Polar Ignite 2 Gold
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The Polar Ignite 2 Gold is a sleek looking and multi-functional smartwatch. Thanks to the fine appearance, you can wear it to the office or a party. You can match the smartwatch to your style with a different strap and personalized watch faces. This watch has many useful functions. For example, you can track all your fitness workouts with the Ignite 2. This watch also tracks your heart rate, sleep, and recovery thanks to the accurate built-in heart rate monitor. Based on this information, the watch determines your fitness level and proposes training goals. The Ignite 2 suggests workouts and helps you to improve your sports performance. You can control your music during your workout and check the weather forecast on your wrist. The first Polar Ignite doesn't have these functions.
Note: a charger adapter isn't included. Want to charge the watch via a socket? Use the charger adapter of your phone charger or order a separate charger adapter.
This watch is recommended for a wrist circumference of 15 to 17cm.
Compatible with operating system | Android, iOS | |
Recommended for wrist circumference | 13 - 21 cm | |
Quality of sports readings | Decent | |
Quality of health readings | Mediocre | |
Battery life in time mode | 5 days | |
Type of heart rate measurement | Optical heart rate measurement | |
Required iPhone model | iPhone 6s or later | |
Required Android version smartphone | Android 7.0 or higher |
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It is a fine sports watch, but you have to get used to the fact that the time is not continuously displayed and the response to turning the wrist is disappointing. The battery life is also very disappointing, charging almost daily. When exercising, the options are good and fortunately the screen can be continuously activated. Too bad this has to be reactivated every time.
André
27 August 2021
Automatically translated from Dutch
I like the watch because of the continuous heart rate measurement, the extensive registration of movement, sleep and sleep duration. I tend to put the strap on a little too tight, but that doesn't cause any irritation (yet). However, for a lot of measurements and notifications you have to study the manual and the Polar website. It can hold 20 sport profiles, so when setting up the watch, add the missing ones via the flow web service. The calculations regarding fitness, training course and sleep recovery take a few days to appear but that is understandable. For a number of actions (e.g. display continuously on during training) you have to do a few extra actions because there is only one button on it.
Godfried
8 May 2021
Automatically translated from Dutch
So far I have only used the watch for a week, and only for swimming. During daily activity I have no problems yet. One problem people might have is that there is a daily activity counter instead of a pedometer. This daily activity counter also seems to confuse cycling with walking. I'm not exactly sure how this works, but when I cycle somewhere, I have thousands of steps, which I most likely have not taken. I cycle for my commute, so I hadn't thought of including this as an activity in the watch.
I didn't experience any problems while swimming. One problem (which is the same with all sports watches I've owned so far) is that it doesn't recognize when you're swimming kicks (without using arms). So far I've also swam some smaller butterfly distances (mostly medleys), and these weren't counted as a butterfly in the polar flow app. I don't know if it takes more butterfly strokes than a few 50s for it to start recognizing it, or if this is a watch issue.
For the price, I think it's a good sports watch. I would have bought a more expensive version from Polar, but most of their really "good" watches are way too big for a woman's wrist. I also wanted a watch that looks normal, instead of looking like I'm about to fly to Mars.
Nanna
13 July 2021
Automatically translated from Dutch
The Polar Ignite 2 is similar in functions to the Polar Vantage M2, but is suitable for a different target group. You can also track your workouts with the Ignite 2, but you can improve your health in general as well. Are you curious about the differences and similarities? Read more here.
Product number | 879361 | |
Manufacturer code | 90085185 | |
Brand | Polar | |
Warranty | 2 years | |
Processing of your defect | Via Coolblue |
Compatible with operating system | Android, iOS | |
Required iPhone model | iPhone 6s or later | |
Required Android version smartphone | Android 7.0 or higher | |
Operating system | Other brand-specific | |
Year introduced | 2021 | |
Guaranteed support with updates | 60 months after release date |
Watch case color | Gold | |
Watch case material | Aluminum | |
Watch case shape | Round | |
Width | 43 mm | |
Depth | 8,5 mm | |
Weight | 35 g | |
Size watch case | Large | |
Recommended for wrist circumference | 13 - 21 cm | |
Total storage capacity | 0,32 GB | |
Water resistance | 3 | |
Shockproof | ||
Controlled via buttons on device |
Watch strap material | Plastic | |
Watch strap color | Beige | |
Closure type | Buckle | |
Interchangeable watch strap | ||
Compatibility watch strap | Universal |
Screen type | LCD | |
Always-on display | ||
Data display | Digital | |
Touchscreen | ||
Color screen | ||
Adjustable watch face | ||
Type of glass | Dragon trail glass |
Battery life in time mode | 5 days | |
Battery life in sports mode | 20 hours | |
Energy source solar power | ||
Wireless charging |
Internet connection options | WiFi only | |
Bluetooth | ||
ANT+ | ||
Independent music player | ||
Music controls | ||
Built-in microphone | ||
Built-in speakers | ||
Spoken directions | ||
Call options | [Show incoming calls] | |
Smartphone notifications | Receive messages | |
Smart reply | ||
App installation possible | ||
Camera operation | ||
NFC |
Pedometer | ||
Measures distance | ||
Speedometer | ||
Measures stairs climbed |
Heart rate measurement | ||
Heart rate zones | ||
Heart rate sensor | Chest strap sold separately, Integrated pulse sensor | |
Type of heart rate measurement | Optical heart rate measurement | |
Heart rate measurement moment | Continuously | |
Irregular heartbeat notification | ||
Heart rate measurement under water |
Quality of health readings | Mediocre | |
Skin temperature sensor | ||
Oximeter | ||
EDA sensor | ||
Sleep score | ||
Measure REM sleep | ||
Average heart rate during sleep | ||
Measure recovery during sleep | ||
Menstrual cycle tracking | ||
Pregnancy monitoring |
Quality of sports readings | Decent | |
Recommended for sports | Fitness, Swimming | |
Adjust sport profiles | ||
Manual training programs | ||
Save personal records | ||
Measure fitness age | ||
Recovery advice | ||
Interval training | ||
VO2 max measurement | ||
Automatic pausing | ||
Measures minutes of intensive training | ||
Measures average speed during activity | ||
Lap counter | ||
Race prognosis | ||
Measures swimming distance | ||
Measures swimming speed | ||
Swimming lap counter | ||
Connection to fitness machines possible |
Built-in GPS receiver | ||
Global satellite navigation system | GLONASS, GPS, Galileo, QZSS | |
GPS application | Navigation, Route registration |
Compass | ||
Altimeter | ||
Accelerometer | ||
Thermometer |
Fall detection | ||
Alarm function | ||
Geofencing |
