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Great Review. I love this watch. I have had it for about the same time. I just love all the analytical data this watch gives. It has really improved my training as well. Thanks again for the video.

Been a long time garmin user since 305. I've been using 955 for the past 4 months and so far i didn't encounter issues with it. been using it in ultra marathons and cycling. And it's a perfect watch.

Why I think your videos are the best? -GREAT content. -Well produced. -Selected highlights. -I understand your english! 😅 Saludos desde México amigo.

Excellent review Matt. As an Enduro 2 user I’m keen to hear your review on it shortly. 👍🏻

Just picked up a brand new 955 non solar for $399. It was time to upgrade from 6x sapphire and I am so happy with this watch. Much lighter. Has training readiness and so far I am liking the touch screen. Going for first run tonight! This video confirms I made the correct choice. Great content!

Such a great review. Thank you for the information

its a great watch, just update to the latest beta and not sure if is a glitch but battery life looks better. Great video Matt

I can say for sure, that the body is really scratch resistent, but for the display I use a screenprotector. I like the hrv status, I do always manage to keep my hrv high, it is a perfect indicator for health.

Great overview and review. These long term ones are much more useful than the out-of-the-box reviews because of the added experience with them. Thank you. As a side note, I’ve been looking forward to your Apple Watch Ultra review because it provides your triathlete perspective, and I really respect your swim, bike and run perspective. Is that going to be a six-month review as well? It seems like other channels that do the Apple Watch Ultra review see those videos jump in view count quite considerably.

Great update review Matt. I’ve had a few problems with the 955 getting stuck in saving mode a few times. Other than that it’s been flawless

Garmin 955 is the most balanced Garmin watch for spec and money. I wish they would create a Instinct Solar 2x and 955 hybrid. A 955 in a 2X solar case. Solar power is what's saving Garmin from Apple and Samsung. Lack of e-sim is what's saving Apple and Samsung from Garmin 😄. Nice review. 955 solar 👍

Cool music 🎼 on this episode!

Hi Matt. Well it was interesting review. 6 months gives you the right to say what’s wrong what’s great about the stuff. I’m not Garmin user. Still faithful to COROS 😊 especially the VERTIX 2. Sometimes I miss Garmin’s maps but I love the robustness and the look. Regarding gps. Well, for my mountain trails vertix 2 is more than enough. But one day I would like to make a comparison in between VERTIX 2 and FR955. With the high trees, winding path, gorges. Yeah. It would be interesting to see. Anyway have a great year and enjoy your passions every step of the way. That’s the most important!

Watched a ton of your vids now and ordered a garmin 955, my first running watch and first smart watch. When I started running I never had the funds or the interest in tech for that matter to buy pricy-ish stuff like that, so feels good to just go ahead and buy one in a day. ;D Ty for the vids and helping me get informed on my purchase, if Ill hate the watch Ill come back and blame everything on you of course.

I just got the polar pacer pro as this watch is out of my budget as an all around watch including triathlon. I got the 935 but wanted to try polar device and polar flow. So far so good

I just returned a 955 after a month. Main problem was that there would be significant gaps in the heart rate data while I was sleeping. I tried different straps and was careful to not let it be too loose. I suspect the watch is just too large for my wrists. My VivoActive 4S never has gaps in HR data. The gaps were a killer for me because my main reason to have the watch is features like Body Battery and HRV Status. I am disabled with chronic fatigue syndrome and use the watch to monitor my activity levels. A 2nd complaint was that the touch screen was a bit erratic. For example, many times I would swipe down and then it wouldn’t swipe back up.

Great watch for sure, I still hesitate with the Garmin Epic Gen 2. During my (long) hesitation I use my old Fenix 5x 😅🤣

I was a 935 user and I really wanted a device with HRV tracking when it came on the 955/255. I settled on the Instinct 2 and I'm not disappointed. The 255 is an amazing watch and you're really only missing out on maps, touchscreen , stamina and training readiness. I think Garmin missed the mark by not offering a 955s. A lot of females I know went with a fenix 5s because of size, now they're probably going to go with a 255s.

Yeah... I just reached Day Eight with the Forerunner 955 Solar and I really, really, really like it! Funny enough, I bought the Whitestone solar model. It is lighter, has great battery life, fast navigation, touch screen or five-button navigation, and yeah, it does pretty much everything that my EPIX 2.0 does for me. In fact, the only different I have seen thus far is that the EPIX has a fancier build quality and the Endurance Score.

Got the 955 when it first came out. Very happy with it. Had Apple Watches prior and 3 of them died in a row during lap swims. Much prefer the data and organization from Garmin focused on being athletic, or at least my attempt to do so.

