Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great, reliable running watch. I switched from the Pixel Watch 3 to this and never wanted to go back. The Garmin Forerunner 165 is so comfortable that I don't realize I'm wearing it while going to sleep. It's also super durable to the point that it has been tossed around by my kids, hit against the wall and door knobs and I don't worry about its face shattering.

This watch initially caught my eye due to the battery life. However, it has drastically contributed to my fitness goals and overall health. The health insights it provides are far more intuitive then my previous watch- which makes sense. This is a fitness tracker where my other watch was a smart watch, so they are obviously built to do different things. Besides the battery life, my favorite feature of this watch is that adjusts to you. Meaning if I’m having a less active week then I typically would and my step count is down, the watch will adjust my step goal accordingly BY ITSELF. So it may not be classified as a “smart watch” but it is far more smart than any watch I’ve ever owned!

Great watch! I got it for my husband for his birthday and it has all the features that fit his lifestyle plus much more :)

This smartwatch is even better than I expected. Excellent battery life, it last more than a week.

My granddaughter is a cross-country runner and was trying to get a new personal record but was having trouble setting her pace right. I got her the Garmin watch and wow did that help and she set two new personal records. She really likes the app that she can see the course that she ran and the pace changes that earned her an all conference 3rd place as a high school sophomore.

Sadly, my old Forerunner 235 gave up the ghost. During the years we were together, it apparently became a crime to have a simple B&W face on a watch that reliably tracks your run, links to a heart monitor, draws a map, and maybe alerts you to a text on your phone. The 165 is lovely and feels great and works great. But do I really need to see the time of day outlined in neon green and blue? Do I really need my total miles for the week listed right there above the time of day? Are there actually people who stress over their "Avg vertical ratio," "Avg vertical oscillation" and "Est Sweat Loss"? Does my watch really care how I feel (it honestly asks that!) after a run? How does it THINK I feel? I feel tired, because I just ran. What the heck is my "Body Battery"? And I'm not in kindergarten, so I don't need that gold trophy after a new "record." I've spent my first few days busily disabling features. The 165 GPS links quicker than my 235, it has a more solid connection to my heart monitor. It feels great. I think I'll learn to love it. But I sure do miss that old 235.

has a lot of great features - does everything I need it to do

If you want some motivation and accountability with accurate stats I highly recommend this watch. Easy to setup and great for beginners or for those just getting back into running

Great features. I like it mich better than my apple watch. Very light and battery lasts more tha. 10 days!!

My grandson found this to be perfect for his workouts which are preparing him to enter the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M this fall.

Love this watch! great battery life and better performance compared to apple watch. Also lighter than an apple watch.

Grea twatch.. gps is really good... i have multimodes.. calculates accurate details for bp monitor

My son never takes it off. He is using it to train for an Ironman

A device that, despite being an entry-level device, has all the features a runner needs. Battery life is a plus for the product.

I am loving this smartwatch very much. I needed to replace my 10 year old smartwatch and decided to upgrade to this one. It works really well. The steps are pretty accurate. The heart rate is spot on. I'm loving it.

Nice omoled touch screen great battery last two weeks wthought the gps on verry ocurate heart monitor

Love it, better than apple watch for runs. Never have to charge it.

Perfect for what my husband needed. The battery stays charged for a really long time and the stats it keeps track of are really informative. The only negative is that this watch isn’t offered with a sapphire crystal watch face to keep it from being scratched but you can get screen protectors.

this watch gives me all that i need, excellent purchase

I run quite a bit myself, and it’s been great for sleep tracking, health, and pretty much everything I would need. I’ve worn it every day, and trust me when I say that there is no lack of information. Everything I would need to see I can find in the app or on the watch itself. Amazing product