Best swim fitness watch that will sync with my fitness pal?

I just switched to an Apple Watch so that I could swim with it. So far it is holding up in the water but it’s only been about a week. I don’t expect any issues. I like it much more than I did my Fitbit.

Fitbit flex2 is designed to track swimming but I don’t think it has HR monitoring

&1 for the Garmin 920xt. Mine has lasted for 4 years through hundreds of swims in fresh and saltwater. As noted above, syncs with mfp and other training apps.

MelanieCN77 wrote: »

edandpatlockett1 wrote: »

eb8566 wrote: »

I just switched to an Apple Watch so that I could swim with it. So far it is holding up in the water but it’s only been about a week. I don’t expect any issues. I like it much more than I did my Fitbit.

Doesn't the apple watch require using a cell phone? Does it sync with my fitness pal?

The AW requires you have an iPhone but with the models after 2 you don't need it with you for workouts. As to synching, yes and no. You can either just synch workouts and no NEAT, but for the whole synch the best current option seems to be an app called Pacer.

OP says they don't have a phone, so I'm not sure app-based syncs will work out, unless it can be a desktop app?

edandpatlockett1 wrote: »

Not only do I not have a phone, I am very computer/electronic limited. I do have a lap top computer and fumble through it. I'm just an old fart trying to get healthy and sooooooooooooo confused. Thanks to all for their input.

If you would prefer to go low-tech, something someone recommended to me was a lap-counter ring. [Here are some lap counter options] I didn't get one, but they're around. And if you want heart rate, I there are chest straps that measure that too (and work well in the water, unlike watches). Most wrist-trackers are designed to work with a cell phone and sync to apps there.

I've lost 2 trackers myself, and I don't have the $ to throw at it anymore. For now, I've returned to logging an estimated time length and I've created a little "exercise log" in my journal where I record exercise/location/time/laps or reps/level/date. I'm using the MFP calorie estimates, and it's less confusing and fewer pieces/issues (didn't sync properly, forgot to charge device, device didn't register my double tap to signal an exercise and didn't track it properly, etc). Plus free!

I still love the instant feedback of a watch, and I'm personally keeping an eye on the Fitbit Inspire HR because it has both swiming & heart rate, but I'd bet it would be just as not-durable as your other Fitbits. Many devices are designed with an intentionally short lifespan to encourage replacing and upgrading. That said, I believe the very high-end Garmin watches are quite durable.

merekins wrote: »

Fitbit has a new Inspire HR that tracks swimming. It’s time for me to replace as well and think I’ll go with that.

I just bought one of these... haven't quite made it into the pool - but I feel way better about it in my Hot Yoga classes and I can shower in it after class, seems to be working quite well.

Apple Watch requires you to have an iPhone generally but not actually at the poolside. I use mine in the pool and it seamlessly syncs to MFP when I grab my bag (containing my phone) out of the locker.