7 best garmin exercise watches

Product description

Swim anywhere, train everywhere with Garmin swim™ 2, The GPS swimming smartwatch. Use it in the pool or in open water to monitor underwater estimated heart rate at the wrist and track distance, pace, stroke count, stroke type and distance per stroke. Garmin swim 2 includes advanced features for timed sets and logging drills, and a new Auto rest feature makes it ideal for all swim levels. This watch’s slim profile won’t slow you down, and you can wear it all day to to estimate step count, monitor sleep and more. Analyze your activity, track your progress, or create custom workouts with the Garmin connect™ online community.

• GPS swimming smartwatch for the pool and open water
• Monitors underwater estimated wrist-based heart rate during swim activities
• Pool swim mode: records distance, pace, stroke count, stroke type and SWOLF (gauges swimming efficiency)
• Open-water swim mode: uses built-in GPS for swims in lakes, oceans or rivers; records distance, pace, stroke count, SWOLF, stroke rate and stroke distance
• Offers advanced features for staying on pace, logging drills and more
• Includes free online analysis, custom workout creation, storage and sharing on Garmin Connect online community
• Connected features (paired with a compatible smartphone) include smart notifications and automatic uploads to our Garmin Connect online community
• Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode, 13 hours in GPS and optical heart rate (ohr) mode and 72 hours in pool and ohr mode

User questions & answers

Question:	Is the Garmin Swim 2 compatible with an iPhone
Answer:	You have to go forward with the time setting, 24 hours for each day. I just reset mine this weekend to the correct date.
Question:	se puede cambiar la caratula
Answer:	I've had this watch for about 9 months. I've worn it during climbs up multiple 14,000+ ft peaks, subfreezing weekend camp outs, a week-long backpacking trek in the Grand Canyon, and several games of kickball. Besides some barely-noticeable scratches, it's held up very well. Would definitely buy again.
Question:	Does device show lap count, avg time per lap, total swim time and downloadable history? Please show pic of outputs. Thanks
Answer:	Hard to say, depends on wrist size. I bought this for my fiance who is 6'2" 200+lbs and it fits his wrist well.
Question:	Has anyone used this watch frequently in salt water open swimming? Thanks
Answer:	Yes. This watch is great but it is very loud. That would be my only "con". I've had it for about two years. I can hear it when I use a public bathroom. Never bothers me in the drawer or in the stand at night, though.

Product features

GPS swimming smartwatch for the pool and open water

· Monitors underwater estimated wrist-based heart rate during swim activities

· Pool swim mode: records distance, pace, stroke count, stroke type and SWOLF (gauges swimming efficiency)

· Open-water swim mode: uses built-in GPS for swims in lakes, oceans or rivers; records distance, pace, stroke count, SWOLF, stroke rate and stroke distance

· Offers advanced features for staying on pace, logging drills and more

· Includes free online analysis, custom workout creation, storage and sharing on Garmin Connect online community

· Connected features (paired with a compatible smartphone) include smart notifications and automatic uploads to our Garmin Connect online community

· Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode, 13 hours in GPS and optical heart rate (OHR) mode and 72 hours in pool and OHR mode

Underwater Wrist-based Heart Rate

Garmin Swim 2 with Elevate heart rate technology estimates heart rate at the wrist 24/7, including during swim activities. Glance at your heart rate in real time as you swim, check out your average and max values during rests, then analyze your heart rate post-swim on Garmin Connect.

Pool and Open Water

Where there’s water, this watch works to track your workout. Using built-in GPS, you can train in lakes, oceans and rivers while recording distance, pace, stroke count, stroke rate, stroke distance and SWOLF score to gauge swimming efficiency. If swimming in the pool is your preference, take advantage of all that and advanced pool features, including a new auto rest feature that tracks your rests and swim intervals automatically — no button presses required.

Advanced Swim Features

Advanced training deserves advanced features, which is why we added even more to the Garmin Swim 2 smartwatch. Critical Swim Speed approximates your anaerobic threshold speed, and you can use it to guide your training and track your progress. Turn-based pacing alerts make it easy to stay on target and meet goals. Drill logging enables you to track time and distance for drills such as kicking, one-arm swimming, or sculling drills. And when you need a break, Garmin Swim 2 lets you track your rests with two types of rest timers.

