Sense very inaccurate with swim lengths

[eeii]

I got my sense to replace my Garmin swim as I wonted to know about other health metrics.

However, I have found a very strangle problem.

When I go for a swim its very inaccurate.

It meansures breast stroke fine with no problems.

Front crawl or free style (in the US) it counts 1 length as 3 lengths.

I'm know I'm a below average swimmer but the difference is huge.

Garmin said I did 1900m the Sense 2725.

Any idea's.

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @eeii, welcome to the community, may I draw your attention to this article How do I track my swims with my Fitbit device? I'm swimming 3,000 metres a day and only very occasionally get a 1 length error (in a 25-metre pool). Are you swimming in a pool? I recommend you review the settings on your "Sense" swipe left from the clock face to the "exercise" icon > swipe up to and touch "swim" (you will see a little chevron at the bottom of the screen) swipe up> touch pool length, slide the ladder up or down to get the correct figure and toggle between m/yd by touching m/yd. You will see other settings in this area to adjust the display while swimming. Touch the side button to return to the clock face. If you are swimming outdoors in the sea/lake/river please see the note in the attached article.

I hope this helps but please post here again if you are not making any progress.

cheers

[eeii]

Hello there,  My sense is set to 25 meter pool. I borrowed my wifes versa 2 and set her's to 25 meters aswell.

I wore all 3 watches to the pool while swimming. Both the garmin swim and the versa 2 had the same results 2150 meters.

My sense was way out with 2975. Any idea's.

[Gr4ndp4]

Hi, @eeii, I must say I've not seen the kind of discrepancy you describe. If you are starting your "Sense" swim data collection by going via the exercise icon>swim> start arrow try the alternative which is to allow your "Sense" to auto-recognise the swim. Depending on the setting in your phone app after 15 minutes swimming your "Sense" will record the swim in detail.  The downside to this method is you will not get the lap count on the screen but in my experience will get accurate final data. Let me know how you get on.

Cheers