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

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Lead the pack with Forerunner® 955, the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch. The training readiness feature tells you when you’re primed for a productive session, while daily suggested workouts adapt to your performance and recovery alongside the race widget, which provides training tips, course details and completion time predictions. With morning report, you can get an overview of your sleep, recovery, training and more — as well as a picture of your overall health with heart rate variability (HRV) status (This device is intended to give an estimate of your activity and metrics). On the run, new multi-band GPS and full-color, built-in maps, help you navigate confidently. And with traditional buttons and a touch display, it has never been easier to tap into your training status and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained. If you’re pushing toward the podium — or to the very limits — Forerunner 955 is by your side with up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.
Built with an always-on, full-color display that’s light on the wrist and easy to read even in direct sunlight
Battery life: up to 15 days of battery life in smartwatch mode for a full picture of your health — from sleep to training; plus, get up to 42 hours in GPS mode and up to 80 hours in UltraTrac mode
Click or swipe through maps and stats with traditional button controls or a new, responsive touchscreen
Whether you’re running on city streets or riding densely covered trails, Forerunner 955 provides full-color, built-in mapping to keep you on track
Access multiple global navigation satellite systems, and get access to multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites for improved accuracy in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or typically don’t penetrate — giving you superior accuracy for how far and how fast you’ve run — even in challenging environments
From the moment you wake up, get a training readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy
Get ready for your next race with race widget — which provides training tips, personalized daily suggested workouts and completion time predictions based on course details, weather and performance
Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook as soon as you wake up with morning report — alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather; you can even customize your report to show what you want to see (This device is intended to give an estimate of your activity and metrics)
With HRV status, gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, recovery and training performance through HRV while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics team (This device is intended to give an estimate of your activity and metrics)

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Reviewer: B. Wise
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: First time Garmin user
Review: I’ve been using this watch daily for 3 months now and have lots to say about it! This was my first Garmin/fitness watch, although I’ve been wearing an Apple Watch for many years. So this review is primarily a comparison of Apple Watch vs Garmin.First of all, the pros:*this thing is so powerful! The first time I did a run with it, the data blew me away. I’m currently obsessed with watch my VO2 max climb and seeing my HR and run power after every workout.*the Garmin Coach is SO COOL. I used one of the integrated plans to train for a 10k (I was already a competent runner and not slow) and managed to shave 30s off my pace. Knocked out a PR I was super proud of, with just a couple weeks of following a plan.*I love the training readiness score. I’m slowly learning that I generally like to push myself harder than I should and this thing keeps me from injury and over exertion. I’m often surprised at how slow it tells me to go on Z2 runs, and yet I keep getting faster.*I love this thing when following a plan or doing a race! It regularly tells me (via AirPods) when I’m going too fast or too slow. It helps me stay solidly in my training zone. Then, during a race, you can tell it what finish time you want to hit and it will keep you on track the whole time! I don’t think I would’ve hit my PR without that. Just a quick glance at my watch and I immediately knew how many seconds I was ahead or behind my plan.*i love the touch screen but will say that the majority of the time I’m using the buttons to navigate. Took me a minute to figure out what they all did.*the battery life!!! Coming from Apple Watch, I was floored that this thing lasts for literally over a week on one charge. Come on Apple, get it together with the battery life!A few cons:*this watch is not small. I actually kinda like the large size but as a woman on the smaller side of average, it’s pretty bulky. Which leads me to..*I never sleep with it (it’s too big to be comfortable) which means that my training readiness/body battery isn’t as accurate as it could be. I did try sleeping with it the first week but it did a terrible job of tracking my sleep. Seemed to only notice when I was sleeping from 6am on…??*the Garmin is definitely not a smart watch. Sure, it tells you when someone is calling or has texted but there’s no communication from the watch to the phone (no answering calls, responding to texts). I found myself constantly irritated that I couldn’t send a quick reaction to a text from my watch like usual. (I now only wear my garmin for workouts and put my Apple Watch back on for the rest of the day)*BEWARE the dreaded blue triangle. About a month after having this, a blue triangle showed up on screen and I couldn’t get it to turn off/on or go away. After some googling, I realized it’s a common software glitch. There is a way to reboot it, but I had to do it three times in just a few days and that was annoying. So far so good though, it hasn’t happened in a long time.Overall, I’m thoroughly pleased with this purchase and feel like a legit athlete. I bought it mainly for its triathlon capabilities but haven’t trained for another tri yet. Unfortunately, the integrated Garmin coach only has running and cycling plans, but I did read that you can get a triathlon plan directly from the Garmin website (just haven’t tried it yet).
Reviewer: Abigail Hood
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for Triathlon training
Review: My husband is training for an Ironman, and has been using Apple Watch until we researched Garmin. This specific Garmin is best for triathletes, so we went with the Forerunner 955. So far, it has worked great. It connects to his training plan, tracks his sleep and body battery, and is durable for swimming (and sweat). Great watch!
