FORM Swim Reviews

I have these googles and they are pretty neat. I’m fortunate to be grandfathered in and the workouts features are nice. I’m very disappointed that Form decided to move to a subscription model for any future users. You CAN NOT use these goggles without a subscription now.

The subscription is on par with the cost of a Peleton subscription and more than Zwift or Wahoo Systm, and provides way less value.

See below the email I received from FORM.

If you purchased your goggles before May 26, your FORM experience won't change. But we wanted to let you know what's changing for swimmers who purchase after May 26. Real-time metrics in pool, open water, and swim spa are now part of the FORM membership. New swimmers will be required to have an active membership to access this and all member features.

I like the FORM goggles and what they provide, but I just cannot understand why I need to pay an extra $19 a month to import workouts I write myself into a product I already own.

If I wanted to access the library, or share workouts with my friends (spoiler - I have none. I’m a triathlete… lol) that would be one thing. But it seems exploitative to force me to pay a recurring fee to use even the most basic feature.

I just want to see my own workouts in front of me. Why do I have to send money to other people for that privilege?!

I was really disappointed to learn the collected data from the Form Goggles cannot be pushed to Garmin Connect. Form should take a look at how Zwift (for cycling) does it because it cannot be that hard!

UPDATE:
Response from Form: “Unfortunately this is due to a limitation from Garmin's side and we are not able to send them our data.”

My Response:
First, thank you for responding, it shows Form cares about customer satisfaction. However, Zwift (and I’m sure others) seems to send data to Garmin Connect just fine, how is this Garmin’s limitation?

BTW, I’ve been a developer for 25 years so I can understand technical limitations between disparate systems but if other platforms are pushing data to Garmin, the problem is most likely NOT them.

The googles are fine and the workout generation is fine. However, something as basic as pausing your workout plan or being able to go back and pick up in you plan where you left off is not possible. If, for whatever reason, I don’t have the ability to complete 3 swims a week for 8 weeks, I should be able to go back to the last swim I completed and start from there. The progression system is time locked like an AFK video game. There’s no reason that I should have to wait 7 days for a workout week to unlock and then not be able to go back and complete missed workouts. Part of this is building endurance or achieving a goal set in the plan and if I don’t take the proper steps of progression then I don’t get as much out of week 7 as I could if I left off on week 3 This seems like a HUGE miss on their part and completely neuters an entire aspect of what could make this set up great.

The idea is cool but the execution could be way better.

I don’t have very good eyesight but only for seeing the bugs far away, but for some reason I can’t see the display well and it looks blurry, I don’t expect them to fix it because maybe it’s not possible but at least you could warn people about it.

Also the UI of FORMSwim is pretty confusing and there are constant pop ups when I’m just trying to make a workout.

And for some reason even when I put the pool length to be 15m every time I do a lap it counts it as 25m.

The product is good thought as I need something to keep track and make workouts with but it needs something fixes.

Goggles/software do function well and as advertised. However, subscription price for workouts in addition to the high initial cost of buying their product is a slap in the face. Almost every other sport tracking wearable gives you the ability to integrate workouts with no extra cost. I will stick to manually performing workouts with the unsubscribed version until they break, then likely seek a different brand.

I love these revolutionary goggles! I think it is great to read your performance and be able to make any changes immediately rather then at the end of your lap. I believe it motivates you to go further and do better.

My one wish would be if it worked with Garmin Fenix 5X and the triHRM Heart belt. I use my Garmin watch all the time and when synced I have two swimming data that comes one from Form and the other from Garmin. :-( Strava doesn’t connect these two data either so it is a bit manual process to combine these two separately.

The battery lasts long, cleaning and maintenance is easy. I think you only loose 25% of your vision not 50% as some mentioned because the data is transparent.

I recommend every swimmer enthusiast these goggles.

Been swimming competitively for a few decades. These goggles are fantastic. What I like most is lap counting and pace data in real time… especially when swimming mile distances for time and I don’t have a counter. Creating workouts and recording results is also great! You can create custom workouts on FORMSwim and transfer to the googles. Super cool!!! The physical goggles and strap are quality as well.

My only issue and the reason for the 4 star vs 5. The most popular workout for any swimmer is interval swim sets. FORMSwim does not let you create this kind of set. Example 10 x 100 on 1:30. They do allow you to create a set of 10 x 100 but will only allow you to set the rest times between 100s…. Which is unfortunate.

