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Polar grit x1/4/2024 ![]() But on my hike, constantly tracking distance and lots of elevation changes, with regular scrolling through the data screens for information, I used 20% battery in just 4 hours - and the last hour was spent in battery saver mode. For a casual 8 mile run followed by a 6-mile bike ride, totaling about 3 hours of active tracking, the watch used roughly 8% of its battery, which is in line with Polar's estimate. GPS was impressively accurate even here in NYC where the buildings usually cause problems, and out on my mountain hike, the altimeter tracked accurately while the compass proved useful.īattery life is listed at 40 hours of continuous workout-tracking, but I found that to depend strongly on what you're tracking. Through every activity I tracked, I found the GPS, continuous heart rate, and altitude tracking to be spot on. GPS, heart rate, and altitude tracking are very accurate, and the display is always easy to see. It's easy to get the information you need at a glance, even in direct sunlight, and you can quickly cycle through screens and pause/resume activities with the side buttons. Everything's perfectly visible in any lighting with the low-reflective color screen, which comes in at an average 1.2-inches across and 240x240 resolution. There are multiple configurable screens you can view during an activity, and I was able to get just the right data for each - for example, a running view with two different pace readouts and distance information, but a completely different view for hiking with distance, altitude grade, and heart rate. It's useful to have so many activity profiles because you can set up the watch to display different information in each one. You'll be able to track anything and everything you want to do, guaranteed. Activities get incredibly granular, too for example, there isn't just a "running" profile, but running, trail running, road running, jogging, and ultra running. You can keep 20 activity profiles pre-loaded on the watch, but there are over 100 to choose from - everything from aerobics to yoga, cricket to pilates, kitesurfing to snowboarding, jazz dance to volleyball. The Grit X is defined by the incredible amount of data it can accurately collect, and the insane variety of activities it can track. You'll be able to track anything and everything you want to do, with incredible granularity. The Grit X performed excellently for all of it - on top of being a great daily activity tracker and performing perfectly for my usual running three times a week over the course of a month using it. Over the course of several days, I had an 8-mile run in the city, a bike ride, a high-speed track run workout, a woodsy trail run, a mountain hike to over a mile in elevation, and a 12-mile rural run - capped off with some casual kayaking and wakeboarding on the lake. During my review period, I had a perfect week to test many of its capabilities.
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