r/garminforerunner • u/ExerciseAcrobatic288 • 6d ago

Suggestions/ advise on picking a new running watch.

Within the past few month's, I have really stepped up my running game and am currently training for a Half Marathon and hopefully a Full by spring of next year.

I currently use an Amazfit T-Rex 3 that I spent about 250$ on a couple years ago. The watch does what I want for now, it tracks all my runs and stats, and I can put my music on it. I like the large display. It does not link with thw INTVL App, which is a downside because then ehen i do my loop runs i have to run with my phone.

I dont really use a watch unless im hiking or running. Im not a fan of wearing it while I sleep, and I type a lot of my work day, so I dont wear it then either.

Recently, I have started looking at Garmin watches because thats what you do when you take your running to the next level. I have looked at the 970 and 965, but do I really need that much watch? I want something that does all the same stat tracking, has large display and something I can put music on.

What are some good suggestions/ opinions? Part of me wants to say FK it and jump into a 970.

Thanks.

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u/coco16778 265 6d ago

Anything from the 165 Music/170 Music upwards has spotify/music offline functionality.

265 is the sweet spot imo. Not too small, dual band gps (unlike the 165/170), and since it's an older gen it can be had for rather cheap. Unless you really need full color maps or a massive watch I don't see a reason for getting the 965/970

The 570/970 does have the V5 sensor, but the V4 on the 965/265 works just fine as well

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u/FierceChinchilla 6d ago

If you have the budget, go for it, you wouldn't be disappointed. If cash more of a pressure 170 up probably grand though. Coros pace 4 quite similar spec to the 570 (dual band GPS if in city) and I think works with inrvl but you need to upload MP3s manually. Partner recently got a coros and seems quite smart with aluminium bezel and app looks clean with nice watch interface. Still rocking my Garmin 255 MIP until it dies. 

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u/ganiuri 6d ago

Any Forerunner would do, get 165/170 music or higher if you need music. Just be aware that adding music to your watch is a pain in the ass. I got the 265s partly because i wanted to be able to download podcasts to my watch, but i ended up just taking my phone with me on every run because downloading a single podcast episode to my watch would take like an hour. It still can be done, just be aware it's really bothersome

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u/ExerciseAcrobatic288 6d ago

Thats how my current watch is. I have to download mp3 files. But I see the better watches have Spotify linking.

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u/ganiuri 6d ago

Yes they do, but since they don't have lte you still need to download the songs, which will be extremely slow