Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 Review

Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 Reviews

Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £174.5 (RRP: £174.5)

Take a look now to discover what makes Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.

Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 Review


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Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 features

Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 specs

Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019
Spec 1

Colour: Black

Other GPS found with this Spec: 6387

Spec 2

Option: M/L, S/M

Other GPS found with this Spec: 1

Feature 1

Integrated GPS

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 2

Nightly Recharge system shows how well you recover from your day during the night

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 3

Sleep Plus Stages allows you to follow your sleep stages and get insights to your sleep quality

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 4

Smartphone notifications

Other GPS found with this feature: 8

Feature 5

Over 100 different sport specific profiles

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 6

Advanced wrist-based heart rate monitor

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 7

FitSpark daily training guide

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 8

Serene breathing exercises

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 9

Swimming metrics

Other GPS found with this feature: 4

Feature 10

Works with Polar Club group heart rate system

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 11

Smart Calories advanced calorie burning system

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 12

Personalised daily activity goal that motivates you to keep moving throughout the day

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 13

Running Index estimates your running VO2max

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 14

Training Benefit feature provides motivating feedback immediately after training sessions

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 15

Continuous heart rate monitoring throughout the day

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 16

5-minute fitness test

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 17

Running Programme provides personal and adaptive training plans that fit you and your goals

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Feature 18

Training Load Pro system quantifies the strain of your training session and see how your training strains your body

Other GPS found with this feature: 1

Price

£174.5

Number of Reviews

3

Review Score

5 / 5

Average score in category: 4.1/5

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Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying GPS. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new GPS. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling GPS. Brands like Polar are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the GPS category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.


Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for GPS.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £174.5 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of GPS

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for GPS.

We found 137 in the GPS category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £204.89, making it below average at £174.5.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on GPS. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £849.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.

With 137 products available we worked out that 69 cost more than Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 and 67 were cheaper.

Cost of Polar products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 28 products from Polar, of which 16 were in the GPS category.

For now though we’re looking at Polar branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £148.66 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Polar product we found was £15.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £425.99.

Of the 28 from Polar, 11 were more expensive than Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 and 16 were cheaper.

How much are Polar GPS?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Polar products that are listed in the GPS category.

The average price of the 16 products that match this search was £214.82, with the cheapest coming in at £16.90 and highest price was £425.99. With the average being £214.82, Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 comes in below average.

11 products that meet this search were more expensive than Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 and 4 were cheaper.


Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the GPS category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 or another similar product, like Polar Ignite GPS Watch with Silicone Strap 2019 reviews or Polar Vantage V GPS Watch with HR 2019 reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy GPS.


Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy GPS. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Polar, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.


YouTube Video of Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 reviews.


Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.


Further product details

  • Product ID 1: 25308825887
  • Product ID 2: 757863UK
  • Brand: Polar
  • Model number: 90071065
  • RRP: £174.5
  • EAN: 725882047904
  • Description: Polar Ignite GPS WatchA waterproof fitness watch with advanced wrist-based heart rate and integrated GPS.FitSparkPolar’s Ignite GPS Watch lets you get on with your workout straight away with the FitSpark feature which is a training guide that offers ready-made, on-demand workouts that match your recovery and readiness.Group FitnessWhen working out in a group you can connect on a new level by tracking heart rates, calories burned and see a summary of your workout afterwards.TrackingWhether you’re running, cycling, skiing, hiking, etc. the watch uses integrated GPS to track your speed, distance and route. This can be used to track any of your outdoor activities.Polar Flow AppFor further options The Polar Flow app and web service is your automatic workout log and allows you to keep track of your sleep and activity data allowing you to see and share trends as your performance improves.SleepSleep is one of the most integral parts of the recovery process and the Nightly Recharge system shows exactly how well you recover from stress during the night and helps you to make optimal choices during the day. Additionally, Sleep Plus Stages follows your sleep stages and provides core insight into the different stages of your sleep.Breathe and FocusStress can be extremely counter productive to your health and wellbeing throughout your daily life. The Ignite comes with the Serene breathing exercise feature which can be used at any moment throughout the day to relax your body and calm your mind.In the BoxPolar Ignite fitness watchCharging cablePolar Ignite user manualInformation noteSpecificationsDisplay Type: Gesture-activated colour touch display (IPS TFT) with ambient light sensor (ALS). Always-on option in training mode.Display Resolution: 240 x 240 pixelsLens Material: Dragontrail glass lensCase Material: Glass fibre reinforced polymer caseBezel and Button Material: Stainless steelBattery Type: 165 mAh lithium-polymerMaximum Runtime: 17 hours (training mode – with GPS and wrist-based heart rate), 5 days (watch mode with continuous heat rate tracking)Wrist Sizes: 130-185mm (small), 155-210mm (medium/large)Connectivity: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)UI Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Czech, Japanese, Chinese (simplified).Water Rating: Water resistant 30mWeight: 35gDimensions: 43mm x 43mm x 8.5mmFeaturesIntegrated GPSNightly Recharge system shows how well you recover from your day during the nightSleep Plus Stages allows you to follow your sleep stages and get insights to your sleep qualitySmartphone notificationsOver 100 different sport specific profilesAdvanced wrist-based heart rate monitorFitSpark daily training guideSerene breathing exercisesSwimming metricsWorks with Polar Club group heart rate systemSmart Calories advanced calorie burning systemPersonalised daily activity goal that motivates you to keep moving throughout the dayRunning Index estimates your running VO2maxTraining Benefit feature provides motivating feedback immediately after training sessionsContinuous heart rate monitoring throughout the day5-minute fitness testRunning Programme provides personal and adaptive training plans that fit you and your goalsTraining Load Pro system quantifies the strain of your training session and see how your training strains your bodyBuy Polar Run GPS from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Full Category: Nutrition & Training > GPS
  • Size: S/M
  • Unisex
  • 0
  • Adult

Other options for GPS

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying GPS. 137 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Polar Ignite GPS Watch 2019 included,
Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap reviews, Polar Polar Vantage V GPS Watch reviews, or we really liked the look of Polar Grit X Multisport Watch Wrist Band reviews as another alternative.

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