How to make laps count sensibly?

7011639 said:

I see that there's a bunch of suggestions listing all the "rules" about how you're supposed to swim in order to get the laps to be counted properly. I'm flat out just keeping my head above water... changing my swimming style to make it more convenient for my watch is ridiculous.

I understand your frustration. I don't know about more recent garmin models (which saw some modifications to the swimming profile), but it appears that the 935 (and other models from that era) are more focused on performance-oriented swimmers, and don't work well for recreational  and/or casual swimming. This doesn't mean that you have to be fast or efficient for it to work properly, I'm a lousy swimmer, struggling to maintain a 2:00/100m pace, and yet I never had any issues with distance measurement in a swimming pool. If you don't want or can't obey the tips and guidelines, then I'm sorry, but you have the wrong tool.

7011639 said:

Am I better to use the Open Water Swimming activity and rely on the GPS?

No.

Thanks for the quick reply. I can see that people have been complaining about this problem for years now so I was hoping that someone might have found a workaround.

It is a shame that Garmin doesn't see this as a problem. I love everything else about this watch, but this particularly aspect is genuinely appalling.

Anyway, thanks again for the response. Appreciate it.

Hi,

You should use this website to correct the distance :

http://swimmingwatchtools.com/