This is by far the best Garmin Forerunner I've owned (and I have had three previous models).
Let me preface this review by stating that I am a runner. I don't use this watch for cycling or anything but running. Also, I am not a professional runner, so much of the advanced features and metrics, I don't use nor find very important for my purposes. You can find a lot of other reviewers who will provide in-depth accounting of all the features this watch offers. I'm only giving a bare-bones review of the features/parts of the watch I like and use.
Style: Let's be real for a moment. Coming from the Garmin Forerunner 201, 310, and 305, this watch is a thing of beauty. Anything beats carrying those bricks on your wrist during runs. It's small, lightweight (almost too much so because it feels overly plasticy, and fragile), looks like a traditional wrist watch. What more can you ask for?
Some people have commented that the face itself isn't too bright. I would say that, yes, that is true. It's not as bright as an iphone/apple watch. It's noticeably dimmer. But this watch is designed for active use first and aesthetics second. If I would have to guess, I'd say that has more to do with how it was constructed and perhaps even to preserve battery life or something. This "flaw" doesn't diminish it's use in day or night time environments.
Functionality: The GPS/Glonass locks on in seconds. I never have to wait at the beginning of my run waiting to acquire satellites like I did with previous watches. Just set it to run and you're good to go.
Initially, I bought the 230 thinking I wouldn't need the heart rate functionality since I had an ANT strap from a previous watch. While that worked just fine, I always had the problem of misplacing the strap, forgetting it, and etc. So I returned the 230 and shelled out the difference (~$80 or so) for the optical heartrate monitor on the 235. For me, it was $80 well spent. I mean who likes carrying around all that extra stuff. It seems to work well. I only use it for a rough approximation of where my heart rate is at, what the average is for a run, and the like. I know some reviewers have commented on the spikey-ness of the heart rate monitor--this is something that I haven't noticed in my runs, but again, I'm using it more as a gauge to track my performance rather than using the data as a means to preform better if that makes any sense.
Bonus points: the activity tracker/monitor thingie. The one that counts your steps and tells you to move. To be honest, I think this a gimmicky software thing, and would never spend money on a stand alone item with that feature, but since it's included it's kind of cool to see how many steps you've walked in a day. I usually don't wear the watch outside of runs, but it's sort of cool information to have.
Data Collection/Metrics/Etc: This thing records everything one might need for a run--from the weekend warrior, a more seasoned runner like myself who does 2-3 major races (i.e. non-competitive marathons), to professional athletes. I use cadence, heart rate, distance, and pace mostly. I love the cadence feature as I've been trying to up my cadence. You have almost full control over the watch face that you see while running so you can set it to whatever data field you want to see during your run (however you're limited to 4 fields per face). I usually just have the standard stuff plus cadence. It works for me and helps me stay on track. So, yeah, it does all that really well as it's a Garmin. They've been doing this sort of thing for years and this watch is no exception.
Easy of Use: It's really easy to just set to run and go. You have to play around with it to set it to how you like it but that process is fairly painless. If you can work a smartphone, you can figure out this watch.
Software: Boy has garmin come along way since the old days. Garmin connect is a slick interface that transfers and collects all your running data. You can look at just about everything on your run, break it down into segments, and share with all your friends that you just ran 10 miles in 10 min or whatever you want to do. For me, it's most useful features are it's collection of my run history and it tells me how many miles I've logged on my current shoes! That alone is priceless! But it's all seamless. You can upload this wirelessly to your phone via bluetooth or when you connect the watch to your computer, your new runs gets synced into garmin connect. I will say that syncing with my iphone 6 is sometimes hit or miss. Like it doesn't sync automatically all the time. Sometimes I have to manually hit the sync option on the phone to have the two sync. I've found it's far easier just to sync on my computer as it's more reliable and I'm not there scrolling down waiting for things to sync up. So, yeah, there are some quirks. Again. I think Garmin is in the business of creating reliable GPS first and software/aesthetics second, though they seem to be transitioning into providing state of the art software to match their watch functionality. I can only assume this will get better with time considering the crap that we had to deal with prior to garmin connect.
