{"id":17,"date":"2016-09-20T22:05:47","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/?p=17"},"modified":"2016-09-20T22:05:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T02:05:47","slug":"apple-watch-series-2-vs-garmin-swim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/2016\/09\/20\/apple-watch-series-2-vs-garmin-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Watch Series 2 vs Garmin Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"

I received my new Apple Watch Series 2 yesterday afternoon so I went to the pool this morning to try it out. \u00a0I wore the Apple Watch on my left wrist and my 3-years-old Garmin\u00a0Swim on my left wrist.<\/p>\n

To me, the Apple Watch feel less bulky on the wrist. \u00a0I always find the Garmin Swim a bit too bulky for my taste. \u00a0During the swim, the Apple Watch shows time, cal, lap and distance. \u00a0It does not show heart rate during my swimming workout. \u00a0I am not sure\u00a0if you can select what data to be displayed on the watch during workout. \u00a0On my Garmin Swim, I can choose what data I can\u00a0display, and I chose time and distance.<\/p>\n

After the workout, you can review the stats on your iPhone using the Activity app. \u00a0The photos below show the stats you get with Apple Watch versus\u00a0Garmin Swim. \u00a0 The total time registered on both devices are about the same. \u00a0Garmin gives me higher len\/lap count but it is normal for the Garmin Swim to\u00a0give me 3 extra laps. \u00a0My guess is the Apple Watch registered one to two lengths less than actual. \u00a0Total calories is about the same, with Garmin being slightly higher than Apple. \u00a0I think it is because of the 5 extra length counts on the Garmin. \u00a0Speed is a bit slower on the\u00a0Apple Watch. \u00a0The Activity app shows my average heart rate as 139 BPM but the Garmin Swim does not provide this information. \u00a0However, Garmin Swim gives you other stats that Apple Watch does not provide such as SWOLF (\u201cSwim Golf\u201d , a score obtained by adding together your strokes per length, and the time for the length) and the number of stroke per length. \u00a0I rarely look at those data though.<\/p>\n

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I noticed two short comings when\u00a0using the Apple Watch as a swim watch. \u00a0First, the Apple Watch’s screen go blank during the swim while the Garmin Swim stay on during the entire swim session. \u00a0I like to check my len\/lap count or distance when I reached one side of the pool before I turn. \u00a0With the Garmin, I will just steal a glance but with the Apple Watch, I have to tap on the screen to wake\u00a0it up. \u00a0For me, this is my\u00a0first and biggest complaint. \u00a0Second, it is difficult to pause the Apple Watch during the middle of a swim session. \u00a0With the Garmin Swim, you just press a button and it pause. \u00a0With the Apple Watch, as soon as you start the pool swim workout in the fitness app, the watch screen will lock. \u00a0You have to press and turn the crown to blow out water and unlock the screen before you can pause or stop the workout. \u00a0It does not bother me too much because I usually don’t stop in the middle of my swim session but I think the pause feature may be important to some swimmers.<\/p>\n

Overall, I like the Apple Watch Series 2 as a swim watch. \u00a0It is less bulky to wear and it provides pretty accurate lap count. \u00a0Also, it provides heart rate information. \u00a0Although\u00a0I prefer getting the heart rate information during my workout rather than after the fact, it is better than not getting the data \u00a0at all. \u00a0Another benefit of using the Apple Watch as a swim watch is that my swim workout data get\u00a0recorded in the Activity app and added points to my\u00a0daily activity goal tracker\u00a0automatically. \u00a0No syncing or importing data is required. \u00a0I am happy with my Apple Watch Series 2 and I think you will like it as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I received my new Apple Watch Series 2 yesterday afternoon so I went to the pool this morning to try it out. \u00a0I wore the Apple Watch on my left wrist and my 3-years-old Garmin\u00a0Swim on my left wrist. To me, the Apple Watch feel less bulky on the wrist. \u00a0I always find the Garmin … Continue reading “Apple Watch Series 2 vs Garmin Swim”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7V6yU-h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/carol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}