Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap Reviews

Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £190 – Save 5% (RRP: £199.5)

Take a look now to discover what makes Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.

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Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap features

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 Silicone Strap.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap 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.

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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 Silicone Strap

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

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 Silicone Strap was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £190 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.4 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 £190.

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 58 cost more than Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap and 78 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, 7 were more expensive than Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap and 20 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 Silicone Strap comes in below average.

7 products that meet this search were more expensive than Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap and 8 were cheaper.

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Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap 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 Silicone Strap reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.1 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 Silicone Strap or another similar product, like Polar Polar Vantage V GPS Watch reviews or Polar Grit X Multisport Watch Wrist Band 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.

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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.

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YouTube Video of Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap

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

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap. 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 8.6/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25314710085
• Product ID 2: 767611UK
• Brand: Polar
• Model number: 90079898
• RRP: £199.5
• EAN: 725882052816
• Description: Polar Ignite GPS Watch Silicone Strap (UK)Ignite your training, adventures, your day to day activities, and even your sleep with Polar’s Ignite GPS watch. It’s blends a sleek and lightweight design that is engineered for 24/7 use with a classic watch look hiding the smartwatch within.FitSparkJump straight into working out with FitSpark which creates ready-made, daily, on-demand workouts that match your recovery, fitness level and training history. This takes the stress out of finding the right workout. Using WHO’s recommendations for weekly physical activity for adults the feature creates 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous cardio training and resistant training two times a week.Fitness ClassWhen taking part in group exercises you can see exactly how you’re doing by tracking your heart rate, finding out how many calories you’ve burned and see a summary of your workout afterwards.Run, Walk and RidePolar’s Ignite Watch offers advanced tracking of your running, cycling and walking, plus other outdoor workouts with integrated GPS that tracks your speed, distance and route.Polar Flow AppEasily connect the watch to the Polar Flow app for even more options and features. The app is a web service that is your automatic workout log and becomes the home of your sleep and activity data and the place for you to track all your progress.SleepSleep is one of the crucial events in our day to rebuild and recover while also being integral to our general health and wellbeing. The Nightly Recharge is a recovery measurement that shows how well you recover from stress and training during the night – helping further to make optimal choices during the day. Meanwhile, the Sleep Plus Stages which offers detailed insight into the different stages of your sleep showing the quality of your sleep.StressWhen your heart rate is elevated and you’re feeling the strain the watch comes with Serene breathing exercises that can be used for a couple of minutes to guide your breathing and to help you calm your stress levels.In the BoxPolar Ignite fitness watchCharging cablePolar Ignite user manualInformation noteSpecsDisplay Type: Colour touch display with ambient light sensorDisplay Resolution: 240 x 240 pixelsDisplay Material: Dragontail glass lensMaterials: Glass fibre reinforced polymer case. Stainless steel bezel and buttonBattery Type: 165 mAh lithium-polymerBattery Life: 17 hours (training mode), 5 days (watch mode)Water Rating: 30m water resistant (suitable for swimming)Weight: 35g (with wristband), 21g (without wristband)Dimensions: 43mm x 43mm x 8.5mmFeaturesIntegrated GPS for tracking speed, distance, route and altitudeNightly Recharge lets you see how well you recover from your day during the nightSleep Plus Stages allows you to follow your sleep stages giving you insight into your sleep qualitySmartphone notificationsAdvanced wrist-based heart rate monitoringFitSpark daily training guide provides ready-made daily workoutsSerene breathing exercisesSwimming metricsSmart calorie trackingActivity guide gives you a personalised daily activity goalRunning Index estimates your running VO2maxFitness Tests that test your fitness in just 5 minutesRunning Programme provides personal and adaptive training plans that fit your personal goalsTraining Load Pro quantifies the strain of your training sessionsSupports over 100 different sporting activitiesBuy Polar Run GPS from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Nutrition & Training > GPS
• Savings percentage from RRP: 5%
• Size: S/M
• Unisex
• 9.5
• Adult

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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 Silicone Strap included,
Polar Grit X Multisport GPS Watch reviews, Polar A370 Fitness Watch reviews, or we really liked the look of Polar OH1 Armband reviews as another alternative.