Polar Vantage V2 - A Runner's Review

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Polar has just announced the Polar Vantage V v2, a flagship running watch that follows up on the Vantage V and the Grit X. The V2 incorporates all the best features of those two watches while shedding weight and thickness. The new watch still maintains great battery life and GPS accuracy, and it also includes some of Polar’s newest features aimed at helping you understand how well your body is absorbing and improving from your training.
Disclosures: a beta unit version of the Polar Vantage V2 was provided to me for the purpose of review. I did not have to pay for it, but no one is paying me to make this video or to use this watch. No one will get a chance to review my footage or my thoughts before this video goes up on youtube.
Other devices were required to perform the testing in this video. Some were provided to me for purpose of review. Some were purchased with my own money. No one paid me to use any of these reference products in this video.
Devices provided previously by Polar:
Polar Vantage V amzn.to/2SBJpnQ
Polar Grit X amzn.to/3jRPwkd
Devices purchased with my own money:
Stryd footpad www.stryd.com/
Polar OH1+ HR monitor amzn.to/3nkn7VQ
Table of Contents:
0:00 intro
1:36 disclosures
2:05 predecessors
2:23 V2 features from Grit X
3:24 V2 exclusive features
5:50 V2 physical updates
7:24 diagnostic tools
9:52 run testing
10:51 leg recovery test
11:40 run data accuracy
12:44 power
13:57 heart rate
15:54 cadence
16:29 GPS distance
16:45 elevation
17:35 mean max power
17:42 GPS accuracy
21:33 value for runners
23:38 any questions
Polar Vantage V v2 www.polar.com/us-en/vantage/v2
If you’d like to take a look at my data yourself:
analyze.dcrainmaker.com/#/pub...
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Running footage shot on:
GoPro Hero 9 Black (paid link)
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@praveenananth9076 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the effort you put to make these videos. Keep them coming and thanks.

@javierf55 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just starting in the walking and running activities and I'm looking for a watch that helps me on monitoring and improving. Definitely I see Polar is the best in focusing in exactly that. Great video, very useful and well done

@colinx6335 2 жыл бұрын

Great review, can you please answer one quick question? Separate from the HR zone lock, can you set a specific heart rate for runs that will cause an alert to go off - for example a max MAF heart rate? (You didn't mention it in the review and I can't find it in the instruction manual or on the web.)

@LuckyPandaX 3 жыл бұрын

Is 8:20 min/mi your MAF pace? Can you update your MAF training progress? Just wondering where you are at and how you are incorporating any speed work. Thanks.

@ECA-14 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful watch! Very cool that it gives you the option to use the touch screen or the buttons. I really love that I can store music on the watch I currently use. Hopefully Polar offers a product with this feature at some point.

@WayneWBishop 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks much for the awesome review! I also have a V2 but can't get accurate data once its paired to the Wahoo Tickr-x. Is this because the Tickr-x also tracks motion in addition to HR?

@ChiocciMicaele 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this great video. I would like to ask a quick question. I have an arrhythmia and have been on beta blockers for twenty years. According to the advice of my cardiologist, I practice running regularly, it helped me a lot and I was able to reduce my medication always according to my doctor's advice. For a complete follow-up of the shape and the heart, you recommend which watch? A Vantage V2 or a 745 for example? Hello from Germany ^^

@ChaseTheSummit 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome review as always man! I found the same Heart Rate spikes in my testing of the Vantage V2. It's strange because generally the HR data was pretty solid until it would just randomly shoot to 180BPM for no reason.

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

For me, I think the spikes are fit-related. No watch stays in place for me, although the band on the v2 seems to hold the watch in place a bit better, along with the lighter weight

@zhangdaigo 3 жыл бұрын

Nice review! Do you think the GPS on the Vantage V2 is better than or at the level/quality like Vantage V? Just got my Vantage V on outlet sale for $240 and then this came out. The new functions seems quite attractive.

@ACaseyPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

I think I’ll hold off on an upgrade. I have the vantage v1 and I’m not sure I can justify the upgrade based on the features..

@juancaperez2000 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully they release some of those updates to the Grit X, if not maybe I switch to Coros, they show us that watches can keep been update by firmware.

@supotube 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the same. There is almost 0 % chance that Polar updates their terrible navigation experience earlier than Coros will updates their metrics or some new tests or any training focus staff.

@briannee9693 3 жыл бұрын

The watch looks great and I really like how Polar presents data. For $499, the only thing lacking for me is on-board music storage as I typically do not run with my phone. If Polar came out with ANY options with music (ideally Spotify syncing), I would probably switch from Garmin.

@christiangroendyk7198 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I’m looking to upgrade my watch, and a big feature I want is on board music

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

My wish list would have Spotify (music and podcasts) and Audible (audio books)

@briannee9693 3 жыл бұрын

I suppose, on the other hand, that Garmin could improve their data analytics to compete with better with Polar Flow. I have not been overly impressed with Garmin Connect.....it's ok but could use more options to parse the data, better UI, etc.

@mcm4point2o 3 жыл бұрын

hey Mike if you're looking for some new good music to run to i really recommend Sebastian Paul he's on spotify and kinda undiscovered but his music is bangin! Indulge and Lust Drunk are my 2 fav tracks so far

@tcuongnd 2 жыл бұрын

Why Polar doesn't include Spo2 measurements in watch?

@carlosromero-jw3yi 3 жыл бұрын

do you run with your phone everyday? how do you do it?

