Loop

Polar

Loop

53.6/100
291 Reddit opinions

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Polar Black Weeks Sale Has Started

no polar loop in the sale.... how is this even a black friday when all polar is trying to lay off the stock that does not sell.

hopeful257 in r/Polarfitness

November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM

89

Look at what the Visible Health band is showing during this flare. Invisible illness made VERY visible.

if they spent like half their incessant ad budget on getting these things approved through insurance or just cutting the price they might be affordable. the actual sensor that the visible band uses is one of the polar sensors. I think its pretty close to the polar loop. what you're paying for isn't

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psychopompandparade in r/Fibromyalgia

July 5, 2026 at 8:46 AM

25

Surprised by the app ugly UI

I’ve been a Polar user for 12 years and I have no intention of switching to something else. The hardware’s good and I enjoy the fact that the product has so little bloat outside actual sports tracking. But my god, I don’t understand what the folks at the company are doing all day long. They release

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julmurityty in r/Polarfitness

May 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM

14

Now Whoop sues Polar over fitness tracker design

As a Whoop user (soon to leave them) I hope they lose. Polar looks much better. And any person with a single brain cell can see the difference between Loop and Whoop from 10 feet. If Whoop reaaaally wants to go this way, then Helio Strap is more similar to Whoop in terms of looks, imo.

niko_bon in r/Polarfitness

October 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM

25

Polar Loop - worth getting?

Make sure you like Polar's app and web setup first. I don't mind it but the presentation is dated and a turn off for a lot of people. If you change your mindset about "steps" a little bit and think more in terms of a general activity tally, yes it'll track "steps". In some ways Polar's approach here

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Grumpy_Squatch in r/Polarfitness

June 28, 2026 at 1:38 PM

10

Google just launched the Fitbit Air. $99 and no subscription needed. It is so over for WHOOP. ( I feel sorry for you if you brought some.)

If you want something similar but with privacy (not harvesting your data) you can buy Polar's Loop for 199$

arrizaba in r/tech_x

May 8, 2026 at 11:09 AM

10

Polar’s new wearable is screen-free, subscription-free and a direct competitor to Whoop

The upcoming polar loop is a screen-free fitness tracker with interchangeable bands starting at 179.90€ from the well-known fitness watch brand Polar 🇫🇮. It competes with Whoop and Amazfit’s existing screen-less tracker the former famously requires an expensive subscription to use (and no more free u

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tom_zeimet in r/BuyFromEU

September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM

67

Bad experience - product Feedback -Loop

Hi there. I get the impression that it bought the Loop wishing it would be everything without doing any research before. A M3 or I3 might have been more suitable for you. Polar doesn’t do fluffing.Shoe tracking, reps detection and cool stuff. The apps do lack but it does what it needs and the algori

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sorryusername in r/Polarfitness

April 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM

9

What happened to Polar?

Polar's problems are bigger than the US, and their decline significantly predates the current US administration. Long story short: they stopped innovating. Flow hasn't seen any real updates in a decade; entire product lines (e.g. cycling computers) have been canceled, the software in their devices i

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sathomasga in r/Polarfitness

November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM

18

Polar loops tracking system is beyond good and evil

You should read how polar measures activities. It is not wrong, but different to other systems. https://support.polar.com/en/support/the_what_and_how_of_polar_24_7_activity_tracking Here is the loop manual, also worth to read: https://support.polar.com/e_manuals/polar-loop/polar-loop-user-manual-english/manua

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Ulmanisch in r/Polarfitness

March 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM

16

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