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kisby
kisby Posts: 2
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One of the reasons I bought the Vivofit is that I can swim with it. It's waterproof (I hope) and should log my swimming calories burned.

Anyone have any experience using this with swimming? How does it do? Does the waterproof work well? I'm not talking deep diving, just swimming.

Thanks for any info!

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  • ann121212
    ann121212 Posts: 290 Member
    I havent been swimming with mine yet. But 3 months of showers/baths and it is still good - no condensation on the screen at all. It will be interesting to see what steps it calculates for swimming. If you get any feedback let us know :smile:
  • d4rkkn16ht
    d4rkkn16ht Posts: 77 Member
    One of the reasons I bought the Vivofit is that I can swim with it. It's waterproof (I hope) and should log my swimming calories burned.

    Anyone have any experience using this with swimming? How does it do? Does the waterproof work well? I'm not talking deep diving, just swimming.

    Thanks for any info!
    VF is waterproof (50m).
    It's on the website.
  • HelenWater
    HelenWater Posts: 232 Member
    I haven't gone for a swim with Vivofit yet, but I have with Polar Loop and it came up as very active. I'm not sure about calorie burn with the activity tracker. I used a Polar FT4 (+ H1 HRM) to track calories for the swim.
  • Jen0414
    Jen0414 Posts: 466 Member
    Hello,

    I have taken mine swimming and it's fine.

    But the accuracy wasn't very good.
  • nodiras
    nodiras Posts: 1
    this week i am going to the pool and i am going to answer you.
  • pin3tree
    pin3tree Posts: 6
    50m water resistance seems to be suitable for a light shallow water splashing and showering, but may be not enough for an intense swimming. Here are some links with the guidelines:

    http://www.prestigetime.com/page.php?water-resistance#IDR
    http://deloachwatchservice.com/other_stuff/water_resistancy.htm#four
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Resistant_mark#Water_resistance_classification

    If it's not very accurate tracking your swimming calorie burn, I'd play it safe and not swim with it.
  • PapaChanoli
    PapaChanoli Posts: 178 Member
    I swim with it. So far it's been fine. I've also been in a hot tub and a steam room with it. So far no problems, but then I've only had a few days. Time will tell.

    It doesn't count swimming calories well at all, and the heart rate monitor doesn't work in water; so for swimming it's not going to do the trick. Other garmin products are apparently designed for swimming though. I am not familiar with those, so I can't speak to that.

    I'll definitely be watching to see if anyone has any problems with it in the water because I swim a lot and I don't plan to take it off.

    I do like it's other functions though.
  • MrsD616
    MrsD616 Posts: 4 Member
    I swim with mine all the time. Almost daily. It records water walking the best but even that isn't very good. It doesn't record arm strokes hardly at all. You can move your arms really fast in the water back and forth and you may get a couple of steps. I've tried everything to see what would work. It's not really meant for swimming so it won't be terribly accurate. I actually emailed Garmin to ask if my warranty was still good if I swam with it and their response was yes, swim with it up to 50m (I think). It's waterproof. I swim for fun with my kids so I don't consider it actual exercise. Good luck to you!

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