Amazon.com: Garmin Forerunner® 965 Running Smartwatch, Colorful AMOLED Display, Training Metrics and Recovery Insights, Black and Powder Gray, 010-02809-00 : Electronics

Pretty quick learning curve to pick up 75% of the features that you'll use on a daily basis. Lots of customization available to arrange the functions and data to your liking . The other 25% of features in there you'll either not need, or can just dive into later! Beautiful colorful well-lit display. Lots of nice watch faces to scroll through depending on your mood and more are downloadable. Super battery life so far ! Wrist-based HR monitor is accurate when I compare it to the data from my chest strap. Only complaint is the crystal seems to be a magnet for scratches. Wish i would've purchased a screen protector because I already have a few small scratches. But really only visible if you're LOOKING for them, otherwise love my new Garmin! It's motivating me to fill it with workout data!

I had used Garmin for many many years before turning to Samsung for the watch 5 pro. I do think the Samsung is the better smartwatch. I can reply with voice or tiny keyboard on the Samsung. But honestly I didn't use it nearly as much as I thought. Recently I really got onto hiking and SUP. I really needed the navigation on my wrist especially while sup on the river. If I drop my phone, it's gone, so it's nice to Navi on your wrist. I pulled the trigger on this watch and I'm shocked at what it can do. They thought of so much. I really appreciate the hotkeys they added. During activity the touchscreen is disabled. I assigned a hotkey and during activity, I can enable touchscreen, look around the map, look ahead if needed... Then disable the touchscreen and back to not working about water causing havoc on the watch touchscreen. Idk, that's just an example, but I'm shocked by how Garmin just thought of everything. I went sup and had it almost only on the map screen for 3.5 hours and I was worried the battery would not make it.... It only drained 25%. That's crazy for the whole screen to be lit up so long while navigating. This is an amazing watch. I learned my lesson, not going to leave Garmin again

I was hesitant on buying due to the large price tag. I see many people sporting Apple Watches but after some research I knew for my needs this would be a better option for me. For starters the battery life lasts forever on this thing & it charges quickly. Don't be afraid to step away from the apple network in terms of this watch as it is user friendly & it tracks your metrics really well. It displays all your information on the watch & on the free app.

Bought as a replacement for an abused and overused Forerunner 945 that was showing its age (but not broken, testament to Garmin durability). The Forerunner 965 display and touch screen make this a significant step up and provides far more utility and easy navigation than the prior generation of screens. The functionality and battery life are fantastic and are a real help to me when planning my activities. I like that the watch turns on when you raise it toward your gaze, works well, and that at night the screen is dimmed and simplified. My only longer term question is with the charging connection, this has not evolved from prior generations, and I have found this to be the weak part of the design - sometimes the connections get dirty or the cable breaks and charging can be a pain - wireless charging would be an improvement.

Over all I am happy with my purchase. This watch does everything I want it to including tracking all my activities, being bright in the sunlight, and having amazing battery life even while always on. I get around 11 days of battery life with everything turned on always ( I do have a sleep mode which turns the display off when I am sleeping. ) I never have to worry about charging the watch unlike my prior Apple watch where I would get at most 1.5 days. The price could be better though it would seem you get what you pay for more or less.