But overall an awesome purchase and hopefully they will update the software for better workout customization.

I love these goggles so much, but when it comes to charging them the goggles won’t charge well. I’ll put them on the charger and the red light comes on. I’ve tried to fix this issue by rearranging the way the charger connects to the goggles, but the light stays red except for some spots that are green. The problem with this is that the goggles are never guaranteed to be charged when I leave them with a green light. I understand that the goggles are new and still working through updates and I really appreciate what this company has done for swimming!

If a user can estimate their DPS (distance per stroke) in the settings it would be possible to calculate distance swam in open water setting without GPS since Form already calculates stroke rate. Understanding that this is all estimated... it is a motivation tool for a swimmer. Swimming with a watch is annoying and I will never do it. That is why I bought Form. Would be cool to see an estimated distance so I don’t have to do the math myself.

I love the idea behind this as it records your laps and swims and just the rest timer itself is awesome just to keep you on schedule with your workout. What I really wish for is a current lap timer during your swim. I have the settings to have it turned off mid lap then just flash split times after the turn. But seeing the time of the current lap I feel would be a big motivator and helpful to keep you on pace

I bought the goggles for the real-time telemetry. The true potential was the workouts. I stay engaged and improving without boredom. I use a plentiful variety of structured workouts that use drills, equipment and just plain fun to pour on the power! My times are improving too.

My biggest question was if I was going to be able to read the data without my glasses and can tell you No problem as the data is easy to read and very clear in my vision.

I have recently started running Triathlon events and was struggling with the swimming portion. I have been looking into Form goggles for a while and decided to purchase them as I do all my swimming in open water. My first impression is they were very easy to set up and connect to my Garmin 745 watch. After several swims I can already see they are helping me swim farther by knowing the distance I have covered as well as time length and pace of my swim. I set a goal of distance and/or time I want to swim and now I know when I have completed my goal.

Another benefit to me is the fact that in open water lake swimming I can’t see the bottom so it was like swimming in the dark whenever face was in the water and now I focus on the data which is very easy to read.

After admiring them for awhile, I’m very grateful to have been gifted a pair of Form goggles by my teammate. I’m fascinated by all the metrics available upon synching and am very happy with the very user friendly interface! I really look forward to learning more about my swims afterwards as well as seeing the real time info available as I swim!!!

This has been a game changer in how I swim. First, FORMSwim is great and is the required companion for the Form goggles. The goggles are amazing and after almost half a year of reliable swim tracking in the mornings and at night, I love these goggles and FORMSwim . They are fast, reliable, the screen is clear underwater and gets out of the way. Most importantly it lets me enjoy my swims without counting in my head and lets me have the data to know how I am performing and set timing goals to improve. I don’t know how it knows my stroke type, but again these goggles and FORMSwim are magic and I highly recommend them both!

I don’t understand their pricing but right now I don’t care because I like FORMSwim and my goggles so much. It was always so annoying to me to have to remember my labs. How to stop and click a clicker or write something down. No more. I just swim. I just got the polar optical sensor I haven’t quite figured out how to connect it but when I do I may write more

I love the product and app. Everything is done very well and I can’t imagine my life without the googles. Some reviews claim that this product should be for serious swimmers. I am a terrible form, overweight guy trying to lose 100 pounds and FORMSwim and googles have already made a big difference and I’m swimming longer. So thankful for this product. It is for everyone!

This and bone conduction headphones have me swimming 2-3 times a week. The workout planner is awesome - it keeps it interesting.

My feature request to the developer - please allow setting a critical swim pace, and allowing the workout builder to set intensity based on that, so that in the pre set instructions it can give a time per lap to shoot for. Or even allowing custom notes where I could enter that.

Thanks for a game changing product!

FORM goggles and their accompanying software has helped me SO much as an adult learner swimmer. There’s a great mix of workouts and plans and the custom workout builder is one of the best I’ve used.

My only request would be able to input custom distances or at least have more options than the current presets. As an example, I had to break apart the 1650 yd (swimmer’s mile!) to 2 subsets which is annoying. Hoping the custom distant selection flow changes at some point.

These goggles are fantastic and FORMSwim is the perfect complement. It lets me dig into my swim data to track my performance improvement. FORMSwim is well laid out and intuitive and allows you to share workout data among friends.