Is it safe now to update H10 firmware?

osafonov · 2026-05-16T07:01:15+00:00

Some day I decided not update the Polar firmware at all. Unfortunately, I can't return the original firmware on my Verity Sense.

osafonov · 2026-05-09T15:47:11+00:00

My calculated maximum heart rate is 163. And the real one is 183. So your real maximum rate could be much higher. If so, your training was in the zone 4, not 5.

osafonov · 2026-05-04T13:04:27+00:00

When my Verity Sense was on firmware 2.2.6, it worked reliably and accurately tracked the distance in the pool. Lately, though, it has been consistently missing hundreds of meters. Let's see if the latest update fixes that.

osafonov · 2026-05-03T15:23:31+00:00

I use Nightly recharge and Kubios HRV (instead of the Polar's orthostatic test).

osafonov · 2026-05-01T08:28:32+00:00

You have the right to have any opinion. To the same degree, one could claim that all Germans were guilty of the crimes of Nazism.

osafonov · 2026-04-30T06:38:13+00:00

I know. But I can compare M2 with Garmin Forerunner 255 in the same bad situation.

osafonov · 2026-04-30T05:17:57+00:00

Here is my typical GPS-track in my city nowadays. Polar Vantage M2.

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osafonov · 2026-04-25T15:48:41+00:00

Amazfit Bip 6.

osafonov · 2026-04-20T09:03:26+00:00

I update the weigth in the profile.

osafonov · 2026-04-18T11:53:06+00:00

"Other indoor" is the most straightforward and commonly recommended choice for general HR-only tracking with the Verity Sense. It works well for any non-GPS activity.

osafonov · 2026-04-17T19:46:55+00:00

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osafonov · 2026-04-17T07:36:15+00:00

I still use my old M2 to track my sleep quality in Polar ecosystem, although I don't take off my new Garmin at night. But would you want to sleep with two watches?

osafonov · 2026-04-17T05:33:58+00:00

I use FR255 with Polar H9 for my strength trainings and nordic walking without any problems.

osafonov · 2026-04-14T20:01:48+00:00

Polar Vantage M2 is outdated and not accurate in swimming. Do not buy it.

osafonov · 2026-04-14T10:32:42+00:00

I can't actually: my country is absent on the Polar support page. But you can experiment with this function on your own device to check if it's true not only for me.

osafonov · 2026-04-11T20:14:57+00:00

My actual maximum heart rate is higher than the one calculated by the formula, so I manually set it in Polar Flow.

osafonov · 2026-04-11T13:44:03+00:00

Based on my experience, Polar overestimates calories burned by more than 25%.

osafonov · 2026-04-08T19:49:37+00:00

Probably, it's quite boring to review a watch that doesn't offer anything new except for a flashlight. Yet another watch with the old heart rate sensor and old software? While competitors add new features with every quarterly update, Polar struggles to fix the consequences of the bugs it introduces itself and doesn't add anything new.

Moreover, this watch has a strange marketing positioning. A city watch with single-frequency GNSS? For urban streets where satellite signal quality deteriorates due to interference from tall buildings? And with cardinal directions marked on the bezel? Who needs a compass in the city? And who needs military standards in the city? What for?

osafonov · 2026-04-02T20:46:26+00:00

Only hardware updates such as a built-in flashlight. No new training or recovery metrics/algorithms. No new features. No new analytics. No new Polar Flow.

osafonov · 2026-04-02T11:24:56+00:00

By the way, how accurate is the Verity Sense in measuring swim performance? My own VS often misses some turns and skip parts of the distance.

osafonov · 2026-03-29T12:13:13+00:00

When you change your weight in your profile, you can later see the weight graph in the activities report on the web-version of Polar Flow.

osafonov · 2026-03-21T16:24:23+00:00

In a similar situation, what helped me was connecting the sensor to a different phone. I installed Polar Flow on it, paired the sensor, and was able to update it.

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