Review: The Polar Grit X2 Pro is a smart watch that is designed for items and not many other things

When you think about rough or sporty smart watches, there is a good opportunity to think about Polar. By building a harsh, tracking advanced fitness and tracking the activity, the polar watches are a poem of the open air. They are competing closely with Garmin TOP, but the best brand to wear for running, cycling and walking long distances and more dates back to the budget and many personal preferences.

I love Garmin watches for the distinctive GPS resolution, a clean accompanying application, and impressive battery life on almost all models. However, since the polar watches are very famous for picking up in -depth heart trends and training tools, I took one of the main watches of an adventure or two.

Price, availability and specifications

There are some places that you can find Polar Grit X2 Pro online, but the price varies depending on the color and model (Titan or regular). The Titan version is sold for $ 870, and his standard brothers for $ 750. Both models can be found on Polar on the web, or through third -party sites like Amazon and Rei.

What is good in Polar Grit X2 Pro?

Everything under the cover that athletes need

Let’s take a quick look at the construction of Grit X2 Pro first. It is enveloped in a stainless steel frame covered by sapphire glass, which is what I prefer on gorilla glass wherever possible. Every hour with Gorilla glass, I wore deep scratches a few months later, although allegations that gorilla glass is more irritated. AMOLED 1.39 inch bright and vibrant, which is an ideal contrast that makes the screen easy to read at all times, even when using the faces loaded with complications.

I will always love a numerical crown on the watch, but I understand why this moving part (and fragile nourishment) from an hour focuses on durability, such as Grit X2 Pro. Instead, it is navigated through the touch screen and the five buttons lined up on the edge of the hour.

GPS and Compass Paramount’s resolution for rugged endurance like Grit X2 Pro. Most of the long -distance walks are done on national or state park paths, so I have never swore the hair on GPS performance for any smart watch I used (which included Garmin, Samsung Galaxy, Polar and Apple). To audit the GIT X2 Pro and Polar claims to increase the accuracy of GPS through the improved antenna technology, I took a closer look at the GPS resolution after wearing the device for the Mountain Deep Woods episode and some urban residential walking.

Any difference in GPS – a round angle here, was a random extension of the points that were drawn from the path there – ultimately small enough for me to overlook. When I used Polar GRIT X2 Pro and Garmin Venu 3, both hours were accurately scored within a hundred miles. As for a 4 -miles trail ride in the paved city, Grit X2 Pro GPS was very accurate, but the watches deviated from their GPS plots in the same places. Ultimately, like anything from the Garmin group, any variations in the GPS GPS resolution of GRIT X2 Pro are very accurate for the vast majority of informal athletes and air outside.

Polar training and health suite. Especially love sleeping features in Grit X2 Pro, which do more than just noticing the quality and length of rest periods. Sleepwise takes care trends in mind and expects energy and awakening levels for this day based on the sleep of the previous night, as well as days and weeks of sleep. For two weeks of the GITE X2 Pro test, severe stress levels led to an incredibly poor quality of sleep; This accumulated sleep debt was definitely reflected in my daily look.

If you are working, it is important to reserve a suitable time to rest between exercise sessions. The leading Polar’s watch uses your quality, rest, heart rate, and other heart data, registered stress levels, and even worldly factors such as severe heat or changes in height either to recommend more comfort before exercise again or give all thinness to recovery.

It should be noted that the similar Garmin watches provide many features. Data are usually provided in simpler phrases on Garmin watches, which will attract some users and disappoint others. For example, Garmin is used as a simple clock to reflect the recovery periods between exercise.

What is bad in Polar Grit X2 Pro?

Get ready to break your pork opening

I would like to pay large dollars to combine the functions of the polar pioneer, the Apple, Pixel, or Galaxy Smartwatch standard. Highly covered smart watchtocks like Wear OS will always be easier to use, but this is not the point. As a consumer, I do not see myself buying a 700 dollar sports hour and A daily passenger watch, even as a person who has many external hobbies, such as walking long distances.

Polar focuses on the currency fitness tracking side, but this investment is half enough. I can see a phone call notice on GITE X2 Pro, but I can’t make a call on the watch. I can start or stop the music from my wrists, but it cannot be worn itself and does not store media playlists. There are no polarity payment services, and this is not an hour that supports LTE. These are all the reasons that make my phone should stay on hand in every picnic, running, and walking despite the observation of my wrist with which my phone is charged.

I acknowledged that many athletes of the Territon and Cathon want to be the advanced wearable devices devices that are completely, free of phone functions. It seems more intelligent to make these features available and disable or provide an option in an LTE upgrade model. The absence of these features is understood in old and less prestigious polar watches, such as IGNITE 3, but it is more disappointing to be in a piece more than $ 700.

Should you buy it?

Tracking fitness/powerful activity, but not the most smart hour offered

There are two missing features for Polar Grit X2 Pro that I find to overlook: there is no cellular connection, and the absence of diversity in sizes. It seems logical to include a rugged smart watch created for at least an optional cellular connection. What is hostility, tourist, or cyclist does not want to know if they can send a call or text message from an hour if they lose their smartphone or leave it behind?

Regarding the size, the Grit X2 Pro looked huge on my wrist. I am not a young person, but though, the face of Grit X2 Pro 47 mm appears much more in my wrist (I am a woman) than it is on my male partner. Most of the qualifiers for a good smart watch are not exclusive between the sexes, and even some men who have smaller wrists may appreciate some diversity in the face sizes of this polar watch.

Besides these two warnings, Polar Grit X2 Pro is one of the most advanced fitness tracking devices that you have ever used. Its tool group has proven that it is invaluable during exercise, especially while walking for long distances and outdoors. The X2 Pro tracking functions are accurate as you can expect it on a consumer device, and as it wanders repeatedly, the 3D speed function was an important tool to track the speed of the sharp climb.

After using Garmin Connect and Polar Flow Companion applications, it is difficult to determine which of them is better. GARMIN Connect Data Data Partible, Colorful, and Visually Entertainment, especially for AT-ALance consumption. The polar flow is not soft and transformed; It does not organize data and trends on your home page like Connect, but a variety of available integration processes and the most advanced training and recovery features make the flow more useful for serious athletes.