I got this watch a few weeks ago and it works for what I need it to do. The layout of the watch is easy to learn, I appreciate the battery life, and love having the buttons to navigate the screen. I got the watch to count steps, keep record of my walks and occasional runs. The watch has a GPS to track with accuracy. Highly recommend if your looking for a watch that doesn't break the budget.

Does everything you need for basic running and some other aerobic exercises. Pros: Great battery life, lots of good information, app is relatively easy to use, GPS location is accurate, auto generates lots of data like calories burned, HR, steps etc. Cons: Running pace calculations lag a lot and are off by about 10%. HR also seems to read low outside of vigorous activity and would benefit from a different monitor than optical. Sleep monitoring is inaccurate and waking times need constant adjustment. The app also doesn't seem to transfer custom workouts to the watch even after syncing.

I'm recently getting into running and previously had the Apple Watch from 2018. The Garmin tech is pretty amazing for me as a noob in the running world. Body battery technology has overhauled how i plan my days and it's extremely accurate. I have no idea how this watch would work for all marathon runner, but this specific model is killer for people that are pretty active in every way in life. The GPS is great for tracking outdoor runs and for treadmill runs, you can edit the distance at the end of the run to calibrate it with the treadmill for accuracy. It charges remarkably fast and the battery life is outstanding. It's comfortable to sleep in too which means that you can track your sleep habits and phases which has allowed me to change my routines and get better sleep over time. Overall, there's nothing i would change about this watch and I'm a pretty big fan of it.

Have been using this watch for a little over a month now. Much like all the other Garmin devices I have used over the years, this watch has functioned flawlessly and really offers everything I wanted in a wearable. The download-able exercises and paths to goals are a added bonus.

I bought the Forerunner 55 to replace my 35. I like all the features, even though I'm still learning what it will do and how it works. My only complaint is the watch face. It's almost to dark to read unless I'm in good light. I can press the light button, but that's a pain. I should have a brighter, easier to read, watch face.

I bought this product 2 years ago. Over the 2 years, I have loved the features, I love the GPS tracking, and the ability to create workouts, the half marathon plans it provides. I did buy this product for the battery life, as I wanted to eventually run a full marathon. Now that I am finally beginning my first full marathon training, I have found my watch is having difficulty connecting to my phone during the run, and the battery is not as good, so it is struggling to not die during a 6+ mile run. It is disappointing. Overall, this watch has been fantastic these past 2 years and has tracked well my first 3 half-marathons and multiple other runs.

This was a Christmas gift to me from my parents, and I love the watch. This is also due to the fact that my old one did not work well. I really like how easy it is to start an activity, but for some reasons it’s having trouble uploading my activities to my running app. Great product

My friend and her mother are super fit. Her mother is a marathon runner; my friend recently ran her first marathon. Both use Garmin for runners. I leaned into also wanting one after being a Fitbit fan for years. Garmin is so much better of a sports watch, especially for runners. The watch is specially designed to train you to run, which I love. FITBIT wouldn’t do that.

I bought this a month ago and am happy I did. I could have purchased a newer model, with more bells and whistles, but I didn't need them. This one is fine. Im happy with it. If I was going to add one thing though, it is significantly smaller than the newer watches. Me being older than most watches, I don't see as well as I used to. There is a lot to be said for a larger faced watch...

I was a fitbit user for eight years and every two-years it would die or something would go wrong with it. So I decided it was time to move on. I was getting ready to do my first 5k run and this watch really helped me reach my goal. It was a learning curve but it didn't take long to figure out. I really like the body battery feature. This watch has so much more than my fitbit as well. So glad I made the change!