Bonus: you can connect to something garmin calls connect iq for various watch faces and different apps. Be forwarned, this is not the itunes store and the apps you can put onto your watch are limited in use and fairly buggy. I have this one face that no matter how long I charge the watch, it will never tell me 100% charged, only like 97%. But when you remove the app, back to 100%. Odd. Also, I find this aspect of the watch the most confusing. Garmin hasn't made made the app to phone process very intuitive. You have to scroll through some fields and for the longest time I just gave up and one day, I don't even know what I did, I had the watch face that I downloaded a few weeks back as my go to watch face. Granted, I could have read the user manual but, come on, really? :)
This brings me to my concluding thoughts. This GPS watch is great. Like most previous garmin forerunners, it's a great runners watch. If you buy this thinking you are going to get apple watch functionality mixed with garmin gps connectivity for your runs, you're going to be disappointed. The smart watch features added onto this watch (i.e. getting text/email notifications) are really secondary. I am sure if you wear the watch all day, it might be useful to have (if you're tethered to your phone), but it feels gimmicky at this stage. Like great: I got a buzz from my phone and my watch that I have some crap due in the morning. This aspect of the watch feels redundant. And the software lags behind the more well-established players in this niche market. In other words, it's not a smart watch but a GPS running watch with smart watch capabilities. I also don't like the band. It's made of this rubbery material that feels very flimsy and clings to my skin. Just texturally, I don't like it. I also dislike the proprietary connection. That four pronged clip thingie is just useless. Plus, since it's like a clamp, it might scratch the watch face in the future. But in general, I have always hated Garmin's proprietary connection thingies. Like there has to be a better way---maybe wirelessly---to charge and connect your watch to the computer without having to lug around another cord. Good luck if you lose it!
One of the important positives I should mention is battery life. I am not an ultrarunner so I can't speak to having the watch on GPS mode for like 6 hours straight or whatever, but in the relatively short bursts I use it, I have never had a battery issue. Also, I charge it every night so there's that. Too often have I been ready for a run only to have forgotten to charge previous models. For the first few weeks, I wore it as a regular watch and the battery life seemed fine. I just didn't like the clingy watch band material, so I had to stop wearing it. That, and I really dislike wearing watches these days.
Anyway, if you've made it this far, thanks for reading that rambling mess. If you are uncertain if you want to spend $300 for a watch that, to be honest, you'll probably only use for active sessions, I can tell you that I do not regret this purchase, at all. Like I said previously, I think the integrated heart-rate monitor is well-worth $80, but if you want to save yourself some money, but the 230 as it's the exact same watch sans the heart rate. ALSO, I liked the watch band on the 230 much better than the 235.
If you're someone that is more of a recreational runner that uses a smartphone to track your speed, pace, distance, and etc. and are unsure whether or not to spend your hard-earned money on a niche watch like this, I'd say give it a try. Once you go for a garmin forerunner, you'll never go back to lugging your galaxy note 6 around on your runs anymore.
P.S. If this watch had the capacity to play my music too, I would be in runner's heaven. I don't need much functionality in this department Garmin. Just a few gigs of ram and the ability to listening via bluetooth. That way I can ditch my aging ipod nano for good. Thanks.
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Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Technology
Forerunner 235 with Elevate heart rate technology measures heart rate at the wrist 24/7, giving you the option to run without a strap. Its colorful gauge identifies your heart rate zone and beats per minute in real time. Stay in the zone and race to your personal best with Elevate wrist heart rate technology.
GPS Running Watch with Wrist-based Heart Rate
Forerunner 235
Stay on pace for your next personal record with Forerunner 235, the GPS running watch with Elevate wrist heart rate technology and smart features. Includes activity tracking and connected features like automatic uploads to Garmin Connect, smart notifications and audio prompts, as well as customizable widgets, applications and watch faces from the Connect IQ store.
