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Review on 🌍 Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS Running Watch: Daily Suggested Workouts, Long Battery Life - White by Matt Conner

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Poor battery life with running GPS devices

Received this watch with high expectations. Like the looks, it's user-friendly and has more than enough features for me EXCEPT that I wish it had a "Strength Training" / "Gym" activity profile. 3 days after receiving my new watch, it was clear that my battery was severely drained, with no activity, just in smartwatch mode. I'll be lucky if I get 2-3 days of battery life. There was a problem with my watch and a software update is pending. After troubleshooting that deleted some files, the battery life improved a lot, but now after 6 days it's dead again. Contacted Garmin again and awaited a response. Very disappointing watch that is not even two weeks old.

Pros
  • Easy to use running watch measures heart rate (it's not a medical device) on your wrist and uses GPS to track how far, how fast and where you've run
Cons
  • Not bad, but...