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The new Polar H6 is a Bluetooth Smart enabled heart rate monitor that communicates with iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 according to the Heart Rate Watch Company.

"The Polar H6 is a little cheaper than the Polar H7 and is ideally suited to someone that is going to strictly use their phone and an app," says Rusty Squire, President of the Heart Rate Watch Company. He adds, "If you need compatibility with a Polar watch or with Polar enabled gym equipment then you are better off getting the Polar H7."

The new H6 uses the new Polar soft strap which was voted as the most comfortable chest strap of 2013 by the Heart Rate Watch Company in January. "It's like a second skin and the small rubber inlays don't suffer any disruption of signal from any particulate like the Wearlink did," says Squire. He adds, "People don't realize it but this new soft strap works with the old Wearlink transmitters too and its a big improvement in strap quality, both comfort and transmission-wise."

Even for Polar users not looking to upgrade watches, the new transmitters are thinner, lighter and the straps are more comfortable according to Squire.

The new Polar H1 transmitter series is intended to go with all Polar FT series watches. The new Polar RC3 GPS watch units use the Polar H2 transmitter as does the Polar RCX3 and other units that used to use the WIND technology. The H6 is for iPhone users that only plan on using their appliance for heart rate and the Polar H7 offers Bluetooth that also works with current Polar watch units and Polar-enabled gym equipment.

"One thing to especially keep in mind regarding the new Polar chest straps is that, with the exception of the Polar H6, all the other straps are integrated with gym equipment," says Squire. He adds, "Polar offers the greatest level of gym equipment integration of any heart rate monitor or chest strap on the market today and nobody else really comes close."

The new Polar H6 Bluetooth Smart chest strap is now on sale at the Heart Rate Watch Company.

The http://suuntoambit2sapphire.com Suunto Ambit 2 Sapphire] is the most rugged GPS watch ever created according to the Heart Rate Watch Company.

"This GPS watch is so rugged it's almost bombproof and the fact that Suunto had the guts to put the crystal flush with the bezel tells you just how confident they are in the toughness of their thick Sapphire crystal," says Rusty Squire, President of the Heart Rate Watch Company. He adds, "This watch weighs in at 90 grams so it is a bit heavy for running, but great for anything else."

Who It's Made For

Military personnel, mountain climbers, mountain bikers, kayakers, cyclists or anyone who requires a super tough watch that can take a beating and lose no functionality. "This is the toughest GPS watch I've ever seen and we test almost all of them," says Squire.

Who It Is Not Made For

"I really don't think this watch works well for distance running, it just has too heavy of a swing weight, but for just about everything other than running it is fine," says Squire.

Every Metric, Weather and Navigation Feature Imaginable

The Suunto Ambit 2 Sapphire offers trackback, power on the bike, weather features and over 1,000 apps to choose from. "You can run five apps on the watch concurrently, as opposed to just one for the original Ambit, thanks to the memory upgrade," says Squire.

This is the type of watch that, outside of battery replacements, will likely last a decade or more says Squire. "If you are looking for tough with all the heart rate, speed, distance and navigation data you can use then this is your watch," says Squire.