Polar Grit X2 Pro: Lets talk

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In this episode, DC Rainmaker and DesFit talk about the new Polar Grit X2 Pro, how it compares to Garmin, COROS, and Suunto, and Strava routes now available on Polar watches.
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// Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:58 Strava Routes on Polar Watches
14:15 Polar Grit X2 Pro
45:50 Ray's Upcoming "Adventure"
/// More Info
Polar Grit X2 Pro First Look (Des - UKposts): • Polar Grit X2 Pro // A...
Polar Grit X2 Pro First Look (Ray - UKposts): • Polar Grit X2 Pro Hand...
Polar Grit X2 Pro First Look (Ray - website): www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/03/p...
Strava Routes on Polar Watches: www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/03/s...
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 88

@M1LKMAN2 Місяць тому

Grit X Pro (and previous Grit X) owner here. Perfectly happy with my current watch and polar flow. Would be even happier with a barometer readout in millibars (as found on Garmin watches). Do understand the appeal of a greatly enhanced map functionality. See the benefits of a brighter screen with more resolution. Bought my Grit X Pro a year ago, found it to be a much more stable watch than the Grit X. As I said, happy owner with no particular need for a new watch. Still I’m human, so of course I’m interested in anything new and shiny… But this feature set, at this price!? No way! Love Polar as a brand, sincerely hope for them they made the right choice.

@mikeb7117 Місяць тому

I wish I had Polar's self-confidence.

@constantinvijoli Місяць тому

By the way I just bought the Garmin Epix pro gen 2, standard 51mm with 740 euro after all taxes in Europe.

@stefanodemaio6403 Місяць тому

I've always used Suunto but I just ordered the Polar grit 2 x pro and I can't wait for it to arrive.

@ChaseTheSummit Місяць тому

lol at the comment about the “reviewer gameface”. Indeed, I was waiting for someone to crack 😬

@MVK_GS Місяць тому

The Garmin Epix 2 Pro 51 mm is my go-to. I have been using Garmin watches, including the Fenix line from the beginning. Before that, I wore Polar for my fitness needs. Garmin has just improved such that they - to me - are top of the hill.

@MyNameIs-ht9vs Місяць тому

I just do not know what they were thinking setting this price for grit x2. There is no benefits comparing with Epix.

@bonn1771 Місяць тому

great video for the week

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Thanks!

@joshhoffman1975 Місяць тому

Thanks guys, just subscribed to the podcast, the go to channels! 💖🏃‍♂️‍➡️⌚️

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Welcome aboard!

@WayeOfLife Місяць тому

Watching this I suddenly had a "omg why is my mouth so dry"... Thank you for bringing the longest mouth drop moment for me

@MateHegyhati Місяць тому

Route/Course folders would be awesome. I'd also love to have "single use courses". By this I mean, that when I create it on GC, it would be nice to have an option to make it single use. Then sync it to my device. then, when I'm finished with an activity that uses it, it could ask me, whether I'm done with that course or not. If I say yes, it is deleted not just from the watch/edge but also from my GC profile as well.

@Ajajambo Місяць тому

What's the score it's still missing ABC widgets, Storm Alarm, altitude acclimation. Garmin features are too good to let go off

@LunicLynx Місяць тому

The best one yet!

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Thanks!

@kyrreloftaas Місяць тому

Love the podcast, guys. Really great stuff!

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Much appreciated!

@danielbarakat 20 днів тому

I just ordered the grit x 2. I always use Garmin and other android wear or Apple Watches depending on the phone I’m using. This year I just want something different and I love the look of it based on the videos I’ve seen. On paper this has a the features I care about. I’m hoping I like it.

@tommyholme1698 Місяць тому

Do you guys think we will see te Garmin fenix 8 soon?

@MrDergos Місяць тому

Long tong time polar vantage M user. I'm currently considering a new sports watch. For me most important features would be mapping (automatic syncing of 3pt gpx via app as I run a fair number of trails), long battery live and good integration with training peaks. I currently have to remake most of my structured workouts in polar flow, which sucks. Most likely do the lack of this in the polar watches, I'm considering switching to Suunto or Garmin

@DavidWebb_uk Місяць тому

Similar question here. Long term polar user in need of a new watch and feeling it is time to switch away from Polar, but don't know where to go 😢

@ChiocciMicaele Місяць тому

@@DavidWebb_uk Which Polar is your last Watch?

@DavidWebb_uk Місяць тому

@@ChiocciMicaeleI had a vantage that broke, so been wearing my wife's ignite. I may have just dropped money on the 965...

@Neilveg 20 днів тому

I switched from Polar to Garmin 965. Now trying to sell the Garmin as it’s so unreliable and at £600 as well. Don’t buy the Garmin hype people ☹️

@erva1976 Місяць тому

Polar Flow and recovery features are miles ahead of Garmin. Still an expensive watch though, still rocking my 5 years old Polar

@ChiocciMicaele Місяць тому

Which features exactly?

