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What's best for swimming? Vivoactive 3 music or 735xt?

Former Member over 6 years ago

Hi,

I'm looking for a sport watch for swimming and I've been down to either VA3M or 735xt (due to price range). On one hand 735 seems more robust, but VA3M is newer. I Irain four days a week for about one hour each day (+/- 3km per training). And besides daily stats, I'd like to use the watch to track my laps during a set and the interval time.

I'd like to hear some opinions!

Thanks!

0 Richard over 5 years ago

The VA3M crashes if you swim more than about 1600m without pausing and dividing it into intervals. This started happening with the 3.70 software update in February and the last 3 updates haven't resolved this (I tried again with version 4.0 on Sunday). Garmin are aware of the problem but are unable to give a timeframe for fixing it. I'm thinking of getting a refund and then either geting a Forerunner 245 or one of the Samsung Galaxy watches.

0 Andy275 over 5 years ago

I have a 735xt. For swimming really there are no major advancements since the now defunct Garmin Swim watch. The 735xt is a great size/weight watch that has multi-sport features. If you don't do open water swimming, the 245 has all the features of the 735xt except that (but you could place it in your cap or on a safety buoy) and perhaps activity transition (e.g., triathlon), but it has many newer features, including music. I like the open water abilities so I am nit considering changing, but if I didn't do that and were to buy another watch, a 245 might be my choice.