Misfit today announced the launch of the "Speedo Shine," a new activity tracker that's been designed in partnership with Speedo, a company known for its swimwear and swimming accessories. Like Misfit's other products, the device tracks steps taken, various exercises, and sleep, but it also is able to track swimming activity.
The Speedo Shine is waterproof and features proprietary lap counting algorithms to measure laps taken when in the pool. According to Misfit and Speedo, the lap tracking capabilities feature "industry-leading accuracy" and have been tested at Speedo's Aqualab.
Lap counting works for all stroke types, and the data that's collected is displayed in the Misfit app for iOS. The app collects information on swim distance, lap count, calories burned, and fitness points earned. In the near future, the Speedo Shine will also sync with the Speedo Fit swim tracking app.
As with the existing Misfit Shine, the new Speedo Shine is a circular activity tracker worn on the wrist. It's crafted from aluminum and available in a new light silver color the company calls "Pure" with a black or white band.
The Speedo Shine with swim tracking capabilities will launch on September 1 and it will be sold in Apple retail stores, on Misfit's website, and on Speedo's website. It is priced at $79.99.
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I've been manually inputting my swim stats into the speedo fit iOS app for some months now because it feeds the data right into Apple Health.
This would automate that process and also save me from having to count laps in my head (28... 28... 28... 28... turn...29... 29.... <mind wanders>... hang on - was it 29 or 27?... 27... 27... 27....) :)
On my end, I use a SportCount ('http://www.sportcount.com/') ring to keep track of my lapcount and of the average times.
I am also looking forward to what appears to be a cutting edge activity tracker - with great (3D) feedback information - the second generation MOOV NOW ('https://moov.cc/getmoov/7F309420B8'). It is coming out this fall. They recommend two for swimming (or boxing!) but they are $40 off with pre-ordering. No, I don't work for them but I am just amazed by what they promise (as from their videos).
I do think at some point I will learn how to swim properly but it will take a lot of practice for me to have a breakthrough. Thanks for the suggestion of the videos. I'll give it a try. That may be a good way for me to take it all in and train my brain to synch up the breathing properly.