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Garmin Forerunner 165 Running Smartwatch with Music

About This Item

Go ahead — sign up for that race, and train brilliantly with the easy-to-use Forerunner® 165 GPS running smartwatch. With pace, distance and heart rate, you’ll see your progress shine on the watch’s AMOLED touchscreen display while Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans help you chase your goals.

FEATURES & TECHNOLOGY:

  • Easy-to-use running smartwatch with built-in GPS for pace/distance and wrist-based heart rate; brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls; lightweight design in 43 mm size
  • Up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode?and up to 19 hours in GPS mode
  • Reach your goals with personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt based on performance and recovery; use Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans to get workout suggestions for specific events
  • 25+ built-in activity profiles include running, cycling, HIIT, strength and more
  • As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside weather and HRV status (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
  • With training effect and training effect labels, you’ll see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit achieved from your workout.; recovery time lets you know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout
  • Safety and tracking features, including incident detection (during select outdoor activities) and Assistance, send a message with your live location to emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone; requires setup and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available
  • Never miss a call or text with smart notifications from your paired Android™ or Apple® smartphone
  • Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay™ contactless payments let you pay for purchases on the go (with a supported country and payment network)
  • See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, and sign up for challenges to earn badges and more in the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app
  • Brand : Garmin
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Style : 10-02863-M
  • Web ID: 24GMNUFRRNNR165MSTCH
Physical Size43 x 43 x 11.6 mm
Weight 39 g
Battery Life (smatchwatch mode)Up to 11 days
Pulse OX Blood Oxygenyes (spot-check, during sleep, all day)
Display TypeAMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Display Resolution390 x 390 pixels
Water Ratings5 ATM
Lens Materialchemically strengthened glass
Bezel Materialfiber-reinforced polymer
Memory/History4 GB

REVIEWS

4.3
100%
Recommended

186 Reviews

Great Features

I just love my garmin 165 its so versatile and loving the music feature not having to bring my phone on runs just makes the difference

Good Choice

Great health insights. Tracks my hikes including elevation gain / loss. Good investment. I would be happy to pay extra for connect plus nutrition but it currently does not track vitamins and minerals so I'm stuck using my old app. Maybe in the future this will be an option.

Matt008

Ive had this for about a month and it has done everything ive needed, it’s extremely simple to use, and tracks most workouts pretty well

Amazing Watch

Been about a month and this is an incredible watch. Battery lasts at least a week and charges super quickly. The Functionality and data is great and once you learn to navigate the watch its all very straightforward. Research the best headphones that connect directly to the watch. Apple Airpods connect well but JBLs do not.

Received incentive

Great Watch I Have 1 And Got This 1 For My Runner Daughter

Great watch for runners!!!! Keep track of your fitness and keep your music with you the whole time without needing to keep another device on you weighing you down.

Versitile

For the price, I really like the versitility of the Garmin forerunner 165 music.

Great Item.

I'm very happy with my Forerunner 165 Music, work perfectly.

Great Features!

I bought this a month ago and it’s been working great!!

Best Investment Of My Life!

I am beginner and I didn't expect an entry level running watch to be this good. It has only 4GB of memory to store songs. Initially thought that would be a problem. But I have around 100-150 songs in my watch and it holds good. Fully happy with the product. Garmin any day from now on!!!

Not Satisfied

I’ve been using the Forerunner® 165 Music, and I’ve noticed a couple of frustrating issues. First, the sleep score doesn’t seem to calculate correctly. The data often feels inaccurate and doesn’t match how well I actually slept. Second, the swim tracking appears off compared to my previous watch. It consistently shows that I’m swimming much slower than I know I am, which makes me question the accuracy of the metrics. Overall, these issues make it harder to trust the data this watch provides.

Converted Apple User, Great Battery Life

I bought the watch for running and a better battery than my apple watch and so glad I did. The metrics it gives are helpful to improve my running. I still can't believe my battery last this long. I also really like the body battery feature as I have a chronic condition this helps me track flares with. This was a great option for me and I will recommend Garmin to my friends.

Easy To Use

I have really enjoyed my Forerunner 165 Music. It has been very easy to use and is quite accurate. I have used it on bike rides and walks. The variety of faces is also a plus.

The Best Thing Ever

This was the best purchase I have ever made in my life. 100% worth it and so impressed with all the features. Can't believe this has Jump rope mode!

Love It

After 5ish years, my forerunner 245 music broke apart on me. Since I loved it so, decided to find the newer version of it. And after a couple months with it, I can say I love it. This one has a touch screen, a nap function (which is amazing since it silences the notifications that would come on the watch and wake me), sleep score on both the watch and the app and the cycle tracking. The convenience of having music on the watch allows me to carry less on my run which I truly love and what keeps me coming back.

Love It

I am an amateur runner and bought this watch for two things: security and advanced stats and measurements. This is a rave review. I like the watch's functions and 24/7 wear. It's fun and informative looking through the reports each day of how much sleep I'm getting, how effective my recovery is, and more. I've found myself progressing in my training since wearing it at a steady pace. It makes it easy to stay in a calorie deficit. My only complaint is that the design is a little plain, but that's purely aesthetics.

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