Garmin Forerunner 55 Blue

Name: Garmin Forerunner 55 Blue
Brand: Garmin
SKU: 880978
Price: 157 EUR
Availability: SoldOut
Rating: 8.7 (94 reviews)

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You improve your sports performance with a personal training plan from Garmin Coach.
Thanks to PacePro, you can achieve your pace goals, even during ascent and descent.
The battery of the Garmin Forerunner 55 lasts up to 14 days.
The watch doesn't have built-in music storage, so you have to take your smartphone with you each workout.

Description

Improve your running performance with the Garmin Forerunner 55 Blue. You receive personal running plans thanks to Garmin Coach. The Forerunner 55 adjusts the training plans accordingly to your sports performance and goals. This means you can achieve your goals at your own pace. The Forerunner 55 won't let you down easily, because it has a 14-day battery life. Do you use GPS all the time? It lasts 20 hours. In addition to running plans, you can also track other workouts on the Forerunner 55. For example, HIITs. And you can track other health information with this smartwatch, like your sleep score, active minutes, and fitness age. Thanks to the adjustable watch faces, you can adjust this watch entirely to your own preference and style.

This watch is recommended for a 17 to 19cm wrist circumference.

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Manual(4.02 MB)
USB-A charging cable (without charger)

Key specs

	Compatible with operating system	Android, iOS
	Height	42 mm
	Recommended for wrist circumference	15 - 17 cm
	Quality of sports readings	Good
	Quality of health readings	Decent
	Battery life in time mode	336 hours
	Type of heart rate measurement	Optical heart rate measurement
	Required iPhone model	iPhone 6s or later

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Review is 8,0 out of 10.

Superb device for its price.

Battery.
Operation via the five (5) buttons.
Good screen
When sweating heavily, the band causes a rash on my wrist.

The Garmin Forerunner 55 does an excellent job of what Garmin advertises. After a week of use I am at 25% battery. This is a combination of use in standby, with sleep tracking and 6 hours of GPS use (walking, cycling,..). Brilliant battery! I bought this watch largely because I didn't want a touchscreen. Using the five buttons takes some getting used to, but works fine. The screen is easy to read in direct sunlight, in the dark you can only read it when the backlight is on. This can be operated via a button or with a twist of your wrist (you have to turn it on in the settings). My scary point about the screen is that it is a bit small for the size of the watch case. But after a week of use you learn to live with it. The sleep tracking works well and works together with the body battery. These are very accurate. The scores correspond very well with how you feel. The sports features are more than enough for the target audience for which this device is intended. My scary real negatives are that the pedometer doesn't always register properly. Sometimes he gives too many steps as a shake with your arm and if you keep your arm still while walking he sometimes misses some steps. These are the pain points of most pedometers, but still a shame. The last downside is: if I sweat very hard, my wrist is slightly irritated under the strap. However, this is only with heavy efforts and not with normal use.

Looking back on my pluses and minuses, the Garmin Forerunner 55 is a very good device for its price. There are more pluses than minuses so definitely recommended.

Bram
20 June 2021
Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 8,7 out of 10.

Extremely satisfied

Energy-efficient screen, extremely efficient
Energy-efficient screen super clear in daylight
Sensors work better than expected
Energy-efficient screen is less attractive than AMOLED

Disclaimer: I am not an athlete...I just wanted a watch to be able to view the time and email notifications without having to keep taking out my smartphone, and one that can measure my heart rate and sleep rhythm. Then the forerunner is a strange choice because this is emphatically a watch for athletes. But due to circumstances (stock, eco vouchers, model, battery life...) I ultimately ended up with the Forerunner.

And I don't regret it.

The screen: You have to pay attention here! I'm not going to elaborate endlessly on how a MIP screen works (interesting, google it) but it does work differently than what you are used to from an AMOLED/LCD screen or something like that on your smartphone, compare it a bit with how a classic digital watch worked, the screen is always on, but you need some ambient light to see what is on the screen, if there is no light there is a button (or a motion sensor) to turn on a backlight briefly. It takes some adjusting, but it does provide fantastic battery life and I think it's worth it. If you look at expensive fancy watches with LED screens that need to be charged every day...no thanks.

The sensors: I was very skeptical about the idea that a watch can tell you how well you sleep, for example (and I maintain that these are not miracle cures), but Garmin's sensors/software are well put together. Maybe logical for a watch for runners... anyway, the sleep reports/body battery/stress meter/... all correspond quite well with what I experience in reality, so I can only be impressed by that .

As mentioned, I am not an athlete myself, but I have only read good things about the quality of the data that the watch collects.

