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Is this the only Garmin watch that measures HR while swimming?

The title says it all. I would like to know if Swim or Swim 2 are the only Garmin watch to measure heart rate under water, while swimming? Does the Fénix 6 have this function ?

If Swim is the only Garmin product line to have this funiction, why is it so? Is this just a way to have you to buy several watches? I bought a Garmin Vivoactive, and my only disappointment was precisely this point, that it cannot measure my heartrate while I'm swimming.

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tmk2 over 5 years ago in reply to l.bianchi +1

It does since firmware 3.10.
Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to tmk2 +1

IFF i wear both the V3 and the Swim2 and put the v3 on "aerobic" rather than swim, the results regarding HR measures while swimming are quite similar with the V3 tending to be 5-8 bpm lower, but with the…

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0 tmk2 over 5 years ago

It is not the only watch. Currently the F6 and FR945 also have this feature. Perhaps some other most recent devices as well.

0 Novos over 5 years ago in reply to tmk2

245 has it too.

0 l.bianchi over 5 years ago in reply to Novos

AFAIK 245 does not measure hr underwater.

0 tmk2 over 5 years ago in reply to l.bianchi

It does since firmware 3.10.

0 Dr Phil over 5 years ago

Include the Marq in this too.

0 4216382 over 4 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

What about the Fenix 3 HR, can it monitor you HR underwater ?

Thanks

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago in reply to 4216382

No. The watch can be tricked into keeping the sensor on, if you start a non-swimming activity in a pool, but not only will you lose any swimming-related metrics this way, but the HR data might be highly inaccurate as well.

0 4216382 over 4 years ago in reply to tmk2

OK but it is possible to measure HR during a swimming rest, right ?

0 tmk2 over 4 years ago in reply to 4216382

With the optical sensor? Not if you start a swimming activity on the watch.

0 4216382 over 4 years ago in reply to tmk2

so even if i ve paused the activity i want be able to see my HR ?

So only the FR245, vivoactive 4 and Fenix 6 series are able to look at your HR, during a swiiming workout ?