- Tracks distance, pace, time, heart rate and more
- Connected features: automatic uploads to Garmin Connect, live tracking, audio prompts, smart notifications and social media sharing
- Activity tracking counts daily steps, distance, calories and sleep
- Download data fields, watch faces, widgets and applications from Connect IQ
Connect IQ
Connect IQ is also home to custom watch faces, widgets, apps and data fields you can download for free.
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VO2 Max EstimateEstimates the maximum volume of oxygen you can use during activity. |
Weather WidgetYou can also use the app’s wireless connectivity links to receive current weather conditions and forecasts. |
Activity TrackingCounts steps, calories and distance throughout the day, and the move bar with vibration alert motivates you to move when you’ve been sitting too long. |
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Good as a GPS running watch with some activity tracking.
As someone else mentioned, make sure you are buying this watch for the right reasons! I have been a dedicated Fitbit user for the past 3 years. I have had the Charge HR, the Surge and the Blaze. I was a runner through the Charge and Surge (GPS) but then had a knee injury and became a gym rat through the Blaze time period. My knee has been doing better and so I am pleased to say that I am back to running! I used the Garmin and Fitbit Blaze together through various days and workouts to compare them. I hope this review helps someone switching from a Blaze/Surge to a Garmin 235.I love having an activity tracker but I also love having a GPS running watch. I had the Surge but it was SO ugly, I got rid of it. So why did I need to move on from the Blaze? It is advertised as being able to connect to your phone for GPS. This was an epic fail for me and although Fitbit customer service was awesome and replaced it under warranty, the new unit still did not work on GPS. It had a lot of bluetooth problems including not connecting often so that I could access music controls. It also was not catching my heart rate correctly during high cardio and peak heart rate.Here are my thoughts on the Garmin:-The GPS is awesome! Not once have I had a single issue with the GPS. I ran with the Blaze and Garmin yesterday. The blaze (connected to GPS for a brief moment before it lost connection) gave me 2.35 miles while the Garmin gave me 2.2. I do like that the Blaze tells you how many steps you take on your run while the Garmin does not.-The music controls work well and always connect. This was VERY important to me and if the Garmin did not have this option, I would not have bought it. I do wish it showed the track name like the Blaze did though.-I like that you can customize your Garmin, but it can take some practice before you can figure out how to do that. It's also MUCH easier to download apps, widgets and watch faces connected to your computer than to your smart phone. I got TONS of error messages when trying to do it on my phone. Also like the Fitness Pal connection.-Heart rate seems pretty spot on. I have read lots of reviews here that say this product has a bad hrm, but I have found that to be untrue. Since I have had many fitbits with this feature and experience with Polar heart rate straps (they cut my skin so I had to stop using them), I believe that the heart rate monitor is pretty reliable. It does not show the heart beat moving like the Blaze does, but that's minor and it does take a minute to update. It did catch my peak heart rate where the Blaze had trouble. It showed my peak at 175 which is maybe 3-4 beats too high but much closer than my Blaze which said 164.-As for steps... this is where I am not sure of the reliability. I wore it with the Blaze yesterday and the Blaze gave me 12,499 while the Garmin gave me 10,823. On Friday, my work schedule is such that I don't usually get very many steps and the Garmin gave me 10,948 steps, so I became suspicious leading to me wearing both monitors together on Saturday. I am going to guess that the correct number is somewhere in between the two watches. Also, the Garmin does not let you know when you have reached your goal and that feature on the blaze was kind of cute. VO2 Max is cool but probably not very accurate. So is the recovery hours suggestion.-Love the weather and sunrise/sunset view. This helps me not need to look the info up on my phone.