935 vs 945 - Worth upgrading

i've had my 935 from day one, and i will be passing. i would certainly buy a 945 for $100 more than the 935 if i needed a new watch, but my 935 still has a stellar battery life, and the only real feature on the 945 i'd use regularly would be the maps while hiking. that's not enough, however, for me to sell my 935 and pay the difference to get the 945.

besides, i told myself that my 935 was supposed to be a "4 year watch" and i am pretty sure it will be. battery life is still excellent and it does everything i need it to do.

Got a question I've not seen answered anywhere. What's the security on Garmin pay if I somehow lose my watch? On my Apple watch, the instant it comes off my wrist, that's disabled. I would like this feature, but I'm afraid that a lost watch could get expensive. Anyone know?

I thank everyone who commented here: My 910xt finally bit the dust at the beginning of tri last weekend, and I'm in need of an upgrade. For sure, I'm due; and the most compelling features for me are the training metrics and dynamics. I'm a slow age-grouper, and want to become a non-slow age grouper. So I'm planning to hit this year with more intensity than years past. The watch should help. Certainly, better than this one, below. So, all this has been helpful to me, as I'm the middle of deciding between 935 and 945.

For my part, I never run with music, and only rarely with maps; but these features may be helpful, at least to try and get some metronome effect, which I understand is in there as well. Bottom line for me: two years old vs. just released, for +$100? Yeah, that's probably worth it, perhaps in resale value alone.ciq.forums.garmin.com/.../1478078.jpg

dchinnici
My understanding is that you need to enter a pin code, and that opens it for an hour. But its closed again if the watch is removed your wrist.

I got the FR935 after sending back the F5 due its poor GPS accuracy and haven't looked back since. It does all I need and yes, the battery life may be a tad less than it used to be (I have Galileo enabled though, unless an update killed it again) but still fine as I'm not planning on running any ultras.

The extra Firstbeat data would be nice to have but as has been pointed out above it's not always very accurate, the Lactate Threshold pace for instance hasn't given me a correct value for 18 months now (it worked ok for about 3 months) and I get more detailed analysis through runalyze anyway.

With the lack of an eSIM, music, maps (and pay) are going to be useless to me as I'll always be running with my phone anyway (totally unobtrusive in my shorts belt pocket) and the persistent 2 field CIQ limit sealed the deal even more.

So in short for me to upgrade the FR955 will need to have :
- eSIM
- 3 CIQ fields

dchinnici and gingerneil

Garmin Pay will require your pin at the beginning of each day. This will be valid for 24 hours, unless you take the device off of your wrist. This will automatically require you to enter your pin again.

In the event that your device is lost or stolen, you will be able to delete the wallet from your device from Garmin Connect Mobile. This will disable all cards that have been added to that device.

The only feature that would make me swap from 935 to 945 is the music player. I don‘t carry my phone with me when running. For now i have earbuds with built in player and 4gb storage. Once these have died i might buy a 945. i assume by then the firmware bugs are ironed out and the price has dropped by 100 quid or so

Early days but so far:
Maps - even got some "proper" OS maps (for UK) installed via BaseCamp but the inbuilt ones do a decent job too.
Music
Better VO2 Max/race predictions. All of a sudden I look like a bit of a plodder again and not capable of 2:30 marathons :)
NFC might be handy if my bank supported it but I know can sign up for a UK based service that a friend has tried.

I got the FR935 after sending back the F5 due its poor GPS accuracy and haven't looked back since. It does all I need and yes, the battery life may be a tad less than it used to be (I have Galileo enabled though, unless an update killed it again) but still fine as I'm not planning on running any ultras.

The extra Firstbeat data would be nice to have but as has been pointed out above it's not always very accurate, the Lactate Threshold pace for instance hasn't given me a correct value for 18 months now (it worked ok for about 3 months) and I get more detailed analysis through runalyze anyway.

With the lack of an eSIM, music, maps (and pay) are going to be useless to me as I'll always be running with my phone anyway (totally unobtrusive in my shorts belt pocket) and the persistent 2 field CIQ limit sealed the deal even more.

So in short for me to upgrade the FR955 will need to have :
- eSIM
- 3 CIQ fields

The info about the persistent 2 fields CIQ limit is what I was looking for seriously consider the switch from my 935 to a 945. Are you positive about that info? I've not been able to find a confirmation on manual or other docs...

The info about the persistent 2 fields CIQ limit is what I was looking for seriously consider the switch from my 935 to a 945. Are you positive about that info? I've not been able to find a confirmation on manual or other docs...

yes because I have a 945 in front of me and 2 is what is allowed.

yes because I have a 945 in front of me and 2 is what is allowed.

Thanks! Now I know that the 935 will be at my wrist for longer...