Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Black

The Garmin Forerunner 55 is an excellent fitness watch, especially for active users who want reliable tracking and easy smartphone connectivity. It delivers accurate GPS performance, great battery life, and a range of features that make it a solid choice for sports enthusiasts. My son, who is passionate about swimming and sports, loves using this watch to track his activity. It provides detailed insights into workouts, heart rate, and performance metrics, helping him stay on top of his training. The lightweight design makes it comfortable to wear all day, and the interface is intuitive, making it easy to access stats and notifications. Syncing with his iPhone works seamlessly, allowing him to review progress, set goals, and stay motivated. For anyone looking for a well-rounded GPS watch that balances performance, ease of use, and smart features, the Forerunner 55 is a fantastic option. It’s durable, dependable, and a great tool for anyone serious about staying active.

Excellent sports watch. It has all the basic features I need for walking, running, cycling, and gym workout. The Garmin Connect app is very good for reviewing your stats over time, and the Connect IQ app allows you to alter watch faces. The watch and app combination is very good for motivating you to do more. Highly recommended.

I couldn’t be happier with this product. It’s been a part of every day for the last three months. Having gotten back into training and physical fitness, this watch has been brilliant. It really keeps me motivated and gives me some good insights into watch I’m doing. Garmin app works brilliantly and syncs data quickly. It also connects to other fitness apps I’m using so I can collate and see my data together. The watch itself is compact and easy to use. You really can’t go too far wrong if you’re looking for something to track steps, sleep, heart rate, calories and your exercise whether that be running, treadmill, swimming etc. I charge this once a week and set recordings for events lately at a minimum for 5 days for week. For me this was a good priced smart watch for the functions. I would’ve liked a resistance/weight training recording option but I choose other for this. For my first smart watch this has been a winner. I will definitely go for a higher ranged garmin product in a few years but for now this is a very good starting point. It’s brilliant. The only thing which I would say, is I’m not sure how accurate the sleep recording is. On a couple of occasions I’ve noticed that I’m asleep according the watch data, when in fact I have been awake. Overall, if you’re looking for a starter fitness watch or buying your first, I’d recommend this to you.

I used this for a few weeks to assess: * Did I need a fitness tracker and would I use it? * Would I get much use out of the mobile app, and would I like it? * Would using this improve my health? I can say for definite, yes on all counts. The main thing I got it for though was to track my cycling, as I have a new mountainbike that I wanted to use to get fitter, and I've used that, but Garmin offer a freebie coaching programme which can get you from couch to 5k, or improve your running if you're a runner already, or to train you for a 10k race or half marathon etc. I'm emphatically not a runner - I've had asthma most of my life & I've always avoided running, but I thought "Why not" and started the programme. I'm now on Week 3 of the couch to 5K programme, and I've just jogged 2.5k to the shops and back & I'm not out of breath. This is really good. However, I noticed a few things about the Forerunner 55: 1 - the watch's screen is *tiny*. It's a small area within a small watch face, and it's not very bright or sharp. As a 51 year old man I find myself constantly having to peer over my glasses at it. 2 - it lacks some features found in the more high-end watches, like SpOx (blood oxygen). Small things, I know, but I got this watch to see if Garmin was for me. It is, and I've upgraded to a Garmin Venu 2 45mm, and given the Forerunner 55 to my wife, who's really enjoying using it. What's lacking on the mobile app: there's no widgets for the phone. Previously I was using Google Fit, and Garmin Connect doesn't seem to sync with that despite connecting my Google account to my Garmin account. These are things I hope Garmin fixes in the future - interoperability between fitness apps on the same phone is a big deal, and it's these small annoyances that lead me to give it 4 rather than 5 stars overall.

I've had the Garmin Forerunner 55 for a little over 2 months at the time of writing this review. I purchased to replace a higher end smart device from a few years back (Huawei GT 2 PRO) which had compatibility issues with IOS and poor GPS tracking. I wanted something lightweight, comfortable and easy to use while running. Whether you're running on the road or hitting the trails, the watch provides reliable and precise tracking of your distance, pace, and route. This is essential for tracking your progress and analysing your runs. It includes a heart rate monitor, allowing you to keep an eye on your heart rate during your workouts. impressive battery stating up to two weeks in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode - I've not scientifically tested but I've been getting a good week and a half or so with regular 6-10k runs in. Sleep tracking also feels accurate when reviewing the data in the app vs how I feel that day. Its nice to be able to keep a track of hours slept/recovery. The Garmin connect app is also the best I've used with lots of insightful data from step tracking, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, body battery & setting running plans. You can also sign up to challenges and earn badges which adds a nice competitiveness if you have friends/family on the same platform. My personal favourite feature is having a physical start stop button - its a simple one but being able to hit start/stop when getting to a road junction and it working every time vs my old touch screen watch is really nice. Also helps with accuracy of running times. Overall, the Garmin Forerunner 55 is an excellent GPS running watch for those who are looking for a reliable and affordable device to track their runs. With its accurate GPS tracking, heart rate monitoring, customizable display, and extensive training features, it provides all the essential tools to help you reach your running goals. While it may lack some advanced smartwatch features, its impressive battery life and user-friendly interface make it a solid choice for runners of all levels.

Bought a returned / secondhand Forerunner 55 for £112 from reseller FairTech. Would happily buy from the reseller, again. I'm not a runner, I only intended to use the watch as not much more than a smart pedometer, really. However, as the watch is so lightweight I've just kept it on, so now have access to all sorts of data - average resting HR, sleep analysis, VO2 Max etc. - on the Garmin Connect app. The onboard GPS also appears to be far more consistent than the Polar + Google Maps apps I've used to record my walks before, too. The watch itself has several watch faces onboard, more online, some free. The data + layout for each activity you want to use it for can be customised independently. The interface is very simple to use, if not necessarily intuitive at first, and you can do most of what you want to do within a few key presses. I haven't got any more Garmin kit, but can see if I had the BP monitor, scales etc. it would all appear to be seamlessly integrated into the app. I guess that's pretty much a given, these days, but here's confirmation, for what it's worth.

Brilliant watch, loads of neat features super compact and amazing battery life, liked it that much I upgraded to a forerunner 255 which is even better, love this company and there products think there brilliant

This Garmin model is reasonably priced and does everything you need to track pace and distance. It connects perfectly to an iPhone and to Strava, giving more detailed route-tracing and emergency alert. If you don’t need every conceivable function but want a clear, useful display and good connectivity, this will do the job robustly and without breaking the bank.