Review on 🏃 Ultimate Performance Upgrade: Garmin Forerunner 935 - Tri Bundle by Mayrando Clark

Update 2021: still no better watch in my opinion, while newer models have a few more features, price and battery life of the 935 is still the best. Also after my review: Garmin fixed the Android app. It's not perfect, but everything works fine now - the software update doesn't require anything else, it's done automatically through the phone, and you don't even need to know about it. Excellent stuff. - Applications. There are so many now. If you want something, it probably exists. Even the dials are better than ever. Battery: 4-5 years later, it's still going strong. There have been improvements in the software but also my battery is old so it seems to be leveling out. That means it still lasts for several weeks even with occasional 1-4 hours of sports tracking. Should I buy it in 2021/2022? Yes. Perhaps the 955 that will be announced one day, or another model that will eventually surpass it, but there's a reason this watch sells for almost the same price today as it did years ago. It is very good. Original test (2017): Conclusion: Anyone looking for a sports watch that records a lot of data, is good for training and doesn't care about "smart features" apart from notifications. That's it. It's fast, accurate, lasts forever and is probably the best we've got right now. Pros: - You can actually have maps and directions, navigation is coming soon, even if it's not a Fenix 5x (search "485" in your phone's app store). This is amazingly helpful. The battery life and charging speed are just insane. when I plugged it in for an update a few days ago (which took 5 minutes so 5 minutes charged which was 89% charged). I didn't, um, fall below the charge level it was at when I got it. Now it's at 79% and I got it out of the box at 70%. I've had 3 hours of GPS usage since then. I have no doubt it can take a week. I also have no doubt that it lasts more than a day in ultra-tack mode (claimed 60 hours) and around 20 hours in normal full-tracking mode (claimed 24 hours), although I'll update when I have . dehumidification. Opportunity to try a 20-hour workout. - Non-backlit screen: for some reason the reviews don't reflect this. No backlight means the screen does not emit any light by default, just like Amazon Paper/Papershite Kindles. This means it can be read in ANY sunlight and uses very little power. In the event that it is completely dark outside, there is of course additional lighting. - Menus without unnecessary importance. I was afraid of it. No touch screen? How good will the keys be? Well they are fine. All menus are logical and actually everything is quite simple and convenient. Nice. Customizable - It's not a Samsung or Apple watch, but you have a few watch faces and apps - and it works. - Light and "thin" for smartwatches. It's lighter and thinner than my Microsoft Band 2, for example. I don't feel anything on my wrist. GPS, Glonass, heart rate monitor work well. Better than any watch I've ever had. It responds quickly to changes in heart rate and is accurate enough for a wrist heart rate monitor. Some would like to have a separate pulse belt, but that is not absolutely necessary. ANT+ connection, Bt. The fact that I can see data from my bike gear on the watch and transfer data from the watch to my Wahoo bike computer is amazing. Number of stats: This is a Garmin sports watch. They get everything they can write down and more. It's just cool. Autopause etc. in activities: I've always wondered how well this works with Garmins. Well, everything has been fine so far, that's all - Notifications: I've read how bad notifications are on Garmin devices. Well, now that I've used it, I can say it's not bad at all. It's actually very cool. Easy to read, fast, reliable - at least with this watch at the moment. Of course, you can't choose an answer from a clock, but I've never really cared about that - most of the time it seems more useless than helpful. Cons: - It's quite big. If you have a small wrist, be prepared. It's not the biggest watch in the world, but it's not small either. Android software is terribly bad. Login, app store, overall reliability isn't great. This works, but sometimes it may take a few tries. Garmin, please hire a real Android developer? Luckily, you don't have to interact with it much other than reading your sports stats, and that part works just fine. - Bad documentation. I had to google how to update the watch software which involved copying the file. on the clock. It's not too bad, but I'm expecting automatic over-the-air updates and/or a recent document from Garmin explaining how to do it, not forum posts. - Price. If you want the best, this is it. However, compared to a Garmin 235 or even an Apple Watch, it's still overpriced. Basically it's not very good value for money - I would have preferred a wireless charger - although the thing rarely needs to be charged it's not a big deal - No way to play music from the watch - No way to use regular cards from it of packaging (requires additional paid third-party software) Images: Seiko 42mm, sizes FR-935 and Microsoft Band 2. Wrist diameter 6 inches. Application 485 to map. Location of Google offices in San Francisco. back of the watch.