Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor Watch Black Gold #90039175
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Polar Flowlink
Get It: $54.90
- Data link accessory for transferring data between Polar product and a computer
- Connects to a PC via USB connection; requires Windows XP, 2000, or Vista
- Compatible with Polar’s FA20, FT40, FT60, and FT80 training products
- Compatible with these Polar products: FA20, FT40, FT60, and FT80
Polar Flowlink
Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor Watch Black Gold #90039175
| US $84.99 (0 Bid) End Date: Monday May-21-2012 16:44:52 PDT Buy It Now for only: US $94.99 Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list |
Polar Flowlink
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This is the link that you need to take advantage of the POLAR FA20 and upload all your exercises to your personnal web trainner.
Rated: 5 / 5 Stars
The Polar Flowlink is light, small and incredible easy to use, at least with my Polar RS300X. Therefore I have a good opinion on it.
Rated: 5 / 5 Stars
Not that you can’t enter all your information manually on to polartrainer.com but this thing takes a weeks worth of workouts and imputs it for you in about 30 seconds. Worth $54.00? maybe not but it is a nice EASY convience.
Rated: 5 / 5 Stars
First off, this product works amazingly well. Works 98% of the time on the first try with no interference, amazingly easy to upload and track information via [...]. Please note several things that may require this item to not work on your computer that many people overlook:
1) The installation software MUST be downloaded via Internet Explorer.
When I tried to download the software via Google Chrome or FireFox, the Daemon would not install at all, which rendered the product useless, as this daemon file is what allows the upload to the polar website. If you don’t download the software via internet explorer, odds are it won’t work. Tried this on 4 computers, none of which would install it correctly using ANY browser other than Internet Explorer.
2) The FlowLink itself can NOT sit on a metal surface and successfully sync your Heart-rate Monitor.
It says in the instructions, in smaller print, that the syncing process is based on a magnetic field to transfer data between your watch and the flowlink pad. If the pad itself is on a metal surface, such as a metal desk, the sync between the watch and your computer has a *very* high chance of failure. I experimented with this and found that it only successfully synced about 30% of the time on a metal surface compared with 98% success on my wooden desk. Please take note of this.
3) Despite what the website and other reviewers say, the software and the product are both very compatible with OS’s.
This product is NOT compatible with a Mac, unfortunately, but it is widely compatible with Windows. I have installed on 4 different machines, 2 running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, one running Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit and one running Windows XP 64-bit. Works flawlessly on all of the installed machines, so those that complain about a lack of Windows 7 or 64-bit support are probably either trying to download with a browser other than Internet Explorer or have their FlowLink sitting on a metal desk.
**NOTE**
Be sure to right click the installer file and select “Run as Administrator” when you install. This file does install a Daemon file, which is writing directly to the Windows Services part of the OS. This requires administrator privileges, and just to be safe, make sure that you don’t skip this step!!
I hope you all find this review helpful, as these are some tidbits of information that I believe will solve most of the problems that people are experiencing. Good luck and happy training!
Cheers,
Landon
Rated: 5 / 5 Stars
I have a FT60 heart rate monitor and was concerned by the mixed reviews but really wanted the feedback potential of this product. I’m a novice when it comes to downloading and setting up programs but this was a snap. My first data transfer was flawless and accomplished in seconds. Fear not!
MW
Rated: 5 / 5 Stars