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The bad news is that price is high for a mid-range running watch. The good news is that they’re the same price, which is welcome given the likes of Apple and Samsung charge a premium for going bigger. There’s good news and bad news about this. READ NEXT: Our pick of the best running shoes you can buy Garmin Forerunner 255 review: Price and competitionįor the first time with the Garmin Forerunner series, Garmin has introduced a choice of size options: 41mm and 46mm. It’s dramatically improved if you get the 46mm version, which jumps to a massive 14 days that’s double what the 245 can muster. There’s also triathlon support, a more readable colour memory in pixel (MIP) display, a barometric altimeter to count floors climbed, and Garmin Pay is available too, on the slim chance that your bank is actually supported.įinally, there’s improved battery life. You can also take a Health Snapshot, which will capture all your metrics, if you’re prepared to sit still for two minutes.Įlsewhere, Garmin introduces multi-band GPS, meaning you can lock onto multiple satellite networks simultaneously for greater accuracy. This examines the difference between heartbeats in milliseconds, letting the watch better measure fitness, stress and how rested you are, and allowing it to offer better advice for your daily routine. The new sensor also allows the measurement of heart-rate variability, or HRV. Essentially, this has more light sensors, which theoretically means you can get more accuracy without having to put on a chest strap every time you head out. Still, Garmin has had a good go at it, with a whole heap of improvements that have trickled down from the company’s higher-end wearables.įirst up is more accurate heart-rate measuring thanks to the Elevate V4 heart rate sensor that features in both the Venu 2 ( £350) and Fenix 7 ( £600).
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Given the limited power requirements of wearables, enticing runners to upgrade their watches is a lot trickier than pushing them towards a new phone. Garmin Forerunner 255 review: What you need to know The long and short of it is that if you’re in the market for a new running watch and can afford the admittedly high cost of entry, then this is pretty much a no-brainer. The Garmin Forerunner 255 is a superb running watch, which improves on its 2019 predecessor in a whole host of ways, while still keeping the very appealing basics the same. With the Garmin Forerunner 245 ( £208) still ranking high on our list of the best running watches, how do you improve on a device that is pretty brilliant at everything it does?Īs if there was any doubt, the running fanatics at Garmin have found a way to do it. The Garmin Forerunner 255 has a problem a nice problem to have but a problem nonetheless.