polar batteries
sevenspud
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I have an S410. Battery lasted about four years, so that seems about right.
I thought "how hard can it be?"
Actually, a bit harder than I thought.. everything OK but the sound, which just used to annoy me ;-). That was a year or so ago, and it is still working fine.
It was very fiddly to change the battery, and a lot of different contacts and stuff. A really bad design which put me off buying polar again (a garmin 405 + HR is now my main device, just used the polar for the gym).
I expect your local jeweler will find it quite challenging too.... unless you know that they are reasonably competent.
I thought "how hard can it be?"
Actually, a bit harder than I thought.. everything OK but the sound, which just used to annoy me ;-). That was a year or so ago, and it is still working fine.
It was very fiddly to change the battery, and a lot of different contacts and stuff. A really bad design which put me off buying polar again (a garmin 405 + HR is now my main device, just used the polar for the gym).
I expect your local jeweler will find it quite challenging too.... unless you know that they are reasonably competent.
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Can anyone advise me on this? has anyone had the batteries changed by a local watch repairer instead of sending back to polar and paying approx £20.
I think my advice would be to send it polar - probably worth the £20.
I only did mine myself because I wanted the excuse to get a new one. But it worked too well.. so I got another 2 years out of it :-)
Do use it for swimming tho so the waterproof of the unit is needed.