This watch does absolutely everything, the screen is beautiful, battery life is excellent and with only GPS tracking a few light activities, I was rewarded with 13 days of battery with it around 2% remaining, so quite simply put it has functioned exactly as expected. The watch body seems very light and comfortable - the silicone?? strap has perfect adjustability, and just feels "right". I was surprised by little things, such as the "strength" activity tracking actually correctly detected when I was doing reps of various exercises, and you can track metrics like weight (and others) to review and inform progress, which you can correct/edit later if an error was made. Neato.
Some minor perturbances if I'm being picky - sometimes the heartrate monitor is sluggish, which is not the best when you're trying to observe quick changes resulting from effort/output in your activity compared to HR recovery time for example. Also, sometimes when you're twisting your wrist to have the screen wake, it doesn't, and you have to repeat once or a couple times more. Doesn't happen often, and if it bothered me enough and I didn't mind whatever increased battery burn-rate that equates to, I would enable the screen always on. There's more little improvements they can make, I can list a few more, but I'm sure they will update and patch a lot of this stuff throughout it's support lifecycle.
All in all, such a solid product. Synced well with speed/cadence sensors, and other Garmin products like inReach Mini 2. It looks classy and is still pragmatic and functional. Doesn't look boorish. Buy it, and you won't regret it! Expensive, but what should something like this cost? It seems fair for what it does and is capable of.
| OS | GarminOS |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 4.7 x 4.7 x 1.32 cm; 53 g |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
| Item model number | 010-02809-00 |
| Wireless Communication Technologies | Bluetooth |
| Connectivity Technologies | Bluetooth, USB |
| GPS | Built-in GPS |
| Special Features | GPS |
| Display Technology | AMOLED |
| Other display features | Wireless |
| Human Interface Input | Touchscreen, Buttons |
| Scanner Resolution | 454 x 454 |
| Colour | Black |
| What’s in the box? | Forerunner 965, Power/Data Cable, Documentation |
| Item Weight | 53 g |
