Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £67.99 – Save 2% (RRP: £69.5)

Take a look now to discover what makes Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

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Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor 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 Heart Rate Monitors. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor 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 Heart Rate Monitors. 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 Heart Rate Monitors. 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 Heart Rate Monitors 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 Heart Rate Monitors.

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 OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor.

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 OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £67.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.8 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Heart Rate Monitors

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

We found 28 in the Heart Rate Monitors category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £59.68, making it above average at £67.99.

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 Heart Rate Monitors. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £152.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £9.00.

With 28 products available we worked out that 9 cost more than Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor and 18 were cheaper.

Cost of Polar products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 28 products from Polar, of which 11 were in the Heart Rate Monitors 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 below 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, 16 were more expensive than Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor and 11 were cheaper.

How much are Polar Heart Rate Monitors?

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

The average price of the 11 products that match this search was £52.85, with the cheapest coming in at £15.50 and highest price was £134.50. With the average being £52.85, Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor comes in above average.

3 products that meet this search were more expensive than Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor and 7 were cheaper.

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Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor 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 OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.1 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Heart Rate Monitors category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 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 OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor or another similar product, like Polar Ignite GPS Watch Replacement Wrist Band 2019 reviews or Polar Vantage M GPS watch replacement strap 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 Heart Rate Monitors.

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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 Heart Rate Monitors. 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 OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor. 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 9.2/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010855917
• Product ID 2: 731845UK
• Brand: Polar
• Model number: 92074854
• RRP: £69.5
• EAN: 725882050027
• Description: Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate SensorAn arm-based heart rate monitor that uses a 6-LED optical heart rate system to provide clear and accurate heart rate information. The OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor allows you to connect to gym equipment, smart watches, cycling computers, and other devices via Bluetooth and ANT+. The sensor is waterproof and the armband fits snugly, comfortably and discreetly.FeaturesTracks your heart rate with high quality 6-LED optical heart rate solutionBuilt-in memory that can store up to 200 hours of training dataSyncs to any Bluetooth and ANT+ compatible devicesThe armband fits snugly, comfortably and discreetlyOver-the-air updatesWater resistant up to 30mUp to 12 hours of training time on a single chargeDimensions: 29.85mm x 9.5mmBuy Polar Heart Rate Monitors from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Nutrition & Training > Heart Rate Monitors
• Savings percentage from RRP: 2%
• Unisex
• 1.51
• Adult

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Other options for Heart Rate Monitors

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Heart Rate Monitors. 28 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Polar OH1 + Optical Heart Rate Sensor included,
Polar H9 Heart Rate Sensor reviews, Polar Bike Mount Set reviews, or we really liked the look of Polar T31 Coded Transmitter Belt reviews as another alternative.