Garmin 010-01746-00 Forerunner 935 Running Gps Unit (Black)

Garmin 010-01746-00 Forerunner 935 Running GPS Unit (Black)

• Premium GPS running/triathlon watch with wrist based heart rate; Strap material: Silicone; Smartphone compatibility: iPhone, Android, Windows.Control Method:Application.Special Feature:Smarter Connections.Water Resistant: Yes
• Offers advanced running and multisport Features in a comfortable watch you can wear all day, and it only weighs 49 grams
• Provides elevation changes with a built in barometer; altimeter and electronic compass help you keep your bearings
• Evaluates your training status to indicate if you’re undertraining or overdoing it and offers additional performance monitoring Features
• Provides advanced dynamics for running, cycling and swimming, including ground contact time balance, stride length and more. Bezel Material: Fiber reinforced polymer

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Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Running GPS Units
Rating : 4.7
ListPrice : US $319.99
Price : US $256.97
Review Count : 3064

Garmin 010-01746-00 Forerunner 935 Running GPS Unit (Black)

• This is my first (and only) advanced fitness watch. I had a relatively simple Fitbit previously, so this was quite a step up. So I write this review with the caveat that I\'m not an expert in advanced fitness trackers or smartwatches.Having said that, I am really enjoying this watch. I use it predominantly for walking, swimming, running (and once the weather improves, biking). My Fitbit did not support swimming, and I wanted a watch that could do that, but also seamlessly interface with Strava for activity tracking.At first it was a bit overwhelming, but it only took a few days to get used to the features. After a week or so I was comfortably editing the data screens on the watch during activities to show the data I wanted. I love that it is configurable like this.Accuracy during swimming seems very good. The first few times I used it I either \"lost\" a lap or had an \"extra\" one recorded, but lately it has been rock solid. Maybe I was obsessing over having it detect the end of a lap, but now I simply touch the wall and don\'t worry about it and it counts it accurately every time. It does not seem to recognize my strokes that well, but this may be more about my technique that the watch! That doesn\'t really bother me though.During walks I have noticed that the heart rate monitor has an issue. The uploaded picture illustrates this. It showed my heart rate hovering at about 80bpm (which I know was inaccurate) and then suddenly jumped up to about 113bpm, which was probably accurate. Somehow it was missing one out of every 3 heart beats. I haven\'t looked too closely at the problem--maybe it\'s the clothes I\'m wearing, but clearly it was not reading the heart rate accurately at the lower bpm because I was definitely exerting myself. I used it on an elliptical trainer this past weekend and the heart rate was dead on in agreement with the elliptical unit\'s built in sensor heart rate monitor, so I know it has the accuracy with even vigorous movement. The other readings on the elliptical (pace, etc.) were spot on as well.GPS accuracy is excellent, much better than my phone was recording on MapMyRide and native Strava. It is nice to be able to go out without having to carry my phone to get my routes plotted during workouts. And I love the ability to overlay pace and heart rate on the map.The Garmin Connect app is quite good. It has a few UI idiosyncrasies, but overall it\'s one of the better ones I\'ve used. It keeps track of personal records for my swims (and I assume it will do the same with bike rides once I start riding), although for some reason it does refuse to capture some records, such as Longest Swim and 1000m. I haven\'t figured that out yet.I do wish that there was an interface to the MapMyFitness set of apps which is where most of my fitness history lies, so basically I am transitioning away from that platform and to Garmin Connect and Strava.A few things I would like to see improved:First, the watch can be set to auto-sync after an activity is completed and within WiFi range. Great! But to get daily step counts to sync, you either have to open the app or use the Sync feature on the phone. This is not a huge deal if you only use the app itself, but I have a third party service that syncs daily step counts from Garmin Connect, so at the end of the day I need to make sure I force a sync. It would be nice to have the watch auto-sync periodically when in range of my phone.Also, in swimming mode, I like to time certain distances (250m, 750m and 1500m). I would be happy with it capturing every 250m, and I\'ll note that you can set an auto-lap distance for walks (and I presume runs and bike rides too), but that doesn\'t seem to be an option for swimming. Instead, I can manually press the lap key, which puts it into rest mode, and then hit it a second time to restart. It\'s not a huge deal--I get what I am looking for, but it would be nice if it were more automatic.Update: I forgot to mention the accuracy of the sleep tracking on this device. Basically it drastically overestimates my sleep. It shows me getting 9-10 hours a night, and I know that on some nights I have been lying awake for almost an hour and the app shows that I was asleep the whole time. This is not a big deal for me, but if you are looking for accurate sleep tracking, that would be something to watch out for with this watch.Overall, I am extremely pleased with this purchase.
