Garmin

Forerunner 265 Watch

I love it! (minus one tiny thing)

I've had the watch for about three weeks now. It is replacing a beloved Forerunner 736xt. The only thing I don't love is that the screen stays dark until you move your arm to look at it. Then there is a fraction of a second lag that's a tiny bit annoying. That is vastly outweighed by all the things I love about it: --it is SUPER customizable. The main face can be customized using 10-20 starter formats, with customizable fields within each face, with customizable colors. --there's a compass, altimeter, and barometer!! --there's easily accessible alarms/timer/stopwatch --You can add and remove types of workouts, so I added SUP, and removed a few others --same as before you can control the format and fields of the data screens for each workout --there's a new "widget" screen that allows you have up to 10 shortcuts to your favorite features like history, alarms, compass, lock --unlocking the watch is easier (press-hold any button) --my primary use for the watch is open water swimming in Lake Michigan. That season is about to begin. I also love to use it for SUP outings to my "path" around a body of water. Also use it for cycling. --I don't use the watch for music/texting/phone but those features are available

Amazing

I was a little nervous switching to garmin because I have only had an Apple Watch.. this watch is way better.. I never used my Apple Watch for texting or talking anyways so the switch wasn’t a big deal for me. The GPS is way better, easy to use, love the run button, the sleep tracker is awesome! Garmin fan for life now.

Love it

About the four Runner 165 I loved it. And I wanted to bigger screen and the 265 has the bigger screen love it. 265 is a world changer for me. I went to 4k marathon. The 265 was accurate and I totally loved it. Thanks for making a fantastic watch I love.

Awesome watch

Easy to use Easy to read Only the features you want and delete the rest Battery life for a week at least Wife loves it

Great change from Apple Watch

Switched from an Apple Watch and am very happy with the Forerunner. Great battery life

Comfortable fit. Very user friendly and a ton of information. Screen is very bright and customizable.

Nice display and metrics

Vivoactive 4 dies and I am in the Garmin family with Devices so the 265 was a logical choice. The additional measurements are great, HRV, training readiness, and sleep metrics. I am still learning the device and what the data is telling me.

Excellent Fitness Tracker

The watch does everything I need in a fitness tracker. It gives accurate readings and works for several days on a single charge. It integrates with Strava easily. My only complaint is that it seems to struggle with recording sleep data accurately, but even that is comparable to other smart watches.

Love it!

I was a long time Apple Ultra watch user and recently switch over to the Garmin Forerunner 265. I wish I would have done this a long time ago. I love all of the data that is collected and displayed on the Garmin Connect app. The GPS is the most accurate recordings I’ve ever seen. Watch is light weight and battery is amazing.

You won't be disappointed

I've had this watch for a year now and would be hard-pressed to use anything else but Garmin. The GPS is accurate and picks up quickly. The bells and whistles for this are great for beginners and seasoned runners/athletes. could not ask for a better experience.