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I'm in the market for a new watch. I have a Forerunner 35 at the moment and it does pretty much what I need in terms of running. However, I want to start logging open water swimming too.
Can anyone recommend a running watch that could handle sea swims? I don't need bells and whistles: an entry level multisport watch would be fine. I've always had Garmins in the past but would be open to trying a new brand.
Mr Rainmaker is your best bet - seems there's a new garmin on the block for swim only https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/garmin-swim-2-openwater-pool-gps-watch-review.html.
If you know exactly what you want, or a combo watch then he does very in-depth comparisons.
Oooh, that looks good. I guess it's not a running watch too though.
I've been using an old Garmin Swim watch (the one launched 7 years ago mentioned in DC Rainmaker's review) and I have to say it's the best pool watch I've ever used (I've tried a PoolMate and also use a Garmin 920XT occasionally in the pool, but mainly save it for open water). In a pool the Garmin Swim never misses a length, records intervals and rests correctly (the 920XT can make a bit of hash of these - perhaps the newer triathlon watches are better?), so if there's a new one with GPS added I'm very interested.
The DC Rainmaker review says that it has the standard run and fitness tracking features of other Garmin watches, except that it doesn't have a barometric sensor. I'm guessing it'd do everything my Forerunner 35 does.
DCR also raves about how accurate the satellite tracking is for the Swim 2. I skipped the pool swimming section of the review, but he declared it competent for pool swimming in the summary.
I'm still using my old Garmin 910XT. It is a brilliant bit of kit, does more than everything I need for run, bike and swim. The only real disadvantage over newer models is that it isn't suitable to wearing all the time. Going for well under £50 on ebay.
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