-This is a very attractive looking watch. I hate that Fitbit is stuck on the square watch face look and I will not go back to Fitbit until they try a round watch face that can pass for a regular watch like this one can! I have a very small wrist (around 5.5") and this strap is comically long on me. I wish they made small watch band sizes for women like me. But nothing is as comical looking as the hideous Surge was!Here is where I agree with the reviewer about making sure that you are buying this watch for the right reasons! The bad parts. I am a gear head and very good with gadgets. So I can only imagine being someone who is not.-On the first night I had my Garmin, I was 100% sure I was going to return it because the set up process was such a pain in the butt. The app absolutely sucks. If Garmin could hire a Fitbit software engineer to sort out their IOS app, I would be a happy camper. I got so many error messages and I still cannot figure out how to use the app very easily. That's where Fitbit has one up on Garmin. Information you want at your fingertips are easy to find, but on the Garmin, it often takes me a few minutes to find the info I want. I wish I could have all the data from the Garmin with the Fitbit app.-The menus on the watch are very difficult to figure out. If you asked me right now how to get to my stopwatch feature, I could not tell you how and I would have to google it. I also had to google various other steps to access other things on the watch.-I cannot tell when my Garmin is actually charging. I don't see any icon or any indicator that it is charging and I have to just come back in a few minutes to see if the percentage has changed.-Battery life. Well, needless to say it doesn't last very long. I charged it fully on Wednesday and then used it only during the day (turning it off at night) and it is Sunday now. It has 31% battery left. So that's around 48 hours so far with probably another 8 before I need to charge it again. I read some users saying that the battery life gets better as time goes on so we will see.-Sometimes I wonder if the HRM is working at all. My blaze was running/flashing at all times. Just now, I took my garmin off and it is not flashing at all. It takes about a minute or so before it turns back on. But when it is working, it's reliable.So all in all, be sure you are buying this for the right reasons. Don't expect it to be a gimmicky/cute activity tracker like a Fitbit. If you are looking for a good GPS running watch with some maybe reliable activity tracking, this is the watch for you. I was very sad to leave Fitbit and I will probably go back if they ever come out with a Surge 2 that is not square (hate that look) so I can use their awesome app and do challenges with my friends and coworkers.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016
I love having an activity tracker but I also love having a GPS running watch. I had the Surge but it was SO ugly, I got rid of it. So why did I need to move on from the Blaze? It is advertised as being able to connect to your phone for GPS. This was an epic fail for me and although Fitbit customer service was awesome and replaced it under warranty, the new unit still did not work on GPS. It had a lot of bluetooth problems including not connecting often so that I could access music controls. It also was not catching my heart rate correctly during high cardio and peak heart rate.
Here are my thoughts on the Garmin:
-The GPS is awesome! Not once have I had a single issue with the GPS. I ran with the Blaze and Garmin yesterday. The blaze (connected to GPS for a brief moment before it lost connection) gave me 2.35 miles while the Garmin gave me 2.2. I do like that the Blaze tells you how many steps you take on your run while the Garmin does not.
-The music controls work well and always connect. This was VERY important to me and if the Garmin did not have this option, I would not have bought it. I do wish it showed the track name like the Blaze did though.
-I like that you can customize your Garmin, but it can take some practice before you can figure out how to do that. It's also MUCH easier to download apps, widgets and watch faces connected to your computer than to your smart phone. I got TONS of error messages when trying to do it on my phone. Also like the Fitness Pal connection.
-Heart rate seems pretty spot on. I have read lots of reviews here that say this product has a bad hrm, but I have found that to be untrue. Since I have had many fitbits with this feature and experience with Polar heart rate straps (they cut my skin so I had to stop using them), I believe that the heart rate monitor is pretty reliable. It does not show the heart beat moving like the Blaze does, but that's minor and it does take a minute to update. It did catch my peak heart rate where the Blaze had trouble. It showed my peak at 175 which is maybe 3-4 beats too high but much closer than my Blaze which said 164.
