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* The V800 provides more information when you press the lap button than other watches, as well as far more useful data at the end of the run.
* Like the [[Suunto Ambit2 R]], the V800 can be configured via the website, which is easier than fiddling with the watch itself. Most of the options can be also set on the watch, which means you're not stuck if you're away from the Internet.
* With GPS recording set normally the battery life is 13 hours which is adequate for most runners. However ultrarunners may need to use the power save mode that extend the battery life up to 50 hours. While the documentation claims that the power save mode records GPS location once per minute, I've found that in practice it's a little more random than that (see belowfor details).<br/>[[File:Polar V800 Power Save.jpg|none|thumb|500px|The GPS track from the Polar V800 in power save mode. Each blue dot is a GPS point from an out and back run that, with the route covered twice at a steady pace. You can see areas where the V800 is recording the GPS location quite frequently, and other times the frequency is quite low.]]
* The V800 provides some interesting analysis of your training. This is similar to the [[Firstbeat| Firstbeat Training Effect]] used by Garmin and Suunto, which is a simple number between 1.0 and 5.0. The V800 provides more detailed analysis with a text description of its evaluation. It has 17 different classifications including things like "maximum training", "tempo training", or "steady-state training". Each classification has a little congratulatory message associated with it that explains the benefit of that particular type of training. This is a nice feature, though it can be a little simplistic and it was far less accurate for me than the [[Firstbeat]] approach. If you're prepared to take it with a pinch of salt, it's a nice feature.
* The V800 also provides some guidance on your recovery. Again this is a little more sophisticated than the Garmin and Suunto approach which give the number of hours until you are recovered.
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|[[File:ZigZagPolar V800.jpg|none|thumb|x300px|Here is the zigzag with the tracks color-coded for direction, with green coming from the right, blue from the left. Typically GPS watches record tracks that have the green lines shifted slightly down and to the left, blue up and to the right. As you would expect from a device as accurate as the V 800, the tracks are close together and follow the line of the zigzag nicely.]]
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[[File:Polar V800 Power Save.jpg|none|thumb|x300px|The GPS track from the Polar V800 in power save mode. Each blue dot is a GPS point from an out and back run that, with the route covered twice at a steady pace. You can see areas where the V800 is recording the GPS location quite frequently, and other times the frequency is quite low.]]
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