• I recently bought the Forerunner 235 and sent it back for several reasons. One of those reasons was the shockingly dim display (and the awful heart rate accuracy). After reading reviews, and after a brief fling with an Apple Watch, I ordered the Forerunner 935, especially after reading that the display is brighter than the 235 and 735, and the brightness level could be adjusted. Well, no. But, yes. Depending on what your definition of display brightness is. More on that later.Pros:1. Incredibly accurate heart rate monitor, even when working out. Same as my Garmin chest strap.2. Sleep tracking, as far as I can tell, is accurate. More importantly, very comfortable to sleep in.3. Lots of cool stats and analytics for the geek (me).4. Lots of watch faces to choose from. A ridiculous amount.5. Notifications are great when they work (see below)6. Display is bright in direct light.7. Garmin Connect app is very good.8. Quick to pick up (and stay with) external senors (Bluetooth and ANT).Cons:1. Yeah, so, don\'t confuse normal display brightness (cannot be adjusted) to backlight brightness (which can be adjusted). Backlight happens when you press the appropriate button on the watch or when the watch is gestured towards your body (at least it is most times, although I haven\'t quite figured out the exact hand-body motion algorithm for the gesturing activation yet). Otherwise, in a dark room, if you look at your 935, it is dim dim dim. So, if you want a watch face with thirty metrics, you better have superhero vision, even when you\'re looking at it in direct sunlight, because most of the additional stats (other than time) are itty bitty.2. Notifications are finicky. I have an iPhone and there is a little song and dance you have to do when notifications stop working. Just be prepared. It\'s not a tragedy, but can be slightly annoying when it happens. Also, even when notifications work, some notifications get skipped. Example, for 1 text I get a notification, and then 2 minutes later another text arrives but I get no notification. Then, 5 minutes later I get a text notification for the next text. Weird. It\'s like the iPhone and 935 never really get along, but have come to some sort of passive-aggressive agreement to coexist. I would definitely not describe the relationship as seamless or consistent.3. If you\'re going to constantly monitor your heart rate just be prepared that battery life is not going to be super-fantastic. I charge it at night when I\'m showering. Charges fairly quickly. Example, last night I started at 99% before I went to bed. Tracked sleep. Heart rate has been constantly tracking. It is now 5:00 PM and the 935 is at 87%. So not too shabby. But, after I work out tonight I\'m guessing it will be in the low 70%.4. Pricey. Not sure this a $400 watch, and for about that much you can get a lot more in the way of apps and connectability with an Apple Watch, if that\'s your thing. I wanted this for activities, not to have another iPhone on my wrist, so I like it better than the Apple Watch 4 (which I did also order and send back).5. While there are many, many, many watch faces available, there are surprisingly few apps like weather and other non-activity-tracking apps available. Looks like even on the Garmin Connect Store there are apps that are in weird stages of development (require API codes and other developer-type workarounds). The interface is pretty one-dimensional, which accounts for the lack of \"fun\" apps. Good thing statistics and metrics don\'t need to be fun.Summary, if you want a smartphone on your wrist, with access to hundreds of cool apps and the ability to be able to answer texts and calls from your watch, don\'t buy the 935. If you are a serious athlete and an accurate wrist-based heart rate monitor is your thing, and you want to be able to ONLY see calls and other notifications, I would suggest the 935.One final note: if you have an iPhone, before you buy this, I would suggest getting on the Garmin forums and checking out the issues that have been going on for some time with no real solutions.Pro tip: if you opt for the 935 and you have an iPhone, be prepared to have the Garmin Connect app running at all times to increase the likelihood that you will receive notifications. That will tax the battery on both ends, but it seems to help.UPDATE1. Every morning I have to reset notifications to start working again. It\'s easy but has to be done every morning. Check out Garmin forums. Turn off Garmin Connect notifications, then turn off Bluetooth, then do all that in reverse. Works every time.2. Do not have the Garmin Connect app open when you\'re working out or the 935 will reboot itself several times during the workout.3. Email notifications from the iPhone email app are annoying. Several times during the day the 935 will suddenly give me individual notifications for all the unread emails in my inbox even if it already has notified me prior of those same emails.Would I buy this watch again? Maybe. Personally I probably should have waited 2 weeks for the 945 and shelled out the extra $ for that. But this is an above average smartwatch for athletes.

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