Polar 2021 Buying Guide - Should you Upgrade? A Runner’s Perspective

Polar recently announced two new watches, the Vantage M2 and the Ignite 2. And with the already updated Vantage V2, Polar now has three of their most important watches updated for 2021. But which one of these watches is right for you? Or, if you have one of these watches already, do you need to upgrade?

0:00 intro
0:24 run testing
1:46 disclosures
2:14 overview
3:11 my point of view
3:49 Polar is bad at
4:50 Polar is great at
9:10 What's New
10:54 Should you Upgrade?
11:13 Ignite 2
15:26 Vantage M2
19:33 Vantage V2

disclosures: all three of these watches were provided at various points for purpose of review. No one is paying me to use any of these watches or to make this video. No one will get a chance to preview my footage or my thoughts before this video goes up on youtube.
I also mention or have used some additional devices. The Polar H9 HR Monitor and the Polar Verity Sense were shown. These devices were sent to me for purpose of review.
For the run testing, I used a Stryd footpad and a Suunto chest HR monitor. These are devices I purchased myself.

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Running footage shot on:
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