Polar Vantage M3
You want something smart but sporty, compact but powerful, stylish but strong. You want to train harder but recover faster; sleep better but explore more. You want pro-level sports tracking but everyday lifestyle features. You want a Polar Vantage M3: the multi-sport watch for multi-sport athletes.
Polar Grit X2 Pro Titan
Polar Grit X2 Pro Titan is a rough and rugged outdoor sports watch crafted for adventure with sapphire glass AMOLED display in titanium casing, and a hi-tech toolkit of navigation and performance features for exploring the wonders of the world, and the body.
Polar Grit X2 Pro
Polar Grit X2 Pro is a rough and rugged outdoor sports watch crafted for adventure with sapphire crystal glass AMOLED display, and a hi-tech toolkit of navigation and performance features for exploring the wonders of the world, and the body.
Polar Vantage V3
An ensemble of biosensing instruments, AMOLED display, dual-frequency GPS, maps, and the most comprehensive suite of training and recovery tools on the market. The stage is set, and the Polar Vantage V3 smart sports watch is ready to put in the performance of a lifetime.
Polar Ignite 3
Polar Ignite 3 is a stylish fitness & wellness watch that helps you live a more energized life. It tracks your sleep, activity, and heart rate to provide guidance that’s tailored to your body and lifestyle.
Polar Pacer Pro
Polar Pacer Pro is an ultra-light, new-generation sports watch with integrated barometer that equips athletes with advanced tools to improve running economy, training sessions, and sports performance.
Polar Pacer
Sport is play – why complicate it? Polar Pacer is a no-nonsense sports watch that gives new athletes all the essentials, plus the specialized training tools they need to train better.
Polar Vantage V2
A powerful convergence of minimalist design, innovative technology, and intelligent training and recovery tools make Polar Vantage V2 our most formidable sportswatch to date.
Polar Grit X Pro
Built for military-level durability with sapphire glass and ultra-long battery, equipping you with new navigation tools, always-on outdoor features and Polar's ultimate training solutions.
Polar Vantage M2
Designed for function, the Polar Vantage M2 works as hard as you do. Our industry-leading technology is here to help you reach your goals and come back stronger. For that athlete attitude.
Polar Ignite 2
A fitness watch that’s sleek, simple and smart? Polar Ignite 2 is a true triple threat. Versatile and full of great features, it’s the perfect companion for any sport and any lifestyle.
Polar Ignite
A waterproof fitness watch with advanced wrist-based heart rate and integrated GPS, Polar Ignite offers you a full view of your day and guides you towards a more balanced life.
Polar Unite
A beautifully simple watch with personalized daily workout guidance, 24/7 heart rate and activity tracking, plus automatic sleep and recovery applications.
Polar Vantage M
An all-round multisport & running GPS watch for anyone who loves setting new records. Polar Vantage M is a slim, lightweight training companion that gives you all the data you need to improve your performance.
Polar Grit X
An outdoor multisport watch with rugged yet lightweight design, ultra-long battery life and military-standard durability for anyone who prefers the trails over the roads.
Polar M430
A GPS running watch with wrist-based heart rate, advanced running features and Polar Running Program, Polar M430 is a top-level watch for runners who want more.
Polar Verity Sense
When freedom of movement is important to you, Polar Verity Sense is your go-to choice for any sport.
Polar H10
Widely regarded as the gold standard in wireless heart rate monitoring, this is the most accurate sensor in Polar’s history.
Polar H9
A reliable, high-quality heart rate chest strap for all your everyday sports with Bluetooth® and ANT+ connectivity. Get connected and get going.
Polar OH1+
Polar OH1 is an optical heart rate monitor that combines versatility, comfort and simplicity. You can use it both as a standalone device and pair it with various fitness apps, sports watches and smart watches, thanks to Bluetooth® and ANT+ connectivity.
Wristbands
Personalize any watch for any style and any need.
Straps
Replace or upgrade your Polar Sensor chest straps or arm bands.
Power & Cables
For charging your products and data transfer.
Mounts & Adapters
Adapt your product for any situation.
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Polar Grit X Outdoor Series
Made for outdoor sports and built to handle any environment nature can throw at you, Grit X watches are designed to help you explore the world and gear up for adventure.
Polar Vantage Performance Series
Our flagship series is tailored for high-performance and endurance sports and training. Every aspect of our Vantage watches are designed with one particular person in mind – the athlete.
