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Swimming OHR finally here!

The new 2.64 Beta finally allows the OHR to be turned on for swimming! Has anyone had a chance to try it out? I'm hoping to be able to squeeze in a swim tomorrow to try it out.

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eronb over 5 years ago +7

Tested on 1000m pool swim. Approx 5-7bpm down on HRM-SWIM that i usually use.

Interestingly it will looks for an external HRM when saving, you have to wait till it says "do you want to save without a HRM…
renton82 over 5 years ago +4

Just tested today for a 3000m , it seems quite reliable... next time i'll compare to my Polar OH-1 that it's almost identical to HRM-Swim
snowfree52 over 5 years ago +3

well if that means I can get at least some kind of load even if not really correct ... better than 0 ? we'll see

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0 snowfree52 over 5 years ago in reply to jmto

when using ORH while running I found that either it works completely normally or it doesn't work at all and show some stupid numbers like 220bpm while doing nothing because sweat accumulated between the watch and my wrist.

I compared this swim with other swims I did with my HRM swim and tri and can say the numbers are accurate.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

This is most helpful, regardless of the haters on here. I use it on my AW4 to determine how hard I'm pushing myself. it's not very accurate, but it's a form of measurement and helps determine calories burned. Also use it for water fitness. This is an important feature.

0 jmto over 5 years ago in reply to snowfree52

Ah :) Well you should have said that you did comparison on the first place, but ok then :)

0 snowfree52 over 5 years ago in reply to jmto

no problem

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

snowfree52 said:
it seems to work perfectly

renton82 said:
it seems quite reliable

it's not very accurate,

snowfree52 said:
even if not really correct .

And these are all good reasons to use OHR in the water?

0 loaruns over 5 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

Why is this marked as an answer if you haven’t tried it?? Don’t misuse forum features.

0 snowfree52 over 5 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

dude, just don't use it ... why do you spend time on here ?

0 jmto over 5 years ago in reply to snowfree52

Who says that he's using it?

Can't one be interested in how accurate it is without using it?

At least I'm not using it and I'm interested in how accurate it is. Seems that the jury is still out and initial comments suggests that it's really big YMMV.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

it's not very accurate, but it's a form of measurement and helps determine calories burned

Explain how? How is it possible an inaccurate measurement helps determine calories burned in any way? OK, I did a 30 min swim with inaccurate HR. It said I burned 200 calories. Was it really 250? 150? 175? 350? It doesn't matter because it helped!(???) Again, how did this help you in any way?

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago in reply to snowfree52

Because I am interested. Because I will be testing it as soon as I can get to a pool.

However, unless I know the data I collect is accurate and reliable, I will not continue to use it in the vain hope that I'll get some inaccurate data that seems alright but in reality is no better than having no data.

At this point in time, nobody has reported any information that indicates the validity or the reliability of the data. How about actually getting to see some comparative data? Anybody care to post a number of sets of comparative data?