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For open water swimming I was happy to wear a HR strap but it's annoying for pool swimming.
I don't understand unless you are one of those neoprene wearing people?
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I don't understand unless you are one of those neoprene wearing people?
Only if I don't have time to do enough open water training (which I rarely do get time for). For SS 2019 I didn't get a chance to do any open water training and faced with the prospect of 3h30 in 17oC water it wasn't a difficult choice to slather myself in neoprene.
Greenbank
I've used a Forerunner 920xt, 935 and 945 for open water swimming. All a bit hit and miss but then if you read the DC Rainmaker reviews of open water swimming watches you'll find that they all suffer from similar problems.
Here's my Swim Serpentine swims from 2019:-
No idea why the watch (the 935 at the time) decided not to log the first activity properly, looking on Garmin Connect it had no problem recording strokes and HR for the activity. Miles 3&4 and 5&6 recorded fine though.
The Garmin Connect activities give you much more info than just Strava:-
(Requoted to stop the forum expanding the garmin connect links.)
My brother seems to get by quite well with his Garmin Swim 2.
(I'm selling my 935 for £200 in the classifieds. I upgraded to a 945 because of the PulseOx measuring [I wear the 945 all the time, including when asleep] and for wrist based HR when pool swimming. For open water swimming I was happy to wear a HR strap but it's annoying for pool swimming.)