Designed for Water

Garmin Swim 2 was designed to never slow you down in the water — it’s slim and lightweight. The always-on, full-color Garmin Chroma Display technology that makes it easy to read, even in direct sunlight. With its reliable five-button interface, you can easily start workouts, view different data, log drills or change your settings without worry of water interfering.

Stay Connected

Get your swim in without leaving important smart features behind. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you can stay connected with smart notifications and automatic uploads to the Garmin Connect online community. The app allows you to see detailed metrics and track your progress over time. You can also share your workout data with your coaches, workout buddies or friends and family.

24/7 Wear

Beyond its swimming capabilities, the Garmin Swim 2 smartwatch offers wellness monitoring features and fitness tracking, which make it great for all-day wear. Features such as all-day stress tracking and advanced sleep monitoring help swimmers manage their overall health by providing crucial insights that can be used to maximize their training. Set move goals, track steps, monitor body battery, perform guided breathing, and use it to track workouts — including cycling and running — out of the water.

Product description

Note - To extend the life of the battery: Reduce the backlight timeout, reduce the backlight brightness, turn off Bluetooth wireless technology when you are not using connected features, turn off activity tracking, limit the smartphone notifications the device displays, stop broadcasting heart rate data to paired Garmin devices and turn off wrist-based heart rate monitoring. From playing to paying, vivoactive 3 is the smartwatch for your active life. Make less payments with ease, right from your Watch, and with more than 15 preloaded sports apps -you can choose how you like to get fit. Built-in GPS lets you record the distance, pace, location and more for your outdoor activities.

• Garmin Pay contactless payment solution lets you pay for purchases with your watch (available for supported cards from participating banks)
• Personalize your watch with thousands of free watch faces, apps and widgets from our Connect IQ store
• More than 15 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, including yoga, running, swimming and more
• Monitor your fitness level with VO2 max and fitness made estimates, plus keep an eye on how you handle stress
• Get connected features such as smart notifications, automatic uploads to Garmin Connect, Live Track and more when paired with a compatible smartphone
• Battery life: Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; 13 hours in GPS mode. Display size:1.2 inch diameter

User questions & answers

Question:	How reliable is the Verizon Connected series when you do not have your phone on you? I have not been able to find any reviews on this specific one
Answer:	I don't know about the band size, but the diameter of the cases on most all Expeditions is 40mm....That's too large. It looks like an alarm clock on your arm...I returned the one I bought. Having said that, I would like to have one with a case diameter not exceeding 35mm.
Question:	Will the Verizon connected version still connect to wifi
Answer:	There are eight (8) holes in the strap.
Question:	Does this work with Samsung galaxy
Answer:	I think the band is OK for occasional moisture such as rain, would not wear it the shower or say canoing or kayaking. It has a synthetic suede like backing that absorbs water and takes awhile to dry, especially while worn. I would be OK immersing the watch in water such as swimming ( not diving) but would swap out the exisitng band for a nylon one for those activities. Band looks nice though and is comfortable ( so long as it is not wet)
Question:	Does lte cellular of this watch work outside us
Answer:	In December 2020 this listing included models where the the crown is inset into the bezel for protection (40mm) and models where the crown is unprotected (37mm). In 1944 the standard military field watch was 35mm to 37mm but today 37mm is considered a small watch for women. Some of the most expensive reproductions of WWII watched are also 36mm or 37mm.

Product features

Garmin vívoactive 3 Music – Verizon Connected GPS Smartwatch with Music Storage and Playback

Connected by the Power of Verizon:

With vívoactive 3 Music, leaving your phone at home can be a choice instead of a cause for panic. No matter your primary phone carrier, you can get a low-cost subscription to Verizon’s reliable network that gives you access to phone-free texting, music downloads and safety features.

Your Watch, Your Music:

With storage for up to 500 songs, this watch puts the “beat” in your daily mission to beat yesterday. Use your Verizon connection to download your favorite songs from select music services if you have a premium subscription — phone-free — even when you’re on the go. Just download your favorite music service app from the Connect IQ Store, and sync. Then queue up those songs for easy listening through headphones (sold separately) enabled with BLUETOOTH technology.

