By Joe F. from Burnsville, MN on 3/28/2012

I swim about 55 miles a month in different sized pools, and have used it on almost every swim so far this year.  It counts laps correctly, I have had no problem with that.  You do have to configure the watch to the pool, and as you do, it converts laps to distance in meters or yards, and when you stop it provides lots of data such as average 100 (yards or metrers) time.  I enjoy being able to review the data from the watch and the various outputs it gives.  It is a great idea, and frees the swijmmer from tedious counting, I can now listen to my swim player and not worry about counting laps.  The downside - I am on my second watch.  The first one, has failed.  I have asked for assistance through Finis, and not gotten any replies.  The watch routinely failed to connect to my computer to download data, to the point it now has no display at all, so I don't know if the watch is running, though I can get it to be recognized on my computer, so I know it is doing something.  My second watch, which I got through SwimOutlet, has had no problem at all.  It connects, it counts, it displays and is a lot of fun, particularly when I trade info with swimming buddies.  I'd have given this a higher rating, had my first watch not failed, or I had gotten some help from Finis.  I liked it enough to try another one, and have been, so far, satisfied.  If this one fails, then I will be sorely disappointed, and am hoping it continues to operate properly.  I really don't want to count laps again. Finis continues to provide free updates to software, and notifies you everytime you upload  data, which is a plus.  I'd have just liked to have been told my first one was a lemon, as opposed to silence on the other end.

By Jody L. from Smithville, MO on 3/16/2012

I am by no means the fastest swimmer but I am improving.  This watch gives me the motivation I need.  After my workouts I can hardly wait to upload the data and see how I did.  There are so many things to measure and it's fun and easy.  When you know your intervals are being timed and measured, it pushes you to do well.  Being lazy will show up to haunt you later as you look over the data.
It's very user friendly.  I find it MUCH easier than the previous watch I had from a different company.
Can't say enough about this.  I love it!

By Steffi from Lexington, KY on 2/8/2012

I have used this watch now for about a week and I love it.  It is a bit difficult to read on land and in the water.  If there was some way that the company could move the wording on the sides closer to the centre out from under the lip of the edge of the watch, this would help.  I find looking at it underwater helps to magnify the letters a bit but not much.  Hooking it up to my Mac is as easy as it can go.  The watch's  buttons are very sensitive but when I am not using the watch, I leave it lying face up and on the straps away from other items that might bump into it.  Also, when I go to use it, on the day, I put it on with my suit at home and don't take it off until I am about to load the data up on my computer.  I have not had a problem with it switching on on its own sense.  These are not necessarily flaws if your aware of what triggers these problems.  The unit is sensitive so handle with a lot of care; is my finding.  The unit has been very helpful in providing insight into my swimming habits, good and bad.  If your a person that gets a kick out of top performance with the least amount of energy, this is the watch to help you reach your goals.  It is also helpful to be able to inform your coach of your split times from the comfort of your laptop.  Gathering this data is so much easier than remember what time you took off on the pool clock and remembering, once you get the water out of your goggles to look at the clock again.  With my eyes shut I can hit the stop swim button and record a truer time.   I am a bit concerned about the watch strap.  These types of straps do not do well with constant chlorine exposure and they will in time almost melt.  It would be nice to have the watch with a band that could be replaced with another or even jury rigged if the occasion arose.  Replacing a watch to fix a watch band does not make good business sense.  If your planning on swimming for the rest of your life, get this watch.

By Chris from GA on 1/30/2012

The beta version is awesome in that you can build screens to show what data you want to show.  The watch keeps track of laps, type of stroke, distance covered per stroke and stroke counts among others.  Only issue I had is that after a short time the band started to tear.  Swim outlet sent me a new one- since that time I have not had any difficulties.

By Robert P. from Brandon, MS on 7/16/2011

I use this for triathlon practice and it works as advertised. It is really amazing how it records the different strokes on it's own. Button use during sets is a little confusing and I have swam dozens of laps thinking it was recording when in fact it was paused but that's user error.

By Swimliz from Los Osos California on 4/29/2011

I am a master's program swimmer, age 52. I thought this would be fabulous for keeping track of the workout because though I have a coach sometimes I lose track of the amount of yardage we have done.
I really wanted this watch to work well. But I find it inaccurate by a lot for distance swam. It needs to be paused for kick and drill sets also. The band to hold the strap broke after one use and now I use a hair tie. I am thinking of returning it.