can the watch keep track&amp;display heart rate without swimming (aka if I run?)
1282168
Yes. This was important to me too when i was doing my research. It took some digging, but I found out that the poolmate hr is the only watch that counts your laps and recorders heart rate under water. Something about the frequency the poolmate uses for heart rate works under water while other training watches do not. The good news is that the heart rate monitor also works out of the water - when you run or train on your bike. It's a great feature that I use regularly.
16673
I can't really answer that because I didn't wear it often. I didn't find it to be that user friendly so I went back to using my Polar watch w/ heart rate monitor. You may want to ask other purchasers and/or do a customer review search to get a better cross section of opininos.
1511318
All of the documentation I have found online states water resistant.Which usually means as long as you aren't diving with it you should be ok. My concern though would be the optical sensor on the back used for measuring heart rate. I personally would not swim with it on.
404289
I have been using the BLE Heart Rate Monitor app, which is free and works great. The developer tries to charge for certain features (charting, exporting to CSV, etc.), but if you just need it to monitor your current heart rate during a workout, you don't need to spend a dime.
658290
There is no reason why you could not. You can turn off the GPS and run as stand alone heart rate monitor. The tread mill should give your distance/pace, ect and you would than manually enter that info in to your Runtastic activity profile with the "manual edit" feature online once you had synced the watch and uploaded that specific activity.
1322747
Only if u are setting it to keep track. You would have to also periodically check your pulse for a reading. This is strictly used for when you are exercising
1732907
Garmin sells a different watch for swimming (an extra 150$). I tried it for swimming, and it doesn't work at all. And since Garmin is not reliable (read the reviews, most of them stop working after a year or 2 just like mine did), I would go for something else. I just bough a Suunto Ambit2 S, and for 400$, you can run, cycle, swim, and much much more than a Garmin crap. Easier to use, more confortable, better software.
1839666
The device comes with a heart rate monitor included and it does give the max and average heart rates. The device actually gives quite a deal of information. Runners world, when they did a review of the previous model of this watch called it "The Data Miner." I mostly use it with a footpod so it gives pace, speed and distance etc.
1887548
Yes you can but from what I can tell, you are unable to view your stats at the same time. You'd be much better off to just set your lap distance to 1 mile (the default), then enable auto-lap. The watch will beep at the end of every mile and you would know to switch to a run/walk.
2265916
I have only used mine for running. It shows your calories burned on the display, however the heart monitor is sold separately.
795841
Of curse you have! Otherwise the watch won't be able to count your heart rate and calories burned. It's a must to wear it...
1343760
You have to wear the heart monitor around your chest and it links up to the watch. Mine can link up with my smartphone but the watch cannot do heart rate by itself
1558505
No. And don't wash your hands while wearing it, either. From their website FAQ: "The Withings Pulse is not meant to be worn while swimming and as it is not waterproof it is not meant to be worn while taking a shower either. When exercising, we recommend that you place your Withings Pulse into the provided Belt Clip to avoid direct contact with the sweat for a prolonged period of time...Please note that any physical or liquid damage will void the warranty." Mine went dead after about two months, and because I hadn't read the small print, I didn't know this. I wore it on my wrist for endurance running (lots of sweat) and didn't remove it when I washed my hands throughout the day (activity tracking). When it stopped working and I tried to get it replaced, they made sure I knew that they would be able to tell whether it was ever wet and if so my warranty would be voided.
2274153
Yes. You must have the exercise timer going, take your pulse it will show you what your heart rate is and how many calories burned. Can do it as many times as you like as long as exercise timer is going. Great watch for price paid. I
1299175
No, just heart rate. It has a zone feature also keeps time when not used as monitor
2085861
The manual that it came with was pretty basic, but no mention of heart rate monitor, and I checked and did not see this feature in the settings. No App market support. Said to be waterproof by manufacturer in ad, but upon receiving, indicates that it is not waterproof, and to not allow exposure to moisture.
783210
The Cardio is not out yet (as of April 9, 2014) but speaking of the current model. They only have an iPhone app, however, you do not need to use the mobile app to use the watch. All the mobile app does is allow the watch to sync your workout data wirelessly, you can (as I do) just use the included USB cradle to sync your workout data. You need to plug it in to charge it anyways so it's really not a big deal.