Garmin Forerunner® 955 Solar, GPS Running Smartwatch with Solar Charging Capabilities, Tailored to Triathletes, Long-Lasting Battery, Whitestone

I was a little worried initially if this would look a bit small on my wrist. Something about a big bold watch on my wrist I was really drawn to. This watch fits just that and is a little more elegant than the Fenix line, in my opinion.My first Garmin watch was the Venu Sq Music, which I still currently use for work. Work is a bit physical, and I want to keep this watch for just my workouts, mainly running. The Venu Sq Music is a little small for my liking, but I really like the look and feel of this watch.I would personally recommend to get the solar option, but as others have said, if you never go outside it's probably not needed. I ordered this watch mid Oct 2022, so not as many opportunities in WI to gauge the charging/maintaining abilities- I will have to wait for summer or a vacation for that. I did have a nice sunny day in late October here, and sitting for roughly 1hr in the sun charged a percent. Pretty decent in my opinion. I do not use any of the music, txt alert, or other Bluetooth options other than to sync to my phone every few days. Battery life is amazing. To a point that I actually have to think hard when my last charge was when it finally needs to be plugged in. I'm sure not using the Bluetooth alerts help a lot. I run just about everyday and use the GPS on run mode, so I still do challenge the battery a bit.Tons of features that I am still learning. The watch does take a few weeks to "learn you". I take the training suggestions with a grain of salt, but have noticed suggestions are not all that far off from my pre-planned training program.I like the quick morning report each morning. Kinda fun to wake up and look at phone for this info.Sure it's expensive but GPS tracking, battery life, and overall software/options on this watch are very expensive.I was on the fence at first, but very glad I pulled the trigger.

I'm a very late adopter to the smartwatch field so everything thing is very new to me. After one week, I can't be happier with this watch. The battery is terrific from what I was expecting. Granted the more you workout and are pinging the gps the quicker the battery will go. The coach or whatever seems like a great tool that is actually helpful. I like adding Spotify and syncing some Bluetooth headphones. The metronome really helps my pacing. Traditionally I am not a watch wearer but thankfully It's very lightweight, though it sticks up a hair more than I wish it would. Sleep report and body battery are neat, I really am very happy and hoping for a very long time with this watch.It's very satisfying tracking all my biking, running, pilates yoga, and weight training, I will try swimming soon as we get a clear day.Amazon shipped it very fast and it was in brand new mint condition. Setup was very easy especially if you already set up a Garmin account. There are hundreds of features I couldn't begin to review them all.

I've purchased this watch about a year ago. I've used it in a couple races and definitely love having the solar charging. I get about a week and half to two weeks of usage without needing a charge. If you are new to Garmin, it does take some time to figure out all of the toggling, and at times it can be frustrating setting up the screen profiles, but all in all it hasn't let me down in over a year and the app and watch are very stable.

After my Apple watch battery died during my first ultra marathon I didn't want to risk it again and made the switch to Garmin. The 955 Solar is my first Garmin purhcase and I'm extremely happy with this watch. It's been a great tool for making the transition into not only much better battery life, but also into more useful tracking. This watch is user friendly, extremely durable, and a must-have running tool.

I really love this watch. It offers me a wealth of useful data; it's fashionable; it's comfortable...BUT it is extremely difficult to charge. I try to charge it daily, not because it's needs to be charged daily but because I never know when or if I'm going to be able to get it to charge, so I want a full charge in case I can't get it to charge multiple days in a row. I have purchased 10+ charging cables hoping that might fix it. I've contacted Garmin about this issue and they replace the watch once but the replacement watch isn't any better. I have to clean the contacts with isopropyl alcohol, daily, and spend about 10 minutes jiggling the cable trying to get it to charge. I am beyond frustrated with it. Most of my electronic devices can be charged simply by setting it down on a charging base, but not this watch. It seems very strange that a company like Garmin that makes so many incredible and complex electronic devices could fail so miserably on something a simple a charging a battery.EDIT: Garmin replaced my replacement watch and the new one charges as expected! I'm so glad they fixed the issue! Updating from 3 stars to 5 stars! My favorite fitness watch...my favorite watch period.

After spending a couple of weeks reading reviews I ended up deciding on he Garmin 955 over an Apple Watch. For the first few days i was enjoying the experience of looking at all the data it collects. I must say it is a really nice overall experience with monitoring HR, sleep, stress, running and biking sessions but it is definitely not built for strength workouts.After 5 days of use the watch froze, turned off and never switched back on. I tried everything to work around this (force restart, overnight charging) with no success. Please Google for "Garmin 955 Blue Triangle of Death" and you will see that the 955 does have a recurrent problem.I ended up returning the watch and I think I'll never be confident enough to purchase another Garmin in the future :(

Long battery life, not especially gaudy or ugly, fantastic functionality and apps! Very pleased! I don't know what their competition is doing, but it's hard to go wrong with Garmin.