| | |  | Polar Heart Rate Monitors | | Home » » | | | | | | | Description: | | Set your ride distance and the Estimated Time of Arrival will tell you how long before you reach your destination. Cycling Energy Output calculates your cycling workload as kcal/h and kcal/km. Memory Files store your last seven training sessions. Wireless Polar CS speed sensor and SpeedPointer programs track your distance and pace. | | | Features: | |
• Affordable handlebar-mounted cycling computer with included heart rate monitor
• Cycling Economy/Intensity enables you to predict your calorie expenditure
• Wireless cadence sensor measures your pedaling rate (presented as rpm)
• Wireless cycling measurements: speed (current, average and max); trip; distance
• Wheel size settings for two bicycles, speed sensor installation for different fork shapes
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.75 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 15 reviews |
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 Polar CS200cad cycle computerAug 15, 2008
This unit is a good all around unit for a road bike or short travel mountain bike. I was having an issue with the accuracy of the distance on my mountain bike, but it was working ok on the road bike. I was told by the Polar customer support that it was designed for ROAD only. But the installation instructions said that it could be used on mountain. Long story short, I moved the speed sensor as high on the fork as I could get it and all seems to be well. If I were to do it all over again I would not use it on my mountain bike. It works great for the road.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 PURE GARBAGEJul 14, 2008
If this functioned as advertised then the review would be much better. In short, here are the problems:
1) SonicLink is not effective. After about 30 attempts at downloading data, I've about given up. I've tried different mics, settings, environments, etc.
2) Even if I were able to get the data on a computer a lot of it would be useless. The HR monitor on this unit does not work properly. At least half the time it has readings over 200. That's not possible, especially since it jumps from say 138 to 233 in about a second. And then stays there for a few minutes before going back to a truer reading. I thought maybe it was interference, but no. Maybe the sensors? No. I don't knwo ehat the problem is.
These the MAJOR FAILURES render the product useless. Customer support tells me what a great technology SonicLink is. I beg to differ.
DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF TRASH, GO WITH ANOTHER MANUFACTURER, and save yourself some frustration.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 put your money elsewhereMar 27, 2008
I assumed this would be a great product based on the brand and price. As a spinning instructor, I have endorsed the Polar brand heart rate monitors for years because of their accuracy and durability. However, when I recently purchased a new road bike and bought this cs200cad as an accessory I was highly disappointed. I expected to be able to install the computer and magnets myself. After hours of unsuccessfully syncing the cadence/speed magnets with the computer, I finally took my bike to a shop to have everything professionally installed. I was then told that this particular brand was considered to be one of the most difficult to install because it was so "touchy." Next, I was told that even after professional installation, bikes were often returned to have things fine tuned because the whole system was so "delicate." At that point, I decided to abandon the whole Polar computer and ended up purchasing a Cat Eye double wireless which has been just awesome. I wear my regular Polar heart rate monitor so that I can keep an eye on all of the cardio stuff, but I leave it up to my Cat Eye to keep track of my biking info. Lesson learned..you can't be good at everything. Polar has heart rate monitoring down to a T and Cat Eye has cycling computers down to a T. No fusion necessary. Hope this helps. Ride on. Ann D
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Great unit but delicateMar 20, 2008
This is my first and only bike-mounted monitor, so I can't make product comparisons. Its does everything that its supposed to, and does it quite well. It took some adjusting to get it to 'settle' down - I don't know how else to explain this part. At first, it seemed to skip readings a lot (heart rate, speed, cadence). I can't say that I really changed much in the setup, but it now reads just fine on a consistent basis. I have logged 3000 miles with it, and bought one for my wife.
My biggest peeve right now is that the mounting bracket on the back broke. It only holds 7 exercise sessions, so you have to twist-to-unlock the unit every time you take it off. Somehow, one of the three locking flanges busted. These flanges are thin plastic extrusions. A component that gets used so much (on/off all the time to download) should be better built.
Polar sayss $39 to fix (plus shipping, and lost time)
If another product has this functionality, but seems to be better built, you might want to consider it.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Good Product Poor Instruction ManualMar 10, 2008
The product is reasonably good once you figure out how to install it based on the instructions provided in the Manual. The instructions for installing the Cadence sensor are extremely confusing. The picture is hand drawn and it is very difficult to see how the sensor is mounted. Polar did not take the trouble to have someone install the sensors based on the instrucitons and proof out the installation procedure. If you are trying to check out the installation on a stationary bicycle stand it takes a lot of turns of the crank to register cadence. This could have been mentioned in the installation manual. Polar's website has a fairly good tutorial on the use of the computer. It would have been nice to have a tutorial on the installation with clear pictures.
I will have to think twice about buying another Polar product because of their lack of concern for the customer.
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