Polar Pacer Multisport Series
The Pacer Series gives athletes all the essentials such as accurate GPS and precise heart rate tracking, plus the specialized training, sleep, and recovery tools they need to train better.
Polar Ignite Fitness & Wellness Series
Sleek, simple, and smart – Ignite watches are the perfect partner for any fitness goals and any lifestyle.
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Polar Ignite 3
Fitness & Wellness Watch
Polar Ignite 3 is a stylish fitness & wellness watch that helps you live a more energized life. It tracks your sleep, activity, and heart rate to provide guidance that’s tailored to your body and lifestyle.
Polar Ignite 3
Find Your Rhythm.
It’s time to wake up.
Open your eyes to a full analysis of your body’s recovery overnight and get your alertness forecast for the day ahead.
Nightly Recharge™
How did you sleep last night?
You’ll get a breakdown showing you how well your body recovered overnight.
SleepWise™
It's gonna be one of those days.
See the effect your sleep had on your day’s energy and alertness levels.
Nightly Skin Temperature
Let's warm up with some cold facts.
Get a reading of how your temperature fluctuated on the surface as you slept.
Now that you're up...
Our bodies are most alert in the late morning to afternoon, and fresh air and sunshine can do wonders for a person. Take the opportunity to get out and get active.
Activity Target
Here's a goal you can achieve today.
Every step and move you make counts...automatically.
Polar Fitness Tests
Which level are you at?
It’s good to know where you’re starting from.
We have some work to do.
Squeezing exercise into a busy schedule is difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Early evening is actually a great time to train because your body is naturally primed for it.
FitSpark®
We’ve prepared some workouts for you.
Daily exercise suggestions chosen to suit your body’s condition and readiness.
Voice Guidance
We can talk you through it.
Get in-training audio feedback through Polar Flow with your headphones or phone speaker.
Work-Rest Guide
Set. Ready. Go.
Personal training analysis for strength training and multi-joint exercises to tell you when it’s time for your next set.
Over 150 of your favorite activities.
You can pick any sport or activity you like, when you like, and get the tools you need to track it.
Count your calories right.
Smart Calories
A consumer update.
Check the total amount of calories you’ve burned so far.
Energy Sources
Let’s break it down.
See the percentage of fat, protein, and carbs you used.
Serene™
Now you can relax.
Guided breathing to help you calm your mind, body, and soul.
Starting to feel tired?
It’s your body’s way of saying you’ve done enough for the day. Switch off, wind-down, and get ready for bed. Your body will work on getting you ready for another big day.
Sleep Gate
Your window of opportunity.
Remember SleepWise? It also anticipates the optimal time for sleep.
Sleep Plus Stages™
You count sheep. We count sleep.
Every stage of sleep you go through at night will be automatically tracked.
Let's dream about your new watch.
See your own reflection on a beautifully clear, curved AMOLED touchscreen – with widgets you can customize.
Curved Lens
A beautiful, seamless experience.
Hi-Res AMOLED Display
For sharper, crisper vivid colors.
Gorilla Glass 3.0 Touchscreen
Extremely tough, but very sensitive.
Quick-Access Widgets
Focus on what's important.
Customize your views to have the data you need and want ready at your fingertips.
Precision Prime™ OHR Technology
Your heart never lies.
10 LEDs across a range of wavelengths for deeper light penetration and 4 light detectors to pick up the light returning through your vessels – it’s more than accurate, this is precision.
Learn moreLong-Life Battery
Charges in minutes. Lasts for days.
Up to
100 hours
training time in power-save mode.
Up to
30 hours
training time with full GPS and HR Tracking.
Up to
5 days
on a single charge in watch mode.
High-Speed CPU
Complex data made simple, quickly.
For a smoother, more powerful UI experience and performance.
*compared to Polar Ignite 2
Dual-Frequency GPS
Find yourself wherever you are.
More accurate with less interference from tall buildings and bad weather.
in average position error.
Designed for early birds, and night owls
With four gorgeous finishes and a selection of changeable wristbands, this is a watch that looks good anytime, anywhere, and on any body.
Changeable Wristbands
For a variety of life styles.
Customize the look of your Ignite 3 to suit yourself with our new range of bands.
Polar Flow
It's more than a watch.
Set your goals, plan your workouts, and track your progress with all of the data from your body synced automatically.
