I have an Apple Watch that I love, but I hate that it needs to be charged every day. I bought a Garmin to be my second smartwatch to use on trips. I love that it’s compatible with my iPhone and the battery lasts more than 2 weeks. This watch is useful, attractive, lightweight, and waterproof. It was perfect for my road-trip to Utah and Colorado.

Great little watch for beginners or people looking for their first GPS watch. I use mine mostly for running outside, and that's all I'll really use it for. I think if I wanted to use it for a larger variety of activity types, I would need a more advanced watch, as this is limited to only a few activity types. Overall, great for beginners, but if you want more features you might want to look at a different model

Just got it yesterday. I like esthetic of the Forerunner 55. Like the larger fonts used. Like the timer, alarm, and stopwatch functionality. Don't like the navigation button names. It's not intuitive which button does what. Learning curve seems a bit daunting compared to Forerunner 35 which was my previous watch.

this watch has been great, battery has been lasting about 2 weeks depending on how many activities you use it for 2-3 a week and you can get 2 weeks typically. very accurate GPS I've enjoyed all the features! this watch is my first Garmin watch and I'd say it's an excellent beginners watch.

I never leave bad reviews but maybe someone can learn from my mistake. I recently downgraded from a 935 to this 55 and I wish I hadn’t. Even though this is supposedly a running watch, it doesn’t have trail running or hiking activity profiles, which makes no sense to me. I also can’t find a stopwatch function. The alarm clock doesn’t vibrate as vigorously as my old 935 either which makes it less likely to actually get me out of bed in the morning. Definitely disappointed in this purchase. I own a lot of Garmin products (a bike computer, bike light/radar, power meter) and this is just so disappointing.

I've had the Forerunner 55 for a few weeks now and have loved the simplicity of the watch and the simple syncing with the Connect IQ app. I've used the GPS watch to track numerous activities - hiking, cycling, even sailing on my Sunfish. Very pleased with the watch!

I love my watch!! It does everything I need it to do and was a great price. I use the find my phone feature every week (Very helpful). When I don’t know what type of workout to do the Garmin coach normally gives a good suggestion. This is great for someone who is getting into running or the active watch “lifestyle” (simple and easy to use).

I still haven’t mastered all the tricks to this device, but I do like the parts I use daily: total steps, GPS, distance, pace, HR and max VO2. I should download the booklet in PDF format- the print is too small for these old eyes. One small “complaint “ though; it sometimes takes a long while for the GPS to sync.

I bought this watch less than a month ago. I was tired of the poor GPS of three different brands of smartwatches (two Android and One Apple). For running and performing other workouts the watch is amazing. The GPS is super fast and very accurate. My only recommendation will be to have a strength training activity.

Is doing EVERYTHING that i wanted it to do. I love how it works with the app and how accurately it can track my run. I do wish that it was easier to see and illuminated more on the watch face, or if the watch face could be a little bigger. That really helps us runners with poor eyesight.