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How is Ambit 2S at monitoring HR in water? Don't you need the strap for this?
by solnyshok 12y ago
How is Ambit 2S at monitoring HR in water? Don't you need the strap for this?
- zimpenfish 12y agoFrom the canonical source of all questions fitness watch related: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/suunto-ambit2-review.html http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/04/suunto-ambit2-review.html > Note that the ANT and ANT+ transmission protocols that the Ambit2 utilizes to transmit heart rate don’t transmit well underwater (about 1-2”), thus, you won’t get any heart rate data. I believe Polar's ultrasonic sound transmission is still the only one which works reliably underwater.
- lispm 12y agoThe Ambit2 S does not do that. The new Ambit3 does it though. The strap works underwater, too. It buffers the data and sends it later when bluetooth connectivity is back...