FORM Goggles: Review of SwimStraight Feature. UNSPONSORED

[@kannguyen12]

Thank you for the tips and being straight to the point! Heading to my first race with this goggles tomorrow and this video helps tremendously!!

[@IronmanHacks]

Awesome what race?

[@deanb61]

My pair arrived yesterday, hopefully trying them this weekend :) Main reason is that my sighting was poor at Barcelona last year, I swam at least 500m over the official distance. Only issue I see is that there was quite a strong left-right current last year, so I'll have to take that into consideration and swim a few degrees off the compass bearing...it will be just like sailing :)

[@IronmanHacks]

Wow 500m is a lot! Hope you like the goggles!

[@coachjohn]

It took a few tries to get mine to calibrate bit once I got the timing down I get the calibration on the first try. You do look kind of silly at swim start though doing this strange looking "dance". I used them at St Anthony's this past weekend and have to say it was such an advantage that they should be illegal.

[@IronmanHacks]

Soon, they’ll have auto-calibration. They say they are working on it now.

[@luis19894905]

Hola yo tengo las gafas aún no he probado en aguas abiertas pero en tal caso de no ver la boya como se haría

[@IronmanHacks]

No es necesario que veas la boya, pero sí un punto de referencia, como en la natación normal. Entonces, seguirás la brújula en dirección a ese punto de referencia (o boya). Si estás en aguas abiertas sin boyas, tierra, embarcaciones u otras referencias, estas gafas no te ayudarán. En ese caso, necesitas un barco. jaja (Perdón por mi mal chiste).

[@seanopenshaw]

Great review. I can't thank you enough!

[@IronmanHacks]

Awesome let me know if you get the goggles and how you like them

[@seanopenshaw]

@@IronmanHacks I got them and they are amazing. I've had a lot of coaches but none have been able to give me such amazing real-time feedback on swim position, speed, set consistency, etc. I don't have to look at the swim clock and do math anymore. Best part ever!

[@BungaMelatti]

Great thanks for the video and the info. Especially the explanation of the calibration process. I’m interested in these goggles. I have a compass on my Polar grit X watch, which it uses to give you turn by turn instructions. Polar also makes you calibrate and then you have to a ‘wrist dance’ instead of head dance. Sometimes also mid long run or race. That can be annoying; especially if you’re in difficult circumstances like a downhill. I’m currently training for a long SwimRun, where you have to swim, run, swim, run, swim, run etc for total of 10 swims and 11 runs. Do you think the form goggle will also make you recalibrate mid race when you enter a new swim!? But you don’t stop it like you described in your explanation (“I tested, and stopped it mid swim…”). Just let the google keep going during runs (glasses are on my forehead then anyway, so I won’t see any metrics/messages). Because that would kind of rule out the use of Form goggles for SwimRun events.

[@IronmanHacks]

You wouldn’t have to recalibrate them if you didn’t stop them. I think you could just pause and do the run, and then when you start swimming, resume them without having to recalibrate. I think. But then your 11 swims would become combined into one session if you’re OK with that.

[@rachelnewman1731]

How do you calibrate and get your bearings for a whole race - say if you have to swim in a rectangle. From the beach I am assuming you can only see the bearing for the first leg, what happens when you turn and then turn again?

[@IronmanHacks]

You just always observe the bearing you're headed. So, if your first buoy is at 90 degrees, as you swim, the 90 will be more or less lined up with the buoy. Then when you turn, and you see the 2nd buoy, it may be at 170 degrees, so you just keep swimming towards 170. It's simpler than it sounds.

[@momomoyo]

I already purchased form membership, do I need another subscription to use the compass feature?

[@IronmanHacks]

No, you do not

[@izenizen5532]

Hi I used them today for the first time. On the way out it worked great [30°] on the way back calibration was off... should have been 0° and it set me at 30°. Here is my major objection... is there a way to eliminate or at least adjust the "sight for safety" popup? VERY annoying Thanks Stephen Ps. Ive got a tri this weekend -- Don't do anything new on race day!!!!! I've made that mistake a time or two😂

[@IronmanHacks]

I don’t think there’s a way to turn that off except to actually sight. It is kind of annoying, but it is also how we should be swimming so I think it’s OK.

[@izenizen5532]

Thanks for the reply. What I'd like is to adjust from every 20/30 seconds to 2 minutes. That way it confirms the data reading

[@georgehellyer8609]

How did you change the data field to display your pace per 100 too? Today it only showed the compass for me and the elapsed time. Did you just use the goggles or use it with the watch too! Thanks

[@yassinebalhi1465]

In a race there are several bouees (signals), so how. does it work? do you have to find the landmark on the compass after each one?

[@IronmanHacks]

Yes, that’s right. It’s pretty simple. Once you have a new heading, you just follow that new heading.

[@joefagan9335]

You turn at a buoy and sight the next buoy and note the bearing displayed. You have to memorise the bearing and while you swim you have to keep to the memorised bearing. When you resight after about 30 seconds it’s easier because you should be looking straight at the buoy rather than searching for it.

[@izenizen5532]

Wowwowwowwow Thanks for the video 1. I am not the best at sighting!!! 2. OW i get into a rhythm and get lost in the euphoria of the swim. And go off course. 3. I lake swim so i can adjust periodically without penalty Questions: 1. I use TYR special ops for comfort but they fog. How are the FORM for comfort and fog 2. At the buoy [or turnaround for me] how long does it take to recalibrate? Again Thanks for video Ps i have fr 955 and what i like is the vibration alert every 100. Does the data in form alter your swim strategy?

[@IronmanHacks]

I have never had any problems with fogging. You do not have to recalibrate when you change your bearing. It’s a real time compass so you just observe the heading that you need to take and you go. So no pauses ever needed. You can still use the distance alerts on your watch, but you don’t really need them because you will see your distance in meters ticking off in real time in the goggles. Total game changer

[@cokimi1301]

I am going to try to glue a mini compass(12mm) on the inside of my goggles. 4 euro's on Aliexpress. Good idea?

[@IronmanHacks]

I love this!!! 😂

[@PieterWouters-v9u]

Any update on this? 🎉😮😅

[@cokimi1301]

hahah yes and I can tell you that it didn't work :/ It's way too close to your eye to see it nicely. But it was still a fun thing to try out

[@jlchambe77]

Do you need reading glasses? I’m wondering it the display is too close to my eyes so I won’t be able to focus.

[@IronmanHacks]

I do. But in my case, it is perfectly clear. I can’t quite explain this. Maybe you can borrow a pair from somebody? And test it.

[@joefagan9335]

I have a strong prescription in both eyes including astigmatism (ie a spherical and cylindrical correction) and I can read the screen absolutely perfectly. I also have no idea how it works so well.

[@fmarcks]

omg the "sight for safety" is so annyoing sometimes.

[@izenizen5532]

Can you adjust it?

[@IronmanHacks]

Pretty sure not