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Are there any headphones that work with the Ionic while swimming laps?

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‎09-17-2017 17:59

‎09-17-2017 17:59

I want to get the Ionic because it can be used for swimming laps but I would love to be able to listen to music on my Ionic as well while I swim. Have you heard of any Bluetooth headphones for swimming?

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‎09-17-2017 23:23

‎09-17-2017 23:23

@Nironavro wrote:

I want to get the Ionic because it can be used for swimming laps but I would love to be able to listen to music on my Ionic as well while I swim. Have you heard of any Bluetooth headphones for swimming?

How about http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bluetooth+waterproof+headphones

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‎09-18-2017 11:59

‎09-18-2017 11:59

Don't take this for an expert answer, but my understanding is Bluetooth travels very poorly, if at all, through water so you are out of luck. I see some Bluetooth headphones advertised as waterproof, but seems to mean won't damage from sweat or getting water splashed on. So a waterproof headphone might not be damaged by water but still you could not hear through it underwater.

Before posting, re-read to see if it would make sense to someone else not looking at your Fitbit or phone.

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‎09-23-2017 14:10

In response to JohnnyRow

‎09-23-2017 14:10

They make a bluetooth speaker that floats on water, the music is broadcast into the pool.

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‎10-25-2017 13:35

‎10-25-2017 13:35

I got the Fitbit Ionic for many reasons including the ability to use in the pool. I'm hoping eventually Fitbit will come out with a set of waterproof headset for swimming that has 2-8 Gig of internal memory since the underwater bluetooth issues, or at least a 1 gig buffer rate. In the mean time I'm looking for an alternative as well. Platronics has some nice looking headsets, but I don't think they have any internal memory.

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‎02-06-2018 03:38

In response to JohnnyRow

‎02-06-2018 03:38

I bought some waterproof headphones from Amazon. The app connected to ionic fine until i started swimming then it switched off. Thought at first it was because i was recording the swim lengths as well but no. It was everytime i put the ionic just under the water. I only do breast stroke so phone wouldnt go under the water that much.

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