Experience the ultimate running companion with our user-friendly running watch! It effortlessly monitors your heart rate (remember, it's not a medical device) right from your wrist and uses GPS to track every step, pace, and route you take. With a powerful battery life lasting up to 2 weeks in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode, it’s built to keep up with your goals.
Plan the perfect race with the PacePro feature, offering GPS-based pace guidance tailored to your course or distance. Maximize your training with tools that predict race times and provide finish time estimates. Stay active with built-in profiles for various activities like running, cycling, swimming, and more.
Stay in tune with your body thanks to advanced wellness features, including intensity minutes and all-day respiration. Personalize your watch with free faces, data fields, apps, and widgets from the Connect IQ Store. Plus, get expert workout suggestions tailored to your fitness level and recovery. Make every run, swim, or ride better with our versatile, high-tech running watch!
Discover the Garmin Forerunner 55, an easy-to-use GPS running watch designed to enhance your training and overall fitness journey. Perfect for runners of all levels, this watch offers daily suggested workouts tailored to your fitness level, ensuring you maximize every run.
Features:
Heart Rate Monitoring & GPS: Continuously monitor your heart rate (not a medical device) and use GPS to track your distance, speed, and running course.
Battery Life: Enjoy up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode, reducing the hassle of frequent charging.
PacePro Feature: Strategize your race day with PacePro, providing GPS-based pace guidance for your selected course or distance, helping you achieve your goals faster.
Training Tools: Benefit from tools like race time predictions and finish time estimates to optimize your running performance.
Activity Profiles: Monitor diverse activities including running, cycling, swimming, Pilates, and more, catering to your varied exercise routines.
Advanced Wellness Features: Stay informed of your overall wellness with features like intensity minutes, fitness age, and all-day respiration tracking.
Customization: Personalize your watch with free watch faces, data fields, apps, and widgets from the Connect IQ Store using the Garmin Connect app.
Daily Workouts: Eliminate the guesswork with suggested workouts based on your previous training, fitness level, and recovery time, supporting consistent progress.
Elevate your workout experience and achieve new fitness milestones with the Garmin Forerunner 55. It's more than a watch; it's your dedicated training partner.
Customer Insights
GPS, heart rate monitoring, and steps tracking are reliable and accurate.
Perfect size for small wrists and very comfortable to wear.
Can last up to 2 weeks, making it ideal for long-term use.
Variety of watch faces and customization available through the app.
Suitable for activities like swimming and running without worry.
Super easy to pair with a phone and includes notifications.
The band does not irritate the skin, even with regular use.
Appearance and feel are described as cheap and fragile.
Focused primarily on running; lacks options like weightlifting.
Instructions are not user-friendly, making customization difficult.
Does not include O2 saturation or EKG monitoring.
Users cannot filter notifications, leading to constant disruptions.
Some reported issues with the watch screen cracking and general fragility.
Interface could be more intuitive if it included a touchscreen.