Ratings & Reviews for Garmin Forerunner 255 Smart Watch with Step Counter, Heart Rate Monitor and GPS Enabled
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What Customers Are Saying
The fitness watch offers excellent performance, with users praising its accurate tracking, long battery life, and user-friendly interface. It is well-suited for active users, particularly runners and triathletes, with features like customizable workouts and useful post-activity data. While a few customers reported minor issues, the overall sentiment is very positive, and the watch is widely recommended for its comprehensive set of features and capabilities.
Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.Out of this world build quality.
I know a lot of these reviews are people just talking a talking on about this watch and it’s amazing features, and they are all correct. I purchased this watch to replace my old apple watch because it started giving me inaccurate readings on runs. This watch was a significant upgrade and completely worth the money. If you are big into running and statistics that can help you improve, think of this watch as a tool and investment, rather than a purchase.
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Almost perfect
I bought this watch because I wanted to go running again and needed a built in trainer. Garmin is great for that! I also love the built in music storage so I can leave the phone in the car. It tracks accurately the distance and the heart rate. The sleep feature overestimates my sleep because I read in bed and the non-movement is flagged as sleep. I wish it would be better at that. The display is great under regular light but it is a bit hit or miss under low light. The Firmware update feature u...
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Garmin 255 Music
This is a great reliable watch for someone who is looking for a gps running watch that also comes with other features such as music, heart rate data, and other sports that are supported such as cycling and swimming. The display is good, but not as good as the AMOLED displayed on the 265 series. Although, if you wanted to save some money, this watch is a great buy over the 265 series. The wrist-based heart rate monitor works well, especially compared to other sport watches. The battery life lasts...
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Great forerunner but the music part sucks
The Forerunner itself is a great watch with great features. The music part is so buggy that it doesn't work. I have tried 2 different music apps and none of them work as advertised.
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Love it!
I switched from an Apple Watch to the garmin 255 and I absolutely love it! It gives me all the details I need from every run and it is very easy to use!
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Better than Apple Watch
With all the features I enjoy them better than Apple Watch and the battery life is awesome
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BEST. GARMIN. EVER!
I have been a long-time buyer of Garmin running watches...this is the BEST one I have had yet! The amount of features and ability to do so many things is great. I am a data geek...and this checks all the boxes. A MUST BUY!
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First smart watch
Does everything it is supposed to and lives up to expectations. Not too difficult to learn and navigate features. Could use better quick start instruction manual. Have learned most features by trial and error pushing buttons.
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For runners it's a must
I had a Samsung and a Pixel watch before and I had to come to Terms that I'm a runner. Got this watch and it's perfect. Only regret is that there's no Full Marathon plan built in this model (it's too cheap). It's ok though I think I'll stick with half marathons after this one.
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I love my forerunner 255!
I got a deal on it and I love it. The battery lasts so long! It really analyses my sleep and I like that. It's an all around great watch!
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Great entry-level watch for the amateur athlete
Love this so far. Love the long battery life (lasts for a week) and general health and exercise tracking. But I also really love that it's not a touchscreen - you use analog buttons to navigate. That, plus shutting off most notifications, means it's not in my face all the time with dopamine bursts. It does what I want, when I want. Nice alternative to Apple Watch.
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Great watch so far
Bought it to motivate me getting me back into shape with all its bells and whistles. Very happy with it so far
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Solid features. Some recommendations
I didn’t like the default activity coaching messages. These should be just an added option. The swim laps or lengths data is not displayed when you complete the interval. This is a fundamental issue. You should leave the data screen for a stop / resume so the interval data can be seen at the interval end. The resume does not need a prompt just a second enter or lap.
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Poor Quality Watch Face
I bought the Forerunner 255 music just under 2 months ago and the glass face cracked already and the music I put on it worked at first then stopped working after a few weeks and I can’t return it because I can’t return because of the cracked screen. I expected a more durable and reliable watch considering it’s made for the outdoors.
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What I know so far!
Here's what I know so far about my watch, I love it! This watch replaced my Forerunner 235 a couple of weeks ago and has a lot more features such as the morning report. It is more intuitive than the 235 and has way more features that I'm still learning about.
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Great watch
I got this about a month or so ago and it has been great. It was easy to add music and play while running. Connects to earbuds fairly quickly. I enjoy the great reporting it gives when a run is finished. I also like how it compares runs and while running gives you mile split times over the music playing. Very well thought out watch!
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Awesome watch!
Bought my wife and I both the Forerunner 255 Music. It has not disappointed. I was looking for a beginners multi sport watch to track my runs and rides, and decided on this watch. No complaints at all so far. Great watch!
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No regrets
It had been a minute since I had a smart watch. My previous Fitbit bit the dust and I opted for a basic analog watch for awhile. Started missing tracking activities, sleep and such so started looking into smart watches again. Ultimately ended up getting the Forerunner 255 music because of the price point (and it was on sale). I’m more of a biker than a runner, but I’m an aspiring run lover. Really enjoying all the metrics this thing has. Hoping one day it gets a grit and flow update for MTB. Onl...
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Great low-mid range running watch
I have been loving my forerunner 255 music. The Connect IQ app has tons of data features, and allows you to customize routes and your data screens. My favorite feature though has been the automated recommendations for running workouts based on my ongoing averages, my health metrics, and even my sleep score to assess what I should focus on for training on a given day, in pursuit of my goals. I set a new 10mile PR, following yh watch recommendations over two months, dropping nearly 4 minutes to a ...
From Garmin
Love it!
I recently upgraded to this watch after having used a Foreunner 15 for over 8 years and I'm so glad I did! There are so many great features. I love being able to store music on my watch so I don't have to bring my phone on my runs. The health monitoring features are excellent and the workout schedule with a coach feature is awesome!
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