{"id":51025,"date":"2019-09-12T08:44:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=51025"},"modified":"2020-07-06T14:09:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T21:09:47","slug":"garmin-forerunner-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/news\/garmin-forerunner-comparison","title":{"rendered":"Which Garmin Forerunner Should I Get?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A version of this story appeared in the fall 2019 issue of\u00a0Uncommon Path<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Garmin announced the launch of several new GPS watches\u2014<\/span>Forerunner 945<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Forerunner 245<\/span><\/a> (including <\/span>245 Music<\/span><\/a> version) and <\/span>Forerunner 45<\/span><\/a> (including <\/span>45S<\/span><\/a>, a more compact version). They signify the first update to the Forerunner line in more than a year, and the first upgrade to its flagship model (Forerunner 935) in more than two years. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Forerunner series is designed for athletes who want to evaluate their training with detailed metrics, tracking and built-in data analysis. It\u2019s geared especially toward runners. The watches are designed to be worn during any workout, as well as all day (and even night) to help you get a holistic understanding of your fitness\u2014all grounded in robust physiological data. Adaptive training plans and advice, based on your workout data, are baked in to help you optimize your performance.<\/span>
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In this article, we\u2019ll break down what\u2019s new for Forerunner, how these watches compare to their predecessors, and how all watches in the Forerunner line compare to each other (and, in some cases, to closely related watches like the Garmin Fenix 5 Plus).<\/span><\/p>\n

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From left to right: The Garmin Forerunner 945, 645, 245 and 45 watches (blue band available with 945 Tri-Bundle).<\/p><\/div>\n

What\u2019s New: A High-Level Look<\/b><\/h4>\n

If you\u2019ve kept an eye on the features Garmin has been introducing to <\/span>some of its other watches in the past year<\/span><\/a>, you probably won\u2019t be surprised to learn that the new, top-of-the-line Forerunner 945 has many of these features, too. Some of these include:<\/span><\/p>\n