Bonus packs
Every purchase comes with additional tools to boost your performance.
- Calm
- adidas Running
Calm
3-Month Free Premium Trial.
Manage stress, improve sleep, and live more fully with personalized content and tools that help you develop healthy habits daily to support your mental health.
Learn more- Calm offer is not available if you've previously tried Calm Premium. Offer valid through Mar 1, 2025.
adidas Running
Free 6-Month Premium Subscription.
Record every run and review your stats with adaptive training plans and global communities, leaderboards, and challenges to keep you motivated.
Learn more- adidas Running Bonus Pack is only valid for new adidas Running subscribers and previous subscribers who currently do not have an active premium subscription.
Compare Polar Watches
Fitness & Wellness Watch
Polar Ignite 3
Fitness Watch
Polar Ignite 2
$399.00
Fitness Tracker
Polar Unite
$229.00
What's included?
Polar Ignite 3
Polar Silicone Wristband, 20mm
Polar Charge 2.0
- Dimensions
- Width: 43 mm
- Height: 43 mm
- Thickness: 9.5 mm
- Weight
- Total weight: 35 g
- Total weight without wristband: 21 g
- Display
- Display type: AMOLED
- Display size: 1.28 Inch
- Display resolution: 416 × 416
- Touch screen: Yes
- Always on display: No
- Ambient light sensor: Yes
- Performance
- CPU speed: 192 MHz
- Memory: 5 MB
- Storage: 32 MB
- Materials
- Case material: Plastic
- Screen material: Gorilla Glass
- Bezel material: Stainless steel
- Geo location
- GPS: Yes
- Glonass: Yes
- Galileo: Yes
- BeiDou: Yes
- QZSS: Yes
- Assisted GPS: Yes
- Assisted Glonass: Yes
- Assisted Galieo: Yes
- Assisted QZSS: Yes
- Dual-frequency GPS: Yes
- Connected GPS: No
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth version: 5.1
- USB cable: Propriatery / USB-A
- Durability
- Operation temperature min: -10 °C:
- Operation temperature max: 50 °C:
- Water resistance: WR30
- Tested against military standards: No
- Sensors
- Elixir: No
- ECG: none
- SpO2: none
- Skin Temp: GEN 1
- OHR: GEN 3.5
- Precision Prime™: Yes
- Barometer: No
- Magnetometer compass: No
- Accelerometer: Yes
- Battery
- Battery capacity: 215 mAh
- Battery type: Li-Pol
- Battery rechargeable: Yes
- Performance training mode: 18 h
- Eco training mode: 88 h
- Smartwatch mode: 5 d
- Misc
- Stop watch: Yes
- Speed pace: Yes
- Countdown timer: Yes
- Interval timers: Yes
- Manual laps: Yes
- Automatic laps: Yes
- Autostart stop: Yes
- Vibration alerts: Yes
- Alarm: Yes
- Clock: Yes
- Backlight: Yes
- Front led light: No
- Date and weekday: Yes
- Time of the day: Yes
- Button lock: Yes
- Updateable firmware: Yes
- UI languages
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- English
- German
- French
- Italian
- Dutch
- Norwegian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Swedish
- Finnish
- Danish
- Polish
- Russian
- Turkish
- Indonesian
- Czech
- Japanese
- Chinese (simplified)
- Hungarian
- Estonian
- Slovenian
- HR Sensor Mode
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems
- Back to Start
- Precision Prime™
- Ultra-Long Battery Life
- Sleep
- SleepWise™
- Nightly Recharge™
- Sleep Plus Stages™
- Breathing
- Serene™
- Elixir
- Nightly Skin Temperature
- Training
- Training Load Pro™
- Energy Sources
- FitSpark®
- FuelWise™
- Weekly Summary
- Swimming Metrics
- Running Program
- Step Count
- Season Planner
- Training Targets
- Voice guidance
- Work-Rest Guide
- Running Performance Test
- Fitness Test
- Walking Test
- Dashboards
- Watch Face Color Themes
- Daylight Times
- Weather
- Smart Features
- Polar Flow
- Music Controls
- Push Notifications
- 24/7 Activity Tracking
- Step Count
FAQ
Can Polar Ignite 3 be synced with third-party fitness apps such as Strava or MyFitnessPal?