@OJK83 8 днів тому

At time of release, the Garmin Fenix 5 Plus Sapphire was 799 EUR. Which I also find/found crazily overpriced... But I still don't understand why 749 EUR now are seen so critically, while at Fenix 5 Plus Sapphire's time, I feel everybody was kind of thinking "that's ok"... Am I missing something?

@wandatowellable Місяць тому

If it came in 50-100 cheaper than a similar Epix then there is a conversation to be had when it comes to purchasing. At that price point it was hard no from me.

@Bobjawaka Місяць тому

is the sync process as bad as the Grit X pro ?

@johnb5482 Місяць тому

For routes in Germany I will look to Komoot as a starting point then transpose that to my Garmin Connect account. In Colorado I will just use Garmin Connect.

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Yeah, European coverage is definitely Komoot's strong point. -Ray

@user-ur4lv4zh4h Місяць тому

If you want to know what new watches are that coming out, figure out what they wear both

@GazTU1 Місяць тому

I also think the Grit X2 is a bit on the ugly side too. I don't do "toy soldier" or "tactical" styling. The notchy bezel and case with exposed screw heads isn't for me. Then throw in the high price and I think I'll replace my Grit X Pro with the Vantage V3.

@Asthbendriel Місяць тому

That's an interesting choice. I am a fellow GXP user, and I wouldn't dare to use the VV3 on some or many outdoorsy sports. I do MTB every weekend and some hiking, and to be honest, I don't see myself using the VV3 without breaking it in less than a year, considering the screen protrudes over the bezel, and it is not as resistant as the GXP one, not to mention the scratches on the softer bezel. Design is subjective, but I like it the most, the screws are not exactly my thing but the rest of it, but the rest looks really nice. For now, the GXP works fine for me, so I will keep it maybe another year and let's see how the pricing goes after that, my only problem so far is, as everyone, the price.

@ukulanne Місяць тому

Polar Unite! 😁

@ricardor890 Місяць тому

Grit x2 pro woof woof

@davidsinclair2122 Місяць тому

The Polar Grit X2 Pro looks a lot like the Amazfit T-Rex Ultra. Just an observation.

@BreakawayB Місяць тому

With the $300 left over I can buy a leather watch band…and matching leather belt…and matching leather shoes!

@youpigirl5731 Місяць тому

Cette montre a l'air de ne pas être faite pour les poignets féminins. J'espère que la navigation dans les menus sera plus intuitive (tactile ?) Et que la connexion avec le téléphone sera moins laborieuse. Je me fiche des cartest, mais plutot de l'état de santé et une bonne autonomie. On verra les avis de cette Polar,Garmin va sortir une fénix 8 qui sera surement encore hors de prix, histoire de faire monter les enchères

@ChiocciMicaele Місяць тому

Tu dois regarder ça d'un autre point de vue, la technologie utilisée Polar n'a pas vraiment évolué depuis la première Vantage V. Ils sont vraiment à la ramasse comparé à la concurrence. J'ai utilisé Polar depuis 25 ans, donc je connais bien.

@jermainesmith1052 Місяць тому

You can get a brand new Epix for under $600 with discounts.

@rcuadro Місяць тому

Not going to lie. I found it strange you both have AirPods Pro in your ears and microphones... then I remembered that you guys are in not in the same set and you need a way to hear each other 😆

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Yeah, turns out to be the cleanest way to do it, so it doesn't mess up the audio recording. What you hear is the actual mics.

@user-ur4lv4zh4h Місяць тому

Those YT algorithms...I don't even own a watch

@Matt-iy2cf Місяць тому

Huawei Watch gt 4 looks amazing like this watch but costs a fraction of the price

@przemysawmarek3689 Місяць тому

Fenix 7 Pro, Epix 2 Pro vs new Polar Grit X2 pro ? features, price pls

@DavidDeLuge Місяць тому

That is very expensive; especially when you compare it to something like the Instinct 2X.

@johnmanley4528 Місяць тому

Polar needs to team up with Wear OS again or something. I used the Vantage M2 for 2-3 years. I just can’t imagine getting another Polar. They are so lacking in features.

@OJK83 Місяць тому

My Garmin Fenix 5 Plus has A LOT of features… but many of them are so badly implemented that in the end they are not usable. So from that standpoint, the Polar M400 that I had before was much more honest. It could do well what it could do. It was also pretty ugly, but still 😉

@Asthbendriel Місяць тому

Teaming with Wear OS means sending the battery down the toilet. They are on average around 3 days of battery life, and that's for a reason.

