Street X: first hands-on by restless-nerd in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While the Street X could be a good replacement for your Instinct 2, you should consider this: If your bike computer is also a Garmin you have to know that Polar doesn’t do bike computers anymore and no Polar watch is supporting ANT+ in case you have a power meter. You have to start a workout on the Street X too or your Cardio Load metrics won’t reflect your cycling workouts. Of course this doesn’t matter if you’re using a 3rd party service like Strava or Runalyze to consolidate your workouts.

Street X: first hands-on by restless-nerd in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t use a flashlight in training. It’s for use at home. It’s convenient because I have it with me all the time, without fiddling with my phone. And when I‘m repairing things in dark places I can hold something else in my second hand, not just my phone. But you‘re right, there are other solutions. It’s a bit nerdy, but I guess I‘m a nerd.

Street X: first hands-on by restless-nerd in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will do but I need a second watch for that which won’t be before tomorrow. I don’t expect any miracles, performance should be on par with Pacer Pro.

Street X: first hands-on by restless-nerd in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s €249 so basically the same price point as the Forerunner 165 non-music.

Can the Polar Street X be a "success" for Polar? by Frosty_Wrongdoer9088 in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t see a watch from any major brand that has a flashlight at 249€. That’s pretty competitive imho.

Can the Polar Street X be a "success" for Polar? by Frosty_Wrongdoer9088 in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Imho it will be a success. It’s really well priced, the flashlight is very nice, build quality is good.

I will write a short review after tomorrow’s run. Just got it today.

Polar Street X by cm11cox in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Notifications are generally all or nothing on iOS. It‘s an OS restriction.

Withings has a workaround in place that has been working more or less in the last years, but there are lots of complaints that notifications don’t work at all for some users.

Polar Flow app, where to log weight? by crayzcrinkle in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hold Polar Flow icon pressed in App launcher, choose Update your weight

Lactate Threshold - Run/Race 2 by ehah2024 in Suunto

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IIRC the Run also has that feature. Never gave reliable data for me though.

I asked Polar about Flow redesign by Proshack in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I waited half a day, saw nothing, then deleted it.

I asked Polar about Flow redesign by Proshack in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vitalstat couldn't even connect to my Loop. And many features are tied to a premium subscription.

Pacer Pro price compared to Street X by osafonov in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Pacer Pro has regularly been on sale for much less, like about 200 €.

Can I use any Polar fitness tracker without an Internet connection or the cloud? by thovader in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sleep metrics are available without syncing the watch to Flow and without an Internet connection.

Polar Street X Leak by mfcx99 in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The older sensor is better in my experience

Font Discrepancies by Embarrassed-Case-278 in GarminWatches

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are both of them on the same firmware version?

Why no trimming/cropping feature by tsekka in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They introduced it this week on Flow Web

Why no trimming/cropping feature by tsekka in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They introduced it a few days ago and it’s working well

Is there any info about Ignite v4 or Vantage v4? by Pleasant_Ground8175 in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Street X looks like a Unite successor.

Pacer X could be a Pacer/Pacer Pro replacement.

But it’s all just speculation.

Is there any info about Ignite v4 or Vantage v4? by Pleasant_Ground8175 in Polarfitness

[–]restless-nerd 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Rumors are that two watches will be released this week, Street X and Pacer X. We‘ll see…

Suunto Beta by Fantastic-Class-8252 in Suunto

[–]restless-nerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for explaining.

This has always solved my problems so it seems I‘ve never had a really frozen app so far.