Garmin 010-02120-20 Forerunner 245 Music, GPS Running Smartwatch with Music and Advanced Dynamics, Black

This is my first running watch and I'm impressed. The watch looks neat and isn't too bulky on the wrist, is comfortable to wear (I am wearing the watch 24/7 with the optical heart rate monitor on) and has worked perfectly all along. I have so far used it mainly for running and also use the Garmin Coach, which has been a really positive experience.I use the Garmin Connect app, which is great and has lots of features, but also still sync the data to Strava, which works without problem as well. The sync maps to existing Strava segments along the route, but just creates standard 1k splits, not the splits created by the Garmin watch/ coach. I see myself working mostly with the Garmin app now though anyway as it gives me more features than my free Strava app and suits my needs very well.Noteworthy is that the HR monitor can give inaccurate/ erratic readings, if the sensor not cleaned regularly. I rinse it down with water after every run now, blot the watch dry slightly, avoiding the sensor and then wipe the sensor with optical glasses wipes instead of a towel or cloth. I also avoid body lotion on the wrist where I'm wearing the watch. The readings seem totally fine now.I use the watch 4-6 hours/ week with GPS on for running and have the HR monitor on pretty much all the time. With this, I charge the watch at most once a week. Adding Bluetooth phone connection, it needs charging app every 3-4 days. It charges pretty fast (around 1- 2 hours to full charge), so I'm very pleased with this also.

Brilliant exercise watch - especially for running, compared it to my chest strap HR monitor and Wahoo bike computer and everything is within a small % of variance (less than 2%). Great for going running without having to take the phone. The battery life is much better than anything with a touch screen but just make sure you have a good charge if you are running and listening to music for over 10k as running this and GPS chews through the battery about 16% an hour. Previously I had a Samsung watch Active 2 before this and it was hopeless at tracking HR for any activity, it needed daily charging and then it took on water when I went swimming. Definitely a Garmin convert - great product so far!

This was bought as a christmas present for my husband. He likes the look and feel of the watch. He has enjoyed getting to grips with the data (his first smart watch), tracking oxygenation, heart rate etc. He is also happy that he can now more accurately track his running route and monitor his ongoing times, improvements, health and stamina.The price is more than I would have liked to have spent, but after reading a lot of reviews this seemed to be the most suitable for a distance, cross country runner.

The music function on this is a game changer for my runs. Saves having to carry my phone.GPS connects quickly and is more accurate than the 45 which I had previously. I also appreciate the slightly bigger screen size

Got it for my husband and he absolutely loves it. He's following the running training routine and exercising more than he used to while enjoying it more than ever. He likes that it has Spotify on it as well. Love that's he's keeping really fit because of it. Only the sleep monitoring timing seems to be off. It says he's asleep when he's awake sometimes.

Great watch. I was using the garmin 235 and upgraded to this watch. It looks good feels good. Best feature is that unlocks the training programs in the garmin app which in turn give warning if you run too fast or slow to hit your goals.The mucis does drain the battery, abjt if a faf to connect to bluetooth headphones as they are also connected to my phone so have to turn off the bluetooth on my phone.Sometimes the pace tracker is abit laggy.

I like the watch , it's not too big for my small wrists. Spotify feature works well. And I was able to add a custom background . One major flaw though that I havnt seen many mention on here that I had to Google and turns out loads of people have the same issue ...you can't adjust the brightness ! There is no setting to and people aren't happy. I don't think it's bright enough tbh and I'm stuck with it very dim like this . I'm a young guy with good eyesight , I can only imagine older people struggling . And I havnt checked but apparently it says in the instruction manual how to adjust the brightness and it's a false entry they put in by mistake ! Massive flaw, but I'm gonna stick with the watch for another while and hope I can manage it cos I like the watch. I might have to return it though.

I love the watch so much better then fitbit ionic. Why it took me 48 hours to set up ionic and then is suddenly stopped working. Whereas farming setting up was under 3 mins and it so useful for running.One negative thing about it, is the price, I know I could get it for cheaper price 250.00 but I was not sure if I should risk buying it from ebay or other UK companies that were not reviewed as much as Amazon is