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How do you record a swim in a swimspa? The pool swim doesn't record the distance properly.

7620468 over 2 years ago

Eg. If I swim150 strokes and it tells me my distance is only 33 meters...I don't know how to get a more accurate reading.

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e7andy over 2 years ago +1

Try using Open Water Swimming with the GPS turned off.
trux over 2 years ago +1

7620468 said:
I don't know how to get a more accurate reading.

You have to enter the right pool distance in the Pool Swim activity settings. And then you have to take care that your turns at the wall…

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0 e7andy over 2 years ago

Try using Open Water Swimming with the GPS turned off.

0 7620468 over 2 years ago in reply to e7andy

Thanks! I don't seem to have 'open water swimming' on my list of activities. Can you tell me how to add it?

0 7620468 over 2 years ago in reply to 7620468

I guess the Venu2 doesn't have the open water swim option...any other options?

0 e7andy over 2 years ago in reply to 7620468

No, sorry. The watch must have support for Open Water Swimming for my tip to work.

0 7620468 over 2 years ago in reply to e7andy

OK. Thanks anyway.

0 trux over 2 years ago

7620468 said:
I don't know how to get a more accurate reading.

You have to enter the right pool distance in the Pool Swim activity settings. And then you have to take care that your turns at the wall are clean and fast enough to be detected. And if it is an "endless" pool with artificial current, then you need to estimate the distance from the current speed, or from the number of strokes, and enter the distance (resp. you can only enter the number of pool lengths) manually in Garmin Connect.