<p dir="ltr">If you're up for a challenge (Linux user, so I presume so) you could try a Mi Band. They are dirt cheap and the hardware is excellent - waterproof with a month battery life. They need a smartphone to sync to but might sync to an android image running on a VM with access to a Bluetooth 4 adapter. Then there are possible open source routes to the data or you could stage it through Google fit and get it that way. They cost about a tenner plus selling your soul to the cloud platforms of Google and Xiaomi... <br>
If you want a bigger challenge you could get a sport watch dev kit from TI (water resistant to 30m) and write your own tracker firmware... <a href="http://uk.farnell.com/texas-instruments/ez430-chronos-868/cc430-rf-watch-868mhz-dev-kit/dp/1779157?CMP=KNC-GUK-FUK-GEN-DSA-PLA-TEXAS_INSTRUMENTS&mckv=GRKQWXlH_dm|pcrid|79605936669|&gclid=Cj0KEQjw98mvBRD-_ciSovKhq7gBEiQAEvsBZ6Vs3VTHJ15jOip3nx1Qags9WBAZwZ3VfUtv2VIr8RsaAthB8P8HAQ">http://uk.farnell.com/texas-instruments/ez430-chronos-868/cc430-rf-watch-868mhz-dev-kit/dp/1779157?CMP=KNC-GUK-FUK-GEN-DSA-PLA-TEXAS_INSTRUMENTS&mckv=GRKQWXlH_dm|pcrid|79605936669|&gclid=Cj0KEQjw98mvBRD-_ciSovKhq7gBEiQAEvsBZ6Vs3VTHJ15jOip3nx1Qags9WBAZwZ3VfUtv2VIr8RsaAthB8P8HAQ</a></p>
<p dir="ltr">-Cam</p>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:26 Mike Cardwell <<a href="mailto:nlug@lists.grepular.com">nlug@lists.grepular.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">* on the Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 09:10:47AM +0100, stripes theotoky wrote:<br>
<br>
> I am looking for a "Fitbit" exercise monitor type of wristband that is<br>
> compatible with Linux and is waterproof, as much of my exercise is<br>
> swimming. They are mostly made to log data to smartphones but not having<br>
> one I wish to sync it to the laptop.<br>
><br>
> Does anyone have any experience with these devices?<br>
><br>
> The Fitbit doesn't fit these requirements being neither water proof nor<br>
> Linux compatible.<br>
<br>
I can't directly recommend this as I don't have experience of one yet,<br>
but I'm getting a Pebble Time watch (I'll be picking it up tomorrow). You<br>
can use one of these whilst swimming:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://getpebble.com/pebble_time" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://getpebble.com/pebble_time</a><br>
<br>
A quick search suggests that there are apps which you can install on the<br>
watch related to tracking your swims:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.swimiomotion.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.swimiomotion.com/</a><br>
<br>
I'm not sure about Linux support. But you can write your own apps and their<br>
SDK can be installed on Linux:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://developer.getpebble.com/sdk/install/linux/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://developer.getpebble.com/sdk/install/linux/</a><br>
<br>
So at the very least, you could write something yourself to track your<br>
swimming which then uploads data to a server via whatever means<br>
you choose (a HTTP PUT/POST to your own webapp?)<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
<br>
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