Pascal _ Yeah, this watch weight is great. I can wear it as an every day watch with no problem. The older 910 and 920 felt like I should only be wearing them while exercising. 👌

The Fat Triathlete - Thanks!

How long are you bike rides? You might also consider the 745. I'm going to pick one up and review it. Then I'll make another video comparing the the 745 to the 945. Also, I'm sure there's going to be some amazing Black Friday pre-holiday deals if you're willing to wait a little bit. And thanks for all the kind words about the channel. I often worry that I'm not fast enough at 'getting to the point'. I spend a lot of time on b-roll and not nearly enough time on a-roll but thank you so much for watching and taking the extra time to comment. I really appreciate it. 👍

@@mlegrand I usually ride between 30 to 80km in my area. I have an 235 which i am using now, but i am do indeed waiting for a better deal coming. What do you think about the new apple watch? Are they too general consumer for anything serious? No worries on your content mate, the quality of film/edit/info are all spot on. As you put out more vids i am pretty sure more people will discover your channel

snoozymoo - The new series 6 watch looks fantastic. GPS seems more accurate. I still think it’s more of a consumer smart watch with some good sports tracking features while the Garmin type watches are great sports tracking watches with ok smart features. Subtle difference but it’s just the nature of the companies.

@Ben - Thanks for supporting the channel! Hope you love it! 👍

Iron Will - Thanks for watching and commenting!!! Yeah the 935 is 👌.

I haven’t used the Wahoo arm strap. From what I’ve heard it’s more accurate than the wrist and similar to a chest strap. I am hoping to post my thoughts after 100 days of using the 945 this week. 👍

Thank you!!

Justin - I am not familiar with the Suunto 9 baro. I really want to test some non Garmin watches but I don’t currently have access to any. I’ll message you if I can get one for review in the future. And let me know if you get this watch and have some thoughts about it that you’d like to share. 👍

Oh great question. I haven’t used an alternative weather app yet. Which ones are you looking at? Might be interesting to compare a few for a future video. 🤔

Dominic - The default watch face does not have it showing but you can download tons of different watch face options that do show heart rate. I just installed one called Ultra Thin which is nice and has the heart rate showing. The easiest way to install these extra apps and watch faces is with Garmin’s new connect IQ app. 👍

Matt LeGrand, Oh that’s great to hear. Thanks for the info and reply. And btw the way you speak sounds just fine to me.

Thanks! Yeah, I don’t get too many negative comments so that freaked me out a little. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Julie - Great recommendation! I’ll probably keep looking for unique angles but I love the idea of a size comparisons on someone’s wrist. 👍 Thanks for watching and taking the time to give recommendations!!

Yeah, try this spot: dialedcyclinglab.com/store/components-and-accessories/garmin/ With coupon code ‘matt_legrand’

@@mlegrand Thank you

I haven’t had a lot of issues with the wrist based HRM. I’ve had the watch for over a year and have been wearing pretty regularly. I wonder if your particular watch has an issue. 🤔

@@mlegrand I am wondering if it might be my wrist. I broke it and its a bit deformed.

J - I doubt it. It should work as long as it’s worn tightly. But if you want a more accurate HRM I’d suggest connecting your watch to a chest strap or optical HRM worn higher up on the arm like the OH1+ from Polar.

T Borisenko - I don’t have the polar vantage V but I think they are very different watches. Maybe I can borrow one to review and compare. 🤔

Robert Roman - My wife had the Apple Watch and didn’t love it. She now uses the Garmin VivoActive 3 Music. The 945 is a very different watch than the Apple Watch. The best way to describe it is that the 945 is a top of the line athletic watch with some smart watch features and the Apple Watch is a top of the line smart watch with some athletic feature. If you’re really into triathlon, you’ll want something like the 945 but if you just occasionally swim, bike and run then the Apple Watch might be perfect. Hope this helps! 👌

Matt LeGrand thank you! I am looking for something that I can use to record my workouts and so fourth I did a reverse triathlon, and used my Apple Watch I wasn’t happy with the tracking it did. I feel that the 945 can push me to get out there and really give me as accurate as possible tracking. Thank you for the reply!

Robert Roman - I would love to do a reverse triathlon some day. Sounds like fun. Try that discount code at the website I recommended in the video description. 😉 To do a reverse triathlon, you’d have to set your watch to do a custom multi sport event. It would take a little setup. Good luck with the rest of the triathlon season and all of the training!!! 👍

Yeah, that 935 is a great watch. I will say that I thought I'd use music on my watch more frequently than I do in reality. Thank you for watching and taking the extra time to comment JP. I really appreciate it. 👍

Sounds to me like you’re asking to switch our watches. Haha

@@FCF09 - Actually, the one issue I had with the 935 was water damage that caused the temperature sensor to die. It was a small known issue with this watch and the Fenix 5 if you swam with it a lot. If it wasn't for that one issue, I'd honestly be recommending that watch at the sale price to all the triathletes. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sorry you’ve had a hard time with the the 935. Hopefully garmin is taking care of it for you. Sounds like a defect to me. I was thinking about making some sort of follow up video on the 945 after 100 days and maybe I should talk about some of these issues? 🤷🏻‍♂️

​@@mlegrand They are extremly slow in my country (Poland), reply time around 3 days after every mine e-mail. But I'm pretty sure they will replace it. I saw many posts on their forum and this is very common issue (also with FR245/645/945 and Fenix5/6 series - you can check via google by typing "garmin sensor cracks", u'll find many topics). And because of that I'm not sure if I should use new watch or sell it and buy just chest strap (it's cheaper and won't hurt that much if it get broken).

flaj - Let me know how it all works out. I’ll read up on all of these cracked sensors before posting that follow up video. Thanks for commenting 👍

@@mlegrand I'm after huge research in that topic. Generaly Garmin knows about some people having problems with their devices but it seems that even they are not sure why it happens. Some peple say that it's matter of some individual skin Ph that makes sensors cracking. I've also heard about chlorine (pool swiming) that increases the risk of getting issues. I'm not sure if that's right theory cause I did only around 8-10 activities in pool with no issues. Also Garmin sugest to avoid pool swiming often and allways wash the watch in only water and little amount of soap. For me it's something with temperature differences between leds/plastic cover and environment. I'm runing mostly during autumn and winter when temperatures are oscillating around -5 to 5 celsius. Unfortunately I can't say when it happened because HR sensor was the last thing that I would expect to get broken.

Zotmund - Actually, I really appreciate your feedback. I don't take it as a diss but I do hope to improve these reviews. And I agree, there are so many good reviews out there which is why I appreciate you taking the time to comment before moving on! Thanks buddy! 👍

Disagree, he sounds fine.

Mark Withers - Thanks!