The Polar OH1's small size, comfort, ease of use, and standalone workout tracking will make it the best armband optical heart rate monitor for most people.

The Polar Verity Sense is an optical heart rate monitor, meaning it shines a light onto your skin and analyzes the light reflected back to detect your pulse, just like a sports watch.

Back in 1982, a small Finnish start-up called Polar Electro released the first consumer-grade, wireless heart rate tracker. It was one of the earliest wearable fitness devices on the market.

Design and build 30 x 30 x 9.6mm, 5g 50m water resistance The Polar Verity Sense is basically just the optical sensor, battery and connectivity hardware you might find in a sports watch, but in a ...

Polar's latest fitness band called the A370 is a multi-tasker like the company's older wearables, and at $20 less than its predecessor, it's definitely the better choice. It monitors your heart ...

At $59.95, it costs less than other heart rate monitors (HRMs) that pack in extra features, but it still covers all the bases.

Polar is a leading brand in consumer heart rate monitors. The new, high-end chest strap monitor, the Polar H10 ($89.95 on Amazon), has just about all of the bells and whistles you could want in a ...