@tailwind_mrs
Same here, pool swimming metrics for this watch is always the key for me to decide giving up on Garmin or not. And finally i bought Sunnto AGAIN~(race 2).
not sure if the followings will cover your concern:
There’s no Pause button in Suunto to split the intervals like the LAP button on Garmin watch.
Top right button will stop total timer/distance but won’t split your intervals the way you want to review from the app after the total session, similar as what Garmin top right button does. And timer/distance will not start from 0 when you do next interval by pressing the top right button. At lease, in Suunto the rest timer is visible which Garmin doesn’t.
bottom right button is just to manually split your interval and won’t Pause your activities, which is useless for me.
sunnto will Pause automatically just a few seconds when hit the wall, and I’ve been tested my interval timing by left hand garmin (pause by pressing lap button) and right hand suunto (pause automatically) and guess what, sunnto is acceptable.
Try Suunto Plus named “Send off”, or “Swim timer” which might fulfill your demands on pool swimming.
Meantime, try to customize your activity data watch face, your will see your interval distance, timing, swolf, etc.
