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Swim with HRM
eddiescooper
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Hi All,
Might be a daft question but...
Is my HRM with Strap waterproof enough to swim with, i.e track HR in the pool?
Keep seeing stuff about HR's on finishing the swim, is this done during the swim or is it the reading after you put the HRM Strap on after the swim?
I have the basic Polar F4.
Cheers Guys and Gals
Might be a daft question but...
Is my HRM with Strap waterproof enough to swim with, i.e track HR in the pool?
Keep seeing stuff about HR's on finishing the swim, is this done during the swim or is it the reading after you put the HRM Strap on after the swim?
I have the basic Polar F4.
Cheers Guys and Gals
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I have seem peeps using the HRM's in the pool and that must mean some are waterproof!
My RS800CX also doesn't work in the pool Was thinking of getting another cheap one for just swimming.
But I like using my Poolmate too - swam a good 2.5km last night, was only possible with the Poolmate - I would have lost count so often.
when will we get a device that does everything?
I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure it is to do with the transmission frequency used, which also happens to link with the price. I believe the cheaper uncoded HRMs use a 5 kHz transmission frequency whilst the more expensive coded ones such as Garmin, Suunto and the top Polar ones use 2.4 GHz. The attention of the signal strength in water is proportional to the square root of the frequency, so the signal from the 2.4GHz strap is reduced 700 times more than the 5kHz strap.
"The Heart Rate Sensor will not display heart rate when operated under
water"
I'm sure timex wopuld love to be able to say how wonderful the device i so would claim it if it could I haven't tried it though. It's a 2.4ghz version