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Lap counter?

cheshirecatastrophe
cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
edited November 12 in Social Groups
Does anyone use a Garmin Swim or Poolmate to count laps/indoor distance/intervals? How do you like it? Does the drag on your wrist feel weird or affect your stroke at all?

(Unfortunately, the manual finger-clicky ones don't work for me as I forget to click them.)

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  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
    edited February 2015
    I keep it simple.
    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016J9NE8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=viglink21659-20

    Yes it takes a little mental discipline. But don't forget anymore. 120 laps minimum per day.
    Simple click counter. 4 digit display.
    The Garmin and other have a problem counting laps if you don't push off and glide long enough. They also don't count kick board laps.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    I do use a Garmin 910xt. It's wonderful for long sets and crap for any drills that do not have a consistent stroke. I do like it and use it a lot, but I really wanted it for open water.
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    If I had mental discipline, I wouldn't need a lap counter... o:)

    So the 910 does track laps in a pool? (It's too bulky for my wrists--even smaller than The Girl's of DCRainmaker fame; my feet stole all the size marbles--but I'm sort of saving up for the 920 at some point, maybe, hopefully). For some reason I was thinking it was just OWS.
  • NoelFigart1
    NoelFigart1 Posts: 1,276 Member
    It does track laps, but somewhat imperfectly. You do have to tell it your pool length. IT has an accelerometer, so when you change direction with a certain level of force, it notices and counts another lap (well, however many yards/meters you set it for in terms of pool length). It can even (sort of) detect stroke, though it insists on calling a lot of my breastroke backstroke. I can usually sort out the noise from the data because I do have an idea of what strokes I am doing when in the workout.

    It goes all haywire for sculling drills and hesitation drills, but for general lap swimming, it's been a very useful tool to me, even if it is huge and clunky.

    For OWS, it uses GPS.
  • cheshirecatastrophe
    cheshirecatastrophe Posts: 1,395 Member
    Thanks! I didn't realize the 910 had an accelerometer; I thought that was a newer thing in the Garmins. Yeah, I'm mostly wanting to count laps for straight-up distance free. BELIEVE me, I know EVERY SINGLE LAP OF BUTTERFLY that I ever swim. :smiley:

    Thanks again for the endorsement. Gonna start chucking quarters in the piggy bank again.
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