Strap free water resistant monitor

[Heart2.0]

Hello ! Has any one tried one?
A MIO brand? I like the idea of no strap
My ribs are still stupid swollen and sore at @ 5 months out
(So even a bra band is not pleasent)
It can get wet ? And I could swim again ??
Yay!
Id love any strap free suggestions thank you.

 

[AZ Don]

I have a Sportline Duo watch which can take heart rate by touching it or optionally via a strap. I'm not sure that it was able to capture my heart rate when it was wet and it didn't work right for a couple days after I went swimming with it. Since then I've worn it into the hot tub a couple times by mistake and it was fine. I've concluded it's probably ok to get it wet but it isn't really suited for swimming, though I like it for pretty much everything else. I've reverted to taking my pulse on my neck in between laps when swimming.

 

[ski girl]

At five months out you shouldn't have any restrictions for physical activity?? How about work to RPE (rate of perceived exertion) - if you can put up with the HR strap for a couple of swims you'll figure out what your RPE is for a given heart rate and then you can ditch the HR strap. I don't wear mine very often now.

 

[Heart2.0]

Hello thanks for you replies!
I bought the polar with a cloth strap. I am very slow to recover and I am so frustrated by it. It seems a lifel
Of physical activity does not equate to quick recovery. I am still in cardio rehab and have a prescribed
Heart rate target. I really didn't understand it at first. But it seems at the slow rate I am going swimming is
A long way off. Even a Zumba class is too much after 15 minutes. I was given a list with categories of exercise
The things I used to do are in the 5-7 and 7-9 "mets" range. I am very sadly at the 2-3 range. I can't get over
Thinking what am I doing wrong? But everyone says "nothing!" just be patient. (Ha crying doesn't really help.)
Being so limited makes me feel quite upset. I just wear out and that's that. In fact if I push it , I get a day of
Laying down and an actual sore heart. :/ I don't understand why I can't recover quicker. Oh well
Most people think it is super cheering to remind me I couldn't walk or speak above a whisper in January .
(Not really so cheery, thanks though.) I have a tissue aortic valve and an ascending arch repair and no
Other illness. I have been reminded if my scar and ribs are still sore, so is my heart ( and wow indigestion is a b**ch)
I sure wish I could find some other face to face AVR people. My current cardio rehab is very frail elderly
People and not a friendly atmosphere for questions. I really have to push to get any information from
The RNs. And they mostly talk around.."I don't know". Knowledge and a touch of cheer leading
Would really help me . I am not so good as my own cheer team.