No phone? No worries:

Connecting your vívoactive 3 Music smartwatch with Verizon lets you take advantage of phone-free texting, and safety and tracking features. For example, if anything should happen, hold the watch’s button until the watch vibrates three times to activate the assistance feature, which discreetly sends a message with your real-time location to your preloaded emergency contacts. That way, help has an easier time finding you. The watch also has incident detection, which automatically sends a message with your real-time location to your preloaded emergency contacts if an incident is detected during an outdoor walk, run or bike activity. Or let friends and family follow your activities in real time whenever you like by simply initiating the LiveTrack feature from the watch. And that’s not all. You can even initiate, receive and respond to text messages on your watch — with no phone required.

Features:

• GPS smartwatch for the active lifestyle connects with Verizon for phone-free safety features, music downloads and texting (monthly Verizon service plan required)
• Safety and tracking features include incident detection during select activities and assistance, which both send your real-time location to emergency contacts – phone-free
• Easily download up to 500 songs to your watch and connect with headphones (sold separately) enabled with BLUETOOTH technology for phone-free listening
• Verizon connection allows you to send and receive text messages from your wrist
• Features more than 15 preloaded sports apps, Elevate wrist-based heart rate¹ and the Garmin Pay contactless payment solution²
• Battery life: up to 5 days in smartwatch mode or up to 4 hours when connected to Verizon, using GPS and playing music and using the LiveTrack feature over 4G LTE³

GPS Smartwatch with Contactless Payments and Wrist-based Heart Rate

From playing to paying, vívoactive 3 is the smartwatch for your active life. Make contactless payments with ease, right from your watch, and with more than 15 preloaded sports apps — you can choose how you like to get fit. Built-in GPS lets you record the distance, pace, location and more for your outdoor activities.

Fits You and All You Do

Feel free to take this watch outside in all kinds of weather. Not only is it safe for swimming and showering, its Garmin Chroma Display is easy to read — even in direct sunlight — and housed under extra-durable Corning Gorilla Glass. It also features the Side Swipe interface, which makes for quick scrolling and swift navigation of menus and widgets. Whether you scroll with your thumb or index finger, you can choose how to wear it. Comfortable, convenient and easy to see — vívoactive 3 just fits.

Download and Create Workouts

Keep your workout schedule fresh and invigorating. Create your own custom running, cycling, cardio or strength workouts, and download them to your watch. Then, your vívoactive smartwatch will keep track of the exercises, reps, sets and rest time for you.

Pay Your Way

vívoactive 3 is our first wearable to feature Garmin Pay, which lets you pay for purchases with your watch. Use it just about anywhere you can tap your card to pay. So, if you left your wallet in your locker or just forgot it, that post-run morning caffè latte can still be yours. Just tap and go.

Make It Yours

vívoactive 3 is compatible with our Connect IQ store, where you can download watch faces, widgets and apps that make it go from smartwatch to your watch. Keep tabs on when your Uber is arriving, turn on your lights at home with the SmartThings app, and even use the AccuWeather MinuteCast app to find out when the rain will start.

Play More Sports

With more than 15 preloaded sports apps, finding a fun way to stay active is easy. Hit the golf course, go for a bike ride, take a yoga class, or even try your hand at stand-up paddle boarding. When you head outside, built-in GPS lets vívoactive 3 track the details of your chosen activity — with no phone connection required. From snowboarding to swimming and at least a dozen other options in between, this watch is the perfect playmate.

Daily Fitness and Stress Tracking

With help from Elevate wrist-based heart rate technology, vívoactive 3 lets you monitor key aspects of your fitness and stress to show how your body responds under various circumstances. For example, it’s able to estimate your VO2 max and fitness age — 2 indicators of physical fitness that can often improve over time with regular exercise. It also tracks your heart rate variability (HRV), which is used to calculate and track your stress level. vívoactive 3 can make you aware when physical or emotional sources cause your stress level to rise so you can find a way to relieve the pressure.

Always Connected

Life doesn’t have a pause button, so stay connected with your vívoactive 3 smartwatch while you’re playing hard or working out. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you’ll be able to receive and even respond5 to text messages and see social media updates, emails and more right on your wrist. Find your phone, access music controls and let friends LiveTrack your sports. Your finished activities will even automatically upload to our Garmin Connect online fitness community.

