Polar HRM + water?

susannahcooks
susannahcooks Posts: 293 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I apologize immensely if this has been beaten to death. Just bought a Polar Ft4 (had an older model previously that didn't have the calorie burner on it). My old one worked great in the pool - anyone know if the Polar FT4 works in the pool? Can't for the life of me figure where I stashed the manual. (Dorkof82 - I know you said yours doesn't but wanted to hear what others' experience is..)

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  • susannahcooks
    susannahcooks Posts: 293 Member
    Well, since no one answered, I tested it myself. It worked while in the water. A few strokes into the first lap, my heart rate was showing 00. I pressed the center transmitter unit tighter to my skin and tightened the chest strap a tad, and it never lost contact again the rest of my workout. That said, I don't know whether its the HRM or my body, but I never got my heart rate up much above the 140s. Probably me. But there ya go.
  • cramernh
    cramernh Posts: 3,335 Member
    Per the manual, you cant go past 30m
    You cant press the buttons under water either....

    the only confliction I found, and Im going to go with the label...

    The Label on the chest strap reads "After every use, detach connector and rinse strap."
    The Polar site/book say after every 5th use...
  • Clarevmb
    Clarevmb Posts: 211 Member
    Hi, I've got a Polar FT 7 which is supposed to be ok in water but the instructions say to not push any buttons whilst under water.
    There was a thread a while ago which discussed whether HRM worked under water or not. It was pretty much split with possibly the
    Ones which were water resistant to greater depths being best - this may sound obvious but my FT 7 is supposed to be water resistant I think to 30m but people had had problems with it (usually needing a couple of days to dry out)

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