Polar grit x manual#

When you press the button the internal vibrator does a tiny little buzz (not the button itself).

FWIW: That’s fine for me almost all the time Once you find the point on the route, all will be good…in a breadcrumb kinda way. However, Grit X really likes you to properly find the route but will point you to either the mid-point or start of the route to get you started.

You can start a route even though you are not on the route.

If your route goes from A to B to C to D then to B again and a few repeated laps then, well, Grit X will get confused.

The breadcrumb route following is relatively basic…but functional.

The subsequent sync to your watch will vary in duration.

Syncing new Komoot or Strava routes to the Grit X is super quick…like it’s pretty much instant to get them to flow.

You can manually calibrate altitude from the full-screen altitude page whilst in a workout.

You’d have to use a chest strap and wear it over clothing to perhaps get a better reading. It seems to affected by body temperature. However, it is saved and visible on FLOW.

You can’t see the ambient temperature on the watch AFAIK.

I didn’t get anything above 1 & 2% on the ride above.

The grade/incline reported on FLOW might be wrong.

Whilst it DOES seem to nicely recognise uphill and downhill slopes correctly it doesn’t recognise non-continuous hills ie where a 1000m total climb is made up multiple up/down sections…or a 100m one 😉 like this

Hill splitter seems to work on most (all?) run and bike profiles.

There is a LR power metric on the watch, this would require LR being transmitted over BLE by the PM (just because it transmits it over ANT+ doesn’t mean it will over BLE).

However, only the total can be seen in FLOW.no LR split (at least not with ASSIOMA).

Dual-sided bike power meters appear to be correctly added up to get a total.

Conversely, the Polar strap’s pin is a bit too thick for my Amazfit Stratos. Most seem to fit the Grit X to some degree but some of the thinner ones wobble a bit in the hole and do not feel 100% secure. I’ve tried a few from different manufacturers and the diameter of the 22mm pins vary.

Not all 22mm straps will work sweetly with the Grit X.

Polar grit x manual#

ie you can input a manual calibration factor and all the rest of it.

STRYD seems to work as with the Vantage V.

There is a permanent ‘ON’ backlight setting for when you workout.

Please suggest more trivia and I’ll add to the list. Here are a few relatively unimportant things then. The post, below, is the stuff you don’t needto know but might wantto know if you are thinking of buying one. All the things you really need to know are linked here in the snappily-entitled post “ Polar Grit X All you NEED to know“. Here are some relatively interesting but obscure things about the Polar Grit X. FTC: Affiliate Disclosure Links may pay commission