Garmin Forerunner 165, Running Smartwatch, Colorful AMOLED Display, Training Metrics and Recovery Insights, Whitestone

I’ve been using the Garmin Forerunner 165 for a few months now, and I’m really impressed with its performance! As someone who enjoys running and outdoor activities, this watch has been an incredible companion. The GPS tracking is spot-on, and the heart rate monitor is accurate, giving me detailed insights into my workouts. I especially love the new training features, which provide personalized feedback and help me improve my performance over time.The design is sleek and comfortable, with a display that's easy to read even in bright sunlight. The battery life is outstanding — I can go several days without needing to charge, even with regular use. The integration with the Garmin Connect app makes tracking progress simple, and I love the ability to sync my stats with other fitness apps.Overall, the Garmin Forerunner 165 is an excellent choice for anyone serious about fitness. It’s packed with features, looks great, and delivers solid performance, making it well worth the investment!

I use it for tracking runs, tracking other workouts, tracking sleep, tracking cardiovascular fitness, checking the outdoor weather, and lots more. It even tells time! Totally revolutionized my training.This is the first GPS enabled fitness watch that I’ve owned, so I can’t compare it, but for what you get and the ease of use of the connect app, the pricetag was worth it for me.Battery life is incredible for what it does, with the Apollo ultra low power MCU that powers everything it does.This watch is pretty durable. I’ve had it now for over six months and the glass screen has only one or two scratches that are almost imperceptible. This is impressive given that I wear it camping, doing yard work, swimming in an open lake, and so on.The screen is actually a very reasonable size. They designed the UI for the watch very well once you understand the basic concepts of holding some buttons to open more menus. I was confused only for the first few weeks.The only serious detractor is the watch band which irritates my wrist if I wear it for too long. It doesn’t matter how loose it is. I need to switch wrists every few days or my skin starts to peel. Maybe I’m allergic to the material. But for what it tells me about my training, that is a pretty minor sacrifice of comfort. The only thing that would make this watch better is if it had come with a polyester watch band.

I switched from an Apple watch to the Garmin, mostly due to the battery life of my Apple watch. When switching, I was very pleased to notice that by stats are more accurate than my Apple watch, my runs are more consistent, and my heart rate seems to track better. I can typically go 5-7 days on one charge, and I use it as a smart watch and only use GPS on my runs. The running coach is a great addition, and I feel better trained for my upcoming half-marathon. I am considering buying my husband the same watch simply due to it's battery life. This watch is easy to use and all of the information it provides is right at my fingertips anytime I want to check.

Love this watch. I upgraded from the Garmin 45 so it’s quite a bit smarter. Has great features and its easy to edit which ones you want easy access to. At first the watch wasn’t tracking my steps. I downloaded the app on my phone and there was an update for the watch available. Downloaded this and it started tracking my steps. So if something isn’t working you might need to try updating it!

I have had a Garmin venue for the past 3 years and this one is way much better, the features are amazing, the quality is superior and it's very ligth weight. It's easy to use, the size it's as the regular as others, in my case the venue was smaller but that's okay, the battery life works well.

Still trying to figure some of the functions out. I’m not sure if it’s perfectly accurate on the treadmill and I’ve used it a couple times outdoors for running when I run on my treadmill. It seems like it’s saying I’m going faster than I really am and it’s saying my heart rate is high. I don’t know how accurate it is. Jury is still out.

This is a great running watch. My high school kid has had it for a couple of months. It has all the fitness features a young athlete will need. You can see your logged data and activity history.

Training for a marathon and needed an upgrade from apple.