@toks66 3 жыл бұрын

Just a side note, the Polar M600 lets you store music as an FYI, the watch itself is not as good as the more premium watches though

@jean-pierosgriccia4520 3 жыл бұрын

i wish they would have fixed their power measurement, mine is to high. i wished they also included the gear apparel, regarding shoes, so you could track how many miles you do on your rotation shoes

@alanshrimpton6787 3 жыл бұрын

Is the 'current pace' while running stable and easy to maintain a current pace or does it jump about. I'm thinking of ditching my Garmin FR935 mainly for the polar flow data.

@mrantonelski 3 жыл бұрын

Polar flow is great!

@jartti71 3 жыл бұрын

Great review as always. How is the brigthness of the display? At the moment I have Polar Ignite which has brilliant display (but lacking all of those nice running related features).

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

It’s always bright enough for me to see (unlike Suunto, which I frequently have trouble seeing). But it’s going to be quite different than the lovely display of the Ignite.

@Nomisteaks80 3 жыл бұрын

I really like this watch and also the Grit X. However, having a route planner on there is a must for me and I do not want to use the terrible Komoot app. Is there a way to just upload gpx files to these watches?

@josegoncalvesdias3242 3 жыл бұрын

you can follow routes without the komoot

@steevie76 3 жыл бұрын

Glorious buttons

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

I dislike the trend in other brands to minimize the number of buttons. Give me more!

@supotube 3 жыл бұрын

Please, inform us immediately when Polar will do updates and navigation will be more reliable. :)

@BirdfluDracula 3 жыл бұрын

Yo Mike. Nice to see an updated Vantage from Polar! I was recently considering the Whoop strap 3.0 to give me a better idea of "how ready you are to perform as an athlete" which is I think what you said. Ultimately I balked at the prospect of shelling out $360 per year for that privilege. Luckily, it seems like the Vantage would be a better investment as a single wearable solution rather than keeping my old Garmin and also using a Whoop. Any thoughts on that?

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

It’s something that I have plans on exploring

@BirdfluDracula 3 жыл бұрын

@@kofuzi 🤯🤯🤯

@robertrothstein 3 жыл бұрын

why do polar watches still have the big black bezel?

@coreystefan2518 3 жыл бұрын

You probably dont care but if you guys are stoned like me atm then you can stream all the latest movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been streaming with my gf for the last few days =)

@quinnmessiah6582 3 жыл бұрын

@Corey Stefan yea, I have been watching on instaflixxer for months myself :D

@adamdodd2655 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, bought a Vantage about 4 weeks ago. Had no idea this was coming.

@ACaseyPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

😂 me too , only bought one 7/8 weeks ago !

@tomvcarter 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, but we should get some of these features as updates, as that is what happened with older watches.

@ACaseyPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Thomas I hope so. I wouldn’t think we’d see too much though because they want people to pay more and upgrade for the latest features

@supotube 3 жыл бұрын

V2 didnt come with maps, neither with better navigation. there is still no musíc on watch, ... so you did not miss a lot.

@ACaseyPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

@@supotube yea true enough. Think I’ll keep this watch and see what comes down the line in the future. Over all I’m quite happy with V1 still

@mr1derful83 3 жыл бұрын

Love Polar but this really should've been a software update for the Vantage V instead of a whole new watch. I'm still very happy with the V Titan. Now if they would update their cycling computer...

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of current vantage V owners are thinking similarly, especially since they didn’t get any of the features when the grit came out

@mrinnovator11 3 жыл бұрын

I think for those that owned the Titan should definitely have an update considering it cost more than the v2 and less features.

@mr1derful83 3 жыл бұрын

@@mrinnovator11 yeah, don't remind me. But when I bought it, I told myself I shouldn't "need" a new watch for a few years. I want the updates, I don't need them

@andreaskanellopoulos9793 3 жыл бұрын

I think that polar should allow when you plan a phassed target to skip a planned step if u want to. Say i fell tired and don't want to do all 5 repeat for instance instead for waiting all the phases to complete. That's sad,the older models had that feature. What do u think Mike?maybe i 'm doing it the wrong way plz advice if this is possible. Thanks!keep up the great videos!!👍

@activelivingchallenger4298 3 жыл бұрын

This might sound stupid but does anyone feel that there is starting to become too many features for your needs? Data is cool/interesting but going back to when I first started running there was none of that. I’m starting to feel like the watch is wearing me if that makes any sense. Some cog in this machine.

@mrinnovator11 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting viewpoint. I think that what polar have done is brilliant but it’s been a slow process. They’ve provided a comprehensive system allowing you to get everything you need with their produce. Whereas before training sessions would have to be done along side other apps and systems for me. Now I can get all of it in one place. I like the recovery feature which I find fairly accurate. However in support of your statement it can be a little overwhelming when you have so many suggestions going on but you got your own way of doing things. I guess the sentiment could seem that way, when it’s directing you instead of the other way round.

@gustavopaulette3496 3 жыл бұрын

No sir

@swaggarinoblackarino7347 3 жыл бұрын

Kofuzi not a fan of Garmin 945/fenix 6 series?

@kofuzi 3 жыл бұрын

i've not had the pleasure of testing those particular watches. my garmin experience has been the vivoactive 3 and the forerunner 45.

@swaggarinoblackarino7347 3 жыл бұрын

@@kofuzi they are a bit old now. But when Garmin release the next gen watches, 955 or fenix 7 you should give them a try then! Probably 955 since itd be lighter and gears toward runners.

@mcs2733 3 жыл бұрын

@@swaggarinoblackarino7347 yes, but the price will also be awesome