measured during the run. It gives daily information about your performance level, both aerobic fitness and running economy. Improvement in running efficiency indicates improved economy of running performance. In V800, this feature can also recognize if you're running uphill or downhill. |
Power save mode |
Allows you to save the battery life of your training computer during long training sessions. You can store your GPS data at the intervals of 1 second or 60 seconds. A longer interval gives you more recording time, while a shorter interval allows you to record more detailed data. |
Cadence sensor Bluetooth Smart Features:
Cadence – current, average and maximum |
Speed sensor Bluetooth Smart Features:
Speed – current, average and maximum |
Distance – training, lap, trip and total |
Bike settings – for three bicycles |
You can define settings for up to three bikes in your training computer. When you start training, you can select the bike with the correct settings for that particular training session. |
Autostart/stop |
When you turn on this feature, your training computer starts and stops training recording automatically when you start or stop moving. |
Race Pace |
Race Pace allows you to set a target speed/pace for a certain distance. It will then help pace your run or ride by showing the current speed/pace and how much time you are behind or ahead of your target. |
Incline Measurement |
Incline measurement tells you the uphill or downhill inclination in numerical form, helping you to adjust cycling effort accordingly. The feature shows you the uphill/downhill steepness in percentages and grades. |
Kéo Power Bluetooth Smart Features:
Kéo Power Bluetooth Smart features |
Measuring your cycling power helps you to monitor and develop your cycling performance and technique. Get instant feedback such as power output in watts, left and right leg power balance and current and average cadence. After session you can sync your training data to the Polar Flow web service for further analysis. |
Kéo Power Essentials Bluetooth Smart Features:
Kéo Power Essentials Bluetooth Smart |
Measuring your cycling power helps you to monitor and develop your cycling performance and technique. Get instant feedback such as power output in watts and current and average cadence. After session you can sync your training data to the Polar Flow web service for further analysis. |
Stride sensor Bluetooth Smart Features:
Cadence – current, average and maximum |
Distance – training, lap, trip and total |
Jump Test |
Helps to assess leg muscular strength and power output and how tired your muscles are. Requires Polar stride sensor Bluetooth Smart. |
Race Pace |
Race Pace allows you to set a target speed/pace for a certain distance. It will then help pace your run or ride by showing the current speed/pace and how much time you are behind or ahead of your target. |
Running Index |
Running Index is based on heart rate and speed data measured during your run. It gives daily information about your performance level, both aerobic fitness and running economy. Improvement in running efficiency indicates improved economy of running performance. In V800, this feature can also recognize if you're running uphill or downhill. |
Speed/Pace – current, average and maximum |
Speed/Pace-based target zones with visual and audible alarm |
Recording Features:
Memory capacity of 60h training with GPS and HR |
Training files (with summaries) – 14 |
Training diary |
Stores up to 60 h of training time (may vary depending on your language settings). You can see your training history from the past four weeks and what you have planned for four weeks ahead. |
R-R Recording |
R-R recording rate saves heartbeat intervals, that is, intervals between successive heartbeats. This information is also shown as instantaneous heart rate in beats per minute in recorded samples. With RS800CX and CS600X you can analyze your heart rate variability (HRV) using the ProTrainer 5 software with an accuracy of 1 ms. With V800 you can analyze it at the Polar Flow web service. |