Share and Compete

Syncing your activities to Garmin Connect is for more than just storing your data. Garmin Connect is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete by joining challenges, encourage each other’s successes and even share their triumphs via social media. Garmin Connect is free and available on the web or on your smartphone with the Garmin Connect Mobile app.

Product description

Chase down new PRs with Forerunner 745. This GPS running watch is made for runners and triathletes like you who need detailed training stats and on-device workouts plus smartwatch functions like music, contactless payments and more. Preloaded activity profiles for cycling and pool swimming let you round out your training routine, and the multisport profile consolidates data for your brick workouts. Tap into advanced physio features like heat and altitude acclimation, training load focus and race predictor to meet your goals. Sync music from select streaming services (premium subscription required) to store on your watch for phone-free listening while you run.

• Swim, bike, run — do it all with a smartwatch that uses multiple satellite systems to accurately track your workouts
• Switch up your workout routine whenever you like with preloaded activity profiles for running, triathlon, multisport, cycling, pool swimming, track running and more
• Receive on-device run and cycling daily workout suggestions based on your current training load and VO2 max
• Get training guidance by syncing structured indoor or outdoor workouts to your device from Garmin Connect or other apps (when paired with a compatible smartphone), including TrainingPeaks and TrainerRoad
• Analyze more data to help you reach your race potential, including advanced running, cycling and swimming dynamics
• Bring music for every mile by syncing with music streaming services (premium subscription required) such as Amazon Music, Deezer, Spotify and more to easily store and play up to 500 songs from your wrist
• Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported payment network) let you pay for purchases on the go
• Make it through your longest races with up to 1 week of battery life in smartwatch mode, 6 hours in GPS mode with music and up to 30 hours in UltraTrac mode

Product features

DAILY WORKOUT SUGGESTIONS

For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily run and ride recommendations based on your current training load and training status.

VO2 MAX

Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.

RECOVERY TIME

After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as estimated stress, daily activity and sleep.

TRAINING STATUS

This metric evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching.

TRAINING EFFECT

See how your workouts influence the development of endurance, speed and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback.

RACE PREDICTOR

This specialized tool takes into account your fitness level and training history to help you work toward your race goal and see the impact of training on your predicted finish time.

PERFORMANCE CONDITION

While you run, Forerunner 745 analyzes pace and estimates heart rate and heart rate variability for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.

TRAINING LOAD

This stat measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Get built-in activity profiles for running, cycling, triathlon, pool and open water swimming, track running and more. For races and brick workouts, switch sports with just one button press.

CYCLING POWER

Connect to a compatible Garmin power meter (sold separately) to work toward a more efficient ride with help from cycling dynamics, FTP and advanced training methods.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Get hassle-free estimated heart rate data, including advanced heart rate alerts and other features, to help you get the most out of your workouts.

RUNNING DYNAMICS

When used with Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Run or HRM-Tri monitors (each sold separately), Forerunner 745 measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance and more.

Product description

Beautiful. Detailed. Alive. The venu™ GPS smartwatch features a bright, beautiful display and a battery life of up to five days, so you can spend more time doing the activities you love. Get on-screen, Animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts right on your wrist. With the broadest available range of all-day health monitoring features — including respiration tracking, body battery™ energy monitor, stress and more — venu can show you the full picture of your health in vivid detail. Keep your phone and wallet at home, because this Watch lets you download music for phone-free listening and pay from the wrist Using Garmin Pay™ contactless payment solution (available for supported cards from participating banks). Battery life: Smartwatch mode: Up to 5 days,GPS mode with music: Up to 6 hours,GPS mode without music: Up to 20 hours

• Watch case size 43mm; Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm
• Beautiful, bright AMOLED display and up to five-day battery life in smartwatch mode; up to six hours in GPS and music mode
• The broadest range of all-day health monitoring features keeps track of your energy levels, respiration, menstrual cycle, stress, sleep, estimated heart rate and more
• Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon music or Deezer (may require a premium subscription With a third-party music provider), and connect with headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening
• Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, including yoga, running, pool swimming and more
• Get easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts right on your watch screen

User questions & answers

Question:	Does the Garmin Venu´s display stay permanently on
Answer:	Certain watch faces seem to have more trouble staying on than others. Also, the image does not stay permanently on, just the time.
Question:	Is the display always on like on the other Garmin watches
Answer:	Yes you can turn on always on display.
Question:	How does the always on mode affect the battery life? Can you still get to ~5 days on a charge
Answer:	No, I don’t think so, probably more like 3.
Question:	How is this watch different from Vivoactive 4 besides the display
Answer:	I got the Venu over the Vivoactive 4 simply because of the display. I personally didnt see any notable differences between the two models. if you are looking for detailed differences you should compare the specs between the two. The only thing i can see a difference in is the battery life/display. Based on over a month of usage, on average i get a solid 6-7 days of regular usage.

