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Swim 2 wildly inaccurate

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over 1 year ago

My Swim 2 is regularly inaccurate in capturing the number of lengths, but this is usually limited to 1 length for each set - this is slightly annoying but ok I guess.

But in my last 2 swims the inaccuracy has become wild.

Last swim was 3000m but the device only recorded 2000m (and metrics such as SWOLF and pace are also stupidly out but I guess accurate for swimming 2000m in the time for 3k)

Previous swim was similarly inaccurate when I completed the swim, but after saving the swim it corrected.

Anyone encountered this before?

Is a simple power off and on the fix?

Many thanks!

Andrew

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    No problems whatsoever, great accuracy, just following what YOU do...
    I'm copying what DCRainmaker stated in its (great) review:

    "I find most of my accuracy errors come from people doing stupid @#$# in front of me, which in turn causes me to stop swimming (and fantasize about beating them up with a pull buoy).

    You see, all indoor swim watches or goggles work on roughly the same premise: They use accelerometers and gyros to determine whether you’re swimming consistently, or if you’ve just turned at the wall. So if you stop to beat someone up, then to the watch, that looks like you just did a flip turn at the wall (and you’ll get extra laps). As has been the case for a decade in my reviews of swim watches, my advice is simple: Do as little non-swimming stuff as possible while swimming.

    No dancing, no re-enacting the YMCA song to your buddies in between sets. And if you’ve got Auto Rest on, for the love of god don’t try picking up that Girl or Guy in the lane next to you by pretending to be a coach and flailing your arms about demonstrating proper catch and elbow placement in between sets. All of which will cause bad things to happen, no matter the device.

    Just swim. Oh, and if you go to the bathroom mid-set (in the restroom, not the pool, ideally), then pause your watch. Otherwise it might think you’re swimming then too. Got it? Good."

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to Paulo_Goulart

    This is one of the greatest comments I've read! Thanks for posting.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to S.M.R.

    Thanks, but, although I totally agree, those were not my words...