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      ianwhite800 @Egika
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      @egika Thanks, I guess this makes sense. The judgement on the exercise type was unnecessary, we are all different and exercise from our own contexts. Guess I bought the wrong watch for my context which will teach me to do better research next time!

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        el2thek Bronze Member @ianwhite800
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        @ianwhite800 For what it’s worth, Garmin, Polar and Coros also all have a minimum length more than 12m. A solution could be to just use the minimum length since it’s mainly about the laps.

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          ianwhite800 @el2thek
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          @el2thek Thank you, this is good to know and as another person said this is probably related to the algorithm. Yes I think I will use the 15M length and just edit the distance after completing my routine. I went for a run last night with my new Suunto 9 Peak and it was a very good experience - excellent GPS and good feedback on how unfit I am!!! Onwards and upwards!

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            isazi Moderator @ianwhite800
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            @ianwhite800 said in Pool Swim Functionality:

            I went for a run last night with my new Suunto 9 Peak and it was a very good experience - excellent GPS and good feedback on how unfit I am!!! Onwards and upwards!

            Have fun, enjoy running, and ask yourself if you feel better, not your watch 🙂

            These sport watches are great tools, but in the end you decide what’s best for you.

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              Jamie BG Bronze Member @ianwhite800
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              @ianwhite800 not sure I have come across a watch that does allow a length that small, as per the reasons others have stated - to difficult to get it to count the laps.

              The smallest Garmin allows is 10m - but you have to set it up per custom size setting, and that is post activity. Watch only allows 14m - and even then its ropey on detection compared to 25m where its pretty darn accurate counting laps.

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                ianwhite800 @Jamie BG
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                @jamie-bg Thanks! It is so much more helpful talking to other users. I will set the watch to 15 and then edit the distance at the end, see how that works. Either that or move to a place with a bigger pool or join a swim club!

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                  Giacomo Laffranchini Bronze Member @Jamie BG
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                  @jamie-bg said in Pool Swim Functionality:

                  smallest Garmin allows is 10m - but you have to set it up per custom size setting, and that is post activity. Watch only allows 14m - and even then its ropey on detection compared to 25m where its pretty darn accurate counting laps.

                  Interesting, in my Vivoactive 4 I can set up in the activity setting on the watch 13 m as a minimum pool size. I am able to do so before the activity.

                  What I am missing when I do pool swimming with Suunto is a count of pool length completed. I have it on my Garmin and find it very convenient.

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                    Jamie BG Bronze Member @Giacomo Laffranchini
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                    @giacomo-laffranchini - are you sure there isn’t a data field that you can select for that, cause am pretty sure there was one on the S7

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                      Spree Bronze Member @ianwhite800
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                      @ianwhite800 I would probably suggest 24 meters rather than 15, just because dividing by 2 seems easier to me than changing multiplying by 4/5

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                        Giacomo Laffranchini Bronze Member @Jamie BG
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                        @jamie-bg I created a custom sport profile but could not find a counter for pool length completed. I can have either a lap count or interval number count. However the minimum distance for auto lap is 100 m ( if I am not mistaken). This was also confirmed in another post on the topic.

                        However, no big deal at all. I now use auto lap, and since I swim in a 25 m pool, I know that 1 lap is 4 pool length. Hence, not a major issue.

                        Anyway, in the SA after the workout I can see details for each pool length completed.

                        Thanks for your input

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                          Jamie BG Bronze Member @Giacomo Laffranchini
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                          @giacomo-laffranchini NP - happy to help - sorry been a while since I used it.

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                            Egika Platinum Member @Spree
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                            @spree said in Pool Swim Functionality:

                            @ianwhite800 I would probably suggest 24 meters rather than 15, just because dividing by 2 seems easier to me than changing multiplying by 4/5

                            Still the limitation is there for a reason.
                            The watch will not reliably detect each length - if this was possible, 12m would be available. Tis is why I don’t think, just setting 24m will do the job…

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