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Garmin Forerunner 165

Garmin Forerunner 165, Running Smartwatch, Colorful AMOLED Display, Training Metrics and Recovery Insights, Black

By Garmin

285mentions50%positive$199.99typicalr/Garmin+8pros/6cons

What one Redditor said

Over the last 11 years I’ve owned 4 watches. I have never had to replace any of them, replacement was for new features, reduced size, etc.

r/Garmin42upvotes

What Reddit thinks

Pros

8
  • +AMOLED screen
  • +can estimate 10K times
  • +can estimate 21K times
  • +can suggest a daily workout
  • +enjoy wearing it every day
  • +love all the data & tracking
  • +long lasting
  • +Accurate stress correlation

Cons

6
  • overpriced
  • buggy software
  • gives a rash
  • Inaccurate sleep tracking
  • Inaccurate sleep phase detection
  • not justified imo

Where Reddit talks about it

285 comments · 18 subreddits

r/Garmin
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r/GarminWatches
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r/birddogs
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r/PokemonSleep
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r/applewatchultra
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r/QualityTacticalGear
6 mentions219
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Reddit reviews

+ 34~ 21635
r/neutral

Most times it is inaccurate is nights where I know I am half awake all night in a light sleep (very aware of my surroundings, mind wont turn off and let me sleep) but watch says good quality, 85! No.

r/GarminWatchesneutral2

Buy another Garmin Fenix 6 Pro Solar. Reach out to customer service, Garmin sometimes offers refurbished out of production watches in exchange for out of warranty end of lifers. It’s hit or miss, but

r/GarminWatchesneutral2

The durability difference is practically non existent for his activities. Most garmin watches are replaced for an upgrade long before dying.

r/GarminWatchesneutral3

I’m confused because 99% of what you described isn’t paywalled or diluted. Connect plus really isn’t affecting most of the training aspects of their watches.

r/GarminWatchesneutral3

To OP; try something else for a while! I sold my 255 and went analog for a bit (used to love mechanical watches). Then I went with Galaxy Watch. Now, I'm back with a Garmin 265 and loving the amole

r/Garminneutral42

If you're using most of the features/services the particular watch provides, yes. Getting a Fenix 8 Pro for "lifestlye logging" or an Enduro 3 for occasional 5-10k road running doesn't make sense.

r/Garminneutral6

Agreed. The watches are reasonable granted you get the features you’ll actually use and ignore feature creep. I think people let their head in too deep though thinking about features they will rarely

r/Garminneutral19

Well, Garmin watches are definitely very expensive. On the other hand, Forerunner series 2 is more then enough for most of the people. However, it looks quite "plastic" and like a toy comparing to som

r/Garminneutral2

This. I have an epix pro gen 2, and at first I was a bit sad Garmin left the watch out of the development cycle... But it is a fantastic tool watch, that I am nowhere near using all of its capabiliti

r/Garminnegative9

Overpriced as hell. Maybe the price would eventually make sense if those watches were durable, reliable and sturdy as hell but, even though the hardware is, software is definitely not. I had two rants

r/Garminnegative6

This Friday and Saturday I trained along with a group of runners - we share the same coach. We did some running on trails at a ski resort to get a lot of up and down hill running. Those with Coros wat

r/Garminneutral8

I have had 2 Garmin watches and I have had 0 issues with them over the 14 years i have been using Garmin products. I got my Forerunner 10 in October 2012 for my birthday. I used that until October 20

r/Garminneutral5

Big fan of Garmin and their watches (though I am also critical at their flaws) and have owned them for many years now with most recently the 970 and in my opinion, mostly no... I finally bought the

r/Garminneutral1

I have had two Garmin watches, my original Fenix 6X and my current Epix Pro Gen 2, between sales, additional discounts at Cabela’s and cash back I only paid roughly half of MSRP so for me they are wel

r/Garminneutral1

I paid full price for the fenix 7 and that felt steep but justified. Having full on maps was a game changer. That was early 2022 I think. The pro added a flashlight and an excellent optical sensor. T

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