Yes, Polar Ignite 3 can sync with third-party fitness apps like Strava and MyFitnessPal. This allows you to share your training data from your Polar device with these platforms to keep all your fitness information in one place and further analyze your performance and health metrics.
To enable synchronization with these apps, you typically need to connect your Polar Flow account with the third-party app account. Here’s how you can do it:
- Go to the "Settings" in the Polar Flow app or web service.
- Select “Partners” and select preferred service or app.
- Connect your accounts by following the steps provided.
After setting this up, your training data from your Polar device will automatically sync to these platforms after each session, assuming you have an active internet connection.
For detailed guidance and more information, check out these Polar support articles:
Does Polar Ignite 3 offer any insights or features tailored specifically for improving sleep quality?
Yes, Polar Ignite 3 offers several insights and features specifically designed to help improve sleep quality. Here’s a brief overview:
- Sleep Plus Stages™: This feature tracks your sleep stages (REM, light, and deep sleep) and provides a detailed view of your sleep patterns. It helps you understand the quality and quantity of your sleep, allowing you to make informed adjustments to your sleep habits if necessary.
- Nightly Recharge™: This feature measures how well your body recovers from stress and training during the night. It combines data on sleep quality and autonomic nervous system (ANS) recovery, providing insights that can help you optimize your daily activity and training based on your recovery status.
- Sleep Score: Each morning, you get a numerical score that reflects the quality of your sleep the previous night. This score is based on several dimensions of your sleep, helping you gauge overall sleep quality at a glance.
- Serene™ Guided Breathing Exercise: This feature guides you through a breathing exercise that can help calm your body and mind, making it easier to fall asleep or return to sleep if you wake up during the night.
- SleepWise™: This feature analyzes your sleep data and provides personalized insights and practical tips to help you boost your energy levels throughout the day based on how you slept. It's focused on helping you adapt your daily routines and activities according to the quality of sleep you achieved, ensuring you maintain optimal energy levels.
These features are designed to work together to provide a comprehensive view of your sleep and recovery, empowering you to make changes that can lead to improved sleep quality and overall well-being.
Learn more about sleep-related features on Polar Ignite 3 here:
Is the heart rate sensor in Polar Ignite 3 suitable for high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts?
Polar Ignite 3 is equipped with Polar Precision Prime™ sensor fusion technology, making it suitable for tracking heart rate during high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workouts. This technology combines optical heart rate measurement with skin contact measurement to ensure accuracy, even during the most demanding training sessions.
For best results during such workouts, it's recommended to wear the watch slightly higher on your wrist and tighten the wristband to minimize movement and maintain good contact with the skin. This positioning ensures the most reliable heart rate readings during intense activities.
Additionally, if you're seeking supreme accuracy, especially in sports where keeping the sensor stationary on your wrist is challenging, you can also pair the watch with a Polar H10 chest strap, which is known for its responsiveness in interval training.
Learn more about heart rate monitoring during HIIT workouts with Polar Ignite 3 here:
What is Polar Flow and is Polar Ignite 3 compatible with it?
Polar Flow is a comprehensive training platform from Polar that provides tools for planning and tracking your training, activity, and sleep. It's a central part of the Polar ecosystem, serving as both a web service and a mobile app. Polar Flow allows you to analyze every detail of your training and monitor your progress. It also syncs with your Polar device to provide guidance and data about your workouts and recovery.
Polar Ignite 3 is indeed compatible with Polar Flow. It connects seamlessly with the platform, allowing users to access detailed insights into their workouts, daily activity, and overall fitness and health trends. By using Polar Flow with Polar Ignite 3, you can also receive personalized training guidance and see how your training affects your body in different ways.
For more details on Polar Flow, you can visit these pages and articles:
Training & Activity
Regular activity and training can have significant positive impacts on your health and wellness. Exercise will not only make you feel great physically, but can also improve your mental state to relieve stress, elevate your mood, and improve your sleep.
FitSpark®
FitSpark® personalized training guide offers daily, on-demand workouts that are easy to do, and match your recovery, fitness level, and training history.
Get new workout suggestions every day for cardio, strength, or mobility direct to your watch - all you have to do is pick the session you like and let your watch guide you through it.
24/7 Activity Tracking
Our bodies are designed to move, so staying active is essential for your overall health and well-being.
