Polar VANTAGE V

The Polar Vantage V is a premium multisport watch designed for pro athletes – and for anyone who trains like a pro. If you’re looking for a cutting-edge, waterproof companion for triathlon or marathon training, Polar Vantage V is the perfect match.

The Vantage V adds the following features to the Vantage M:

Extra 10 hours of battery life per charge
Touchscreen that responds to tap gestures
Orthostatic Test, an easy and reliable test to determine your current condition by showing how your heart rate responds to training and factors such as stress and illness
Running Power measurements from your wrist – get more comprehensive insight into the intensity of your running sessions by monitoring the external load of your running. Power responds to changes in intensity faster than your heart rate, which is why Running Power is a great guiding metric in interval and hill sessions. You can also use it to maintain a steady effort level during your run, for example in a race. The calculation is done with Polar’s proprietary algorithm, and it is based on your GPS and barometer data
Recovery Pro (requires Polar H10), which measures how recovered your body is and gives recovery feedback to find the right balance between training and rest, helping you to stay injury-free
Improved Training Load Pro, which gives you a training load level for your cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems (Cardio Load and Muscle Load), while taking into account how strained you feel (Perceived Load). When you know how strained each body system is, you can optimise your training by working the right system at the right time. Training Load Pro gives you a numerical value, verbal feedback and a visual bullet scale for each training load
Other features such as R-R recording, route import and route guidance.
The Vantage V also has all of Vantage M’s features:

Continuous wrist heart rate monitoring using Polar Precision Prime sensor fusion technology that combines optical HR measurement with skin contact measurement to rule out any motion artefacts that and track accurately under the most demanding conditions. The Vantage will tell you your average, lowest and highest heart rate of each day
24/7 activity tracking of steps, distance, calories and sleep
Smart Calories that calculates the exact amount of calories you’ve burned based on your gender, age, weight, height, individual HRmax and training load
Sleep Plus, which atuomatically detects the timing, amount and quality of your sleep
Personalised activity goal for each day
Over 130 customisable sports profiles
Training Benefit – get motivating feedback immediately after training describing the effect of the session
Running index that discovers your running VO2max and follows your developing running performance, plus creates a personal and adaptive training plan to fit you and your goals
Swimming metrics that follow your progress in the pool, including: heart rate, swim style, distance, pace, strokes and rest times. Distance and strokes are able to be tracked in open water
Polar Flow connectivity: the online window to your training, sleep and activity. With Polar Flow all your training data is easily available in one place. You can even gyour coach access to your training data with the free Polar Flow for Coach service
Data syncing with online sports communities such as Strava or TrainingPeaks
Smart notifications from your phone to your watch – get alerts for incoming calls, messages, emails, calendar events and more
Battery life up to 40 hours in training mode, with GPS and HR turned on
WR30 water resistance
Changeable wristband so you can match your watch to any look – choose from Polar’s selection or use any band with 22mm spring bars.
Train smarter and discover the winner within yourself with Polar Vantage V.

UPDATES
The following features have now rolled out:

VANTAGE V ONLY: Strave Live Segments
VANTAGE V ONLY: Route Guidance – for downloaded routes; discover new routes from other users in Polar Flow
Stopwatch, countdown timer and interval timer
Smart Notifications – stay connected with notifications from your phone for calls, messages and more
Do Not Disturb – keep your watch quiet and unlit during the night
Galileo/QZSS satellite system support – improves GPS functionality in specific areas
Back to Start – get guidance back to your starting point
Zone Lock – lock a training zone during your workout
Sleep Plus Stages – deeper information on your sleep, with sleep cycles and sleep score
Nightly Recharge – recovery measurement that shows how well you recover from stress and training during the night
Serene breathing exercise – relax your body and calm down your mind
Inactivity Alert – get an alert when you’ve been sedentary for an hour so you know it’s time for a small walk
FitSpark – daily training guide
Race Pace – helps you keep a steady apce and achieve your target time for a set distance
Fitness Test – do it both with wrist-based heart rate and chest strap heart rate sensor
Activity tracking update – accumulated activity will better reflect how active you’ve been during the day
Lap details – time, distance, average pace, etc. in the training file on your Vantage watch
Manual stride sensor calibration
Constant training session backlight setting
Sleep watch face – last night’s sleep time and stats now have their own specific watch face
Quick menu in pre-training mode.