The App: there is criticism that it is too complicated. I don't want to sound arrogant, but if you have some experience with Android you should be able to get through this without any problems, right? An Apple watch is probably much easier to operate, but to say that this is a BAD experience? No... On the contrary, I would like to say that the Garmin App has enormous possibilities in terms of sports activities, and is also expandable via their own small "app store" where you can download additional activities and adjust the look of your watch.

And since this is all FREE.... this is really a big plus.

The design is classic sporty without too many frills, I think it's great, but that's personal of course. The materials used are not premium, mainly plastics, but they are nicely finished and come across well, no problems there.

As mentioned, I have turned on the notifications for emails and they appear smoothly on the watch. You can even read the email if you want :p. I would advise not to let ALL notifications go through because then you will go crazy... But you can choose it.

Raf
26 June 2024
Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 8,0 out of 10.

Good and affordable smartwatch

Good wearing comfort
Many setting options
Doesn't count lanes while swimming

Met expectations, I use it for walking, cycling and swimming. Just a pity that it does not count the lanes while swimming, only the distance but a calculation is quickly made.

Francis Vanroy
18 February 2022
Automatically translated from Dutch

Staat dit grote horloge goed op mijn pols?

Dit horloge heeft een grote horlogekast. We raden het je aan als je een polsomtrek tussen de 17 en 19 centimeter hebt. Meet je polsomtrek 2 vingers boven je polsgewricht, net boven het uitstekende gedeelte. Is jouw polsomtrek kleiner of groter? Dan is dit horloge misschien niet het beste voor jou. Lees welk formaat horlogekast we wel aanraden.

Specifications

Product

Product number	880978
Manufacturer code	010-02562-12
Brand	Garmin
Warranty	2 years
Processing of your defect	Carry-in warranty

Operating system

	Compatible with operating system	Android, iOS
	Required iPhone model	iPhone 6s or later
	Required Android version smartphone	Android 7.0 or higher
	Operating system	Garmin OS
	Year introduced	2021
	Guaranteed support with updates	48 months after release date

General properties smartwatch

	Watch case color	Blue
	Watch case material	Plastic
	Watch case shape	Round
	Height	42 mm
	Width	42 mm
	Depth	12 mm
	Weight	37 g
	Size watch case	Average
	Recommended for wrist circumference	15 - 17 cm
	Total storage capacity	0 GB
	Shockproof
	Controlled via buttons on device

Watch strap properties

	Watch strap material	Plastic
	Watch strap color	Blue
	Closure type	Buckle
	Interchangeable watch strap
	Compatibility watch strap	Universal

Screen properties

	Screen type	MIP
	Always-on display
	Data display	Digital
	Touchscreen
	Color screen
	Adjustable watch face
	Type of glass	Hardened glass

Battery

	Battery life in time mode	336 hours
	Battery life in sports mode	20 hours
	Battery/battery capacity	0,18 Ah
	Energy source solar power
	Wireless charging

Connectivity

	Internet connection options	WiFi only
	Bluetooth
	ANT+
	Independent music player
	Music controls
	Built-in microphone
	Built-in speakers
	Spoken directions
	Call options	Only answer calls
	Smartphone notifications	Receive messages
	Smart reply
	App installation possible
	Camera operation
	NFC

Daily activities

	Pedometer
	Measures distance
	Speedometer
	Calorie counter
	Measures stairs climbed

Heart rate measurement

	Heart rate measurement
	Heart rate zones
	Heart rate sensor	Chest strap sold separately, Integrated pulse sensor
	Type of heart rate measurement	Optical heart rate measurement
	Heart rate measurement moment	Continuously, Incidental, On demand
	Irregular heartbeat notification
	Heart rate measurement under water

Health properties

	Quality of health readings	Decent
	Skin temperature sensor
	Oximeter
	Blood pressure monitor
	EDA sensor
	Sleep score
	Measure REM sleep
	Average heart rate during sleep
	Measure recovery during sleep
	Menstrual cycle tracking
	Pregnancy monitoring

Sports properties

	Quality of sports readings	Good
	Recommended for sports	Biking, Fitness, Mountaineering, Running, Swimming
	Adjust sport profiles
	Manual training programs
	Save personal records
	Measure fitness age
	Recovery advice
	Interval training
	VO2 max measurement
	Automatic pausing
	Measures minutes of intensive training
	Measures average speed during activity
	Lap counter
	Race prognosis
	Measures step distance
	Measure running cadence
	Measures swimming distance
	Measures swimming speed
	Swimming lap counter
	Connection to fitness machines possible
	ATM score	5

GPS

	Built-in GPS receiver
	Global satellite navigation system	GLONASS, GPS, Galileo
	GPS application	Navigation, Route registration

Sensors

	Compass
	Altimeter
	Accelerometer
	Thermometer

Other functionalities

	Fall detection
	Alarm function
	Geofencing

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