2024 the best running watches review


Price: $449.99 - $349.99
(as of Nov 24, 2024 14:54:10 UTC - Details)

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Train brilliantly with the smaller-sized Forerunner® 265S GPS running smartwatch. Its colorful AMOLED touchscreen display stands out while the training readiness feature — which tells you when you’re primed for a productive session — helps you crush your goals. Wake up to your morning report with HRV status to see health insights alongside an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked). Plan your race strategy with the race widget, which enables personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt to performance, recovery, the race you’re running and its course. Get ready to make the most of every run with wrist-based running power and multi-band GPS. And when you want to switch it up with cross training, choose from more than 30 activity profiles, including triathlons, cycling, swimming and more. Get a more complete picture of your health, not just a glimpse, from your Forerunner 265S with up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls; lightweight design in 42 mm for smaller wrists
Up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 24 hours in GPS mode
As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather (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
Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and get the most out of your workout (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
30+ built-in activity profiles include running, triathlons, cycling, open-water swimming and more
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)
Safety and tracking features, including incident detection (during select outdoor activities) and Assistance, send a message with your live location to emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone; requires setup and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology provides superior positioning accuracy in challenging environments while also optimizing the device’s battery life
Never miss a call or text from your paired Android or Apple smartphone with smart notifications
Reviewer: DIY guy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Nice watch
Review: Tons of great workout feedback that were only available on phone app before are on the watch screen. Super light watch, barely feel it on.

Reviewer: Heather Niday
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A great runners watch!
Review: Easy to use and a great display. I really like that you can set your bedtime and wake up time and the watch dims itself during those hours - no more waking up because the display lit up. The sleep cycle info is helpful, and I love having the extra stats on my running workouts. Very pleased with the watch so far and long battery life.

Reviewer: Fanny Mirella Colon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Exelent
Review: comfortable, practical, and beautifu

Reviewer: Rabbit Rabbit
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great watch
Review: I wanted a watch to have an accurate pace and heart rate for speed workouts. Strava just wasn’t cutting it 🤨 the size is nice for my small wrist, and I can still read the face without glasses 👍There are so many features it is frustrating to get in a loop where I don’t want to be, but overall I am very happy with the watch.

Reviewer: Grace W. Wadell
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Super FRUSTRATING!
Review: NOT INTUITIVE AT ALL! I spent an hour today downloading stuff to my computer and phone to make this work. Finally got the music to work. Ran three miles then run would not save. I came in and tried to sync with my phone wouldn't and then plugged into my computer to try and sync there and it just erased it. With my cheap Fitbit- I jump in the pool and it saves my swim, I go for a run, it saves my run. This thing has a zillion buttons and both my run and my swim were not saved. How do I get my money back?

Reviewer: Hanna
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Cool features and comfortable watch
Review: This is my first smartwatch but I'm pleased with all the features like the button to quick start an activity, sleep tracking, and the Garmin app to look at data more in depth. The screen is really nice and I can read it no matter how bright the sun is. I've had to do some googling to learn how to access a few features but other than that, very cool watch.

Reviewer: Anónimo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Pedido recibido sin problema
Review: El producto llegó en buen estado y a tiempo

Reviewer: Matthew S.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent
Review: Well worth the money. Bought it for my wife for Christmas and she loves it and uses it every day

Reviewer: Gise 😉
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Pour mon entrainement elle est parfaite. Elle vaut son prix!

Reviewer: Vio Basave
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: El reloj en su funcion principal que es monitoriar tiempos, ritmo y programacion de entrenamientos, es muy eficiente. Tiene muchas mas funciones que una vez que se logran entender aportan mucho en el desempeño de una carrera. No solo sirve para correr, se le pueden agregar muchas mas actividades y todas las monitorea muy bien. Mi entrenador carga en el reloj mis actividades y para mi es muy sencillo realizarlar en cualquier lugar en donde este. El unico pero que le pongo es que la pila en uso no dura mas de una semana, pero teniendo en cuenta esto ya se que debo recargo cada 7 dias si su uso sera constante . ¡Lo recomiendo!

Reviewer: Eva Karina
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: el gps es bastante preciso y lo uso diariamente, la bateria le dura muchisimo y es resistente al agua, sudor y polvo

Reviewer: Tresa J.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: It's a beautiful watch with tons of functions.UPDATE 1/28/24How absolutely disappointing.The watch completely died on me. I only had it since November 23'. Given the price of this watch, I expected a hell of a lot better. This is soooooooo disappointing 😞.

Reviewer: Eduardo Vazquez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Fue un regalo para mi novia y le encantó, tiene buenas estadísticas, funcionalidades. En el pasado compré un vivo active para ella. me comenta que es más resistente y con muy buena experiencia de usuario/funcionalidades

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Customers like the display and comfort of the wearable computer. They mention it's a great watch, very cool, and they barely feel it on.

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