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Forerunner 255 Series Button Issues

Hello,

I have a new Forerunner 255 46mm. The 3 buttons on the left hand side of the watch, and the activity button feel like firm, high quality, single press buttons. However the back button feels like a 2 step button, is soft on pressing and doesn't have the nice 'clicky' feel that the others have. Is this by design or manufacturing fault?

Thanks

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0 corbosman over 2 years ago in reply to diofar

Really? So the 2 right buttons on a 255 are supposed to be 2-step buttons? I have a 235 here right next to me and none of the buttons feel like 2-step buttons. Or did you mean 245?

0 5135968 over 2 years ago in reply to diofar

All 5 of my buttons have a distinct half then full click. The buttons are 'soggy' but it does feel intentional in the context you mention.

diofar said:
The two right buttons are two-step buttons, ready to be programmed if needed by developers.

0 corbosman over 2 years ago in reply to 5135968

My 3 left buttons dont feel soggy/2step at all.

0 5135968 over 2 years ago in reply to corbosman

Weird! All 5 of mine have about 1mm of travel to a 'stop' then another 1mm of travel to a 'click'

To me its the half stop that feels soggy - the half to click step feels quite tactile.

Although no button feels quite alike.

0 corbosman over 2 years ago in reply to 5135968

My left 3 buttons feel like normal 1 step buttons as every watch in the history of watches has. My dive watches, my 235, my wife's vivoactive 3 and 4, etc etc. Totally normal single press feedback. The right 2 buttons feel "wrong" with a half-step that makes me actually miss the actual press quite often because I have to press a lot harder to make it register.

0 5135968 over 2 years ago in reply to corbosman

I agree the half press feels very strange.

This is the first Garmin watch I have had with this weird two-step press. I'd prefer a nice solid single click like the Fenix 6 or 7.

It looks like there is a lot of variation from watch to watch.

+1 Garmin-Kevin over 2 years ago

All,

If you are experiencing an issue with the buttons on your Forerunner 255 Series watch, please reach out directly to your local Garmin Product Support team.

Garmin Product Support