Polar Pacer Pro Advanced GPS Running Watch

This is an ultra-light, new-generation GPS running watch with integrated barometer that equips serious runners with advanced training tools to improve running economy and performance. Make every run a good run.

• Powerful training tools for serious runners.
• Integrated barometer with wrist-based running power.
• Hyperfast, high-performance core processor.
• Bright display for optimal readability in any condition.
• Advanced optical heart rate tracking technology.
• Accurate GPS and long-life battery.
• Rapid charging and data transfer.

Expert Reviews

"The Polar Pacer Pro is the best new smartwatch for performance-driven runners. 5/5" Mashable May 2022

"Polar Pacer Pro - Excellent 8.4/10" Zdnet May 2022

"The Polar Pacer Pro helps you plan, track, and analyze your training sessions as you safely work toward your goals, making it one of the best GPS watches for dedicated runners. 4/5 Excellent" PC Mag May 2022

Enhanced Backlight Management

10 x More power efficient. Adjust the screen brightness to your surroundings – whenever you need to.

Gorilla Glass 3.0 Screen

You can see clearly now. A 1.1mm glass screen that’s as durable as before – but now everything is 3mm closer to the surface.

Improved Readability

MIP (memory-in-pixel) reflective colour display allows for maximum readability in bright conditions – no more squinting in the sun, now it’s as clear as day.

Speed up the process.

Everyone loves going fast. The problem with things going too quickly is that it’s difficult to keep up. Not anymore. Polar's new CPU gives you a smoother, more powerful UI experience and performance.

Skip charging, not data.

Whether you want to train every day, or not, you still need your watch to keep running 24/7. Not a problem – one full charge gives you one full week.

Up to 100h Training time in power-save modes. Up to 35h Training time with full GPS and HR tracking enabled.

Polar Charge 2.0

Polar Charge 2.0 magnetically snaps onto your watch and charges in the time it takes for you to get your gear on.

A running lab on your wrist.

Let’s take it one step beyond when it comes to running science. More performance insights are in sight.

VO2max

The ultimate figure to illustrate your aerobic fitness – once you know it, you can work on consistently improving it.

Your individual VO2max can tell you how many millilitres of oxygen is being used by each kilogram of your body weight.

To put it simply, it tells you how fit you are and how efficient your heart is - helping you understand your future potential for aerobic endurance.

Running Performance Test

Go all out. See max HR. Get VO2max. The Running Performance Test helps you personalize your heart rate, speed and power zones, so that you’ll always hit the optimal running pace.

HR Training Zones

Forget about others. Follow your heart. Efficiency is key – target HR zones allow you to monitor the level of effort required for different intensities based on your heart’s beats per minute (bpm).

Optimized HR Tracking

We're in pursuit of perfection. Polar took the algorithm that omits motion from the equation and made it better, then made the sensor smaller and removed the famous Polar bumps. Why? Well, they discovered the “Goldilocks Zone” for HR measurement – not too big, nor too small, it’s just right.

Polar Precision Prime™ OHR Technology

Polar get under your skin like no one else can. 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.

Pacers win races. 

Going the distance means adapting your pace depending on the different segments of a run based on the terrain you face, the effort required at any given moment, and the energy you’ll need to conserve if you want to get over the line – the right time, the right place, at the right pace.

Running Essentials

Everything you need: from start to finish. Pace, time, distance – plus a few other necessary functions to keep you running.

• Pace - See your running speed.
• Time - See how long you've been running for.
• Distance - See how far you've run.
• Stopwatch - Start/Stop any measure of running time.
• Lap Timer - Mark laps automatically or manually.
• Interval Timer - Timed periods of high and low-intensity running.

Pace Calculator

Find your pace. You’ve probably spent some time trying to figure out what your running pace would need to be to finish your next 5K, 10K, or marathon in a particular time. Pace Me is a simple running pace calculator app which will show you predicted distance completion times for whatever running pace you select.

Running Index

How do you rank as a runner? Run. Track your heart rate and speed. Get your score. Compare it to people of the same age and gender – work on running better than them.

After every run, you get a Running Index score based on the relationship between heart rate and speed. A single number to see your progress and compare to gender and age related aerobic fitness norms.

Because Running Index gives you an estimate of your maximal aerobic performance, it is a good predictor of your finish time for popular race distances, from 5k to marathon.

