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How to count manual laps with Ionic

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‎01-21-2018 14:48

‎01-21-2018 14:48

TIA for reading this n00b's post.

 

Just got the Ionic and I like to swim laps regularly. I have a Garmin 230 and have it set up so that I can manually count laps in the pool. Just tap a button and the lap counter adds a lap. Since I listen to music while I swim, there is NO WAY that I can concentrate on counting laps without messing up, so this feature is vital to me.

Can this same set up happen with the Ionic? If so, could someone post a step-by-step procedure that I can follow? 

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‎01-21-2018 17:25

‎01-21-2018 17:25

Under swim settings in the advanced tab of the Fitbit app you can set the pool length which will help calculate the distance swum. As I am yet to to do this myself I'm not sure if it will also list the number of lengths you complete as well or just give a distance value.  Either way if you divide your total distance by the pool length it will give you the number of lengths you've done.

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‎01-22-2018 09:19

In response to SunsetRunner

‎01-22-2018 09:19

Thanks. I'll check that out when I swim next time. Still would be nice if there was a manual button I could press when I complete each lap.

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‎07-03-2019 17:43

In response to VasiliZ

‎07-03-2019 17:43

The lap counter works fine as long as you swim continuosly. If you do laps doing kicks, not moving your arms, the ionic does not count these laps.

I swim series of 10 laps and would like to have the posibility of timing these 10 laps with a manual instruction, not relying on the count of the Ionic. Is this posible with the Ionic?

I have not found how to do it.

If someone has an idea, let me know.

 

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