Product features

GPS Smartwatch with a Bright, Beautiful Display Built for the Active Lifestyle

• Watch case size 43mm; Fits wrists with a circumference of 125-190 mm
• AMOLED display and up to 5-day battery life in smartwatch mode; up to 6 hours in GPS mode with music
• Keep an eye on your health 24/7 with the broadest available range of all-day health monitoring features
• Easily download music to your watch for phone-free listening
• Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps
• Get easy-to-follow, animated workouts right on your watch screen

Body Battery Energy Monitoring

See your body’s energy levels throughout the day, so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

Smart Notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone. You can even respond to texts if you have an Android phone.

Music

Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music accounts (subscription may be required). Connect with wireless headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening.

Safety and Tracking Features

While your watch and phone are paired, your location can be sent to your contacts either manually or — during outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection (when paired to a compatible smartphone), if needed.

Garmin Pay

Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payment solution through participating providers (not all countries and payment networks are eligible).

Connect IQ Store

Add personality to your watch by downloading apps, widgets, watch faces and more. It’s easy and — even better — it’s free.

Animated Workouts and Garmin Coach

Get a personal running coach on your wrist, for free, to help you train for your next 5K, 10K or half-marathon.

Easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts come preloaded on the watch, and you can download more from the Garmin Connect app.

Product description

Tune in to your body, and tone up with the 40 mm Vivoactive 4S GPS smartwatch. It has the broadest available range of all-day health monitoring features, music storage and on-screen, Animated workouts To help you reach your goals. Boost every activity by downloading your favorite Spotify or Deezer (may require a premium subscription With a third-party music provider) playlists straight to your watch.

• Keeps track of your energy levels, Pulse Ox (this is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition), respiration, menstrual cycle, stress, sleep, estimated heart, hydration and more
• Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon music or Deezer (may require a premium subscription with a third-party music provider), and connect with headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening
• Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, including yoga, running, swimming and more. Get easy-to-follow, animated workouts right on your watch screen, including strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates
• Fits wrists with a circumference of 110-175 millimeter
• Battery life: Up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; Up to 5 hours in GPS and music mode
• Personalize your watch with thousands of free watch faces, apps and widgets from our Connect IQ store
• Garmin Pay contactless payment solution (not all countries and payment Networks are eligible) lets you pay for purchases with your watch

User questions & answers

Question:	Does this have voice prompts? Specifically want to use it for Tabata training. i.e. with app that counts down work/rest intervals
Answer:	It does not have speaker, so unfortunately no.
Question:	Does this watch automatically track exercise activity like Fitbit, or do you have to manually start an activity (e.g. a run) from the watch
Answer:	The Garmin keeps track of everything a Fitbit does, steps ,heart rate, calories, etc. That said, if youre doing something "special", like a long run, by pushing 1 button (top rt.) and touching the watch screen once, it will connect with gps and after you're run, will show you a map of youre route with that run's stats. You can do this for all types of activities, not just running or walking. It even has a treadmill, or cycling setting. I love this watch, i think you will too. Its VERY easy to learn, most activities are done with 1 or 2 touches!
Question:	Do I need to have a cell phone provider connect service to the watch
Answer:	No you don’t
Question:	Does this watch pair with iphone and android phones
Answer:	Yes, as long as the phone meets our 'Bluetooth' requirements. Please go to support.garmin.com where you'll find FAQ's on the 'Bluetooth' requirements. Debbie with Garmin

Product features

Smaller-sized GPS Smartwatch Built for the Active Lifestyle

• Keep an eye on your health 24/7 with the broadest available range of all-day health monitoring features
• Easily download music to your watch for phone-free listening
• Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps
• Get easy-to-follow, animated workouts rights on your watch screen
• Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; up to 5 hours in GPS and music mode

Body Battery Energy Monitoring

See your body’s energy levels throughout the day, so you can find the best times for activity and rest.

