polar “stride sensor bluetooth smart” “Model:Y8”

• http://www.polar.com/en/products/accessories/stride_sensor_bluetooth_smart
• http://www.polar.com/de/produkte/accessoires/Laufsensor_Bluetooth_Smart – the article in German: “Laufsensor Bluetooth Smart”
• compatible with their V800
• compatible with the entire iPhone flock apparently
• not compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S5 resp. the Polar Beat Android app
• http://www.polar.com/e_manuals/V800/Polar_V800_user_manual_English/#Polar Stride Sensor Bluetooth Smart.htm?Highlight=calibrating – I need to calibrate it with the V800 :  (TBD!!!)

Treadmill runners using the V800 need this, so that the V800 has an idea of the distance you are running on the treadmill. That’s Polar’s idea of how to deal with the V800 on the treadmill.

Right … the V800 has a figure after the run, and you upload the “session” to flow.polar.com.

Your treadmill also has a figure. Q: Does the treadmill runner trust that one slightly more?  A: Yes, certainly.

Once polar.flow.com has a figure for the distance of your treadmill (Diary > More > Distance), you can always modify it, otherwise they don’t let you change that field. Now you can replace that figure with your treadmill figure. Q: Easy? A: Yes. Q: Cheap? A: No, it takes that device – but only to have ANY irrelevant figure, that allows you to modify it reasonably. Rubbish.

My enquiry to Polar Global on their Facebook page:

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