Swimming Heart Rate Monitoring

Does anyone use any good devices to monitor heart rate while swimming? If so, please share what you use and why you like it? Thanks!
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 6 years ago
    I think the Fitbit Ionic and Samsung Fit2 Pro are the most likely. I am trying to check out the Samsung, but the ones on display at the local Best Buy are broken, and have been for 2 months. The people there don't konw exactly what they'll do. The Ionic is brand new (and has a price that reflects it!), so I haven't found out much about it. I had the Fitbit Ionic for a couple weeks but ultimately returned it. I guess it was maybe like owning a German car, when it works you love it, when it doesn't work you hate it. Anyways the swimming tracker was sort of accurate. It doesn't track heart rate that well when swimming though; I don't think it makes that claim. You have to stop at the wall and let it catch your heart rate. My Polar chest strap monitor heart rate sensor is much more accurate, but my swimsuit keeps it secured to my chest. I would say the Ionic is better than nothing, though i ended up returning the 2nd one after replacing the first one when it suddenly died after a week. Take a look at this thread: forums.usms.org/showthread.php
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 6 years ago
    I think the Fitbit Ionic and Samsung Fit2 Pro are the most likely. I am trying to check out the Samsung, but the ones on display at the local Best Buy are broken, and have been for 2 months. The people there don't konw exactly what they'll do. The Ionic is brand new (and has a price that reflects it!), so I haven't found out much about it. I had the Fitbit Ionic for a couple weeks but ultimately returned it. I guess it was maybe like owning a German car, when it works you love it, when it doesn't work you hate it. Anyways the swimming tracker was sort of accurate. It doesn't track heart rate that well when swimming though; I don't think it makes that claim. You have to stop at the wall and let it catch your heart rate. My Polar chest strap monitor heart rate sensor is much more accurate, but my swimsuit keeps it secured to my chest. I would say the Ionic is better than nothing, though i ended up returning the 2nd one after replacing the first one when it suddenly died after a week. Take a look at this thread: forums.usms.org/showthread.php
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