2024 the best running watch review


Price: $599.99
(as of Dec 22, 2024 10:10:09 UTC - Details)

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Train brilliantly with Forerunner® 965, the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with a bright AMOLED touchscreen display and lightweight titanium bezel. Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). The training readiness feature tells you when you’re primed for a productive session — while daily suggested workouts adapt to performance and recovery alongside the race widget, which provides training tips, course details and completion time predictions. Navigate any route confidently with multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps. With traditional buttons and a touchscreen display, it’s easy to tap into your training status and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained. If you’re pushing to outshine the competition, the Forerunner 965 is there to light up every run with up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls and lightweight titanium bezel
Battery life: up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 31 hours in GPS mode
Confidently run any route using full-color, built-in maps and multi-band GPS
Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and reap the rewards (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Plan race strategy with personalized daily suggested workouts based on the race and course that you input into the Garmin Connect app and then view the race widget on your watch; daily suggested workouts adapt after every run to match performance and recovery
Switch between sports with a button press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns — or customize your own multisport profiles
Using indicators such as HRV status, recent exercise history and performance, get insight into overall effort with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology provides superior accuracy in challenging environments while also optimizing the device’s battery life
Get wrist-based running dynamics, including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more, plus wrist-based running power, which gives you a continuous measurement of how much power you’re applying to the road
Reviewer: DC
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Worth the upgrade!
Review: Upgrading from a 735 and couldn’t be happier. The screen looks amazing and provides a whole lot more workout data. HRM seems to be more accurate and reliable than my older model. Used for running and cycling so far and it has performed well.

Reviewer: TerryT
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best sport watch on the market!
Review: The Garmin 965 has been a game changer on my running journey! After a week of analyzing my sleep routine as well as workouts and daily steps, the 965 has formulated a plan to get me ready for my Marathon! This watch has a large amount of functionality and suggested based learning tips! It feels great and is very comfortable! The battery has lasted longer then my previous Garmin, even after a weeks worth of using GPS to track my activities! I like the morning notifications from the overnight analyzing process and the days suggested training plan. I wear this watch everyday, all day and it has proven to be durable so far. I'm glad I upgraded from the Instinct Solar version I had!

Reviewer: juan esteban ramirez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great watch
Review: the watch is perfect, beautiful and excellent battery life

Reviewer: SteveI
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Watch
Review: This is my first smartwatch, so take with a grain of salt. I have no reference point for comparison, but I love my watch. I splurged to get back into running. It seems to have sensors for every reading possible for modern runners to track progress. GPS is very useful (still learning some advanced features.). I am a data/numbers person, so this keeps me engaged and I can track my progress, training for my first 1/2 marathon and marathon. Also, tech support has been very helpful, they answer quickly and it is nice to talk to a human being..The only downside is that Amazon music crashes the watch (to cause reboot) at a specific screen if I use the touch interface. It was annoying until I found a workaround. I hope this gets fixed, it seems to be an Amazon issue.Otherwise, I love the watch as it is helping me get back into shape, lost 15lb so far without dieting. After almost 5 months I am up to 30 miles per week.

Reviewer: Eric D. Mcmullan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The perfect running watch (for now)…
Review: I came from Apple Watch Ultra and Garmin Fenix 7s Sapphire before that. Apple doesn’t have much in the way of useful training metrics, nor does it have on-watch mapping. You can use an app called Workoutdoors, but it’s still nowhere close to what Garmin has onboard. I’m wish the lens was sapphire on the 965, but I found a screen protector that fits great and practically disappears, so that’ll do. This watch is thinner and lighter than the Fenix series which makes a HUGE difference for me in daily use and in running. The screen is beautiful. Garmin really does have running watches locked down by a country mile. Even if you don’t use dual-band GPS, the accuracy is ridiculously better than just about anything out there, but I’ll admit my Apple Watch Ultra, which ALWAYS has dual band on was pretty good. The downside for AW is that you can’t turn dual band off to save battery when the terrain doesn’t require it. I use SatIQ on my Garmin and it’s perfect.

Reviewer: Wes H.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Incredible!
Review: Hard to think something THIS PRICEY can be described as “worth it.” But it is. I had to look up and study some of the stats on this thing! It’s ridiculous! And yes, the battery life is much MUCH better than the Apple Watch. While it’s not solar powered, it lasts so long on one charge that unless you’re going somewhere without a power source for a month…. You’ll be fine.Overall,I recommend purchasing this watch.

Reviewer: Cesar Feo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excelente producto
Review: Muy bien producto cumple todas mis expectativas

Reviewer: Tech-guy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent training watch, glitchy smart watch…
Review: Best Garmin I’ve owned - worst smart watch I’ve owned (mostly Apple’s fault). Apple won’t let it stay connected unless Garmin Connect App is running in the background. Also, that doesn’t work some times and I have to reboot watch about every other day to get my notifications.However, screen, accuracy (gps, heart rate), battery, maps (turn by turn courses) are AWESOME!For the price it should have LTE or at least a mic to talk to siri.

Reviewer: Michelle Simard
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: En remplacement de mon ancienne Garmin. Cette nouvelle version m'offre toutes les options utiles pour poursuivre mon entraînement à la course.

Reviewer: Jose Luis Cabrera Meraz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llevo 2 semanas usando el reloj y la duración de la bateria es de 1 semana con sesiones de entrenamiento de 1 hora y media diaria, la pantalla se ve excelente...!!!!

Reviewer: Vince Armistaad
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Who knew so much data could be gathered from one's body with a smart watch!?

Reviewer: Juan Carlos Lopez P.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Despues de mucha revisión, decidí Forerunner 965.La alternativa era el Epix Pro 2, sus diferencias:- sensor mas nuevo,- la luz de linterna independiente- capacidad de 200 mts dentro del agua- el doble de precioPor el resto, el Forerunner tiene el mismo sistema operativo, las mismas funciones, las mismas actividades.Los pros desde mi punto de vista:- Reloj apto para el día a día, no es tan aparatoso como el Epix o el Fenix (lo puedo llevar en la oficina)- Perfil mas bajo- Más liviano- Perfecto para ir a correr y de hiking- Batería en uso promedio de 15 dias (usando GPS, actividades registrando: correr todos los días 4 KM, caminar todos los días 5 km, hiking de fin de semana 8-10 km, escalda indoors- Precio más bajoLa verdad si no tienes actividades de uso rudo y lo quieres usar en tu día a día, recomiendo el forerunner 965. Muy contento con la compra. 🙂

Reviewer: Andrés Álvarez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me gusto mucho mi reloj, trae bastantes funciones, ( apenas lo estoy conociendo ) pero lo eh utilizado para correr, para nadar , para correr en cinta , y trae mas, llevo apenas unas 3 semanas con el y me encanta, ademas de que es muy atractivo.

Customers say

Customers like the quality, battery life, and display of the wearable computer. They mention it's an excellent running sports watch, with an amazing screen. They also say it's great for tracking steps and workouts. Some appreciate the accuracy and durability of the product.

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