Please bring back Temperature sensor in swimming pool activity!!

This is the only thing we have heard directly from Garmin-Chris regarding the sensor(s):

The Pool Swim APP temperature sensor was disabled in an effort to improve the sensors reliability. Thank you for your feedback. I will be happy to pass it along to our engineers.

I don't read into that any intention to "protect" the temperature sensor, rather I interpret that to mean they are attempting to increase the reliability of the output of the "sensor."

Remember, in this case, the "sensor" is a single pressure sensor that provides information for Temperature, Elevation (Altitude), and Barometric Pressure.

I can well imagine a scenario where folks have complained to Garmin in the past about erroneous Baro Pressure or Altimeter data reported during a Pool Swim; easy fix would be to disable the sensor for the Pool Swim App - no more erroneous data.  Also, unfortunately, no more Temp data, either.

Sounds to me like Garmin has heard the complaint, and is investigating whether Temp data only, without Baro or Alti data, could be implemented for the Pool Swim App.

All the conjecture in this thread about galvanic reactions, protective shutters, etc., while entertaining, is most likely superfluous.

HTH

you may have cracked the code.  kudos!  so- during the swim, the temp output is not accurate... so instead of getting complaints about an inaccurate temp sensor in chlorine environments- they've just disabled the output. well- that is a solution.  

morey000 said:

you may have cracked the code.  kudos!  so- during the swim, the temp output is not accurate... so instead of getting complaints about an inaccurate temp sensor in chlorine environments- they've just disabled the output. well- that is a solution.  

Not exactly...

What I was trying to convey is that during the swim, the Baro and Alti outputs are not accurate... so instead of getting complaints about inaccurate Baro and Alti readings - they've just disabled all output from the sensor.

HTH