BodyBugg: Water, Wet and Ruined?

This is pretty much one of the easiest articles that we can write about BodyBugg.  The BodyBugg that you wear on your arm is not a piece of equipment that you would want to get wet.  You may be able to step in and out of the

shower quickly without any permanent damage, but if you jump in a pool with it on there is a good chance it will be ruined. 

If you would look closely at your armband you will notice that at the point where the USB rests in the ring, there is a small rubber plug.  Although that plug may keep out the splash from a forgotten moment or two in the shower, it will do little to protect the unit if it gets submerged in water.

For some reason the wireless digital wristband is water resistant up to 30 meters, or 98 feet.  It is sort of paradoxical for the digital readout to be water resistant and the main unit to not be water resistant.  Maybe this is because there is a plan in the works for a water resistant BodyBugg in the future?

Regardless of what may come in the future you need to realize that at this moment in time the BodyBugg should not be taken in the shower and it needs to stay out of the pool.  If it were to be soaked, it will be ruined because it is electronic and we all know what happens to electronics if they get wet while turned on. 

If you should find yourself in a light rain the BodyBugg should be fine, but if you are caught in a torrential downpour, with no shelter or umbrella, you should take it off and stuff it in your pocket for safe keeping.  I have worn mine in numerous Florida thunderstorms and have never had a problem.  I have had mine on for over one year now.

In closing just try to keep your BodyBugg dry.  Do not swim with your BodyBugg.  Do not shower with your BodyBugg.  After a bit of thought there is only one way that I know of that you can get the BodyBugg wet with no adverse effects.  The way that I speak of is with sweat.  Sweat has never bothered my unit one bit.

Although sweat has caused me to order replacement arm bands, it has never caused any problems with the functioning of the unit.  The only thing sweating has ever done to my BodyBugg is cause me to order replacement straps.  I really do not mind getting the straps because I love to see the calorie burn go up while my weight goes down.

In closing, water is bad for a BodyBugg unless it is sweat.  Try as hard as you can to keep your BodyBugg out of the shower, the pool and of course rivers and ponds and lakes and any other body of water you can think about.