Garmin Swim Watch

I have used both the Swimsense and the Garmin. The Swimsense is more precise; the Garmin sometimes misses laps when I am sprinting, or believes I am swimming butterfly. The Swimsense rarely misses, but also because its firmware is more mature. I am expecting this to improve on the Garmin as the product matures. For simple swimming and regular sets they are both 100% precise counting laps, computing average pace etc. The Swimsense is also better at timing each lap of a set; the Garmin sometimes drifts too much from one lap's time to the next. None of the two are perfect in this regard, though. The Swimsense has an experimental mode where you don't need to press any buttons to start and end a repeat, it will detect when you arrive and when you start again. It kind of works, but I ended up disabling it because sometimes it didn't work well and was getting a bit distracting. Another advantage of the Swimsense is it is more configurable, with several pages of custom data available, vs. only one for the Garmin. For pace-clock like use, the Garmin is easier, as it has a very easy white-on-black mode where it tells you the amount of time you have been resting and also since you started your previous repeat. The Garmin is easier to connect to the computer (wireless), and uses a regular watch battery which lasts around one year. The Swimsense needs to be charged about every two weeks, and connects to the computer via USB, with some problems after a while (contacts get rusty and need to be cleaned often). I could give you a lot more details, but for a very good comparison, pictures etc: www.dcrainmaker.com/.../garmin-swim-watch-in-depth-review.html In general, I would buy the Garmin mainly because the Swimsense is no longer well supported. The guys behind it moved on. Right now, the Swimsense is a better product overall, but the Garmin has better potential through future updates. If you have any particular questions, feel free to ask.

I have used both the Swimsense and the Garmin. The Swimsense is more precise; the Garmin sometimes misses laps when I am sprinting, or believes I am swimming butterfly. The Swimsense rarely misses, but also because its firmware is more mature. I am expecting this to improve on the Garmin as the product matures. For simple swimming and regular sets they are both 100% precise counting laps, computing average pace etc. The Swimsense is also better at timing each lap of a set; the Garmin sometimes drifts too much from one lap's time to the next. None of the two are perfect in this regard, though. The Swimsense has an experimental mode where you don't need to press any buttons to start and end a repeat, it will detect when you arrive and when you start again. It kind of works, but I ended up disabling it because sometimes it didn't work well and was getting a bit distracting. Another advantage of the Swimsense is it is more configurable, with several pages of custom data available, vs. only one for the Garmin. For pace-clock like use, the Garmin is easier, as it has a very easy white-on-black mode where it tells you the amount of time you have been resting and also since you started your previous repeat. The Garmin is easier to connect to the computer (wireless), and uses a regular watch battery which lasts around one year. The Swimsense needs to be charged about every two weeks, and connects to the computer via USB, with some problems after a while (contacts get rusty and need to be cleaned often). I could give you a lot more details, but for a very good comparison, pictures etc: www.dcrainmaker.com/.../garmin-swim-watch-in-depth-review.html In general, I would buy the Garmin mainly because the Swimsense is no longer well supported. The guys behind it moved on. Right now, the Swimsense is a better product overall, but the Garmin has better potential through future updates. If you have any particular questions, feel free to ask.