Index Score

Run faster with less effort. Monitor your progress and see how your running performance develops over time. As your aerobic capacity and running economy improve, your running index will increase.

Race Time Predictor

When are you finishing?
You’re ready for a big race, but you’ll be imagining what you’ll be crossing the line in – get an estimation of your finish time for various running distances.

Phased Training Targets

Now entering ‘The Zone’. Run, rest, repeat - create interval workouts in advance with heart rate, speed, or power targets for guided running sessions. 

Plan your training sessions in advance with customized training targets and save them to your training diary. When it’s to break a sweat, your device will guide you throughout your scheduled session, so you can fully focus on your workout.

You can create interval workouts with heart rate, speed, or power targets, or set simple training goals, such as ‘burn 700 kcal cycling’ or ‘run 30 minutes.’ Your device will alert you when you need to slow down or speed up to make sure your training goes as planned.

Running Power Zones

Run at the right intensity. Wrist-based running power monitors the effort required for every segment of your run instantly – so you can adjust your intensity and finish strongly.

All the tools you need to win.

A good runner makes it look easy, but a great runner knows it wasn’t. Races aren’t won by crossing a line, they’re won long before that.

Running Program 

Set a goal. Run to it. From 5k to marathon, pick the event you want – and run with a plan that adapts to your training on the way.

Choose one of four running events, 5K, 10K, half marathon or marathon, and get a personalized, adaptive training plan that fits you and your goals.

Your personal running program is based on your training history and your current fitness level – with programs ranging from 9 weeks up to 20 months in length, depending on your event and choices.

Each running program consists of three phases and includes five different types of runs, including interval training and long runs. Don’t sweat it, though. Your Polar device will guide you through each workout and give feedback for each session. 

Season Planner

Plan the year ahead. Plan the perfect running season – setting training periods, targets, and focus areas.

Most athletes can only peak twice a year. With Season Planner, you can plan and customize the training season - whether you’re in your base training period or in preparation for the racing season. 

You can set weekly volumes by duration or distance targets, plan training focus areas, and easily create individual workouts or training targets for each sport. 

See what is helping and not helping in terms of reaching your goals and ensure you peak at the right time.

Training Load Pro™

But don't overdo it. Know if you’re training too much, too little or just right: improve your performance, prevent injury.

When you train, the different systems of your body become strained. Training Load Pro™ monitors this strain to provide you with detailed insights.

Training Load Pro™ gives you values for the load placed on both your cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system (Cardio Load and Muscle Load) after every session, and with Perceived Load you can rate how strained you feel - allowing you to see the immediate strain on your body, and monitor training induced strain over the long-term.

Accurate GPS

You can run this town. The new antenna design allows you to track every stride with improved accuracy wherever you run. Train with the best positioning experience anywhere in the world.

The 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.

Turn-by-Turn Guidance powered by komoot

Run the world. Sync your routes to your watch for real-time, turn-by-turn guidance every time you look down - and now you can get access to your favourite region for free.

Back to Start

Back for more? Guides you back to your starting point. Now you can go the extra mile, trusting you’ll find your way back. Get back to where you started.

Back to Start guides you to your starting point in the shortest distance possible (beeline) – displaying your bearings and an arrow pointing you in the right direction, as well as the direct distance between you and where you need to get to. 

Route & Elevation Profiles

Runner’s high – and lows. Relive your run in Polar Flow – seeing all uphills and downhills along your route as you took the terrain on. With route and elevation profiles you can see the terrain you covered during your training session in Polar Flow as a detailed summary – with calculated slope angles for every ascent and descent of the recorded session.

Hill Splitter™

Let nothing stand in your way. With detailed insights based on your speed, distance and altitude tracked automatically.

Hill Splitter™ automatically detects all uphills and downhills by using your GPS-based speed, distance, and barometric altitude data.

It shows you detailed insights into your performance, such as the distance you have travelled, the speed you covered it, and how much you climbed or descended on every detected hill during your session, automatically adapting to the terrain you are training on with every effort counted.

Altimeter

See your barometric altitude, displayed in meters or feet.

Swimming Metrics

Easily tracks your swimming performance with automatic detection of your swimming style, distance, pace, strokes, and rest times.

Improve your swimming technique over time both in the pool (SWOLF score), and open water.

