Garmin Swim 2, GPS Swimming Smartwatch for Pool and Open Water, Underwater Heart Rate, Records Distance, Pace, Stroke Count and Type, Slate Gray

A great swim watch, occasionally used for cycling, walking and indoor work outs. The main reason for this review is i am discusted at the sellers price. This Watched launched with a price tag of £229.00 I paid £219 within the first year of launch 2019/2020 i believe, so for someone trying to sell at £636.78 is appauling and day light robbery. Definitely worth buying at £200 all day long. Predominantly a swim watch with basic cycle,run, Heart rate functions. I love mine its work fine for me both pool and open water.

The watch works well and the Garmin tracker in the running mode works well, but I purchased the watch to use whilst swimming. It gives out the time swimming but as for showing the route you have taken, forget it. I am more than disappointed with it and that after paying £350.00 for it as that was the price at the time. If you are an open water swimmer and want to share your route with other swimmers do not bother with buying this watch. On contacting Garmin they said that the watch will not give a true reading if it is submerged, they recommended strapping it to hair or a swim cap. For heavens sake its a swim watch, of course it will end up submerged for a lot of the time.

No good for outdoor swimming. Had two, sent both back. GPS signal Sync is quick 20 seconds usually for me. For running, cycling and walking GPS tracking is fine. I bought this to track my swimming in the sea. Both produced garbage for my routes. Round known land marks giving half or less the distance measure on Google Earth. Some parts of my route totally missing, similar spots with both watches. I even tried putting the watch inside my swing cap at the back of my head, to limit the time it was submerged. Made no difference still huge chunks of my rout missing, so all other data was irrelevant. Can’t comment on pool capabilities as I don’t swim indoors. If you are an out door swimmer only, money would be better spent on a sports watch with GPS tracking for swimming capabilities and have more land based features. I now use my cycle computer in a swim float. All other functions seemed to be OK.

Well received in a well protected box

I used the previous Garmin watch for about 10 years and was very nervous about switching to this one as the next step. But I’m finding that this watch is perfect for me. Its easy to use and very accurate. Good for lap swimming. I’m really glad that it works with Garmin Connect so I can continue viewing my swim history online. It syncs easily so I can see my number of strokes number of laps and all the other data. I know that you can see it on the app on the phone but it’s very difficult to see history with watches., but Garmin Connect keeps me coming back to Garmin. And why not? They have great swim watches!

Strap was too short but Garmin sent a longer one for free. Simple to use. Not super accurate for pool swimming but tracks outdoor activities better.

... and they've done some solid work here. I've been a longtime garmin user, and have worked through the ebbs and flows of open water swim tracking from Garmin Fenix 2 (abysmal) through to the 5 series (better, but still some quirks). Realtime GPS tracking for openwater swimming is an interestingly complex puzzle for product engineers, that involves good hardware and some creative software solutions. The Swim 2 so far has given me the best tracking I've had in a Garmin watch for openwater swimming. Indeed, I recently sold my Fenix 5s and downsized to the Swim 2, since that's mostly what I use it for. Occasionally I miss the incredible range of stuff you can do with the Fenix series and related watches, but the price difference is huge, and if mostly you use a tracker for swimming, pool and outdoor, then this is the watch for you (it will also track biking, running/walking, and cardio through the heartrate system onboard the watch, but with nothing like the bells and whistles of the far more expensive multi-sport/activity watches).

I purchased my Garmin Swim 2 about 2 months ago and use it all the time. I am a road cyclist and ocean swimmer and need to see my heart rate during rides and swims. Garmin Swim 2 does this very well. I also value the information on distance, speed, average heart rate with maps which transfer to my iPhone at the end of the session. I use a Garmin chest band for accuracy with heart rate on cycling but the wrist heart rate is quite reliable also for swimming. This watch is quite compact and is easy to use. The buttons are positive. Recharging relates to activities, a 3 hour ride uses about half charge. At around $350 I believe it is good value for money.