Today I did my first swim with the Forerunner 55, and I did 500 m, but the app reports 1600 m. I think it mixed up feet and meters.
Thanks. I am not yet ready to swim this carefully, so I thought, I just will have a lap button. Later when I am ready with the technique, I will swim in a way that the distance is measured correctly. How do I add the lap button? For Pool Swim I can't add the lap button.
You generally use drill when you do for example kicks using a kicker board etc so not a normal stroke. I am not a regular swimmer and I managed to get laps and stroke detection working Ok with a little change. Of course one really has to concentrate on the pushes from turns as that is what triggers a lap change. Alos if you fiddle with your watch arm during a length , or perhaps bump something like the dividing rope , it may trigger a new lap. Consider it a challenge :-) to get it more accurate.
I also use this web site to adjust strokes etc if you are that way inclined.