https://explore.garmin.com. Would be interesting if they have anything in the works for auto lane detection as 800m races are the one distance where fixed lanes wouldn’t normally work. It's not the perfect sports watch for active females (look at the Fenix 6S or Forerunner 45S for that), but for more casual users looking for something slender, this has plenty of potential. If i get out all night and drink – will it show the same amount 40 hours or even more the next morning ? I suppose the irony about price is that perhaps some people may get rid of their fenix 6 (incl pro) and buy this, for the newness and lightness factor. Or has it improved on the 945 with firmware updates? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s 2018 Gear Guide too. – Added ClimbPro for automated climb notifications on running/cycling/hiking/XC skiing activities Check out But, don’t start the GPS activity until you get to the track. And that totally ignores the far more important elephant in the room, which is that iMessage fails for iOS users, and for this product segment, iOS users make up the majority of the market share. For Polar, the Fit Spark suggestions are all based on HR, whereas Garmin is pace (running), and power (cycling). And that does help a fair bit. Now, this time for real, start running. And 945 got 5.0 but apparently no sleep widget?! “type”: “audioContentProvider” And for trekkers there's the TOPO mapping, so you can see what's around you, including major trails, and navigate to points of interest right from the wrist. Until the colour display-packing Garmin Venu arrived on the scene, the Vivoactive was the watch in Garmin's assortment that you Tuesday, February 16, 2021 No Result The attachment looks different? The more expensive the watch generally means the greater the battery life, more advanced analytics based on heart rate and the ability to store/listen to music. It doesn’t need to leave marks, but you shouldn’t be able to slide a finger under the band (at least during workouts). And no matter what kind of training you're involved in, you can also access the Training Status, Training Effect and Training Load features for aiding recovery between workouts. That's everything you need if you're a recreational runner who just wants to keep tabs on how far and fast you've gone. The error message claims Garmin did the block, but these generally are automatic based on traffic. And that’s roughly what I see as well. – Redesigned a bunch of the user interface, especially for post-workout stats. And lastly, if you felt this review was useful – I always appreciate feedback in the comments below. After the initial slow-ramp offset of the COROS Pace 2 optical HR, it’s pretty much the same. Site powered by Upfeat Inc. we have a guide to music running watches too. sensors to be foreseeable? Ray, one question regarding open water swimming accuracy: “memoryLimit”: 524288, I use 2-6 other devices at once, trying to get a clear picture of how a given set of devices handle conditions on a certain day. Had an odd thing where the first rep (straight into a fast rep) was measured at 0 distance and the recovery was obviously not the right distance. Do you still maintain these charts? If the sensors are available does that mean one can download the “widgets”? Whereas if we look at these 30-second/200m intervals, you’ll see there’s more lag from the optical side of the house compared to the chest strap, albeit not always. GPS mode without music: Up to 36 hours, 745 Ray, can you please clarify that? They say it should work just fine. Dissatisfaction among FR645 users & enthusiasts had been building up the reader comments for a while. One for the office, one for your bedside, another for your bag, and one for your dog's house. Would you call it red or orange? It mixes an analogue face with a digital display on the dial that will show essential information such as heart rate, steps and call notificaitons – and you get a week of battery life. These will show any apps you’ve configured on your phone to send smartphone notifications to your watch You can tap on them to expand and get more details. I’m from out of the country and will be visiting the US, what’s the best triathlon shop in city XYZ? There’s a ceiling and I’m sure we are getting there. I’m wondering if I have to shell out for a Fenix, or if it’s time to part with Garmin…. I think it’s the latter which sank it; perhaps the firmware for the OHR sensor is so deeply embedded in the OS that Garmin would’ve had to have maintained two codebases, instead of just the one that the F6/245/745/945 all use. I just started getting into duathlons and picked up a used 735 solely for the multisport feature. What happened with the 945 and now with the 745 is Garmin decided to increase their price from the previous model. This problem was discussed below the strava/Komoot post and for me on the 945 it still is a problem. And then a few days later my IP was blocked, just for Garmin, by CloudFlare. I’ve switched it to only during sleep (as I have had problems with sleep apnea and I want to monitor this) to see if that helps but battery life still seems very poor. Font size too small for the vision-challenged. I’m headed to Washington DC – what do you recommend for training? Ok, the brown bits are the COROS Pace 2. Different from FR945 and F6? GPS mode with music: Up to 6 hours It covers running including a new track mode, which has also rolled out to other watches and serves big metrics for cycling and swimming too. Here’s a listing of all the sport types that are on the FR745: Run, Trail Run, Track Run, Treadmill, Indoor Track, Bike, Bike Indoors, Smart Trainer, Pool Swim, Openwater Swim, Triathlon, Multisport, Triathlon, Virtual Run, MTB, SwimRun, HRV Stress, Hike, Ski, Snowboard, Backcountry Ski, XC Classic Ski, XC Skate Ski, SUP, Kayak, Row, Row Indoor, Navigate, Walk, Strength, Cardio, Yoga, Pilates, Breathwork, Floor Climb, Elliptical, Stair Stepper, Clocks, Other. – Added Barometric Altimeter Yup, all the charts are here: link to dcrainmaker.com. There's also a music version at $249.99, which means offline