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Is 945 the one for me?

Abraxas
over 6 years ago

Hello guys. Garmin has sooooooooo many watches, i got confused each time i look at the watch catalogue.

I am currently using Samsung Gear Sport and i need a HUGE STEP FORWARD in terms of fitness and activity tracking, which is closely accurate.

I am not a professional runner but i like running 2-3 times a week. (Mostly 5-8km each)

I am not a professional swimmer but my city has sea.. so i do swim. [Water is salty]

I hit the GYM but i am not a heavy-lifter beast

I am an average guy who likes doing sports in his free time, aims to keep fit.

I have basic needs. I need:

a) MUSIC STORAGE

b) Sleep monitoring

c) 7/24 heart rate monitoring

d) Changing songs through the watch while listening in my phone. (like remote spotify function)

e) SOLID salty water resistance

f) Seeing who is calling in my watch

g) Seeing some whatsapp messages

h) SOLID GPS PERFORMANCE

I DONT CARE ABOUT:

a) Finding myself in small-screen-navigation thing. I dont go hiking. Never did.

b) Metal / plastic structure

Is Forerunner 945 is the best option here or should i wait for Fenix 6 or Forerunner 645 or forerunner 245?

Thank you!

Please help me choose...

  • 0 over 6 years ago in reply to Abraxas
    Abraxas said:
    can you CLEARLY say that FR945 is MORE ACCURATE than Fr245 in terms of Heart Rate, Calorie countering?

    Nope. 45-245-945 have all the same HR sensor. Hence quality of HR reading is the same. If you not need the firstbeat stuff (more on https://www.firstbeat.com/en/consumer-product/garmin/forerunner-945/ ), baro and built-in maps - take the cheapest FR45 Slight smile

  • 0 over 6 years ago in reply to global_local

    Beautiful link, thank you. Very detailed. What is "firstbeat"? Is it a 3rd party app or is it Garmin's app?

  • 0 over 6 years ago

    Sleep data in garmin is very poor you don't have possibility to wake up when you don't sleep deeply, or you don't have score of sleepong

    So I think find something cheaper example xiaomi

  • 0 over 6 years ago in reply to tmk2
    tmk2 said:
    Actually, if he doesn't care about distance or stroke metrics, then he can get HR while swimming when using a non-swimming profile, like "Run" or "Other". I'm not gonna speculate about accuracy in this case.

    Yeah, fair enough. I thought about that, but I didn't really want to muddy the waters. I'll just say that Garmin disables optical HR during swimming profiles for a reason, despite user complaints.

    And GPS is apparently not very reliable when swimming using a non-swimming profile, either, because supposedly Garmin does some smart filtering for swimming profiles to account for constantly losing GPS due to swim strokes. But you covered that with "doesn't care about distance".

    Anyway if the requirement is accurate HR while swimming, then Garmin sure wants you to buy a multisport watch and a chest strap. I haven't tried the optical HR while swimming. so I really can't say.

    https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=KLckFrGy9M6tM0bCuJjcR9

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago

    Try snd locate a 935 at sale price if still available. The Garmin watches start to breakdown and fault after 2-3 years with heavy sports use. I would avoid the over priced 945 for that reason. Garmin need to get real with what triathletes want in a watch and price it reasonably.

  • 0 over 6 years ago in reply to Former Member

    As long as you don't want to try changing screens when watch or hand is wet

  • 0 over 6 years ago

    if sleep tracking and data is important to you, go for huawei watch GT. It is the only watch with very detailed sleep tracking currently available (it can even detect naps with uncanny accuracy). Of course, don't expect much on the GPS / OHR accuracy though