-As for steps... this is where I am not sure of the reliability. I wore it with the Blaze yesterday and the Blaze gave me 12,499 while the Garmin gave me 10,823. On Friday, my work schedule is such that I don't usually get very many steps and the Garmin gave me 10,948 steps, so I became suspicious leading to me wearing both monitors together on Saturday. I am going to guess that the correct number is somewhere in between the two watches. Also, the Garmin does not let you know when you have reached your goal and that feature on the blaze was kind of cute. VO2 Max is cool but probably not very accurate. So is the recovery hours suggestion.
-Love the weather and sunrise/sunset view. This helps me not need to look the info up on my phone.
-This is a very attractive looking watch. I hate that Fitbit is stuck on the square watch face look and I will not go back to Fitbit until they try a round watch face that can pass for a regular watch like this one can! I have a very small wrist (around 5.5") and this strap is comically long on me. I wish they made small watch band sizes for women like me. But nothing is as comical looking as the hideous Surge was!
Here is where I agree with the reviewer about making sure that you are buying this watch for the right reasons! The bad parts. I am a gear head and very good with gadgets. So I can only imagine being someone who is not.
-On the first night I had my Garmin, I was 100% sure I was going to return it because the set up process was such a pain in the butt. The app absolutely sucks. If Garmin could hire a Fitbit software engineer to sort out their IOS app, I would be a happy camper. I got so many error messages and I still cannot figure out how to use the app very easily. That's where Fitbit has one up on Garmin. Information you want at your fingertips are easy to find, but on the Garmin, it often takes me a few minutes to find the info I want. I wish I could have all the data from the Garmin with the Fitbit app.
-The menus on the watch are very difficult to figure out. If you asked me right now how to get to my stopwatch feature, I could not tell you how and I would have to google it. I also had to google various other steps to access other things on the watch.
-I cannot tell when my Garmin is actually charging. I don't see any icon or any indicator that it is charging and I have to just come back in a few minutes to see if the percentage has changed.
-Battery life. Well, needless to say it doesn't last very long. I charged it fully on Wednesday and then used it only during the day (turning it off at night) and it is Sunday now. It has 31% battery left. So that's around 48 hours so far with probably another 8 before I need to charge it again. I read some users saying that the battery life gets better as time goes on so we will see.
-Sometimes I wonder if the HRM is working at all. My blaze was running/flashing at all times. Just now, I took my garmin off and it is not flashing at all. It takes about a minute or so before it turns back on. But when it is working, it's reliable.
So all in all, be sure you are buying this for the right reasons. Don't expect it to be a gimmicky/cute activity tracker like a Fitbit. If you are looking for a good GPS running watch with some maybe reliable activity tracking, this is the watch for you. I was very sad to leave Fitbit and I will probably go back if they ever come out with a Surge 2 that is not square (hate that look) so I can use their awesome app and do challenges with my friends and coworkers.
Good as a GPS running watch with some activity tracking.
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016
As someone else mentioned, make sure you are buying this watch for the right reasons! I have been a dedicated Fitbit user for the past 3 years. I have had the Charge HR, the Surge and the Blaze. I was a runner through the Charge and Surge (GPS) but then had a knee injury and became a gym rat through the Blaze time period. My knee has been doing better and so I am pleased to say that I am back to running! I used the Garmin and Fitbit Blaze together through various days and workouts to compare them. I hope this review helps someone switching from a Blaze/Surge to a Garmin 235.Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2016
I love having an activity tracker but I also love having a GPS running watch. I had the Surge but it was SO ugly, I got rid of it. So why did I need to move on from the Blaze? It is advertised as being able to connect to your phone for GPS. This was an epic fail for me and although Fitbit customer service was awesome and replaced it under warranty, the new unit still did not work on GPS. It had a lot of bluetooth problems including not connecting often so that I could access music controls. It also was not catching my heart rate correctly during high cardio and peak heart rate.
Here are my thoughts on the Garmin:
-The GPS is awesome! Not once have I had a single issue with the GPS. I ran with the Blaze and Garmin yesterday. The blaze (connected to GPS for a brief moment before it lost connection) gave me 2.35 miles while the Garmin gave me 2.2. I do like that the Blaze tells you how many steps you take on your run while the Garmin does not.
