Garmin - Forerunner 965
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"they were so much more comfortable I struggle to even put my Maxwells back on."
"open back is the only way since gaming you get so freaking hot you need the ventilation."
"Thanks to its plastic-plus-aluminum construction, the Dufu is incredibly light. ... Once you find the right set of ear tips, it practically vanishes on your ears without any sense of foreignness or sagging, ensuring excellent comfort even during extended listening sessions."
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"the battery lasts 2 weeks, that's with 5 days worth of tracking runs and day to day use. Incredible."
"16 days battery life on my fenix. ... The other aspect I really appreciate about my fenix is the battery life. 16 days or so. With everything I have to change these days (laptops, mice, keyboards, headphones, watches, phones), I appreciate not having to worry about it too often."
"Oh, and the battery lasts days even when exercising a lot (weeks without excercise)."
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"it has MORE workout tracking than an Apple watch has. ... This is the watch that could track my Paddle Boarding, Indoor Bouldering (it also said what V-stage I was bouldering!) Golf, Snowboard, Kayak and many more! ... Meaning your EVERY ACTIVITY is tracked so you will not loose your days and FUN. You don't have to stick yourself to ONLY RUNNING or GYM."
"Even doing y3p with navigation running all the time it only used about 60% battery and that was nearly 12 hours."
"it has a lot of additional activity features I like (e.g. tracking outdoor swimming, biking , training plans etc)"
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"magnificent AMOLED screen ... bright, sharp and clear the AMOLED displays are in full sun. they are even better. I know- hard to believe. ... gorgeous screen ... the higher resolution and brightness of the AMOLED is very helpful"
"I just went from the 255 from the 965 for this same reason"
"Display is 1000 times better."
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"Pretty much unmatched in terms of battery life for being a full featured GPS watch with mapping."
"The 965 has much better mapping when you don't have a phone on you ... I got the 965 for the extra mapping features."
"love the map features of my 965 ... It gets me back to the hotel every time. ... I don't run with a phone because I absolutely hate the distraction."
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"Me too. And I use Apple Airpods. $$$$$"
"$179 is pretty nuts. ... As long as people keep buying them and paying the esports tax, they're gonna keep selling them at this crazy price. ... The G305 feels really similar, but at 1/3 the price. ... I don't truely understand why the G pro light is all the rage. ... I used a G pro for a week, and while it did feel very smooth and responsive, I also had a G305 that felt very similar."
"overpriced and don't ever prove the price difference in sound over the az100."
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"wtf no time settings in a watch?"
"google's software features and fit-and-finish is lacking for their watch ... there is no option on a pixel watch to just automatically turn on the screen when a notification comes in to view the notification; you have to manually interact with it by either tapping the screen within a few seconds or lift-to-wake the watch, which is very unreliable ... that actually was a dealbreaker for me"
"it does not show new notifications as they come in without some sort of manual action ... unless you tap the screen or lift your wrist when you get the vibration, you don't get to see anything ... 75% of the time my pw2 wouldn't recognize a wrist-raise gesture, so I'd miss whatever the new notification was"
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"I used to find that wrist HR sucked for rowing"
"the hr reading is incorrect. ... 20 dollars band from Samsung does a better job"
"The discrepancy is much higher for HR than running dynamics. ... I think it is straight up irresponsible to rely on wrist-based HR is you’re using HR as a part of training"
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"the curved screen get scratched easily ... because of its curve , only plastic screen protector can be used ... because of plastic material, the screen protector also get scratched easily"
"I hate 265/965 curved screen which can get scratched easily and only worked with plastic screen protectors."
"Previously after 2 years I had 2 absolutely tiny scratches on the screen but only if you looked closely in the right light."
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"the auto-lap function is completely useless and will result in total frustration as your set of 10x50 gets counted as 125+300+75+400+50."
"when I’d swim in pools it would so often double count my lengths…"
"My garmin 955 is awful for swimming."
30062 1.0Those are both great but I picked the 4 965
abzlute 1.0Bro you can get a "used" (often actually still new in box) 955 on marketplace for like $300. The only complaint I have about mine is the barometer/elevation data is jacked up, but that doesn't seems to randomly occur with different garmin devices and isn't isolated to this one. The 965 is basically the 955 with OLED, which isn't a real upgrade to me. The 970 is marginally more advanced. But don't spend $500 on it, that would be crazy for a watch 2 generations behind.
Accomplished-Air-773 1.0Forerunner 55 for the absolute basics. Forerunner 165 is the cheapest with a AMOLED screen. Forerunner 255, 265, 955 and 965 are just discontinued. In my opinion 955 is the most value for money as it includes mapping. 965 is the same watch as the 955, but with an AMOLED screen. If you don’t need mapping, then go for the 265. It is the same as the 965, but without maps. So if you can find a 955 that would be your best bet in my opinion. Forerunner 570 and 970 introduce unnecessary features, such as microphone & speaker, sapphire glass, shiny metal bezels all of which add nothing to running but do increase the price.
AccomplishedRow6685 1.0I have a 965 and I charge it for like an hour a week whether it needs it or not.
AcrobaticTraffic7410 1.0Venu 2 plus and I currently use a FR965
adnoguez 1.0I run in treadmills during winter, I have an Apple Watch Ultra and is way off. I prefer my 965 Forerunner for tracking even indoors. Actually I wear it all the time just because it's longer battery life.
AdrienOG 1.0I wear my Forunner 965 24/7 when on a training program. When not, only at night to track my sleep. I then can rotate my “real” watches.
AelfricHQ 1.0I thought my forerunner 965 looked really sleek and snazzy until I read this post and discovered that it was so clunky I looked like a spy kid...
I don't think there is anything that will do this indoors. I use my Garmin Forerunner 965 and it tracks distance and speed outdoors. Inside, I just get heartrate.
aert4w5g243t3g243 1.0Used 965 or if you want flashlight and ecg a used fenix 7 pro.
airman4nba 1.0This is what i get from my 965. I do go back and edit most of the exercises, the watch does recognise a bench press or a row but I like to personally be more accurate with the exercise. The biggest problem for me is that garmin does not allow me to create my own strength exercise. https://preview.redd.it/q3vxs47uxyye1.png?width=768&format=png&auto=webp&s=b1aeb0c6e227e33199bdefed168847dbd2acdba2
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