Step Count

Counting your steps is a good way to see if you’re doing enough to maintain your overall health. The more steps you take per day, the closer you’ll be to your fitness goals, paving the way to better health.

Going for a walk is an easy way to clock up some steps, but you take a lot of steps every day just by doing everyday things. With a 3D digital acceleration sensor, Polar Watches will measure every move and update your step count as you go.

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%.

Sleep Plus Stages™

How did you sleep? Automatically tracks the quality, duration, and time spent in each sleep stage overnight. 

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.

Nightly Recharge™

Wake up ready. See how well your body recovered in your sleep – open your eyes to information you can use.

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).

Serene™

Reflect for a moment.Enjoy a guided breathing exercise to help relax your mind, body, and soul.

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. 

Push Notifications 

Stay connected: when you want to. Alerts for calls, messages, or emails. Some people want them, some don’t – it’s your choice. Get alerts for incoming calls, messages and notifications direct to your watch.

Whenever you receive a notification on your phone, your watch will vibrate and a red dot will appear at the bottom of the display. When receiving a call your watch will vibrate and show the caller - allowing you to answer or decline the call with your watch.

Phone notifications are available for iOS and Android phones

Music Controls

Run to your own beat. Running and music go hand-in-hand. Choose your favourite tracks and press play. Navigate around your playlist and adjust the volume straight on your watch. Your Polar watch connects to the music app on your phone, so you can easily control your music without having to take out your phone.

Compatible Apps

Choose who you run with. Connect Polar Pacer with your favourite running apps.

41g, thin, easy to use, aesthetically pleasing, and made from quality materials – Polar made a watch that is engineered for running and looks good when you run with it.

Shift™ Adapter included

You’ve done your run for today – now you have to run your business, run errands, run to the one you love, or run for President (too far?). There’s always tomorrow.

Quick-release bars allow you to swap your wristband whenever you need to.

Changeable Wristbands

Change your look in seconds. Pick any 20mm band and customize the look of your watch for any style.

Polar Flow

More than a watch. Set your goals, plan your workouts, and track your progress with all of the data from your body synced automatically.

Over 130 of your favourite activities.

With over 130 profiles to choose from, you can pick your favourite sport and start training with customized views for sport-specific tracking and metrics.

Tech specs

Dimensions

• Width: 45 mm
• Height: 45 mm
• Thickness: 11.5 mm
• Fits wrist circumference 120-210 mm
• Wristbands: Durable and comfortable integrated proprietary silicone wristbands with aluminium buckle. Easy to change to any standard 20mm wristband
  using the SHIFT™ adapter (included)

Weight

• Total weight: 41 g
• Total weight without wristband: 23 g

Display

• Display Type: MIP
• Display size: 1.2 Inch
• Display resolution: 240 × 240
• Touch screen: No
• Always on display: Yes
• Ambient light sensor: No

Performance

• CPU speed: 200 MHz
• Memory: 5 MB
• Storage: 32 MB
• Recording mode: No

Materials

• Case Material: Plastic
• Screen material: Gorilla Glass
• Bezel Material: Aerospace aluminium

Geolocation

• GPS: Yes
• Glonass: Yes
• Galileo: Yes
• QZSS: Yes
• Assisted GPS: Yes
• Assisted Glonass: Yes
• Assisted Galileo: Yes
• Assisted QZSS: 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: WR50
• Tested against military standards: Yes

Sensors

• Precision Prime™: Yes
• Barometer: Yes
• Magnetometer compass: Yes
• Accelerometer: Yes
• Compatible with all standard BLE heart rate sensors and running
  cadence and power sensors as well as cycling speed, cadence and
  power sensors

Battery

• Battery capacity: 273 mAh
• Battery type: Li-Pol
• Battery rechargeable: Yes
• Battery life training mode, up to: 35 h
• Battery life watch mode, up to: 1032 h
• Battery life with power save training mode, up to: 100 h

Misc

• Stopwatch: 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

In the Box

• Polar Pacer Pro Advanced GPS Running Watch
• S and M-L size wristbands S: wrist circumference 120-190 mm, M/L: wrist circumference 155-210 mm
• Charging cable
• SHIFT™ adapter
• User manual
• Information note

Warranty

• This is a genuine Polar product and comes with Polar Australia's Two-Year Consumer Products Limited International Warranty.