Animated Workouts at Your Wrist

No more hunting down videos or trainers for workout demonstrations. This watch features easy-to-follow, animated cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates workouts you can view on the watch screen. Choose from preloaded animated workouts, or download more from Garmin Connect online community.

Smart Notifications

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with a compatible smartphone. You can even respond to texts if you have an Android phone.

Music

Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from your Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music account (subscription may be required). Connect with wireless headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening.

Safety and Tracking Features

While your watch and phone are paired, your location can be sent to your contacts either manually or — during outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection (when paired with a compatible smartphone), if needed.

Garmin Pay

Breeze through checkout lines with Garmin Pay contactless payment solution through participating providers (not all countries and payment networks are eligible).

Connect IQ Store

Add personality to your watch by downloading apps, widgets, watch faces and more. It’s easy and — even better — it’s free.

Garmin Coach

Get a personal running coach on your wrist, for free, to help you train for your next 5K, 10K or half-marathon.

Product description

Running is more than just exercise - it’s a performance. Forerunner 645 Music has the tools to help you put on an outstanding show every time you lace up your shoes. It features on-device music storage so you can run with your favorite tunes, and contactless payments that let you buy what you need without missing a beat. With all those features, plus advanced running dynamics and performance monitoring tools, this GPS running watch is the instrument you need to refine the performance.

• Easily download up to 500 songs to your watch, and connect with Bluetooth headphones (sold separately) for phone free listening
• Syncs music from select streaming services for offline listening
• Garmin Pay contactless payment solution lets you make convenient payments with your watch, so you can leave your cash and cards at home
• Provides advanced running dynamics, including ground contact time balance, stride length, vertical ratio and more
• Uses wrist based heart rate to offer performance monitoring features, including evaluating your current training status. Battery life: up to 7 days in smartwatch mode; 5 hours in GPS mode with music

User questions & answers

Question:	Why is this so much cheaper on amazon compared to everywhere else
Answer:	I think they are coming out with a new model or phasing it out because theres 3 variants of the forerunner and they basically all do the same, same size. 1 just has more than the other.
Question:	Have any IP 6x certification
Answer:	The Forerunner 645/645M has a water rating of 5ATM. For more information about the water rating visit www.garmin.com/waterrating.
Question:	What are the pre-loaded activities
Answer:	The Forerunner 645/645M comes with the following pre-loaded activity profiles: Run, Treadmill Run, Indoor Track, Bike, HRV Stress, Pool Swim, Bike Indoor, Ski, Snowboard, XC Ski, SUP, Row, Row, Indoor, Walk, Strength, Cardio, Yoga, Floor Climb, Elliptical, Stair Stepper, and Other.
Question:	Can you connect Spotify to this watch
Answer:	If connected to your smartphone, the Forerunner 645/645M could control the Spotify app, but the Forerunner 645M is unable to download playlists from the Spotify app.

Product features

GPS Running Watch with Music and Contactless Payments

Music

With up to 500 songs worth of music storage built right into your watch, we’re putting the 'beat' in your daily mission to beat yesterday. It’s easy to transfer music from your computer and then queue up your favorite playlist for easy listening through Bluetooth headphones. You can even sync your carefully crafted playlists from select music streaming services to your watch for more ad-free listening. Now you really can leave your phone behind when you head out for a run, because the music that helps keep you moving is right there on your wrist.

Paying Made Easy

Always on the run? Feel free to leave your phone and wallet behind. Forerunner 645 Music features Garmin Pay contactless payment solution, which lets you pay for purchases with your watch. Use it just about anywhere you can tap your card to pay. A bottle of water here, a bite to eat there — just pay, and keep on moving.

Tune up Your Training

We’re making it easier to get the data you need to improve your form. Let Forerunner 645 Music measure crucial running metrics that you can use to analyze your performance. Biomechanical measurements, such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, vertical oscillation and vertical ratio, are the key to understanding your form so you can bring your best on race day. These metrics are available with the addition of a compatible heart rate strap or the compact Running Dynamics Pod, which clips right onto your waistband. Also, take advantage of feature sets to help with cycling and even swim training. In the pool, Forerunner 645 will track your distance, pace, stroke count and more.