@johnmanley4528 Місяць тому

@@Asthbendriel If they can get 3 days on a Wear OS with the Polar fitness metrics that would be a win. The point is, they have to do something new. Or else, they could go under.

@johnmanley4528 Місяць тому

@@OJK83 Was it the M400 or the M600? Whatever. It was horribly uncomfortable to wear. 😂

@OJK83 Місяць тому

@@johnmanley4528 The M400 was not nice to wear… used it only when running. Still… for that money… even a HR strap was included

@benhur5826 Місяць тому

Is this watch made in China?

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Designed in Finland, manufactured in China.

@ChiocciMicaele Місяць тому

Let's be honest friends, this type of watch hasn't really taken a technological lead since the first vintage V. It's sad to say it but Polar is really falling behind. In my opinion they are trying to do everything possible to get out of there, but I don't see a way out. Their technology is so old that I think they will soon close the shop.

@thani7963 Місяць тому

What Suunto learned Polar missed in there market intelligence.

@davidbraswell1481 Місяць тому

Garmin Epix Pro 2cond gen sapphire or this watch I can't decide, and this will be my last watch for at the very least 2 years I am leaning toward this Polar grit 2 Sapphire Titanium one, I will not buy an expensive watch ever again unless it's an Amoled and Sapphire and Titanium watch Because I ruined my 965 in one bump on my fridge door handle.

@MVK_GS Місяць тому

The Epix Pro Seconds Gen Sapphire is the way to go. I have the 51mm version and I just love the huge catalogue of features and the incredible battery life (nearly a month most of the time).

@iceicebaby6980 Місяць тому

pretty soon the CEO will want $10,000 a watch and then micro-transactions to see our activities. $1.99 to save, $1.99 to upload file, $1.99 to see the app.....

@mart2.n Місяць тому

It’s expensive yes, but Garmin isn’t less money.

@RAG0407 Місяць тому

The day polar, suunto or coros has trail names on navigation. I will leave garmin

@Arid379 Місяць тому

My rolex watch is still $8k

@Pragmatist101 Місяць тому

Why depend on a dodgy OHR sensor and some mathematical algorithm when a simple proven HR chest strap sensor WORKS fine and accurate!?!

@thefitfile Місяць тому

Comfort, convenience, and additional cost come to mind. This is coming from someone who always wears a chest HR strap btw. (Des)

@Pragmatist101 Місяць тому

@thefitfile but why must those of us who always use a chest strap happily and comfortably be held to ransom by those that are not able to handle a chest strap? Why must those of us who want accurate info be forced to have to accept less accurate algorithm based stats? Polar make super accurate chest strap HRMs. Their older designs even worked in water. Now, we all stuck with less accurate, more expensive gimmick laden watches from all the manufacturers.

@thefitfile Місяць тому

@@Pragmatist101 All the sport-focused watches on the market today continue to support chest straps, and even unlock extra features with chest straps (e.g. Garmin & Polar and various additional metrics that require a chest strap). But, for many companies, the accuracy of optical HR is not meeting, if not even exceeding (especially in cooler/dryer weather) chest straps. But nobody is requiring you be locked into an optical HR sensor. (-Ray)

@Ordinary-Hendrik Місяць тому

Why can’t polar design a good heart rate sensor like Apple, huawei, Garmin in the first place? Band aids with software is not solving the problem.

@vong4518 Місяць тому

Money… Polar isn`t doing so good and RND is few years of behind others. I fear that if Ignite3/V3/Grit x2 Pro wont sell good, it`s the end of Polar as we know it… It`ll go bankrupt or some chinese multicorp will buy it out of Finland like what happened with Suunto

@Ordinary-Hendrik Місяць тому

@@vong4518 I think Casio might buy polar’s ecosystem like Garmin buy first beat. Very sad. Ignite 3’s problem is the un sensitive touch screen. Vantage 3 and grit 2x pro is the heart rate sensor and the high price. I have a gbd h2000 Casio , the one using polar ecosystem, the heart rate sensor is do better than the ignite 3. You can see how sad it is. No matter who acquire who, just hope everyone can keep their job.

@vong4518 Місяць тому

@@Ordinary-Hendrikit is… As a Finn i root for Polar, but since they are behind and dont have NFC payment, i went 51mm Epix Pro Sapphire. Hope they figure things out, sort their sh*t out and come up with something brilliant saving themselves… Polar is the real OG, so it deserves to be saved

@Ordinary-Hendrik Місяць тому

@@vong4518 I love polar, I think their eco system is simple and beautiful. It is a simplistic style of its own. Garmin is just too much data. I would think if polar vantage 3 / grit 2x pro has Casio’s heart rate sensor. Selling it at 25% off the price, they can compete.

@Phat-rj3jo Місяць тому

@@vong4518sadly that’s the truth, Polar doesn’t have the budget the others have and once you are behind it’s so hard to catch up.