Swimming

The reviews of these unanimously seem to say that it doesn't count laps, at least not at all reliably. Lots of frustrated user reviews. The Garmin Swim does seem to reliably count laps, but costs a ton. Otherwise I'd snap one of those up for £22.

Still, a watch that should actually be properly waterproof isn't bad for £22 anyway. Although Wiggle lies, the price is meant to drop by 1% every midnight but it was £22 yesterday evening and is still £22 now...

I was quite tempted by this but decided against it as I'm totally blind in the pool and wouldn't be able to see the screen, which would be the only thing lap counting would be good for (if it does it). At least counting laps gives me something to think about other than "is that... is that a chunk of hair on the bottom of the pool?".

I bought another cheap casio, I reckon the waterproofing on my old one gave up as I got a guy in Brixton market to change the battery for me. Also I can wear the watch all day and have people admire my retro styling, rather than wearing a swimming watch and looking like (more of) a dork.