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How is Ambit 2S at monitoring HR in water? Don't you need the strap for this?



From the canonical source of all questions fitness watch related: 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.


The 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...




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