Reviewer: Andy
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent watch, worth every penny!
Review: 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.
Reviewer: Dillon Langston
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Obsessed with battery life and data
Review: Battery life on this watch is next level and the ultimate selling point to get me to finally invest in a wearable. Now I wear it nonstop to track my sleeping data, HRV, heart rate, stress levels, steps, and sync with Strava for all endurance activities (mainly run and cycle). The customizable watch face is very cool and I love being able to glance at my watch and see the weather outside, what time the sunsets or rises, or see if a text message was important. It’s comfortable enough that I forget I’m wearing it at times. The Spotify sync is great and allows me to run without a phone but still listen to music. The touchscreen is responsive and easy to read in the daylight or darkness. I also recommend buying a pack of watch face protectors. This watch has actually saved me money because now I’m deterred from buying a Rolex or some other luxury watch.
Reviewer: Tiago Colmeia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Relógio fantástico, desde a durabilidade da bateria, todas aferições desde medidas de distância, pace, desempenho nas atividades!!!
Reviewer: Klebs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Excelente! Estava discrente em relação à precisão dos monitoramentos, porém ao testar com fita e balança, foi muito eficaz na medição dos sinais vitais, bioimpedância, análise antropométrica e avaliação dos sinais vitais. Utilizei um estetoscópio em repouso e os traçados acompanharam os resultados no relógio. A bateria está surpreendendo! Um smartwatch tem seu tabu na duração da bateria, essa realmente está durando muito (liguei numa sexta e após 5 dias ainda tem a carga inicial de fábrica, abaixo de 50% mas durando, uso contínuo), mesmo com uso médio das funções ( monitoramento do sono, frequência cardíaca etc). Satisfeito com a aquisição, realmente uma máquina e tanto !!!
Reviewer: Luis
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: El Garmin Forerunner 955 ha superado todas mis expectativas. Sus métricas proporcionan información increíblemente útil, y la calidad y el diseño del reloj son óptimos. La integración con Garmin Connect y Garmin Express es destacable, brindando un soporte sólido que eleva la experiencia general. Como usuario anterior de un reloj Huawei, al principio noté la diferencia en la pantalla, pero me adapté rápidamente y ahora me siento muy cómodo con mi nuevo Garmin. Este dispositivo ha marcado una transición suave y positiva en mi experiencia de seguimiento y rendimiento físico.
Reviewer: Jordan Poirier
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I’ve had this watch for a month now and here’s my honest review. My original watch was a cheap Fitbit, I bought a Samsung Galaxy active 3 which I liked but the battery was terrible, the watch was not durable and inevitably broke which made it completely unusable. I purchased a forerunner 245 music as my first Garmin watch. It was miles ahead of my previous watches. Garmin connect app is wonderful and free! Sleep and exercise tracking with many other things I didn’t even use. I was coming from an OLED display on my Samsung to the translucent display on the Garmin. That took a bit of getting used to but the less eye popping display was easy to let go for better battery life. My Garmin 245 lasted 3-4 days in my average use case which was great compared to my daily charging need of the samsung. I was looking for an upgrade however since I wanted more battery life, a bigger display and more features. In comes the Forerunner 955 Solar. For starters the sale price was amazing. $598 Cad after tax. This watch has given me the same translucent but bigger display, longer battery life, more features and exercise options including ice skating and hockey as options! I now have additional sleep tracking features like a sleep coach and sleep score. I have also started using a Garmin connect training plan which has been great. It gives me a workout routine to train for a certain time goal in a run all customizable. This isn’t just available on the 955 but all Garmin devices through the Garmin connect app.Now the advertised battery life is 21 days. If I was in battery saver mode not using any features I could probably get close to that. But I use all features except for sp02 sensor. I leave that off and will use it on demand if I want to. My current settings are, notifications on but no sound of vibration. I downloaded a watch face that I like on Garmin IQ store for free with all the information I wanted. It counts seconds and shows me solar juice as well as heart rate in real time. I can turn off that off to save more battery but I prefer the real time info.I use the GPS for my runs 3-4 times a week right now the runs last 30 mins or so. My only other workout I use GPS for is walks. I track all my workouts with 2 rest days a week. If I don’t listen to Spotify on my watch and I get strong sun for 4+ hours a day I got 12 days battery my first 2 weeks. On average I’ve been getting 7 days battery with weak sunlight. Yes I know it’s lower than advertised but with all my features that I like this is great and much better than previous watches I’ve had. I have a slightly larger wrist so the size I find looks good. I don’t find it a burden to wear all the time. Garmin’s have been stellar for me in terms of durability. I will have to be mindful of heat though since. I’m obsessed with trying to charge the watch in the sun but I’m mindful of over heating the battery.Great watch. I’d recommend to anyone! I even gave my FR 245 to my sister in law and she is using it now and loves it.
Reviewer: Brian Nathan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Upgraded from the vivo active and the battery life and features is n this watch are fantastic. Navigation through menus is intuitive as well so easy to learn and use.