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Swimming with Forerunner 245

5597595
over 5 years ago

Does any one have experience of using this watch for pool swimming?

I'm thinking of buying one but there is something that puts me off.

The website states:

  1. During your swim activity, select BACK to start a rest.

    The display reverses to white text on a black background, and the rest screen appears.

  2. During a rest, select UP or DOWN to view other data screens (optional).
  3. Select BACK, and continue swimming.
  4. Repeat for additional rest intervals.

Do I HAVE to press BACK when I take a rest? What happens if I don't?

I am used to the MOOV NOW where I don't have to press anything during my swim. When I am resting it automatically detects that, records the time spent resting, and then it starts recording my swims again as soon as I start swimming.

I don't really want to press a button on my watch every time I rest for a few minutes during my training session.

Can anyone advise?

Thanks!

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to 5597595

    I got a Forerunner 245 yesterday, updated to firmware version 4.10 and I have the auto-rest as an option in the pool swim options.

    Regarding the devices, I believe the Garmin Swim 2 swimming features, got ported into the 245 (some- including the auto-rest) and the 945 (most of them including CSS Critical Swim Speed).

    I think this is your answer in your initial question Slight smile

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to mariosx

    You are correct that some Swim 2 features were ported into other models. I'm not sure where the error in information occurred for  but that was incorrect and I apologize for that.