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Should I buy F965 or Venu 3

4145448
over 1 year ago

Hello,

I want to buy new watch/smartwatch.

I am between Venu 3 and Forerunner 965 or 265.

Any suggestion which one to choose ?

Actually I am not runner , but want to start . And I am also in other health features( sleep, steps, heart rate, stress etc) . So maybe F965/265 as it is mentioned for runners have better sensors than Venu3 ?

Garmin app is the same for all 3 watches ?

thanks

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    The va and venu watches are "Health and wellness", while Forerunners are more running watches, and have a numver of things you won't find on the va and venu devices.  The forerunners ahve things like running dynamics and "resume later"

    with the 965, it has things like on-device maps that aren't on the 265.

    You also may find that having both buttons and touch is nicer than only touch of the venu3 

    The Venu3 and 265 both have two sizes and you may prefer one size over the other.  Only one size for the 965.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to jim_m_58

    Thanks, It is hard to decide which one. And in my country price difference is not so big, so need to dig more to buy good one :) 

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to 4145448

    Also, be aware that Venu 3 has some convenience functions that are intentionally missing from Forerunners. One such example is "activity autostart", which automatically starts recording an activity if it senses you've started walking or running. On Venu 3, this results in a real recorded activity, with GPS, HR etc. recorded from the moment the watch detected what you were doing (i.e., some minutes after you started).

    Forerunners have "Move IQ" which detects the same and simply records "walked for 40 minutes", but that's not a real recorded activity with GPS and all. If you want to record an activity, you'll have to manually select and start it. (The reasoning behind the Forerunners is that if you are more serious about your sport, you definitely want everything to be recorded from the moment you started, not some time later.) There might be more similar features, but I don't know (since I only own Forerunner 965).

  • 0 over 1 year ago
    4145448 said:
    I am between Venu 3 and Forerunner 965 or 265.

    You can do a side by side comparison on the Garmin website

    https://www.garmin.com/en-AU/compare/?compareProduct=873008&compareProduct=886725

    Forerunner 965 - more battery life, onboard maps, more running stats

    Venu 3 - more smart features, eg reply to messages with voice or onscreen keyboard (Android)