Garmin Forerunner 55, GPS Running Watch with Daily Suggested Workouts, Up to 2 Weeks of Battery Life, Black - 010-02562-00

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My first smart watch was Huawei. Then comes this. For the price I'm paying it doesn't have touch screen. Button toggling needs time to learn. Gave it up.

Very happy with this watch. Looks good, easy to use, syncs nicely with app, helps track all the essentials.

I have used the forerunner 55 watch for over a year now and I have been very pleased. It’s got most of the features that you would want and nothing too flashy or useless. The big selling point for me was the 2 week battery life and I’m happy to say that it has held up pretty well. I use this to track my sleep, mountain biking, gym workouts, and any other random I activity I get into. I went down the rabbit hole of all the fancier watches they have and realized I don’t need them. Sure it would be nice to have a touch screen, but do I really need it? Having a touch screen instead of 2 week battery life is not something I would swap out. And I prefer the buttons over a touchscreen because it just works better for me anyway. I like the size of it cause it’s on the smaller side and the buttons are placed well and useful. Overall, this watch has been great and I probably will stick to the forerunner series when I need a new watch in a couple more years. If you are getting a watch for a specific activity, maybe look at one of the more niche watches but if you just need a good all around watch for a moderately active lifestyle, this might be just what you need.

I had a sports watch and polar chest strap monitor 25 years ago for Concept 2 rower training. Technology has improved enormously since then. I chose the Garmin Forerunner 55 because I wanted simplicity as well as multi-functionality. It fulfils both needs. Above all the Garmin sports watch is accurate. I am now 71 and have just started training prep for another C25K with my daughter - hence the need for an accurate heart rate monitor. The things I like about the watch and app follow plus some suggested tweaks. On the positive side customisable heart rate zones are useful, and it is easy to develop warm up, walk, run, repeat x8 workouts, which can then be modified in subsequent weeks. However, I had to use AI to pose a dozen or so technical questions about how to set up specific procedures and to analyse and interpret some of the performance data that the Garmin produces. The written Garmin instructions in multiple languages don’t touch the sides of what the app can do hence using Google Gemini to pose detailed questions. Another user tip - the Garmin app can be integrated with the Chronometer app which monitors food and exercise expenditure. This combination of apps is a really sophisticated tool to record data, if you are of a scientific disposition. For example, if your Adjusted Baseline Activity hits zero, it indicates that your Garmin has accounted for every metabolic "tick" above your resting BMR. The wider screen of an Apple Mac is much more accessible to see all the post exercise Garmin data. The IPAD version of the Garmin app is actually a scaled mobile app and it is difficult to escape from a page as the menus are obscured. A workaround is to reset your IPad display to ‘more space’, but I would recommend using a laptop and the Garmin website which have no technical issues.

As expected from the Garmin, pretty good especially the battery backup, i haven't charged yet, it came out of the box with 90%, i have been walking and running and other activities like breath, HIIT(high-intensity interval training), past 4 days i have not take it off this watch from my wrist, still battery 49%. i do own apple watch series 6 Nike Edition but need to charge every day for sure and if i ran more than 6K or 7K in day, it will drain pretty soon, thats why i took this and heart rate also very good, which similar to polar heart strap. finally it's a Sport watch not completely smart watch but it has some of the smart watch features, like getting notifications but in one way you can't give reply from the watch, just you can see.