Spotify/Pandora playlists on the wrist. It’s basically Garmin seemingly saying ‘Hey, remember that company we acquired? Price when reviewed: $199.99 | Forerunner 45 specs page. But, crucially, while being a heavyweight in the tracking department, this was the first Garmin that allowed for music streaming directly from the wrist. Also, gotta say you’re pretty fit, chatting away at a 7 min/mile pace in the Apple 6 vid, and then picking it up to a 5+ pace! You can save the maps to your phone so you don’t even need a signal. From a sports standpoint the FR745 is essentially just a very lightly slimmed down version of the FR945, and in fact, it has all the same sports features the FR945 does. I swim, bike and run. I remember the 945 had a horrible open water tracking at fitst? The act of saving the workout is what commits that track to memory on the watch (in fact, there’s even a folder where it stores these track files). It‘s not available for Garmin Connect on iOS. It seems like the sleep score in the new widget isn’t transferred to the Garmin Connect app. Like its main rivals, the Apple Watch Series 5 and Fitbit Ionic, this is a watch that's aiming to bring more than just fitness smarts to your wrist. And it’s been solid. Some devices have actually said that, while others haven’t. The good, the bad, and the ugly. pricing is indeed weird. Garmin just thinks that we will pay ni matter what. Note the coloring, which carries through as a label in the different training load screens. “type”: “background” { My VA3 lives on, although the battery seems to have reached end of life somewhat and I was hoping to pick up the 745 as a replacement but not at that price! The later I can manage with Sansa BT mp3 player (while running) or a phone (while biking). – Added new Garmin ELEVATE optical HR sensor (V3, same as MARQ/FR245/FR945) I think with the ROAM entrant in May 2019 basically falling flat against Garmin’s Edge 530/830 offerings a few days prior (whether measured in features, or more meaningfully – sales volume), they’ve sorta retreated a bit in market share. I don’t say that I’m right. On this cadence we’d be due for a 955 next Spring, which might’ve meant a nice $100 off the 945 in November. The first thing you’ve got is the watch face, for which Garmin has broken out a new default design that puts the training status front and center, showing you whether your current training load is productive or not. Thanks. Do you by chance another watch where you could try copying the track file in the track folder from one of these watches to and test whether that pre-calibrated the new watch? It came to f6 today with beta: Or Garmin allows customers to build the fewtures watch they want, 745 “has slightly less battery life” compared to 945. They confirmed they do still plan to bring it to the FR745, but, like other devices (including the FR945), they’re still working through the details on it. The HRM-PRO & TICKR-X basically mirror each other the entire time. How often did you need to charge the watch? The altitude data is multiplied and climb pro and pace pro become Garmin has more recently tried to surface that to the front ‘Today’ dashboard, which shows you today as well as this week. Maybe you could switch sports by holding the up button. My Photography Gear: The Cameras and Equipment I Use Daily, DC Rainmaker 2019 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But at $500, that’s a tough pill for someone to recommend when the COROS Pace 2 does all the core multisport/triathlon features the FR745 does. Phew! So as you pass the same point each time, it should be within a couple meters. It’s really my main gripe against the newer Forerunners. At least not on my 945 fw 5.00. Sorry I guess I should clarify. My preference was for the 745 because they are slightly smaller, but the 945 has twice the battery life. Actually, you don’t need to involve apps from the store to do duathlon. I need an accurate (optical HR, GPS) for serious running. No need to stream news, Spotify, etc… just make it so I really can leave my phone at home. Garmin says they assume full acclimation takes a minimum of 4 days, and acclimation/adaptation to a given high temperature will automatically decay after 3 days of skipped training within that heat level. It’s just a breadcrumb trail course, but it’s a course nonetheless. The Daily Suggested Workouts feature will come to all those as well, except the FR245. By default it assumes you’re in ‘Lane 1’, but you can change that if you’re one of those folks that runs in other lanes. You're getting the same transflective display you get on all of Garmin's watches, water resistance up to 50 meters deep (but no swim tracking) and a heart rate monitor that should be good for most. I was just trying to say that we can expect the price will be much bigger than 945 in its release date and 945 after 955 release will not get smaller significantly. This one I don’t remember. “This brings me to my question, what makes that Garmin can raise the prices of their watches in the rate they are doing?”. Savvy buyers can grab a Forerunner 35 for less than $100, and we can see the appeal. Each lane has a precise distance. The company says that adaptation algorithms within the MARQ/Forerunner 945/745/Edge 530/830 assume total adaptation after 21 days, and that adaptation is faster at the beginning of altitude exposure. At this point I’ll probably wait another year or whatever for the successor to the 945, and hope the 945 itself drops in price enough to be worth it. There’s some testing going on to get to the state that you and I normally do, which is run from home/office to track as warm-up, then do track workout, etc…. Is there an option to completely turn off the bluetooth function? For example, a mountain bike workout from last week shows the training effect area (threshold), as well as the training effect breakdown of 3.6 for aerobic and 2.4 for anaerobic. But for our money this is a modest sacrifice for a smaller, cheaper Fenix. This is one of the top straps I use daily for accuracy comparisons (the others Polar H9/H10 and Wahoo TICKR X). How