Hey folks - thanks for watching! If you're looking for even more crazy detail, check out my full written review with things like GPS accuracy, HR accuracy, and plenty more: www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/04/polar-grit-x-gps-watch-review.html

Great walk-through of the Polar Grit X, and no, it was not boring. I just love your videos - thank you Meister Rainmaker!

I really enjoy these detailed interface walkthroughs. Thanks for the great content!

Thank you for that awesome review. I unboxed my watch a week ago and had no idea on how to use it. Instructions are crap and the watch is not intuitive. Much appreciated!!

Not boring. Thank you for your time.

Good video as always. I've found the sleep tracking metrics good if your interruptions aren't long. The ANS scores seem to match up well with quality of sleep. The one error I've found is the step count takes in most arm movements and hence over counts by a factor of 2 to 3.

Very interesting walk through. This watch definitely has way more useful features than my Garmin Forerunner 235 WHR.

Was an Apex 46 user for a year. Was deciding to upgrade between Apex Pro and Grit X, I am glad I upgraded to Apex Pro.

Some time back people read manuals. Today nobody does. So your video is needed ... for them ;-)

Just bought this one for a steal! €354,90! I think im gonna love it!

The brightness of the watch was a bit low, making it hard to figure out everything shown on the display. Informative video, still tho

Awesome video Ray! This is the watch I'm wearing currently and I really think it's Polar's best watch to date. Open water swimming data looks accurate also. 👍

What do you think about that polar navigation/ routes. I mean - you cant start navigation during activity, you can start from any point or change directions

Hi, I got a Grit X after my V800 packed a couple of weeks ago. it is a great watch but the HR seems to be absolutely appalling. I have been wearing together with a garmin foreruner 245, which is almost spot on all the times with the polar H7. The Grit is always 10% higher and often, very often and even at rest it spirals up to 137bpm while the garmin is at 67 or lower. Often just starts increasing for no reason! I tried wearing it higher, tighter, looser, it doesn't make any difference...any ideas?

How do you work the interval timer for a run? I don't see a difference with one on

Great review. What about notifications from text and email. Do you find those consistent?

Hey mate - love the YT channel! I’m interested in your feedback / comments on the below question. I currently have a Wahoo Element for my bike and a basic run watch. I’m looking to combine both into one watch unit. What would be your go to or opinion on the Fenix 6 vs Polar Grit X vs Polar Vantage V vs Suunto 9 for this? I’m clocking both runs and rides each week. Looking forward to hearing your feedback!

I havent seen you review a Coros apex pro.Any particular reason? Thanks for the video

About the cycling - ble powermeter compatibility feature before maybe buying I would like to know. All three Polar watches Vantage M, Vantage V and Polar Grit x can be connected with a bike Powermeter over bluetooth as a sensor and record that data, according to the specifications. That specification feature is the reason why I have bought a Polar Vantage M watch so I 'm able to use it with my Powertap G3 smart powermeter ble hub and rear wheel. Only during my first cycling powermeter FTP sweet spot training after connecting Powermeter. I found out that the Polar vantage M watch does not show my live powermeter values. There simply is a data field for basic heartbeat current average and max. But there won't NOT YET be shown such a data field with Watts on it. Therefor I was not able to see if I was cycling under or above the required 300 Watts FTP programmed sweet spot training. Only when i'm done training afterwards Polar in the workout summery only shows the average & maximum delivered watts. My question about the newer Polar grit x cycling features wich you have is : Rainmaker have you experienced the same as I have with the older Polar vantage M downside during powermeter connectivity such as : no live power meter values data field during the fietsen training ?

Which watch you you recommend right now for triathlon? (considering accuracy, battery, support apps like polar flow or Garmin Connect) in the 400Us price range???

Regarding structured workouts (eg, from TrainingPeaks): would the Grit X upload the plan previously to guide you when performing the workout?

Can you do a review of something like huami bip s or something like that. Something cheap gps based running watch.

im having trouble doing the fitness test, it could detect my heart rate but it says 'failed wear your watch snug just behind wrist bone' after 20 sec anyone have the same issue?

Had a GritX for a year now. While I like many of its features such as the sleep app it is lacking in many ways. It replaced my 6/7 year old V800. I’m glad I kept the V800 as I find for accuracy I still need it. The GritX is fine for every day activities as far as recording heart rate but as soon as you get the heart rate up a little bit you need to go to the next an external device for reading the heart rate (the built-in optical readers just don’t cut it).GPS tracking isn’t even close to being accurate it’s off by as much as 15% to 20% been dealing with Polar on this and they do not seem to have a solution of the problem. So for my long runs in anything that covers any serious distance I go back to using the old V800 as it’s spot on within a few metres. Kind of looked into polar as I’ve got 20 years of data on their website. Randy

Hi ray. Can you please help me. I'm trying to connect my vantage v to my cycling trainer. my trainer model is : elite suito . my watch : vantage v in order to do this i have to enter the wheel size to the watch. the trainer value for this is 84 . but in the watch the lowest value is 1000 . do you connect your polar grit x watch to the trainer ?

