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Smart Watches for Pool and Open Water

SwimDogs
over 4 years ago
I've been relatively happy with my Garmin 920xt for the last four years, but looking to upgrade. What are the favorite Smart Watches on the market today? I am primarily interested for pool and open water training (and events), and it would be great to be able to incorporate a heart rate monitor and a water-temperature gauge into the actual watch. It would be nice if it worked well for calculating kicking and one-arm (off arm) drill distances to get a better handle on TOTAL session distances. Connectivity to social fitness platforms would be fantastic. Any recommendations?
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 4 years ago
    I have Garmin Swim 2, I have had it for about 5 months - like it but Garmin support isnâ€Tmt the best. Useful for the pool, handy way of recording splits. Don't bother with the autolap feature.It can be set to automatic rest if you are doing intervals which is nice. Three complaints: 1)In open water it overcounts stroke work. 2) In lap swimming it doesnâ€Tmt count kicking with a board. 3) In laps it sometimes counts flipturns as extra yardage.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member over 4 years ago
    I have Garmin Swim 2, I have had it for about 5 months - like it but Garmin support isnâ€Tmt the best. Useful for the pool, handy way of recording splits. Don't bother with the autolap feature.It can be set to automatic rest if you are doing intervals which is nice. Three complaints: 1)In open water it overcounts stroke work. 2) In lap swimming it doesnâ€Tmt count kicking with a board. 3) In laps it sometimes counts flipturns as extra yardage.
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