Great review, I love your picturization! How would you compare the 955 to the base Fenix 7?

Excellent video. This is quality content. Being a triathlete that loves gadgets in general, I'm on the fence between this one and the Instinct 2. The only difference between them that makes me lean towards the 955 is the stamina field. Only if Garmin could bring it to the Instinct series... One thing that bugs me about the Forerunner 9xx series is how quickly Garmin stops updating them. The Fenix series is constantly getting updates and new resources. And with the OLED 965 launch already leaked / imminent... The 955 will be obsolete waaaay too soon. 😢

I'm looking at both the 955 and Fenix 6 but I can't decide. Is the new chipset and sensors worth the upgrade to the 955? I think having a touchscreen for the maps might be better as well.

Hello Matt, i will go for the 955 Solar and not the 965 (i got an Ultra for the Oled display). Did you got discolor on the white model? Best wishes from Germany

great review i read about a new forerunner later this year... but we see do you think this is better than fenix7?

Matt curious how do you suggest approaching using two devices for tracking one activity. Namely I have and love the screen on the Edge 1040 for riding, tons of real estate and not on my wrist. I also track the ride with my FR 955 as I want it's overall coaching and fitness tracking but on the wrist poor for navigation, etc. Is nice to have for simple HR screen and added details on the bike and that bit of capture. Do I simply delete the Edge at the end of the ride of the FR 955? If deleting the latter, will it still keep the detail for the daily activity as the activity was recorded if not uploaded to GR connect, Strave, Ride w GPS, etc. Quandary.

Hey Matt! I was pretty much sold on this watch until the rumours started swirling about the 965, which is now out. Does the 965 change your opinion at all?

Garmin 955 seems like a great watch. I am a Polar user and likes the polar plattform and nightly rechars. If I change brand I would go for a 955.

Have you try this watch on a treadmil sir? Because we have the same watch and i have unaccurate numbers on my watch when on treadmil. Hope you can answers my questions. Thanks!

I'm torn. Looking for my first fitness watch. I'ce considered the instinct 2x but also the 265, 255, 955. I'd be doing more mountain biking, swimming, workouts more than anything. Any recommendations

I have the Apple Watch ultra which I love for running but I am interested in the 955 for a few reasons. - HRV and training readiness score. Did you find this useful or did it not work because you change watches like you said? Is there an apple app that helps with this? Currently I look at strava fitness-fatigue-form score but I’m not sure if Garmin is better? - Recommend training session. Did you use this feature? It would be interesting to see what Garmin recommends for a workout based on your own data. - My friend has Garmin forerunner 245 and when we run a segment together strava always gives him the 👑 usually by 3-5 secs. Not sure if the Apple Watch ultra is more or less accurate GPS or just using a different algorithm. I use rungap to upload apple to strava. Thanks for another great review.

Hi ! Thanks for the video. I have the 955 for 3 weeks and I have noticed issues with the buttons. The uppers right and left buttons seems to be "double-clicky", at least for the first click when I did not used it for à few minutes. Did you noticed this too ?

The 955 is my favorite. Great battery, accurate GPS & HR monitoring. I own the non-solar version after years of having worn an Apple Watch. It's unfortunate that this generation of the forerunner doesn't have ECG; I miss that about the apple watch and I'm certain the next generation of forerunners will have it now that Garmins ECG app is out on the venu 2 plus. The other thing I miss about the apple watch is how it handles app notifications - had to turn those notifications off on the Garmin because it was just too clunky. Not a problem if you usually keep your phone close by, but lots of room for improvement there. Got a 3rd party soft loop strap on mine which makes it bearable for sleep tracking.

My particular 955 has a somewhat annoying bug, I have activated touch screen for an activity (run) and while it works to scroll up and down the data screens, it will not work with a map screen to navigate your route - in order for that to work you have to have touch screen activated for whole watch not just an activity, and then you have to turn that off, cause it is annoying for general use purposes and back on for running, i hoped they would fix that bug bit alas (other users i later found out has similar problems)

Just picked up a 955 for 360€ new. I hope it will help me to get back into running as my good old samsung gear fit 2 can retire now

Great review! Hopefully you can do the Apple Watch Ultra for triathlon soon!

I'm really missing in Garmin watches one feature from Coros - the ability to quickly set constant backlight during a workout. (it would be ideal to set it to cca.50% to spare some battery but that is not that important). I do roughly one more intensive session a week in night when I'd love to see the stats at glance (and turning light on gesture doesn't work that well - I like to subtly look on watch rather than bring the watch in front of my face so the geture would be recognized). As far as I know, the only place for that setting is somewhere pretty far down in setting menus. It is annoying to remember to switch it on before the workout and switch it off after it. Is it somehow better solved in the most recent watch interface? (which I suppose is on FR955 and FR255)

Can I for example, put into the 955 that I want to run say, 2 miles in a certain time, and itll come up with suggested workouts, or a programe?

