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What's your experience of using this watch? Is this worth it and good? Please share your opinion!

GeoRun
over 2 years ago

I am thinking of upgrading my FR645M to this watch as my old FR645M is unable to lock on GPS satellites anymore. I don't know why, the support center suggested me to replace it with FR245 with a discount which I am not interested in. However, as I scan towards the forum it seems that there are a lot of bugs also going on about this watch, some were caused by the good old story such as firmware updates effect! I found that sometimes updating the firmware will make your device go haywire (mine actually unable to lock on GPS ever since the automatic firmware updates)

I am not going to buy something and find out later that my watch has bugs on features that I hope to use everyday until it's broken. Cheers and thanks for anybody willing to share their their experience of using this new watch!

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I didn't encounter any issue, very satisfied with my purchase 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I switched from FR945 to FR255. Very pleased so far.

    I especially like

    • slightly smaller than FR945
    • GPS signal acquisition is super fast compared to FR945
    • tracks all over the street (FR945) are now on the right side of the street (FR255)
    • Connection to smartphone seems more stable with FR255 than with FR945

    What I can live with

    • down to roughly 1 week per charge (FR255) coming from 2 weeks per charge (FR945)
      well, I am still playing around a lot with the new watch and I have of course switched on this multi-frequency GPS feature

    What I don't miss

    • Navigation - never used that with my FR945
    • WIFI

    Your mileage may vary.

  • +1 over 2 years ago

    I bought 955 solar for myself and 255s for my wife.

    We are both very happy. I think 255 have made huge step forward and now its better than old 7xx series. Especially multiband GPS and open water swimming/triathlon profiles.

    There's all the things you would need. Maps and navigation (955 and Fenix) you rarely use and i think training rediness and stamina are both overrated. I could live without those. Wifi you could get with "Music" version of 255. Battery is only issue if you are hiker or ultrarunner. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Thanks y'all for your feedback, really appreciate it!

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    I'm satisfied with my purchase. I use it 24/7 and It works pretty well. Right now i'm using a beta firmware so I'm having some minor issues.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    255 is absolutely amazing.