-The music controls work well and always connect. This was VERY important to me and if the Garmin did not have this option, I would not have bought it. I do wish it showed the track name like the Blaze did though.
-I like that you can customize your Garmin, but it can take some practice before you can figure out how to do that. It's also MUCH easier to download apps, widgets and watch faces connected to your computer than to your smart phone. I got TONS of error messages when trying to do it on my phone. Also like the Fitness Pal connection.
-Heart rate seems pretty spot on. I have read lots of reviews here that say this product has a bad hrm, but I have found that to be untrue. Since I have had many fitbits with this feature and experience with Polar heart rate straps (they cut my skin so I had to stop using them), I believe that the heart rate monitor is pretty reliable. It does not show the heart beat moving like the Blaze does, but that's minor and it does take a minute to update. It did catch my peak heart rate where the Blaze had trouble. It showed my peak at 175 which is maybe 3-4 beats too high but much closer than my Blaze which said 164.
-As for steps... this is where I am not sure of the reliability. I wore it with the Blaze yesterday and the Blaze gave me 12,499 while the Garmin gave me 10,823. On Friday, my work schedule is such that I don't usually get very many steps and the Garmin gave me 10,948 steps, so I became suspicious leading to me wearing both monitors together on Saturday. I am going to guess that the correct number is somewhere in between the two watches. Also, the Garmin does not let you know when you have reached your goal and that feature on the blaze was kind of cute. VO2 Max is cool but probably not very accurate. So is the recovery hours suggestion.
-Love the weather and sunrise/sunset view. This helps me not need to look the info up on my phone.
-This is a very attractive looking watch. I hate that Fitbit is stuck on the square watch face look and I will not go back to Fitbit until they try a round watch face that can pass for a regular watch like this one can! I have a very small wrist (around 5.5") and this strap is comically long on me. I wish they made small watch band sizes for women like me. But nothing is as comical looking as the hideous Surge was!
Here is where I agree with the reviewer about making sure that you are buying this watch for the right reasons! The bad parts. I am a gear head and very good with gadgets. So I can only imagine being someone who is not.
-On the first night I had my Garmin, I was 100% sure I was going to return it because the set up process was such a pain in the butt. The app absolutely sucks. If Garmin could hire a Fitbit software engineer to sort out their IOS app, I would be a happy camper. I got so many error messages and I still cannot figure out how to use the app very easily. That's where Fitbit has one up on Garmin. Information you want at your fingertips are easy to find, but on the Garmin, it often takes me a few minutes to find the info I want. I wish I could have all the data from the Garmin with the Fitbit app.
-The menus on the watch are very difficult to figure out. If you asked me right now how to get to my stopwatch feature, I could not tell you how and I would have to google it. I also had to google various other steps to access other things on the watch.
-I cannot tell when my Garmin is actually charging. I don't see any icon or any indicator that it is charging and I have to just come back in a few minutes to see if the percentage has changed.
-Battery life. Well, needless to say it doesn't last very long. I charged it fully on Wednesday and then used it only during the day (turning it off at night) and it is Sunday now. It has 31% battery left. So that's around 48 hours so far with probably another 8 before I need to charge it again. I read some users saying that the battery life gets better as time goes on so we will see.
-Sometimes I wonder if the HRM is working at all. My blaze was running/flashing at all times. Just now, I took my garmin off and it is not flashing at all. It takes about a minute or so before it turns back on. But when it is working, it's reliable.
So all in all, be sure you are buying this for the right reasons. Don't expect it to be a gimmicky/cute activity tracker like a Fitbit. If you are looking for a good GPS running watch with some maybe reliable activity tracking, this is the watch for you. I was very sad to leave Fitbit and I will probably go back if they ever come out with a Surge 2 that is not square (hate that look) so I can use their awesome app and do challenges with my friends and coworkers.
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