Pool-Mate £69.99
Pool-Mate is one of the latest products to be given the Ten-Point treatment and the verdict has been unanimous - This product is a stroke of genius!
On dry land Pool-Mate is a digital watch equipped with functions you would expect - Time, Date, Stopwatch, Alarm - all displayed on a clean LCD.
However the moment you jump into the deep end and push the start button, Pool-Mate interprets the acceleration and repetition of your wrist movement during your swim using state of the art MEMs accelerometers (very similar to the motion sensors used in Apple iPhones for example) that measure the acceleration of the wrist during the swim stroke. Coupled with the latest advances in digital signal processing techniques and software algorithms, Pool-Mate can produce accurate feedback concerning your swim - that means not only TIME, DISTANCE and Number of LAPS but also STROKES PER LAP and STROKE EFFICIENCY. And in case I have not made this abundantly clear this all happens AUTOMATICALLY - Without Calibration! No more losing lap count, no more faffing around with stopwatches - just press start and off you go!
We tested the Pool-mate both in speed sessions and longer Ironman distance swims and it performed admirably and accurately. Having set the length of the pool and the wrist that the Pool-Mate will be worn on (the only input you need to give it), it gave accurate stats for all swims. So no matter if you are swimming Front Crawl, Breaststroke or Butterfly, if the pool is over 15m in length; until the triathlon Gods grace us with a heart rate monitor that can be used in water, this is a key training tool for all swimmers wanting to improve their times.
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