Buy Polar Pacer & Pacer Pro with New Heart Rate Monitor, Improved GPS & More | 2022 Comparison & Review  

The 2022 Polar Pacer or Pacer Pro might just be the new essential GPS running watch you're looking for. Here's what you need to know:

• Pacer running basics include: Pace, Time, Distance, Stopwatch, Lap Timer, Interval Timer, Training Targest, Training Load Pro, Running Program
• Pacer Pro adds: VO2 Max, Running Performace Test, Running Index, Race Time Predictor, Running Power
• Assited-GPS for faster fix times and best positioning
• Advanced optical heart rate tracking
• A sunlight-readable display
• It's 40g light with a minimalist design
• Ergonomic, super-grip buttons with non-touchscreen
• Rapid charging and data transfer
• Faster processor for a faster performing running watch

Polar Precision Prime™ sensor fusion technology tracks your heart rate from the wrist. This innovation combines optical heart rate measurement with other sensor technologies to rule out motion artifacts that might disturb the heart rate signal and produce unreliable readings.

On the Pacer and Pacer Pro, Polar optimized the heart rate sensor by taking the algorithm that omits motion from the equation and made it better. Then they made the sensor smaller and removed the famous Polar bumps. Why? It's the “Goldilocks Zone” for HR measurement—not too big, not too small, but just right.

Polar Pacer Colors:

• Night Black
• Cloud White
• Deep Teal
• Purple Dusk

Polar Pacer Pro Colors:

• Carbon Gray
• Snow White
• Midnight Blue
• Autumn Maroon
• Aurora Green

The Polar Pacer and Pacer Pro have the same Battery Life.

• Battery life training mode: up to 35 hrs
  
• Battery life watch mode: up to 7 days
• Battery life with power save training mode: up to 100 hrs
• Battery capacity: 265 mAh
• Battery type: Li-Pol
• Battery rechargeable: Yes

The Polar Pacer and Pacer Pro have an entirely new, updated charging cable!

It clips on to the back of the watch with magnets. It's very secure—you can dangle the watch from it.

Because it's shaped differently than the disc-shaped charging cables for previous Polar watches, you won't be able to swap out chargers.

But who cares, when this new charging cable is less cumbersome—and charges fast!

The Polar Pacer and Pacer Pro running watches are the same size with the specs.

Dimensions

• Width: 45 mm
• Height: 45 mm
• Thickness: 11.5 mm

Weight

• Total weight: 40 g (Pacer Pro: 41g)
• Total weight without wristband: 23 g

Display

• Display type: MIP (memory-in-pixel)
• Display size: 1.2 Inch
• Display resolution: 240 × 240
• Touchscreen: No
• Always on display: Yes
• Ambient light sensor: No

No. Neither the Pacer or Pacer Pro have a touchscreen.

Polar designed this watch with the essentials for runners in mind. The ergonomic super-grip and 5-button operation offer confidence and convenience—even with sweaty skin and in all weather conditions.

In his review, Dave explains that he prefers not to use the Polar touchscreens as they tend to lag.

Polar's button operation design makes it easy to navigate features on the run.

The Pacer and Pacer Pro running watches offer improved Polar GPS that works anywhere in the world.

Pacer/Pacer Pro's built-in GPS works together with GLONASS and Galileo global navigation satellite systems, and QZSS regional navigation satellite system for East Asia and Oceania to provide accurate speed, distance, and route data anywhere on the planet.

Assisted-GPS provides faster fixes and tells your watch the predicted positions of the satellites, making it possible to receive signals from them within seconds wherever you are, even under difficult conditions.

When put to the test against the Garmin tactix 7—the most accurate GPS smartwatch Dave from Chase the Summit has experienced—the Polar Pacer Pro wasn't perfet, but defiinitely improved.