![]() For my own personal use, I’ve cranked it down to the lowest and that’s perfectly fine for me. There are 3/4 brightness settings, and I’ve used the brightest setting in these photos. Click to see an example of a grown-up, high-resolution watch face on a Tag or instead browse the website. The image, below, shows what I consider to be a grown-up, 3rd party CIQ watch face (the Enduro face is also good) however it doesn’t use the new higher resolution. I’m also not especially keen on some of the simplistic and sometimes naive watch faces offered by Apple, but at least many of them are designed for grown-ups. There is no excuse now that the colours and resolution are so good. Please, Garmin, please give me some grown-up watch faces. The Garmin standard watch faces seem to have been designed by 7-year-olds for 7-year-olds.For example, I can still use the discontinued Humon Hex SmO2 data field! I’ve not tried the Supersapiens DF yet, but that might notbe okay as that’s been implemented in a more modern way that makes side-loading harder. I know how to sideload apps and data fields, which has solved a few of my CIQ problems.Developers have to certify them for each and every new watch. Again! Not all of my favourite CIQ widgets are available.I couldn’t set up my Garmin watch from a backup again.But you came here for criticisms so here goes However, it’s important to note that all the widgets, dials, backgrounds, and, well, pretty much everything visual has been significantly tweaked compared to the 955 and all that came before it.Īs I see it, the Forerunner 965 is the best triathlon watch ever, or at least it is if you’re a sucker for a pretty screen like me! The Forerunner 965 edges ahead of the 955 with a beautiful vibrant colour screen. The Forerunner 945 took things a step further with physiological features that are now well-developed in the Forerunner 955. If you already have one and it’s still working well, there’s no need to upgrade unless your battery is failing or the device is slowing down. The Forerunner 935 was the first Garmin watch to offer comprehensive triathlon training features. BUT it has every feature that I will use. It is a waste of money in the sense that I’ve paid a lot of money for many features I’ll never use. TL DR – I’m happy with my purchase and I’m confident that it will be my main triathlon training watch for the next few years. It’s more attractive and user-friendly than the Forerunners I’ve used in the past. I’ve only used it for over 10 hours of runs, rides, and swims, but I’m impressed with the changes that have been made to the user interface. However, Wiggle kindly refunded the cost of my scratched Forerunner 9 55, so I only paid the extra cost of the Forerunner 965. I paid for it myself, and it wasn’t a freebie. I’m happy with my purchase of the Forerunner 965. This is a Garmin Forerunner 965 ‘first look’ review designed to help you understand the negatives before forking out your hard-earned cash. ![]() Garmin Forerunner 965 first look review – did I just waste my money?
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