will it be read. I’m not in the market for a new watch (currently using the 945) but the new COROS is a very attractive option. What would I be missing with the Apple Watch when my goal is to improve time on half-marathons and overall fitness? thanks for the detailed review! I’m headed to Paris – what do you recommend for training or sightseeing? On the back of the FR745 you’ll find the same optical HR sensor as introduced on other Garmin wearables in the last year or so (thus, the FR945 for example), which includes a PulseOX sensor. The MapFinder app has some real good OS maps in 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scale. But its price tag is outrageous – which is why Garmin has launched cheaper alternatives that don't skimp on the stuff trekkers need. This added distance inaccurately. – Added heat acclimation (for any workouts in temps over 71°F/21.6°C) Corporate ; earnings ; 19 January 2021 . But I also would like to see the output (Cadence/wattage/…) of the trainer off course on Zwift. I selected a Track Run (aka Track Mode), and then I loaded up a workout. In the case of a typical medical-grade pulse oximetry device, that medical certification is done with the person sitting in a chair very still. In any case, looking at the 800’s, these are all spot-on identical between the FR745 and Garmin HRM-DUAL: As if often the case with intervals and optical HR sensors, you see a very tiny bit of lag on recovery (but virtually no lag on the initial interval pick-up). Sounds like if you did not think the 945 was worth an upgrade from a 645 then not sure the 745 would be given it seems to have a bit less. It’s gone off the Garmin site, which is weird considering they STILL sell the 235. So that’s somewhat of a non-ideal way to compare things: Lastly, we’ll finish with the boring – a road bike ride. “And is there a fundamental difference between the world of watches and bike computers?”. I have the 245M. Hello Ray. Ray, any word back from them about this? This is possible on the 945 at least. Note: Not all watches support Running Dynamics/Swimming HR backfill, check your watch first! A few questions: Summary is that I thought it worked great! – Added altitude acclimation (for any time or workouts spent above 850m/2,788ft) I see lots of chatter about the 645. I bilaterally breath, but based more on situation than anything else. Since you are wearing one watch on the left and one on the right wrist: Are you breathing wo one side or alternately? – Changed GNSS to Sony GPS chipset, includes support for GLONASS & Galileo Added support for Improved Recovery Time, which takes users stress, sleep, relaxation and physical activity in consideration. None are tracked with the insane level of detail used by the specialist Forerunner or Fenix devices though, so you'll miss out on stuff like recovery, training load, training status, VO2 Max and the like. Once on the track, start the watch and begin running. You’d almost need a CRM to manage it all. Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. Thanks for your review. On long rides I will probably still take my edge but on local training rides it would be great to only need a watch to record route, he and power. You’ll also see the little mountain and sun icons at the bottom, more on that in a moment. No, I doubt it honestly. I checked release dates of 935 and 945 and I agree with you, that 955 would be released in Q1/Q2 2021. As the owner of an aging 645 I was interested in the 745 as a possible replacement but not at that price. Then Polar in Sept 2018, also not terribly awesome but slowly improving. Any feedback would be welcomed before I pack it back off to the retailer! in my experience it is quite good but has a constraint that it doesn’t work well if you record exercise on another device (eg edge cycling computer) then the body battery device doesn’t correctly recognise the impact of that. (245 up to 24 hours, 745 up to 16). Too bad there isn’t an iPad optimized version. So it gives you both a run and bike workout you can do, but doing one impacts the other (as it should, to some degree anyway). If you’re new around these parts, here’s the long version of my story. While COROS is making a solid option in the Pace 2, the reality is that it’s still hard to find, and from a company that’s not well known. But that doesn’t mean they will keep increasing the price every year. Oh hell no, bring on the fury of the internet! Once you’ve done that track once, it’s locked and remembered forever. Garmin Fenix 7: Features we’d like to see Image source: Garmin. I used it last week in the Alps and just like with cycling, it’s one of my favorite Garmin features. Definitely within the margin of error button press timing and moving starts. If you loaded a course from Garmin Connect (or from Strava or wherever else), you can follow that course. So you define sensors globally, and then all activity profiles/sports can use them. Wonder how many they can sucker into buying the 745 because “it’s better because it’s the new model!”, Talk about overpriced! This is a dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart cycling cadence sensor that you strap to your crank arm, but also does dual Bluetooth Smart, so you can pair it both to Zwift and another Bluetooth Smart app at once if you want. Can we expect that difference between the prices of 945 and 955 will be similar? Do you think the new sleep widget will make it to Vivoactive 4/Venu, or will we have to wait for a new Venu? In any case, let’s get back and start this darn workout. FR945 dosesn’t have on-wrist sleep widget yet. garmin is getting one foot in the door, they had the chance to suffocate the newcomer and they are being arrogant … boh. Going to collect it all together and post something about it. What is the second missing feature? It will track stress, and we love the Body Battery feature that studies your readiness for exercise, and can guide you as to when to have a rest (or go hard on a session). In our forum you can find everything for your iPhone Android Symbian Blackberry.
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