@Webby-Skymaster said in Clearly there are no swimmers really training with the V2 or R2 (even after Q1 update) come on your all pretending...:
no longer need a HR band
Until you compare the signal quality between the wrist, moving, under tension, in water and a chest strap, especially one held in place by a wetsuit, there’s a reason the optical HR plot is so smooth. Which if that’s fine for you, that’s fine, but I really don’t like the quality of the data from it. I find it very disheartening when Garmin (or, insert watch brand here) has said I’ve had an easy swim and it’s been the kind where I feel on the edge of drowning it’s so hard.