#BEST GARMIN WATCH FACES 2019 UPDATE#

The Garmin Forerunner 945 is also a highly competent contender for the Best Smart Running Watch as it also supports onboard payments, music, mapping, numerous connected features and the vast array of sporty and outdoors features found in the earlier Fenix 5 models.

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Early units have button issues, most go back to Garmin and re-appear as refurb units.

oHR and GPS accuracy need extended investigation (broadly OK).

GNSS/GPS & oHR accuracy are not good enough for me but still amongst the best avaialble.

As firmware has iterated and as I have installed more CIQ apps so the 945 has got slower.

After over a year of usage, I am on my third replacement and the battery still seems to never live up to the original spec.

If you want a SMALLER FORMAT want with pretty much the exact same features then you want the Garmin Forerunner 745, which also packs in some recent accuracy improvements. So, if you want a watch that will improve in 2021 and is good for newbies then try the Wahoo RIVAL, youвЂ™ll have some cool tech that no-one else has at least for next season. It can be hard to find that special feature and you might waste some time there. There are still the perennial bugbears of GarminвЂ™s labyrinthine menu system and GPS/oHR INaccuracy yet both of those are slowly improving although perhaps more worrying is that the battery doesnвЂ™t seem to live up to its headline performance claims.ДЇor a tri-newbie, the 945 will be a bit overwhelming at first. But if you are vested to the Garmin platform and want some smarts then the 945 is a good choice. If that is a concern then, for pure sports usage, IвЂ™d go for the 9 35 and then spend what you save elsewhere on an Apple Watch 6 as a 24Г—7 smartwatch and a 530 or Wahoo as a bike computer. As an indication, IвЂ™ve recently hooked up mine to take power from a VASA Erg Swim machine and have linked to a Lumen CIQ widget/app for analysing carbs and fat as I exhaleвЂ¦if it can do that.

If you are worried that it might not do what you want for sportвЂ¦donвЂ™t worry. That said, the 945 packs in many smart features that IвЂ™ve often made good use of I tend to use the music and PAY more than maps. ItвЂ™s pretty good as a smart 24Г—7 watch but the Apple Watch 6 is better for that usage. For a functional watch for sport/triathlon, it CANNOT be beaten and it does everything sporty to a high standard. I train a lot each week and itвЂ™s my main watch for my own usage as well as for comparison of triathlon/running tech for this site.

#BEST GARMIN WATCH FACES 2019 UPDATE#

Long Term Update вЂ“ I have many thousands of milesof usage with 945, perhaps more than any other reviewer (yep, even him). The initial headlines at the launch were for the new SMARTs coming from Garmin PAY, Music and Maps but the FR945 is WAY more than a smart cookie.ДЇor once, it REALLY is a case that THE BEST TRIATHLON WATCH (935) has got better (945)

The true triathlon features from the 935 were initially tweaked and then notably expanded during 2020. The Garmin 945 looks like the Forerunner 935 but is a wholly new piece of faster and more capable kit.

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