I have the 935 and it’s been an absolute champ so far. Only one complaint, I’d like maps. That’s really the only thing I’d like for trail running etc. The other sports modes on the 935 are great for what I use them for. This is why I’m looking to upgrade to the 955. However firmware bugs and niggles are my biggest concern as I want a product that is rock solid. My 935 has all of the kinks worked out since it’s a mature product. What's your view on the 955 ?

Great video. Has the issue with open water GPS measurement solved now in 2024? Is it solved via a software update so that anyone who bought it a year ago, gets a resolution to the issue?

How does the watch do if you get off track on a planned route? Does it alert you pretty quickly?

I have a Polar H10 that I connect to my fr955, I also use an Apple Watch SE gen 2 simultaneously. In terms of heart rate monitoring, I have found that the SE and the H10 are almost always within 2 bpm of each other, however when I use compare the fr955 HRM directly with the SE they are often showing a greater margin, it's not rare to see a 10 bpm differential :/ So I have to say that I don't really trust my fr955 for heart rate monitoring. Although, when paired with an H10 for activity tracking, I think this pair is probably the best all-around bang for your buck, in terms of battery-life, GPS, biometrics and HRM. If my budget were smaller, I would opt for the apple with SE gen. 2, I get two days of battery life including 4 hours of GPS activity tracking before I have to charge mine (I have the thing set up more as a whoop strap then a smart-watch), it also has tremendous HRM, lots of 3rd party apps and topnotch sleep tracking!

Interesting review! After several weeks of using my 955 I noticed that even if the barometric pressure decrease, watchface barometer trend arrow does not change... For example, this morning (08/50) pressure was 1009.4 mbar. After about 5 hours (13/55) pressure decreased to 1005.2 mbar but barometer trend arrow is still flat... The barometer plot is set to 6-Hour option. Does anyone know how much amount of pressure is needed and in how much time for make the arrow change direction? Any info would be appreciated )

Hello from France ! Can you tell me if the bugs with touch screen lags, maps and GPS are solved now ? Thanks. (sorry for my bad english).

Hi! Would You change 945 to 955? I have 945 and I don't see necessary to buy 955. there are no much new features compere to 945.

I love the 955!! I used to be a fan of polar especially with their polar grit X but the wrist based heart monitor was wildly inaccurate the first 15 minutes of a run. Not so with Garmin at all, although I wish Garmin had a circuit training widget because I tend to run on the indoor track at my gym in between lifts.

Thank you!! So I have a question The 955 is a screen touch but has buttons at the same time? So if I don't wanna use the touchscreen, can I just use the buttons ?? Thanks

Would you get this 955 or hold out for the new rumoured amoled version?

Love the review great job. Your “that bug should have been corrected by now” re open water swimming… are we talking about the same Garmin? They’re gonna let that bug ride until the 965 lol I like Garmin but buggiest software on the market and they are super slow to fix if they fix at all

Nice review! I'm on a 955 for almost 3 months now and I like the features. I just noticed lately that my HRV readings are so low, maybe lowest. Suggestion read that I have to recover and that I'm fatigued. My recent workouts are not really that intense and I just feel relaxed. My heart rate is low (bradycardic at night). I really doubt if my hrv readings are accurate.

Can you comment on track running accuracy? In 12 years that I was using Garmin GPS watches I'd always measure time for my 400m and 800m runs and then manually calculate the pace. The pace calculated by Garmin was always faster by 3-5%. So my 4:42 min/km run would be reported as 4:30 min/km. Thank you

Ended up getting the 955. Its nice. Not as comfortable as a coros pace 2. But still nice. My issue is with the screen. It seems very washed out compared to other mip screens. Not really a problem. Just weird. I wonder if Garmin does this washed out look with less color so people want the AMOLED screens. I wonder if Garmin can fix colors with an update. Hope they do. A splash of color is just what the 955needs.

what is the lifetime of the battery that we need to renew the battery? my solar citizen need to renew the cap-battery after 11 years running.

Matt, what is the 955 (non solar) battery like??

I have been looking for a running watch for a while now and i am conflicted, on the one hand i offcourse want the forerunner 955 because it has everything in the latest version. On the other hand i am looking at the 945 which might have actually everything i need but for a lower price, my only concern is that it would get outdated very quickly and i can't seem to find a video or article about the 945 in 2023. Another option would then be to go for the 255 which has almost everything that the 955 has but then it does not have topographic maps which makes me a bit relucatant to go for this option. Does anyone have any tips for me? Matt if you are looking for a video idea, maybe 'Garmin forerunner 945 in 2023: the best bank for your buck?' ;)

Love my 955 Solar

Is this actually same watch with same functions as 965, except the screen (ofc)?

