Thanks for that. Managed to change the distance on the iphone to show 20M but it's still not giving me that option on the watch - or is that normal?
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Apple Watch Series 2: A Swimmer's Perspective
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Very good that you can set the distance to 20 m or anything you want because many times I do Lane swimming at a hotel with a so-called big pool but it's short of 25 m. I'd say it's worth asking the developers to make sure they all put that in there
[doublepost=1475341115][/doublepost]One feature I would like to see on the swim watch his big numerals display for when you kick off the wall and you can glance at your time stroke count and time for last link I need the big numbers because I'm a little bit needing bifocals
[doublepost=1475341115][/doublepost]One feature I would like to see on the swim watch his big numerals display for when you kick off the wall and you can glance at your time stroke count and time for last link I need the big numbers because I'm a little bit needing bifocals
Once you exit out of the settings for the aw on the phone it should sync up to your watch. Just tried and it shows up on my watch
Thinking about the same. I did not find any good bluetooth earbuds. Did you happen to find a good pair of those?
Maybe I'm too old and too good a swimmer but I really don't understand this excitement for what seems to me to be a pretty lousy device to monitor your swimming. I have swum open water and even won my age group in Alcatraz swim and can see the utility as an open water swimming aid but in the pool ? No way. You folks need to get in touch with your bodies and you will find perceived effort can very closely match heart rate. When swimming an interval set I want to know EXACTLY when I came in and was I able to hold my times for the complete set. This is a poor replacement for a pace clock. As for distance swimming if you have a decent stroke and go by perceived effort you should know your 100 time plus or minus a few seconds. Leave the technology at home get in touch with your body and your stroke.
Tecumseh10, while I can appreciate the notion of "get in touch with your body and your stroke" this actually applies to any sport, I couldn't disagree more with you statement that the apple watch is "a lousy device to monitor your swimming". I have been swimming with the apple watch series 2 for several weeks using swim.com's application (the stock swim app sucks at intervals) and have been very impressed with it's accuracy and usefulness. Swimming a set with short rest periods often makes using a pace clock problematic, if they are even working, which at our pool is often the case. I have been swimming for 50 years and am often surprised that I didn't keep my interval as the "perceived effort" was not accurate. Lastly, some of us are just tech nerds that like our technology 
Any new updates in regards to the performance of AW2 at the pool? I am wondering how the watch is holding on after weeks of use. Thanks
it's working great for me. i've been very pleased with the swim.com app as they have fixed most of the bugs that I encountered and improved the UI at the same time. A couple of the highlights:
- end workout is now done via force touch. this is great because there is less chance for accidental input now.
- real time heart rate is now visable on the app during workout
- drill mode enabled (I don't use this, but I believe you can register that you are doing a kick drill and it will track it for your workout)
- stroke detection improved (my breast was being classified as fly before, but it not correctly identified)
- integration with apple health works relatively well - you can use your swim.com stats to record strokes, etc. on apple health now. syncing is not instant and is a little inconsistent, but it usually ends up there eventually.
overall very happy with it and will continue to use.
- end workout is now done via force touch. this is great because there is less chance for accidental input now.
- real time heart rate is now visable on the app during workout
- drill mode enabled (I don't use this, but I believe you can register that you are doing a kick drill and it will track it for your workout)
- stroke detection improved (my breast was being classified as fly before, but it not correctly identified)
- integration with apple health works relatively well - you can use your swim.com stats to record strokes, etc. on apple health now. syncing is not instant and is a little inconsistent, but it usually ends up there eventually.
overall very happy with it and will continue to use.
I completely understand and respect your perspective as a dedicated athlete, but as someone who is not quite so regimented in their exercise regime, I wouldn't want Apple to go down the route of a separate sports watch.
Even though I wouldn't use the sports tracking features every single day (perhaps not even every single week) I still would hate to miss out on additional features, which I believe likely if they were separated into dedicated lines.
I guess I'm a "one watch to rule them all" type of guy.
I agree about Strava being the preferred workout app as its really helped me push my swimming and biking. I found the Series 2 to have unacceptable battery life so I returned it. I never got to try it out in the pool. This is the first apple device I've ever returned that I can recall
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I don't know of any that are waterproof (water resistant would not be enough for this I think)
I'm not sure I understand your point. If Apple made a true Apple Sports watch on the level of Garmin, et al., it would just be a rung above the current sports watch. It would be the same comparison as the Garmin 235:630 or 630:935. Each of those watches has different sensors. The consumer picks the level they want that is commensurate with the amount of data they want and money they want to spend to get it. No one loses out on additional features. If they want them they buy them. But also they don't have to buy them if they don't want them. There is lot of consumer choice.
But by your argument Apple needs to continue making just one model for all. So either the consumer looking for metrics galore gets ignored because, for example AW will never have a barometer, and they stick with Garmin or Polar or Suunto to train with OR Apple makes a really sensor packed watch but also really expensive like the Garmin 935 or Fenix and the casual user who is buying the $250 AW gets locked out. Of course Apple makes really expensive watches now, but it's just cosmetic.
Even now Apple does make two different watches Series 1 with no GPS, and priced accordingly, and with GPS, and priced accordingly. So what is your objection really to a Series 3 with GPS and barometer and metrics galore for, say, $100 more than the Series 2?
Feature wise – that is my point and it should be the most all encompassing, best model they can produce at a market reflective price.
As for sports metrics, the more the merrier, not everyone has to use absolutely every feature of the watch in order to enjoy it.
I'd prefer we all had access to features rather than having to buy this Apple Watch for this level of functionality or that watch for something else.
Personal preference.
I finally bit the bullet and got a series 2. I've gotten back into swimming and, being only a "once-a-week-for-exercise" swimmer, I think I'll find the watch just what I'm after. I'll be eager to let you all know what I think of it and the swimming app soon.
Oh, and when I was setting up the watch in the store, there was another watch buyer--first watch, and I believe it was a Nike sports watch. He was getting it for his birthday and...he was nine. Grinned at me with a mouth full of braces. He'd picked the 42" one because he figured he'd grow into it. His mother said he'd been begging for the watch for a long time, and he was finally old enough or, I guess, had proven himself responsible enough to be given one. It was beyond "awww!" with all the store employees checking in on him, and one big guy showing him everything he needed to know.
"Can I swim with it?" he asked, and it turned out he was all into swimming. Next thing they were setting up his activity monitor and the number of laps and such.
Oh, and when I was setting up the watch in the store, there was another watch buyer--first watch, and I believe it was a Nike sports watch. He was getting it for his birthday and...he was nine. Grinned at me with a mouth full of braces. He'd picked the 42" one because he figured he'd grow into it. His mother said he'd been begging for the watch for a long time, and he was finally old enough or, I guess, had proven himself responsible enough to be given one. It was beyond "awww!" with all the store employees checking in on him, and one big guy showing him everything he needed to know.
"Can I swim with it?" he asked, and it turned out he was all into swimming. Next thing they were setting up his activity monitor and the number of laps and such.