Monitor Your Performance

Just how effective is your current training plan? Forerunner 645 Music will help you monitor your training and recovery so you can better prepare for a race or training cycle. Training status is a performance monitoring tool that automatically evaluates your recent exercise history and performance indicators to let you know if you’re training productively, peaking or overreaching. The anaerobic training effect metric opens a window of insight to a critical dimension of training, telling you how your training is improving your ability to push the limits. You can even view your overall training load, which measures your exercise volume from the last 7 days and compares it to the optimal range for your fitness and recent training history.

More Ways to Customize

Check out the Connect IQ store, where you can add personality to Forerunner 645 Music by downloading apps, widgets, watch faces and more. It’s easy and — even better — it’s free. New apps are added every day, so you can keep tabs on when your Uber is arriving, turn on your lights at home with the SmartThings app, and even use the AccuWeather MinuteCast app to find out when the rain will start. With the Face It watch face app, choose any image from your photo library, make some tweaks, and set it as your watch’s face.

Stay Connected on the Run

Forerunner 645 Music makes it easy to run without leaving important smart features behind. Once paired with your compatible smartphone, you’ll be able to receive and even respond to text messages and see social media updates, emails and more right on your wrist. Find your phone, access music controls, and let friends LiveTrack your runs. Syncing your activities to Garmin Connect is for more than just storing your data. Garmin Connect is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete by joining challenges, encourage each other’s successes and even share their triumphs via social media. Garmin Connect is free and available on the web or on your smartphone with the Garmin Connect Mobile app.

Train Your Way

Your routine is anything but routine. Forerunner 645 Music lets you change things up with ease, thanks to built-in activity profiles for running (indoor/outdoor), cycling (indoor/outdoor), swimming (pool), elliptical, paddle sports, strength training and many more. Create your own custom workouts, and download for free from our Garmin Connect online fitness community. Then review your past efforts on the app, or share them with family and friends for added motivation.

Love the Look

Designed for runners, Forerunner 645 Music features a reliable five-button interface that lets you mark laps with a quick press. Feel free to take this watch outside in all kinds of weather. Not only is it safe for swimming and showering, its Garmin Chroma Display is easy to read — even in direct sunlight — and housed under chemically strengthened glass. When you want to change it up, swapping bands is fast and doesn’t require tools. And with up to 7 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and 5 hours in GPS mode with music playback, Forerunner 645 Music is the running partner that can keep up with you.

Product description

Battery life, up to 8 days in smartwatch mode, up to 6 hours in GPS and music mode

• Keeps track of your energy levels, Pulse Ox (this is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition), respiration, menstrual cycle, stress, sleep, estimated heart, hydration and more
• Easily download songs to your watch, including playlists from Spotify, Amazon music or Deezer (may require a premium subscription With a third-party music provider), and connect with headphones (sold separately) for phone-free listening
• Record all the ways to move with more than 20 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps, including yoga, running, swimming and more
• Get easy-to-follow, animated workouts right on your watch screen, including cardio, strength, yoga and Pilates
• Battery life: up to 8 days in smartwatch mode; up to 6 hours in GPS and music mode
• Personalize your watch with thousands of free watch faces, apps and widgets from our Connect IQ store
• Safety and tracking Features include incident detection (during select activities) and assistance (when paired with a compatible device), which both send your real-time location to emergency contacts

User questions & answers

Question:	Will this track open water swimming
Answer:	Yes. Two baskets, two fabric covers
Question:	Can elevation data be downloaded to Garmin Connect to show the elevation trend during a hike
Answer:	no idea. check the description. it’s probably noted there. but it doesn't matter to me. it’s made well.
Question:	What are the straps made of
Answer:	You can use the banneton with or without the liner. It's easier to dust the liner than the banneton but you won't get the beautiful pattern on your bread.
Question:	This says it does not come with sim card. is a sim card required to use it
Answer:	I think this is not a liner - it is a soft reusable lid that you can moisten before using I do wash/rinse the rattan bread basket after each use because there is often *some* dough on it (not a lot, and it depends on the recipe) I do recommend that you wash the lids after every use. I noticed a couple black spots on mine and threw it out immediately as mold is not something I want in my sourdough...