Price: $249.99 - $199.99
(as of Nov 27, 2024 11:11:08 UTC - Details)

Go ahead — sign up for that race, and train brilliantly with the easy-to-use Forerunner® 165 GPS running smartwatch. With pace, distance and heart rate, you’ll see your progress shine on the watch’s AMOLED touchscreen display while Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans help you chase your goals. Wake up to your morning report 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). Use training effect and training effect labels to see how your workouts impact your fitness and to understand the primary benefit achieved from your workout. Then, check recovery time to know how long to take it easy between runs. Pair your watch to your smartphone, and your notifications will show up right on your wrist. Get a more complete picture of your health, not just a glimpse, from your Forerunner 165 smartwatch, with up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Easy-to-use running smartwatch with built-in GPS for pace/distance and wrist-based heart rate; brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls; lightweight design in 43 mm size
Up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode
Reach your goals with personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt based on performance and recovery; use Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans to get workout suggestions for specific events
25+ built-in activity profiles include running, cycling, HIIT, strength and more
As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside weather and HRV status (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
With training effect and training effect labels, you’ll see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit achieved from your workout.; recovery time lets you know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout
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
Never miss a call or text with smart notifications from your paired Android or Apple smartphone
Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay contactless payments let you pay for purchases on the go (with a supported country and payment network)
See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, and sign up for challenges to earn badges and more in the Garmin Connect smartphone app
Reviewer: Michaela
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: All You Need
Review: This watch is fantastic and recommend it to anyone looking for a good fitness tracker. It tracks well for runs and weight training. I charge it every 8 days with 25-30% left and 5-6 workouts/runs per week. It really is all most people need.

Reviewer: Thunder Storm
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Garmin 165
Review: Watch arrived 3 days post order. The display is excellent. I use the watch for pace, distance, time, alarm. As with previous Garmin watches, heart rate is inaccurate most of the time. E.g., real rate is 60, Garmin reports 122. Sleep info is also not accurate. However, i like the watch because Pace is usually accurate and the amoled display is bright and easy to read. Battery is decent. I do not use all the running coaching tools and analytics.

Reviewer: Mountain Voyageur
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great watch
Review: I wish it had a few other things, such as activities for downhill skiing, XC skiing, and indoor rowing (erg). In fairness to Garmin, higher models do have them, but they are not worth an extra $200 or more to me. I understand product differentiation, but it would have been nice to include those few things in the Forerunner 165. Skiing is popular enough to support, and indoor rowing is common in gyms. Let's hope that Garmin sees fit to include them in a future software update.That said, I am overall very pleased with the watch. A lot of functionality at the price point (4200).

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Battery life is awesome.
Review: I switched from a Samsung watch to this Garmin. I didn't really use the samsung with all the apps, I kinda just used it to track exercise. The battery life on the samsung would last under 24 hours no matter whether i tracked an activity or not. The Garmin will last 10+ days while tracking activities everyday, even with GPS tracked bikes or runs.

Reviewer: Dave, Boston
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great watch for runner
Review: This is a great watch, does a lot for a fair amount of money. The screen is bright and responsive to touch, the gps signal catches quickly (I live 30 min outside Boston) and there are way more metrics than I have use for.I did end up returning it only because I found the 20mm strap too small. Coming from an Instinct solar, with a 22mm strap, it did make a big difference for me. I got a forerunner 255 instead, but I do miss the AMOLED screen of the 165.

Reviewer: John
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easily readable display in Florida midday sun
Review: This little guy does everything I need and so far seems pretty darn accurate. My big concern going is was whether the full color AMOLED display would be readable in the Florida sun - in the middle of the day - or whether I should have gone with a Memory in Pixel (MIP) display. Answer: Absolutely readable. I didn't think Garmin would put an unreadable display on its running-focused line-up and it turns out I was right. 🙂 I would definitely buy again.

Reviewer: Ashley Ortiz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great Watch!!!
Review: Great watch that is easy to read while running. I prefer this over my apple watch since it does more, it's lightweight and battery lasts for a long period of time. Using this for my marathon training and I love it!!

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Ok watch but bad for crossfit or sleep tracking
Review: Pros: The battery lasts long and there are a lot of ways to customize the menus, activities and display. Gps responds quickly. Has HRV.Cons: tracking for crossfit is bad. The heart rate is slow to respond and often shows incorrect heart rate (for example it said my HR was 206bpm when I was doing muscle ups). Sleep tracking leaves me questioning it's accuracy as well. It consistently says I have <30mins REM sleep , and today it even said 0mins. "Recovery times" are unrealistic after; 96 hours after a medium effort crossfit class? Garmin app doesn't connect with Google fit either.Don't recommend buying this watch. Reviewer: Átila Fernandes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Relógio excepcional, atende todas expectativas e totalmente completo para quem é amante dos esportes, principalmente a corrida, estou muito satisfeito com o relógio, muito bom

Reviewer: Rothy Aimyon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Solid fitness watch. Robust battery life. Tested and easily lasts on average 8 day battery with gps fitness use. Better than Apple or Samsung smartwatches. The only Con would be the Garmin software….it still requires user experience enhancements; software team looks like they develop from the 1800’s.

Reviewer: Daniel D.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: En color negro me gustó.Desearía fuera un poco más grande de diámetro.El grosor está bien, aunque un poco más delgado estaría perfecto.Estoy considerando cambiar el extensible bicolor que trae original.

Reviewer: Jordan Sgns
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: J'hésitais avec une double fréquence GPS mais à moins d'être pro à la seconde près c'est déjà très précis (un ami a la garmin 255 et on a les mêmes résultats en fin de course)

Reviewer: Customer in Bristol
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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