Garmin Forerunner 55, GPS Running Watch with Daily Suggested Workouts, Up to 2 weeks of Battery Life, Black (Renewed)

Pretty good watch. I think It's great for any beginner to intermediate runner. There's countless reviews here, online, and personal testimonies to rhe watch but here's what I think: Easy set-up Versatile Good feel (also good for quick adjustments when your arms get puffy) The accuracy of distance measurements are consistent to other GPS systems like Google Earth especially in running mode. For sprints for example, distance isnt always consistent. **All in all, the AK of running watches. Easy to use, easy to navigate, performs basic goals well at an affordable price**

I love Garmin and this 55 forerunner is awesome. It's great for any sport. You can add or remove activity options. There's a nice size bank to choose from. It holds a lot of health info. I can monitor my period on it, stress, sleep, activity, etc. one of the things I like is, it can detect when you go for a walk or a run or a ride and logs it, even if you forget to log the activity. It also lasts long. I've had it for more than a year. You can set what notifications get sent to the watch (which apps can do that). It has even training coaches that you can utilize for different sports. You can join different challenges from different sports. It also holds a charge for over a week mostly. Typically 10 days and if you're not that active, even closer to two+ weeks. Definitely, worth the expense.

It is a lot smaller than I expected. Watch and band. If you are a tall person, will look small. The screen is very dark and even with “light” function it still dark. It seems to be easy to set up, and use. Seems to be a good “cheap” device so far. I am happy with it. I think for the price and the brand it is a good deal. This is all you need if your are not super pro

As a beginner runner I love the watch. It gives me everything I need and the battery is really good!

Got this for my partner for Christmas 2024. His only complaint is that it disconnects from his phone frequently & he’s unable to use the watch to ping it. Besides that, it has just enough features & functions well enough for someone who wants to collect health data but doesn’t want to turn their watch into another phone.

I bought this watch for my son who is a runner. He wears and uses it all the time to monitor is race and practice times. It seems to be an excellent product to track the times of runners. He seems to also like the ability to pair it with his phone and then upload his times to the strava (spelling) website. I only see him charging the watch once a week so that's good since he wears it everyday.

Works like it is said and good battery life.

I needed a heart rate monitor but saw how many more features this watch had over a fitbit, so for the same or less than the larger fitbit, I bought the renewed version of the 55. I loved it - for 1 day. Then I immediately realized I needed something newer and more to really get the most out of the potential for all of the apps The 55 is: too dim, needs the backlight on or activated all the time, battery lasted like, 4 days running with display, running breathing apps, etc. it has small fonts and icons that make it hard to see, (like the watch hands overlap the heart rate if you have that screen enabled - the overall diameter of the screen is just too small), and limited extra apps that the newer Garmin fleet has and diminished functionality of parallel apps. I returned with the 90 day refund policy and upgraded to the 165. Now I really, really love what I've got. My opinion if it helps: if you are strapped and can only get the 55, get it. But, trust me, you will return it and get at least a 165 if you have the extra $120 (ish). I debated over getting the 255, but, after reading the reviews (Tom's) and looking at the screen shots, really, if you are used to a smart phone at all, you will want the 165 with the AMOLED over the MIP of the 55 and 255. The touch screen on the 165 also makes navigating through the deeper menus much easier as does turning on the display if the accelerometer doesn't activate it as needed. Of course any model higher is going to rock and roll. I don't mind the mix of hard buttons and screen swipes. I think it's a good combo. Too early to comment on battery life, but, so far, I like the watch enough, I honestly don't care if I can get 3 days out of it. Def way less "fanboy" than an apple watch. All reviews say it's much more geared to fitness as well. Between the Garmin app and the phone, some fitness things sync to iPhone (which i do have, so, not an anti-apple thing, just, like the sport/athlete centric vibe of the Garmins more)