right, that's it! Am sick of losing count of my lengths in the pool! I keep trying to do time trials and failing cos i can't keep count! Is driving me mad, it's so simple, yet so hard!
Has anyone got a lap counting swim watch they would reccomend?
Yes I do. I'm not great with technical things but find this easy to use. I've never had a problem with stroke count although it doesn't like single arm drills
Not sure they are necessary unless you plan monster sets. If I am doing a 400 tt for example I know it takes approx 7 mins 30, so if less than 7 mins has passed I have cetainly missed lengths. With very little experience you will soon know expected times for most distances.
+2 to SA. Got one of those, but I wear it on my first finger and press it. Cant see how many laps I've done whilst swimming, need to stop and look for that, but otherwise it's great.
and a 3rd vote to SA's post - I've had a sportcount lap counter for years, agree you don't need one for shorter sprints, but when you're trying to swim a continuous 3000m or more in a pool it's really easy to lose count of how many laps you've done, mostly I use a 50m pool but have on occasion when away had to do a long session in a 25m pool - I'd go mental trying to count 120 lengths.
swimovate for me - dont bother with the pro version - it just lets you dl a chart of stats nothing special, the new speedo,swimcoach, is the same tech inside as swimovate but £40 more expensive and doesnt have a certain feature - efficency iirc,
swimovate is not for drills and you cant change stroke half way through - apart from that it works perfectly, it counts strokes, speed, distance and efficency and logs something like 400 sessions - each can contain 99 sets - if your doing morethan that you shouldnt be asking
+ another on SAs post. Got one and use it on long swims. Haven't used it for ages, but that is more to do with the fact I haven't been to a pool for ages. Doesn't seem much point when the sea is so warm...
I have a lap counter that I wear on my finger and use my thumb to press every lap.
I bought the most expensive one but now I wish I bought the cheaper one as all I really want to do is count laps and record time, not compare splits and averages and fast laps and so on and so forth.
Another fan of swimovate/poolmate watch. I can't understand how it works, but it does. Only when you are moving your arms, so it doesnt count kick lengths.
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+1 to SA's post
You could try this.... http://www.decathlon.co.uk/nabaiji-id_8123518.html#more_infos if you want music whilst you swim. It either counts laps or time, as you choose.
I think the new Garmin (910xt?) also counts swim strokes etc, not sure about if it counts lengths.
swimovate for me - dont bother with the pro version - it just lets you dl a chart of stats nothing special, the new speedo,swimcoach, is the same tech inside as swimovate but £40 more expensive and doesnt have a certain feature - efficency iirc,
swimovate is not for drills and you cant change stroke half way through - apart from that it works perfectly, it counts strokes, speed, distance and efficency and logs something like 400 sessions - each can contain 99 sets - if your doing morethan that you shouldnt be asking
I've got a swimovate, and it works perfectly, even in a short 20m pool. I cant keep count for toffee!!
I used it to do sets of 20 lengths each.
I have a lap counter that I wear on my finger and use my thumb to press every lap.
I bought the most expensive one but now I wish I bought the cheaper one as all I really want to do is count laps and record time, not compare splits and averages and fast laps and so on and so forth.
http://www.sportcount.com/
+ 5 to SAs...
SportCount Chrono 100 good value doesn't get in the way, but does tell me I am not swimming each length fast enough!
Had a swimovate for about 6 months and its never missed a length even upto 200 lengths.