Gotta say I bloomin' loved the swimming activity

[SiGr]

Went for a swim, didn't expect much to be honest (feels like we're all on a bit of a downer at the minute) but was very impressed.

I don't really understand the HR stuff when it comes back to the app, might be best to leave that out until it can track HR in water.

Once I dialled in the pool size (settings cog on the exercise screen) it worked flawlessly.  Tracked my laps and hence distance. 

Nice, ta very much Fitbit.

Ionic has a whole bunch of potential and right now (for me) it's doing the core things right, HR is pretty good, better than the surge and blows the charge 2 out of the water.

GPS is about on par with connected GPS for me.  It a bit out but then its on a watch and pretty much matches my phone.

Those are the two biggies for me and it's ticked them off.  Now if the Android sync issue is sorted I'm a very happy boy. 

[SunsetRunner]

Pity though..

* Can't see my heart rate on the swim app.

* Distance count is good but would like a pool length count.

* The HR graphs in the app only display when swim is set to automatic.

[SiGr]

HR is pointless in swim so I ignore it.  I really don't know why it's there in the app afterwards.

I get lengths done on the watch while swimming so I'm happy with that.  

[SunsetRunner]

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@SiGr wrote:

HR is pointless in swim so I ignore it.  I really don't know why it's there in the app afterwards.

I get lengths done on the watch while swimming so I'm happy with that.  

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Why is heart rate pointless in swim but .. say running isn't?

Not sure what you mean by "I get lengths done on the watch while I'm swimming".

Thx.

[SiGr]

HR is pointless in swimming because the watch does not support it.  I don't know why they added it in the app afterwards when it's known not to work with the hardware.  Hence it is pointless.

When in a swim activity on the Ionic i go up the pool to one end, turn around and come back and it counts two lengths for me so I can see how many I've done.

Hope that explains

[SunsetRunner]

Thx

Imho if it's showing heartrate it's supporting it! Seemed fairly accurate looking at the graph.

Interesting I was using the swim app and I didn't see it count lengths just distance, I'll try again tomorrow.

[SiGr]

The official user guide expressly says otherwise.

Linked here 

http://help.fitbit.com/?p=ionic

Page 43

https://staticcs.fitbit.com/content/assets/help/manuals/manual_ionic_en_US.pdf

[SiGr]

My default in settings, under Customise stats has pool length as the top stat by default.  Worked pretty well.  Sometimes it lagged trying to figure out turns by a lap or two but was correct at the end.

[SunsetRunner]

And yet it works with auto swim. I suspect the documentation needs updating.

[SiGr]

Oh nice.  I've not tried auto swim.  Will give it a go at my next session.  I tend not to use auto anything because I want to log all structured workouts and use those as something to track training.

[SunsetRunner]

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@SiGr wrote:

My default in settings, under Customise stats has pool length as the top stat by default.  Worked pretty well.  Sometimes it lagged trying to figure out turns by a lap or two but was correct at the end.

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Hmm don't see "customize stats" anywhere on Android or web app. I do have the pool length set correctly. Oh well 🙂

[SiGr]

It's on the watch.  Goto Exercise -> Swim -> Tap Cog -> Scroll Down

[SunsetRunner]

Brilliant!

Thanks.