Garmin 945 quick review by a noob

Garmin forerunner 945 - about

Best so far watch for runners.

Garmin forerunner 945 alternatives

For runners: Garmin Forerunner 245.

For runners: Garmin Forerunners 55.

Generic: Garmin Fenix (especially saphare version)

Outdoor: Garmin Solar

Outdoor: Garmin Instincts

For swimmers: Garmin Swim 2

For women (small, touch): lily

Hybrid (with mechanical arms, touch): vivoactive

General alternatives: Polar watches

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Some Xiaomi, Huawei, Samsung watches

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Apple watches

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Others

What is cool

Map. You run. When done (tired or just need to get back) just choose "get back to starting point". It will show you the way (either short one or full way back). And it works offline.

You could buy LTE version (garmin forerunner 985 LTE) to call in case of emergency when running without your phone.

Garmin pay. Again works offline so you can pay while running without your phone.

Music from the watch. No need for phone.

WiFi. Not really a gamechanger though.

You could connect BLE and ANT+ devices to the watch.

What is not cool

Price.

There are too many garmin watch options. I would like to buy forerunner + fenix + solar + saphire + LTE combined.

Lack of wireless solar charging. And I would like to charge/connect without taking it off.

Envelope should be 2mm higher than screen.

A lot of features are difficult to control with 5 buttons. I just need to get used to it.

Price of great Garmin HR belts (again - not a single one but we could now buy one for swimming and one "pro").

Overall

Really nice. Well invested money.