Hello Nice review 👌🏼 Please can we save a locations without activitie? Thanks

My watch out of no where is 6 minutes ahead compared to my other watches any idea why? I can't set the right time. I even set a Time zone.

Can you put the Quick fit bracelet on it? Is it good?

Has the watch got any updates? I have seen many reviews saying it's buggy.

I’ve a fr955 in addition to 7x. I’ve been disappointed in the software team’s execution for the Watch compared to the 7x. They do share code with the outdoor team as all wearable teams do at Garmin. However, fixing issues and avoiding regressions from spinning out of control has been annoying. Finally, it’s just not an attractive watch ( to me ) compared to the 7x or AWU, which I also own. Choice of materials is a big factor. Looks cheap but not cheap at all. So the sw quality is really the tipping point for me. Off to eBay it goes.

My FR955's Bluetooth stopped working after about 6 months. Tried to get help from Gramin but only get new sets of instructions that won't work. Feels like they´re trying to avoid a repair/replacement by exhausting me. Very disappointed, especially given the price....

@2:13 A direct visual comparison of the display brightness between Garmin and AW would have been nice. Showing a photo of an AW Ultra isn’t all too helpful.

i have question if anybody could suggest, currently im using forerunner 245 and its amazing but im planning to add it with HRM PRO+ to make my heartrate measurement more accurate. is there any suggestion did i have just bought the HRM monitor or upgrade my watch to 955? thank you!

Whats polar pacer pro like for lap swimming?

I want to know for a cyclist who needs a watch for training and preparation purposes and don't need GPS map on his wrist (because of Edge 840), Does forerunner 955 have useful features (advanced training features) for adjusting personal trainings than instinct 2x? because we usually use garmin connect in browsers/phone/bike computer for measuring these data and sharing it with our coach.

What site do/did you use to check GPS distance accuracy?

I have it 2 months (non solar version) . very laggy touch screen and it restarts 2-3 times in a week. its my 3rd unit after 2 replacements for same reasons... i sent them email for money back.

Does it wear down over time from showering?

Can someone tell me whats wrong please. I wore my fr 955 last week and did a 16km run. Then yesterday i did a 12km run, and right after that the watch said ""this is your longest run."" Even though its saved last weeks 16km run and all.. Anyone know why it did that ???

Does it have Google pay. If so do I need to also have my phone in the pocket

Open water swimming was defiantly an issue in summer, not sure if they have fixed it.. otherwise a great watch

So do I need to carry my phone also on the run?

As I've gotten older (51 now), transflective displays are harder to read. Despite the smaller text, the screen of the Venu 2 plus or galaxy watch 5 pro is much easier to read at a glance. I think it is the sharp contrast...

Wich onde do you prefer? 265 or 955?

I still think the 255 is the best value over all watches, just love it!

Any update on the open water swim?

I'm on the fence between the 265 and 955

So I can do triathlon with it ?

Does it need a screen protector

955 vs Suunto race vs 965 ? Top 965 ?

The battery in my 955 solar is trash. Having the battery drop from 50%+ to zero in an hour or two.

I keep seeing rumours of a 965 for Q2 2023. Surely not?

Is the GPS bug fixed?

FYI the heart rate monitor definitely does not work on these watches with heavy black tattoos

Is it solar powered

I have Garmin 955 solar and there are two things that are very disturbing. 1, It is very annoying that when I press the light button there is a lock sign (when device is locked) for few seconds and only afterwords I can see the hour, I think that short press on the light button should only turn on the light without this big sign that is hiding the clock )even when the device is locked). 2. When entering activity the device is locking itself until I press start, it is a little bit frustrating, because I am entering activity and waiting to GPS and then when I start running and try to push the start button I am realizing that the device is locked, so I stop running back to the start unlock the device and press start. I had Garmin 735 and Fenix 6s with no problem at all, I think that entering activity without pressing start should unlock the device. My device is set 'not during activity') P.S. I can't get 2 weeks battery with my 955 solar, I don't know why...

Since I returned my instinct 2x, once my refund goes though I'm going to get this 955. Nice review.

When he started to talking about Apple watches, ... he lost me forever :D

i didn't like it. It's functional, but 700USD watch that looks so plastic and so cheap (solar). Nah, I've sold mine after 3 months. and get fenix for the almost the same price.

I wonder sometime, that all these SmartWatch reviewers, use all their rounded body parts to test out different brands of watches... 😆

Rubbish golf feature. Not meeting what it says it can do. Step back from 935