P90X and Activity Tracking

Monty Burns

Hi guys,

first, sorry if this is in the wrong section but this is about a fitness watch rather than a Moto 360 or similar.

OK - so as you might have gathered, i'm currently doing P90 and i'm two weeks in to it and LOVING it.  For the first time in my life, i'm not boooooored doing exercise.  

Currently, I'm using a Polar Loop and Polar Heart Rate monitor.  These are working well but, not quite doing what I would like.  For example, although the HRM is waterproof, it only communicates with the Loop when I'm swimming when I actually stop and, even then it only updates the pulse *at that moment* and not the record of the previous laps.... is this correct?  I would have hoped that the HRM would buffer a few minutes swimming record and then sync the entire swim.

So, I think it's about time I upgrade from the loop to something a little more "watch" like.  I would like to know if there is a watch (are they limited to just Polar?) that:

works with the Polar HRMrecords heart rate for the duration of swimming and not just the pulse at the time I stop and synchas it's own heart rate monitor and does ad-hoc testing as part of resting/chilling out monitoringdoes activity tracking/sleep trackingAlso, my friend has a Garmin and this handles being on motorcycle MUCH better than my loop. Example, if I get on my motorcycle with 1 step, by the time i've gone a mile it will have recorded over a 1000 steps - i think this is due to the vibration.  His Garmin reports a LOT less.

Am i dreaming with these requirements or does such a watch exist?

Thank you!!!