Used the watch swimming tonight. Once again really easy to start. Just hit start, select the swim app, then pool swim then get in the pool hit start again and start swimming! The only issue seemed to be that I lost 25m in every 100 I swam. This also happened when I first started using my 910 so am wondering whether it needs to get to know your stroke (or something). The last 200m it seemed to measure correctly so we will see how it goes in the race on Sunday. One thing that was a real improvement on the 910 was when you stopped each set and hit the lap button, it told you the distance of the last set and started a timer so you can see how long you are resting. So if you want to put 10 seconds (or whatever time your training plan requires) in between each set then this is perfect. I did find the screen a little difficult to read with my goggles on but I had the same issue with the 910, so it's not a backward step and given my goggles have a tint it's probably more to do with my goggles than the watch. Turning on the backlight for a few seconds seemed to help a little (and turning on the backlight is as easy as touching the on/off button).
Once again the swim uploaded as soon as I got to my locker and my phone connected to the Garmin. It then sent my swim details directly to Garmin connect and Garmin connect then sent it straight to strava. Before I had changed out of my togs I had comments on strava! For anyone (like me) that loves to see the data on the net this is great!
Also noticed today that the other apps that I had downloaded are now on the watch. So somehow, someway, they have automatically downloaded to the watch! Also noticed that there was a watch update available today but once again, the download continued to fail. So I assume if I just leave it eventually it will find a way to download to the watch. Will see in a few days.
You may have noticed that the apple watch was announced today. There was an idiot at tech geek or one of the other blogger sites that said the apple watch was going to kill any demand for the fenix3. Now that I've looked at the specs for the apple watch I have to say I don't think so. The only thing that might cause you to buy an apple watch is the apple App Store which will no doubt be significantly better than the Garmin App Store. But if you want the watch as a sports watch, the apple watch doesn't come close. So I don't think Garmin has anything to worry about. The other reason to buy a Garmin rather than an apple is the battery life. I recharged the battery to 100% overnight on Saturday. Now, 4 full days later and with a couple of exercise sessions done and dusted, the battery is showing 57%. I have to say that's pretty impressive, particularly given I've been getting quite a few notifications so the watch is buzzing quite a bit and the Bluetooth connection doesn't seem to be causing too many issues with the battery life. The apple watch battery will barely last a day. No contest.
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