Garmin Forerunner 965 GPS Running Smartwatch

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

WARRANTY:

  • 1 year consumer LTD warranty
  • Brand : Garmin
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Web ID: 23GMNUFRRNNR965CRTCH

REVIEWS

4.6
90%
Recommended

858 Reviews

Worth It.

I upgraded from my 935 to this 965 and it is a world of difference in every way. In a good way. More features and a lot of updated information.

From A Former 645 Owner

I wore a Garmin 645 music for 6+ years every day before it eventually broke and I upgraded. Some thoughts: All of the basics work as expected. Running activities, GPS, cycling, heart rate, sleep score, music playback, etc. I have not set up Garmin Pay but expect that it works given how easily the other features work. Things like GPS and elevation seem to be much better than my 645. Coming from the 645, I was fearful of the touch screen. It was not clear to me that the touch screen is completely optional and all actions can be completed using the buttons. There is also a setting to turn off the touch screen during activities. That said, I have found that it can be nice to use at times and see it as a surprising net positive. The display is clear and sharp, although I miss the MIP always on display. I prefer battery life to leaving this AMOLED screen always on, and it can be slightly annoying to flick my wrist to turn the screen on when I want to see it. I wish Garmin would bring back a cheaper MIP display watch that is as fashionable/passing as the forerunner. That said, the battery life has been so good that always on would be fine. Flashlight feature is a very useful feature. I appreciate the metal bezel, it looks nice. I have heard that the watch can scratch easily, but I have not experienced that so far. Overall I am very happy with my watch. Up to you if you think the premium features (namely metal bezel for me) warrant the additional price. I intent to wear this every instant until it dies.

Great Watch.

This is my second Garmin 965. As a triathlete, it does everything I want plus more. Great watch. Highly recommend

Doesn’t Support Multisport Training

I bought it because i thought, it will allow to prepare a training for multiple sports in the app and send it to my watch. But it doesn’t support multi sport training. So you program each training segments separately

Limited Data Fields

Purchased the Forerunner 965 to replace the 920XT. The watch is used for running and cycling. Very disappointed the "average moving speed" data field is not available for my customized data screens while it was available on the 920XT. Average speed was set as the data field, and I thought my I can't be this slow and I was right. Bring back "average moving speed" as an available data field with the 965.

dddd1111

The barometer doesn't work. It effects many things,

Returning Watch - Too Many Issues To Resolve

I am returning this watch due to several issues. 1) getting a map file error every time I sync. I went through the recommended steps to fix this, but nothing worked; 2) Open Water Swims are tracking much shorter than with my old 945; 3) TSS and IF are not calculating correctly when syncing to Training Peaks. Too many issues to try to fix - going back to my 945 for now.

Nice

Got it two days ago. No idea of what it can or will do

I’d Be Lost Without It !

Love my Forerunner 965. Feel naked without it. Depend on feedback it gives me for my runs and swims , sleep metrics , daily steps, heart rate etc.

Garmin 965 Is Awesome

I got this a few weeks ago and absolutely love it i wanted a larger face it was a perfect "upgrade "easy to navigate during runs very user friendly the touch screen is awesome.(touch) Iam a female lits not too big or bulky Trust me you're gonna love it!!!

My 965

I got the reconditioned 965 after my 955 lost its sensor functions. After only 3 years I was hesitant to go for another Garmin. I have been delighted several weeks in. It’s comfortable to wear, easy to use and has very nice choices for different configurations for the watch face. The colors in the display are an attractive addition to for me. Battery life has been terrific. One charge lasted over 2 weeks. Granted I’m using very little of the training features but am quite satisfied with the features I do use.

Love The Watch, Triathlon Mode Rocks!

Got the watch one week before a 70.3, charged before the race and after a 7 hour race the watch still had enough battery for a whole week!

Love

I love it! Such a massive upgrade from the 945. Battery lasts forever!!

Elm86

I have / used this watch for about a month. I can’t say enough good things about it. I love that it tracks EVERYTHING.

Love It So Far!

I bought this watch last year and have been really happy with it. I previously owned a simpler Garmin watch (Venu series) but needed to upgrade to be able to track longer and multisport activities. Overall, I am very satisfied with it, the battery life is good for my needs and I do love the amoled display. It's very simple to use and set up, especially alongside the app.

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