910XT - Stroke recognition

I've swam countless laps, meters and yards with both the 910 and Garmin Swim and I have never had even one lap misrecognized when doing freestyle.It could be something with your particular watch but I'd be willing to bet your stroke has some quirk to it where it's getting confused with the stroke style.  Just trying to visualize what it might be... maybe you're not finishing off your pull and taking your arm out of the water way too early???

I'm glad someone else was visualizing what part of the freestyle stroke when done incorrectly would sort of look like a backstroke.

I just wished that it would recognize different SPORTS when in multisport.

Not much use for looking at a race if it can't tell the difference between biking and running!

Ugh.

Matt

It does do that when you hit the lap button.  Goes from Swim to T1 to Bike to T2 to Run to Finish all with the push of the lap button.

There's numerous reasons why that's never going to work.

I wish.  In that mode, with hitting the lap button at the right time, it does indeed switch.  It's just that AFTER the race the data aren't there.  It loses signal about half way through the swim and is all bollocksed up for the remainder - although it looks just fine DURING the race (grrrrrr), so you don't even know that it's messed up until you try to pull the data afterward.

All the indications during the race are right (the little symbols match the activity - s/T1/b/T2/r - but the data don't afterward.

Getting old...

I know several people to whom this happens, and most now go with dedicated devices for each leg.  WTF Garmin?

A GPS watch is never going to be accurate on the swim because it basically loses it's signal every time your watch hand goes under water.  That's just reality.  It should pick up the signal and hold the signal once it's on land.

Your issue is a faulty device or user error or not having the right settings or something with your data analysis software.  I've done countless races with either the 310 or 910 on my wrist and my bike and run data has always been fine.

I know this is a little OT, but I've suspected the same thing, because I've never had a problem with mine.  I don't know if it makes a difference, but I always turn on my 910 well prior to the start, and check the signal in the settings to make sure I have as many satellites as possible.  I've often wondered if some of the problems occur when the device isn't turned on long enough in advance, and it doesn't have all the satellites before the start, so it doesn't have as many data points to determine location.

How would automatically switching sports handle transitions?

Just out of curiosity, what would you use manual laps for during races?

1. The distance measurement isn't remotely accurate when swimming because of the constant signal loss.

2. The course is probably not exactly 2.4 miles.  Even if it was, you wouldn't be swimming the perfect line as most triathletes can't swim straight in OW.

3. How would it know that you're biking, and how would it know you were transitioning, then running?  You mentioned the speed/cadence or power sensor... okay.  Then you mentioned a foot pod.  How many people race with a foot pod?  5%???  Even if you had a foot pod, how would it know the difference between T2 or running?

4. How would it know that you crossed the finish line or do we finally execute the absurdly simple task of hitting a button to stop the watch.

Once again, we're talking about hitting a button four times during a race.