Garmin Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch
4.5 out of 5 rating
460 Reviews
Color
Black / Slate Gray
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The Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch is an easy-to-use running smartwatch designed to help you train brilliantly and chase your goals. It features a brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls and a lightweight 43 mm design, making your progress shine as you track pace, distance, and wrist-based heart rate using the built-in GPS. You can reach your goals with personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt based on your performance and recovery, and use Garmin Coach and race adaptive training plans to get workout suggestions for specific events. Wake up to your morning report for health insights alongside an overview of sleep, recovery, and training outlook¹. You can use training effect and training effect labels to see how your workouts impact your fitness and understand the primary benefit achieved, then check recovery time to know how long to take it easy between high-effort runs. The watch includes over 25 built-in activity profiles, such as running, cycling, HIIT, and strength. Safety and tracking features, including incident detection (during select outdoor activities) and assistance, can send a message with your live location to emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone². Never miss a call or text with smart notifications from your paired smartphone showing up right on your wrist. You can even leave your cash and cards at home, as Garmin Pay™ contactless payments let you pay for purchases on the go³. Get a more complete picture of your health, not just a glimpse, with up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode4. See your health and fitness information, connect and compete with friends, and sign up for challenges to earn badges and more in the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app.
¹This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy.
²When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety. Incident detection requires set up and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available.
³With a supported country and payment network
4Battery life and charge cycles vary with use, settings, and other factors; actual results will vary.
All specs¹This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy.
²When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety. Incident detection requires set up and your smartphone to be in an area with network coverage where data connectivity is available.
³With a supported country and payment network
4Battery life and charge cycles vary with use, settings, and other factors; actual results will vary.
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Reviews
4.5
4.5 out of 5 rating
460 reviews
0% of reviewers recommend this product.
Won over a reluctant user!
5 out of 5 rating
Mom of 4 . 23 hours ago
Great watch! I bought for my husband to track his runs (after him fighting me for years) and he is very impressed with it and said he should have gotten one sooner!
Garmin Originally posted on Garmin
Really like the easy to see display.
4 out of 5 rating
wegs24 . 1 day ago
I would have rated this watch 5 stars if instructions were included. Over the past years, I went through 4 VivoFit watches. I had no problem figuring out how to time my walks & runs. I really like my Forerunner 165 but, it came with no complete instructions, i have many issues. My sleep was tracked for the first 2 weeks. Now after having to charge it back up, it is not. It tells me, "No sleep detected". I don't know how to start & stop my walks, etc. If I could just get some clear instructions, I could rate it 5 stars in my next review. Thanks.
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Features
- Easy-to-use running smartwatch
- With built-in GPS for pace/distance and wrist-based heart rate
- Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls
- Personalized daily suggested workouts that adapt based on performance and recovery
- Get workout suggestions for specific events
- Wake up to your morning report with an overview of sleep, recovery, training outlook, weather, and HRV status¹
- Training effect and training effect labels show how your workouts impact your fitness
- Recovery time lets you know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout
- 25+ built-in activity profiles
- Safety and tracking features²
- Garmin Pay™³
- Up to 11 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 19 hours in GPS mode4
- Smart notifications from your paired smartphone
- See health and fitness information
- Compete with friends in the Garmin Connect™ smartphone app
Specs
- Dimensions: 0.46 x 1.69 x 1.69 in.
- Weight: 1.38 oz.
SKU#
SKU#
010-02863-20
What's in the box
- Garmin Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch
- Power/data cable
- Manual
Garmin Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch Reviews
4.5
4.5 out of 5 rating
460 reviews
0% of reviewers recommend this product.
Won over a reluctant user!
5 out of 5 rating
Mom of 4 . 23 hours ago
Great watch! I bought for my husband to track his runs (after him fighting me for years) and he is very impressed with it and said he should have gotten one sooner!
Garmin Originally posted on Garmin
Really like the easy to see display.
4 out of 5 rating
wegs24 . 1 day ago
I would have rated this watch 5 stars if instructions were included. Over the past years, I went through 4 VivoFit watches. I had no problem figuring out how to time my walks & runs. I really like my Forerunner 165 but, it came with no complete instructions, i have many issues. My sleep was tracked for the first 2 weeks. Now after having to charge it back up, it is not. It tells me, "No sleep detected". I don't know how to start & stop my walks, etc. If I could just get some clear instructions, I could rate it 5 stars in my next review. Thanks.
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Easy transition!
5 out of 5 rating
Drides . 2 days ago
Switching from Apple Watch because it didn’t sync well with heart rate monitor and other sensors. My forerunner has made that so much easier. I’m so glad I made the change. The only thing I haven’t figured out yet is syncing with my Dexcom g7, but based on my research that seems to be a challenge for many. I am loving Harmon and my Tacx trainer!
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Proud Apple Watch Convert!
5 out of 5 rating
Iftar . 3 days ago
I received the Forerunner 165 as an early Mother's Day gift, and I am loving it! I switched over to Garmin after battery issues with my Apple Watch -- so glad that I did. Great sleep and stress information, amazing battery life and so much more data!
Garmin Originally posted on Garmin
Great watch.
4 out of 5 rating
andrexarciniega . 6 days ago
The watch is great, my only suggestion is that it could have a larger screen.
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2nd forerunner
5 out of 5 rating
Running Pal . 8 days ago
This is my second forerunner. The first one lasted many years. Garmin has an excellent product.
I use it for running and also I am a teacher and it comes in very handy during my school day in timing my students and their running too.
I love the data on my sleep and heart rate.
Thank you Garmin!
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Cellphone application challenges
3 out of 5 rating
Jim7 . 10 days ago
My daughter gave me this watch as a gift after experiencing a minor heart attack. I was able to download the application on my computer but have never been able to figure out how to use the application on my cellphone. If there is someone I can talk to in order to utilize the Garmin application on my cellphone would be great. The watch itself has been a great motivator in maintaining a routine level of exercise primarily focused on cardio. However, I would like nothing more to measure my progress on my cellphone.
Garmin Originally posted on Garmin
Good Features, like touchscreen.
5 out of 5 rating
Rarufudesu . 10 days ago
Bought this a month ago, all good, GPS is accurate, not much errors when going near trees or buildings.
Garmin Originally posted on Garmin
Decent watch so far-troublesome software.
3 out of 5 rating
Bob999 . 12 days ago
The watch is easy enough to read and has plenty of options but the set up of the watch has been a problem. I expect to be able to hit the activity button,easily pick run and hit start like my prior garmin watches. This will work one day, and then the next the "run" option will not be there but some workouts and other options. It changes from day to day and I have not asked for periodic workouts. When you about to start a race or a run you don't want to start looking for the right option. I am trying t remove all the other option even though I would like to try them sometime because I can't have the random menus changing when you want to start a run.
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Excellent tracking and display, a major step up
5 out of 5 rating
MR701 . 17 days ago
I bought my 165 as a replacement for my 55 Forerunner. The 165 improves upon the 55 not only in its tracking of running and fitness data, but also in its sleep tracking, which is more detailed and seems to be significantly more accurate. The display is also a step-up.
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