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- The form is available for Smart Swim 2 Pro $ 329, which has a premium subscription for $ 119/year or $ 15/month.
- The solution involved keeps the glasses fog free, and the annual membership provides comprehensive training and analysis facilities.
- Peripheral visibility is limited, glasses are expensive, and need to apply anti-fog spray before each swim.
I have been exercising since I was a young boy in the 80s, and I never thought I am running, riding a bicycle, and swimming with iwear that displays personal fitness data to my eyes.
Well, those days are here, and in my opinion, it is great. Producer of Premium Swim Tech, FormRecently released AR (enhanced reality) to its latest generation of swimming glasses, Form Smart Swim 2 ProAnd I am using them in the pool and one of our local lakes in Washington in the last one year.
Also: I tested smart glasses and they have a game-changing feature for swimmers.
I tested the heirs of these glasses: Smart Swim 2 Goggles in early 2024, and many software and hardware reforms have been released at that time. First and most important: Smart Swim 2 Pro is the first pair of swimming glasses made with Gourilla Glass 3, which is for years to be scratch-free.
The previous generation glasses were plastic with a factory that applied anti-fog coating, so you never had to do anything with them to keep them clear. However, in the extended period of time and heavy use, plastic AR may scratch and different from experience.
The new Smart Swim 2 Pro with Gorilla Glass 3 lens requires the application of an anti-fog spray before each floating, so that they can be clarified. Form provides adequate solutions up to 175 applications, but then provides simple formula (75% of the water mixture and 25% baby shampoo available on your local drug store) so that you can make your own spray when you get out.
The form includes five arched nose bridges to fit the shape of each face, and if you want to appear in front of your left eye, you want to flip on them as well. The glass lens has a mirror coating under the top layer of glass and blocks 98% harmful UV rays. The Smart Swim 2 Pro has an advertised battery life of 14 hours, and it matches my experience during the test.
While a membership is available, one month premium service is available for free, you can use the main features of glasses without sub. Core features include free smartphone app) IOS And Android) Which allows you to share with services such as goggles, optical heart rate sensors, automatic stroke detection, straws and training, and with open water swim tracking with support for connected GPS sports watches.
If you want to take advantage of coaching and powerful workouts, $ 99 is worth the annual membership price. It provides guided workouts, visual coaching in glasses, open water swimming digital compass, training plans, and more. The headcoach plan capacity creates personal training plans based on your own swimming matrix and adjusts your swimming routine.
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I like the idea behind the smart set because swimming is not part of my regular exercise routine. With Smart Swim 2 Pro I can simply jump into the pool and start swimming, then uses AI to analyze the swim and creates a workout structure that you can then use to make a workout for the future.
The data appearing in the form app on your phone is impressive. This includes details on your form, distance, speed, stroke rate and more. The data collected by the form shows that premium customers have improved more than 100 meters in five seconds in just four months, so coaching is clearly average to be available to you. Like the Ango PC glasses, which improved my ongoing performance, is important for improvement in performance when you are a major matrix in front of you without being a major matrix.
I was slightly concerned about being hard to use goggles during swimming, but the form has fulfilled the user experience with two-button controls on one side and has a seamless connectivity for your smartphone and sports watch. Smart Swim 2 Pro is very easy to adjust to the perfect fit and my swimming experience has changed forever for glasses.
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One thing to note is that with A/R lens and design, you have limited peripheral vision, so open water swimmers will appreciate directional guidance, but can reduce visibility. Since pool swimmers do not focus on visibility beyond their streets, this will not be an issue for most swimmers.
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As a person who is very competitive and enjoys participating in a series of sports, AR Wareballs fascinates me and motivate me to improve. Smart Swim 2 Pro of Form Goggles are a great example of this, and the first to offer Gorilla Glass 3 lens with advanced software to track their swimming progress in the pool and open water.
Negtibility involves the cost of peripheral visibility and potential loss, but they are not delivery for me. The benefits of the goggles eventually beat them, and I am inspired to swim more than ever.
