I have the Polar FT80 and mine works fine in the water. I don't get immediate feedback, but use it to review after I download my session onto the computer.
During my swim sessions I don't look at my HR monitor, and go by how I am feeling.
Because du…
Jeff, that's exactly what I experienced so far. I am just trying to figure out if there is something better out there, as I see a lot of people wearing polar in the pool and was interested to know how much that exactly works. Well, we'll see and yes…
I use the 310xt but it only reads during my rest intervals when I'm standing the the HR monitor is out of the water. This gives me an estimate of how hard I'm working which is as good as I think you can get with the current technology out there.
If…
I don't...i use my polar S625X for the other sports, but i have NEVER tracked my HR during swimming. Once it starts to pound out of my chest, i know I am going too hard :)
I was wondering what everybody uses to keep track of your heart rate during the swimming sessions?!? Any suggestions? Tried my Garmin xt310, but that doesn't work so well.Thanks