Polar watches promote active lifestyles by giving you a daily activity goal based on your personal data and activity level setting, then automatically tracking your activity throughout the day. If you’ve been inactive for too long, you’ll get a friendly reminder to get up and move. Your daily activity goal is shown as a circle that gradually fills until you reach your goal - get 100%.
Smart Calories
Calculates the number of calories burned based on your individual data: your weight, height, age, gender, HRmax, HRrest, VO2max, and the intensity of your training/activity.
Heart rate-based calorie calculation is used when heart rate is measured, and it measures burned calories the most accurately also in conditions like cycling or lifting weights. Activity-based calorie calculation is used in training computers and activity trackers, when heart rate is not available. You can see the cumulative energy expenditure (in kilocalories, kcal) during exercise and total kilocalories of the session after exercise. You can also follow your total daily calories.
Energy Sources
See how much of each energy source your body uses during training, broken down into fats, carbohydrates, and proteins for each session - illustrated as percentages of your total calorie consumption at the end of your session.
Seeing how much of each energy source you used during your session allows you to learn how different intensities affect your energy usage. You can also spot how the main energy source can change during a long session.
Fitness Test
VO2max is a key figure to illustrate your aerobic fitness - in other words, the better your aerobic fitness, the stronger and more efficient your heart is.
Fitness Test is a simple 5-minute fitness level assessment that can be performed lying down to estimate your VO2max without needing any other equipment. The automatic calculation takes into account your resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and your personal metrics: gender, age, height, weight, and training background.
Walking Test
Walking Test is an uncomplicated test that you can perform regularly to estimate your aerobic fitness level based on your VO2max.
Walk at a brisk pace for 15 minutes along a flat route and the automatic calculation will factor in the distance you walk, your heart rate during the test, and your personal metrics: gender, age, height, and weight.
Running Performance Test
Run at the right level.
The Running Performance Test helps you personalize your heart rate, speed and power zones, so that you’ll always hit the optimal running pace.
Work-Rest Guide
Work-rest guide analyzes your heart rate during work and rest phases of a session to give you personalized guidance on the optimal time to start working again.
Specifically designed for high-intensity strength training–and perfect for multi-joint, heavy resistance exercises–it automatically detects your highest heart rate during execution of a set. The algorithm will then monitor your heart rate as you rest, and instruct you when you are recovered enough to begin your next set.
Sleep & Recovery
A good night’s rest is the foundation for you to build the next 24 hours on. Understanding the way you sleep and how well your body is able to wind down overnight is vital for you to make the optimal choices for the day ahead.
Nightly Recharge™
Nightly Recharge™ is an automatic overnight recovery measurement that shows you how well you recover from the demands of your day. It helps you make the optimal choices in your everyday life to maintain overall well-being and reach your training or fitness goals.
Your Nightly Recharge™ status is based on two components: how you slept (Sleep Charge), and how well your autonomic nervous system calmed down during the early hours of your sleep (ANS Charge).
Nightly Skin Temperature
Automatic Nightly Skin Temperature measurement monitors fluctuations in the temperature taken from the surface of your skin on your wrist as you sleep. It then compares that value to your 28-day baseline to display the deviation from your usual range.
* The temperature measurement feature and data is not intended for medical purposes, diagnosis or treatment.
SleepWise™
Learn how your sleep behavior affects your day’s energy and alertness levels.
With SleepWise™, you get daytime alertness insights that help you perfect a bedtime routine so you can face your daily challenges sharp and ready.
By factoring in your sleep amount, quality, and your body’s internal circadian rhythm, SleepWise™ lets you know how the effects of sleep accumulate over time, making the impact of sleep debt and irregular sleep-wake rhythm visible.
Serene™
Relax your body and calm your mind with Serene™ guided breathing exercise.
Deep breathing is known to be an easy and efficient way to manage stress, build resilience and improve focus. Serene™ guides you to breathe at a slow, regular rhythm to synchronize your heart rate with your rate of breathing – six breaths per minute; which is the optimal breathing rate for shutting down your body's stress response.
Sleep Plus Stages™
Getting enough good-quality sleep is vital for your health and well-being. When you sleep, your body cycles through three sleep stages: light, deep, and REM.
Sleep Plus Stages™ automatically tracks the amount and quality of your sleep (Sleep Score), and lets you know how long you spent in each stage during the night.
Sleep tracking can help you understand your sleep behavior over the long-term, and also identify the factors in your day that may have a negative impact on your sleep.