FORM Smart Swim 2 Goggles

FORM has just announced its next-gen smart swim goggles.

The product is not a huge leap from the original version but does boast several noteworthy improvements: a smaller electronics unit; an inbuilt optical HRM; and a swim straight feature.

Incorporating a first-of-its-kind digital compass, SwimStraight enhances open-water swim confidence by enabling swimmers to follow in-goggle directional heading. This reduces course deviations and improves overall swim efficiency.

FORM Smart Swim 2 goggles, and all included features, have been granted race approval by World Triathlon, USA Triathlon, the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO), and supertri. [FORM Swim]

So when you start your next early morning OWS/Tri race swimming directly into the sunrise you’ll legally be able to use SwimStraight to make fewer sighting mistakes.

Take Out

FORM Goggles already deliver many benefits for swimmers linked to pace control and the ability to follow structured workouts and plans easily. You’ll need a subscription for some training features but FORM is a useful product even without the subscription, you get 2 months to try that out for free in any case (it used to be 12).

I had hoped for an improved-resolution display and an even smaller format for the electronics. That said the inbuilt HRM will be useful and any size reduction is welcomed.

I can’t wait to try out the Swim Straight feature in the lakes when it gets a bit warmer and I look forward to seeing how the field of vision is changed as previously that was my only material reason for rarely using it outside of the pool.

More: FormSwim.com ( $249.00/£229.00/€249.00 )