HRM watches........I have questions

curlygirl71

Yes, I take it to mean 30 meters down (which I would never do anyway, lol). Swimming laps and playing with your kids; you'll be fine.

As far as the other question about difference in calories and minutes. I noticed a difference too. I always start my "pedometer" at the beginning of my work out, stop at the end and get my total caloried burn. I go to cardio in my exercise tab and put in the number of minutes until I get a calorie count that is close to what I burned.

My Polar with the strap has been worth every penny I spent and I'm usually a tightwad. I'm mad that I wasted the money on the Sportline from Dunhams when I should have just gone with a Polar to begin with. It's so nice to just look down and see my HR without putting my finger on it while the result registers. It sounds like 3 seconds isn't bad but you're in the middle of a high-impact aerobics class it's a pain in the *kitten* :-)

mamagooskie

okay I'm SOLD.....now just to find one I like.....and I only need to be chest deep in water or maybe I'll put my head under....so all of 5 feet 6 inches

30 meters max water resistance will not be an issue! LOL

JBennis1013

:happy: just ordered the polar f6!

Sharont213

I have the Polar F6 and love it .. best investment I have made. I think it is very accurate and it's so nice to be able to know what I am burning instead of just guessing..

Mary_Burris

oh okay.....is the chest strap water proof? I would sometimes need to wear it during a 8 hour walk.....like zoo all day or something since I'm not sure my pedometer is 100% accurate. Or if I play badminton with the kids aka bending over 1 billion times to pick up the birdie I'd like to be able to record that as well.

I just phoned a local place about HRM and he told me waterproof ones for swimming are hundreds of $$???

My Polar F6 is waterproof for swimming and everything! The strap is not uncomfortable I sometimes forget I have it on lol. I got mine for $80.00.

mamagooskie

oh okay.....is the chest strap water proof? I would sometimes need to wear it during a 8 hour walk.....like zoo all day or something since I'm not sure my pedometer is 100% accurate. Or if I play badminton with the kids aka bending over 1 billion times to pick up the birdie I'd like to be able to record that as well.

I just phoned a local place about HRM and he told me waterproof ones for swimming are hundreds of $$???

My Polar F6 is waterproof for swimming and everything! The strap is not uncomfortable I sometimes forget I have it on lol. I got mine for $80.00.

good to know!! Okay.....the search is on!!!

mamagooskie

I BOUGHT ONE!!! I got the polar FT4.....it was only slightly more than my price range and it's really nice looking. Now to figure out how to use it!! LOL

thanks everyone for the suggestions!