Hi Ray and everybody else. Anybody knows how Polar imagined the deleting of saved activity directly on the watch, this one or on Vantage series (I think it's the same situation)? It syncs to flow and only there you can delete it, but it stays on the watch...and kind of ruins you "statistics" on the watch. On V800 we had Diary and ability to delete saved activity. I miss Recovery Pro and I wish compass/barometer out of activity also.

All tech aside, is it a tougher more durable watch than the Fenix6 and 945?

You skipped over the interval timers... I'm trying to find out, can I set to 5 intervals, timer 1 is 3 hours and 15 minutes and timer 2 is 30 minutes? I've seen a lot of interval timers that limit you to 99 minutes per interval!

Trying to decide between this and the F945 and my head is wrecked. Prefer the Polar Flow eco system v Connect but think the 945 is better watch.

Hello, i want to ask, the difference between vantage v2 and the grid x. Do you have any video review?thank you.

Hi DC! Are there phone notifications available also in workout mode?

DC Rainmaker, I’m curious of your feelings towards this device now after Garmin released the beta update for detailed sleep metrics? I just bought the Fenix 6 and so happy I did while on sale. So far I’m really liking what I see, especially the accuracy of the awake time. I had the Polar Grit X and love the design but it still felt cheap for a 400+ dollar watch. Now if only Garmin could add fitsmart 🤔. Thanks for the effort you put in!

Nice video :) about the training load pro feature being a bit strange: how long have you been using it? I have a vantage m for a year now and it needed 28 days to give an accurate representation of my training load (i row/bike about 15 hours per week). This meant that it didnt immediately go from productive to detraining and vice versa. I think its actually extremely helpfull to keep track of my training load and preventing overtraining (especially during a racing season). Also, when you are overreaching (going for a 200k ride after a few days of Light training e.g.) it recommends mobility training the next day which i find very helpfull (and in general good and healthy practice). Again, love the video but i believe you didnt show the value of this feature:)

Hey mr DC. What's the best GPS / Turn by turn Navigation gadget you've tested?

Is the backlight off? A lot of people complaint about dim display on Grit but this is super dim!

Amstelveen??! Do you live in Holland / The Netherlands? Great vid by the way!

Any idea what Polar will unveil in 6 days?

I was really looking forward to this device and moving away from Garmin. I like the look of it, and I love the Polar Flow interface. But when I got it, the distance and pace was incredibly incorrect (e.g. 0.5 miles on a 6.0 mile run). The entire track was recorded, but everything else was WAY off. The device firmware was fully updated. I contacted Polar (four weeks ago now), and they never replied. Maybe I got a faulty device, but I do not recommend.

Can I connect to a treadmill?

Is this backlit or bright like the apple watch? Looks kind of dark on video

Does it have 3rd party app support like garmin's connect iq?

Just bought the grit X and first impressions are not good the screen is way to dim can barely read can’t change the watch face be better if it was a white background think I’ll be returning it 😞

I don't like Polar since they changed 50DM for replacing a battery in a HRM strap back in the past millennium, when I was a competitive runner but couldn't afford that. Since then they could not convince me - I don't need all those metrics, I want track navigation and maps!

They need to change display manufacturers.

I'm 52 and I have difficulty reading the screen from my couch. It seems impossible tot me that I can read useful information grom it while running ... So dark ... Poor colors ... Poor contrast ... Damn...

I would not call this a detailed user interface. This is more of an overview. It’s hard to follow your instructions. It seems like your Actions (like press this button…) comes a few seconds before the explanation. Find myself rewinding and asking myself, wait which button was for that? I would make this a bit more organized, rather than jumping all over the place. One thing has to build on the other. When you jump around all over the place it’s difficult to follow and understand the basics. I just moved from Garmin forerunner to Grit x pro, so it is a completely a new environment for me. Not a criticism but just some thoughts on how I think these videos can be more useful

no music ?

I am a bit disappointed. I am a proud owner of a Polar Vantage M but for a little more than the price of the Grit X (or the Vantage V) I would probably get a Forerunner 945 without hesitation. I don't need the music or pay functions but the route feature is not even close to courses or maps. They should have added some better map functionality.

Training load is really great concept but the execution is not that great.

I don’t like the visibility of the screen, far behind Garmin and Casio. And when the screen is useless, no matter how quality is the rest.

Its completely unclear whether you are using the watch face or one of the buttons to change the display. Frequently your finger appears to touch a button but you don't state that you are pushing a specific button (i.e. bottom right, etc) to move through screens/functions. Disappointing at best

As a Vantage V owner I will never buy Polar again, Vantage V no longer supported as their premium product. They’ll dump this product again within 2 years, they did it with the V650 cycle computer, no support on Scale.... I’ll be moving over to the Garmin ecosystem moving forward as they seem to value customers and support products longer.

Why do you always start with Hey Folks. 🤣

So, it's a complete waste of money. Polar choose to go the route of making their products irrelevant. If I got one of these for Christmas, I'd strap it to the dogs paw for fun.