GarminGarmin Forerunner 55, GPS Running Watch with Daily Suggested Workouts, Up to 2 Weeks of Battery Life, Black - 010-02562-00

The Garmin Forerunner 55 is an excellent entry-level GPS running watch that punches well above its price point. Designed for beginner to intermediate runners, it offers accurate GPS tracking, heart rate monitoring, and essential training features without overwhelming users with complexity.Key Features:Built-in GPS: Fast and accurate tracking of pace, distance, and route.Daily Suggested Workouts: Personalized training guidance based on your fitness level.Heart Rate Monitoring: Tracks 24/7, even during sleep.Battery Life: Up to 2 weeks in smartwatch mode and 20 hours in GPS mode—fantastic for long training weeks.Lightweight Design: Comfortable enough for all-day wear.Pros:User-friendly interface, great for beginners.Impressive battery life.Great value for the features included.Offers safety tracking (like LiveTrack) for peace of mind.Cons:No music storage or contactless payments.Limited advanced metrics for elite athletes.Verdict:If you're new to running or want a reliable, no-fuss GPS watch, the Forerunner 55 is a standout choice. It delivers just what you need—accuracy, motivation, and ease of use—at a budget-friendly price.

Very happy with the Garmin 55.It’s much more comfortable than the Apple Watch I was replacing.The battery life is amazing - I only charge maybe once a week.It does all the things I want it to do (heart rate, steps per minute, steps, estimated calories, estimated V02 max, GPS tracking, swim lap and stroke counting and likely more that I’m not aware of yet).It took me a week or so to adjust the settings the way I want them, but once I got them adjusted, it’s been smooth sailing.Very happy with the watch - good value and functional.

An excellent watch so far that provides accurate measures (especially for GPS) and has built-in capabilities to preserve battery life, especially when not in use. Light, comfortable, and a great watch either for starter athletes or athletes who don't need very advanced features. I am hoping to update this in the next few years to see if its durability holds up.

Been using this for over 3 years now and STILL love it. I run a lot and use it for every run and for some walks and it does a great job at everything. Heart rate monitor is accurate. I'm surprised at the number of 1 star reviews. I'm wondering if it's people in areas where GPS will struggle period and thinking it's the fault of the watch.

Great budget Garmin watch pleasantly surprised. I've been through a vivo active 5 and an venu Sq 2. I repeatedly had problems with my heart rate and calorie burn not being accurate during activity. This was recommended by a friend who knew I couldn't afford a fancy one but knew this was a good watch. It is awesome for training. I'm still learning how to use it. I love the Aqua band. I need my venu Sq 2 for the sleep tracker and pulse ox at night. It is super easy to switch between watches. If you want a Garmin quality watch but don't want to pay a premium price this watch is exactly what you need. I just have to set the brightness to almost 100 or else I can barely see the screen. I set the time out to 30 seconds to 1 min because I couldn't find an always on option .

GPS works well to keep track of your running location, lots of features but I only use the walking, running and cardio features . Long battery life and it has a display so you know when to charge it looks great , and fits well. It has a long watch band for various wrist sizes. The watch itself works fast to go between different functions

This is a great watch for runners and people with poor eyesight, as the display is good size. This was a gift for my disabled daughter, who runs often, and she loves it! Holds its charge for days and is very sturdy. Great product!

First thing to know, this is not a smart watch. Next, it has quite a learning curve and I think I've almost gotten to the top. I set my activities as walking and "other" because Garmin doesn't have racquet sports included. I've tried creating that category but it doesn't seem to work. One of the watch faces shows running distance and even though I removed running as an activity and added walking it still shows running. At the very least, it should show steps. Garmin you have a glitch. I changed to another watch face.I use Strava on my iPhone and my Garmin watch when I work out. My iPhone picks up my GPS immediately but Garmin takes a while. They both show I workout for the same amount of time but Garmin shows I walked a shorter distance and my min/mile are higher even though I start them both within three seconds of each other. Of course, I use the Strava numbers for my trends.After getting a GPS signal and starting my watch, it will pause so I have to stop it to start it again. Today, it paused a second time. I made sure I hit the button only once each time and it still pauses immediately after start. If I hadn't been paying attention, my whole workout session wouldn't have been recorded. Of course, this started after the return window had closed.The Body Battery is a cool concept but doesn't work because it's based on the sleep metric which is a dismal failure. One morning i raised my wrist and turned on the watch light to see the time, 4:08, and the watch not only didn't show me awake but in a deep sleep. Recently, I was in the middle of a dream answering the phone, it was my watch buzzing on my wrist, it showed I was in a light sleep. (I have my watch set with an alert for a low heart rate, all other notifications are turned off. When I turned the watch light on, I was bleary eyed, I saw a 17 as the beginning of a line and that was it. Later, I looked at Garmin Connect (software app) and my HR was no where near the threshold.) This morning I was dreaming in color (REM sleep) right before I woke up and Garmin recorded it as a light sleep. I'm not going to be sleeping with my watch anymore.I have a 20 year old Polar heart rate monitor with a chest strap. Garmin is half a step above that, there's no chest strap. You still have to push buttons and the buttons have multiple functions. The Garmin will tell me what zone my workout was in, my VO2 max, and my steps (we already know steps is recorded low, see above). I'm not sure how reliable any of it is since the zones are based on HR. One of my toughest hills to climb which is my maximum HR for my session, showed my HR as if I were on a flat surface. Again, this happened after my return window closed.The connection to charge is really weird. It's in contact with your skin all of the time so can get sweat and gunk in it. It seems like it should be on the side or at least covered. Garmin says to rinse it with water but it still seems there is a design issue.The face is a little big for my arm and actually made my arm tender over my bones. I moved the watch face to my inner wrist and it seems to record fine and no more pain. The text is already small with a large watch face so making a smaller watch face would make the text unreadable.So if steps, sleep, body battery, HR, and zones are unreliable what's the point? I can get the same information with my old Polar watch and Strava app. I thought as a backup I could give this to my husband to replace his old Garmin and chest strap and get an Apple watch. Well, that's not going to work because my watch is "aqua" and Apple watch 9 dropped the blood oxygen metric due to patent infringement. I very much regret not sending this back.