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    • M Offline
      Mechanicus
      last edited by

      Hi everyone.Im not sure that it is the right place for the question…I am a new user of the Race. I have been using the Garmin watches all my life, but I liked the Race elegant disign and decided to buy one. For now Ive tried to use them for 4 month. My main sport is open water swimming and for now the watch totally useles as the GPS does not work correct at all. I know the reccomendation to put the watch under the swim cap or inside the bouy …but in this case the watch measured only the distance…and I do not have any others information…I cant check even the time that I spend in the water during the swimming without stop
      Do you have the same GPS problem? Any solution?

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      • EgikaE Offline
        Egika Platinum Member @Mechanicus
        last edited by Egika

        @Mechanicus just wear the watch normally on your arm, then you can check all your data during the swim.
        Maybe you can share a little more about the way you are using the watch (sport mode used, swim style, watch position, button operation etc.)

        For proper GPS track and distance it is important to

        • have the watch acquire GPS position before entering the water
        • use a swimming style, that has the watch raised above the surface for some time (freestyle works, breast stroke does not work)

        I am a mediocre swimmer but have been getting great GPS tracks and stats from Race, Race S and Vertical. See here:
        https://forum.suunto.com/post/164581

        t6, S6, Elementum Terra, Ambit 3 Sapphire, Spartan Ultra Copper, Traverse Alpha, S7 Graphite LE, S9B Ambassador, S9P Granite Blue Titanium, S9PP Titanium Sand, Vertical All Black, Race Titanium Charcoal,
        Race S All Black - TI Canary - Titanium Courtney

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        • M Offline
          Mechanicus @Egika
          last edited by

          @Egika Yes , it is clear: put the watch on the hand and swim…but the GPS does not record the distance/speed correct…During the bike riding the GPS works correct.
          Yes, I know that it can be the swimming technic problem, but I have hade tried some of my frands-they used there Garmin on one hand and my Race on other-the difference was more than one km…So I do not think that it can be the technic problem.
          About the watch using: At the beginning of a workout, I sync the watch with the SUUNTO app, do a warm-up on the beach, select “swimming,” wait for the GPS to turn green, wait a little, turn on the set, wait a little outside the water, then get in and start swimming.

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          • M Offline
            Mechanicus
            last edited by

            Hi
            Does anyone have the same GPS open water record
            problem?

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