Garmin
I tried ditching my Garmin running watch for Polar, but after just one year I'm switching back
· By Endurance Wire
Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. My love of the brand's watches didn't last forever though. Worried by a prolonged server outage , and feeling jaded by the launch of Garmin Connect+ (which sneakily put LiveTrack text alerts for runners behind a paywall – but not ones for cyclists), I decided that my next device would be from Polar. The switch was easy, and I was already familiar with the interface and the Polar Flow app from my time as TechRadar's fitness editor many years ago. Everything went perfectly smoothly – until it didn't.
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