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Highlights
AMOLED touchscreen
23 days of battery life
Garmin Connect app compatible
Safety and tracking features
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology
Garmin Pay contactless payment
About This Item
Train brilliantly with Garmin® Forerunner® 965, the premium GPS running and triathlon smartwatch with a bright AMOLED touchscreen display and lightweight titanium bezel.
FEATURES & TECHNOLOGY:
Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls and lightweight titanium bezel
Battery life: up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 31 hours in GPS mode
Confidently run any route using full-color, built-in maps and multi-band GPS
Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and reap the rewards (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Plan race strategy with personalized daily suggested workouts based on the race and course that you input into the Garmin Connect™ app and then view the race widget on your watch; daily suggested workouts adapt after every run to match performance and recovery
Switch between sports with a button press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns — or customize your own multisport profiles
Using indicators such as HRV status, recent exercise history and performance, get insight into overall effort with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ™ technology provides superior accuracy in challenging environments while also optimizing the device’s battery life
Get wrist-based running dynamics, including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more, plus wrist-based running power, which gives you a continuous measurement of how much power you’re applying to the road
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
See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, sign up for challenges to earn badges and more — all in our free, zero-subscription Garmin Connect™ app
Pay on the go with Garmin Pay™ contactless payments (with a supported country and payment network); listen on the go with downloaded songs and playlists from Spotify, Amazon Music or Deezer (subscription may be required), and connect with your wireless headphones for phone-free listening
Awesome watch! Amazing upgrade from my 945! The screen is incredible and the forerunner series gets better and better.
RockStar
3 days ago
My Coach, Caddie, And Sleep Snitch — All On My Wri
I’ve trained with this watch for 5 years — 6 half Ironmans, 1 full Ironman, countless pickleball battles, and more golf rounds than I should probably admit. It’s basically been my fitness parole officer the entire time. I dig my Garmin Forerunner 965. The battery life is fantastic, and the ability to load workouts directly onto the watch is a game changer. During runs or bike intervals it tells me exactly what to do and when to do it, which means I can’t cheat (even when I really want to). The immediate feedback helps me actually hit every interval instead of just “feeling like I worked hard,” which is usually athlete code for slacking. The golf features are awesome too. It gives accurate distances to front, center, and back of the green, and with a quick tap I can see how far to carry a hazard or plan a layup. It even keeps my score, which is helpful evidence when my buddies start revising history in the clubhouse. The sleep analysis is another nice touch — apparently the watch knows exactly how poorly I sleep before big races and early tee times. My one complaint: the font size. I hate, hate, hate it. I’ve made the workout screens as big as possible, but the instructions for the next interval still show up in tiny font. When you’re running hard, squinting at a microscopic message like you’re trying to read the fine print on a pharmaceutical ad isn’t ideal. Overall though, this watch has been an incredible training partner — part coach, part caddie, part sleep detective. If Garmin could just make the interval instructions readable by someone over 40, it would be perfect. Still giving it 5 stars.
TinaJ
1 week ago
Awesome!
Love the 965!! My favorite thus far!! However I ordered a replacement bad... not as I hoped. Thought it would be exactly the same as the band that came with the watch.
Sand runner
1 week ago
Upgrade To The 965
Switched from a Forerunner 945 due to a broken seal. The 965 is a definite upgrade. More features to figure out how to use, which is a good thing but it takes awhile to get used to it because it is so different. Easier to read notifications, the morning report is good, seeing the temperature in the glances is good, and the nap detector is nice. Only issue I had (before I turned the screen to always on) was trying to my distance or time while I was running.
Shawn P
1 week ago
So Glad I Switched From Apple Watch To This!
I was originally going to buy the Forerunner 970, but I didn't like that it has a bright colored piece on the edge that you can never remove. Wearing a bright yellow accent piece with every outfit is just not practical for everyone! So I went for the 965 because it looks sleek and premium and offers outstanding features for running, cycling, and general health and well-being. One month in and I am delighted with the experience. I enjoy a more traditional watch design over the Apple Watch, and Garmin's in-depth suite of features continues to make the experience more and more valuable. The best purchase I have made this year!
