Garmin Forerunner 15 GPS Fitness Monitor - Women's
Black/Green
- Pair it with a heart rate monitor (sold separately) to track your heart rate and zone data, or with a foot pod (sold separately) to capture distance data on treadmill runs
- Stay on top of your fitness goals between workouts with activity tracking features that remind you when it's time to move
- Watch yourself improve—the Garmin Forerunner 15 GPS Fitness Monitor tells you when you set a new fastest mile or longest run to date
- Count your steps, calories and distance throughout the day; inactivity indicator motivates you to move when you've been sitting too long
- Upload data to the free Garmin Connect online community to join fitness challenges and save, plan and share your progress
- Record your distance while running indoors and review your cadence later on Garmin Connect
- GPS-enabled for accurate distance and pace data; you can also view your run on a map when you upload later to Garmin Connect
- Rechargeable battery lasts up to 8 hrs. with GPS on, or 5 weeks in watch/activity tracking mode
Imported.
| Best use | Running, Fitness |
|---|---|
| Customization | Apps |
| GPS/Satellite detectable | Yes |
| Tracks steps | Yes |
| Tracks calories burned | Yes |
| Sleep tracking | Yes |
| Heart rate target zone(s) | Yes |
| Water-resistant depth | 50 meters |
| Altimeter | Satellite-based |
| Time display | Yes |
| Illumination | Backlight |
| Average battery life | 8 hours |
| Compatible fitness accessories | Heart rate monitor |
| Gender | Women's |
(15 total reviews)
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Jan 20, 2016OK, but not reliable
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Jan 9, 2016Great watch for runnersExcellent. This was an invaluable training aid to get ready for a recent marathon. The mileage and pace features are good motivators during the run and the ability to download and review aft...
Read More Excellent. This was an invaluable training aid to get ready for a recent marathon. The mileage and pace features are good motivators during the run and the ability to download and review afterwards is a great help as well. I wear the watch constantly and track steps during those days when I am not in heavy training but still want to monitor my activity levels -
Oct 5, 2015Love this watch!My husband got this for me about one year ago. I use it for my weekly runs and it inspires me to run faster. We also use it to track our weekend day hikes. It's fun and easy to use. The hear...
Read More My husband got this for me about one year ago. I use it for my weekly runs and it inspires me to run faster. We also use it to track our weekend day hikes. It's fun and easy to use. The heart rate monitor works but I don't find it that useful for me. -
Sep 1, 2015Perfect, simple running GPS watchMy Forerunner 205 from 2008 died a few months ago, and I decided to replace it with this watch. It's great! I'm a medium distance runner (20-30 miles a wk) and this watch can provide everyth...
Read More My Forerunner 205 from 2008 died a few months ago, and I decided to replace it with this watch. It's great! I'm a medium distance runner (20-30 miles a wk) and this watch can provide everything I need. It's quick to pick up GPS signal, if I want to do tempo or speedwork, I can just toggle between 2 screens, no big deal. You can customize what stats you want to see on the main display. (pace, time, distance, etc). I don't really use it for the footstep count, purely for running, and it's been everything I need. I don't use the website either, Garmin connect. Hope it lasts as long as my last Garmin did, no doubt it will. -
Jul 9, 2015Great, easy to use watch!I bought this watch about a year ago and I love it. I trained and ran a marathon using my Forerunner. By the end of the marathon, it read 26.47 miles, which sounds about right when you take ...
Read More I bought this watch about a year ago and I love it. I trained and ran a marathon using my Forerunner. By the end of the marathon, it read 26.47 miles, which sounds about right when you take into account moving side to side on the course. I especially like the average pace feature when doing long runs. I also use the step tracker daily and that too seems to be pretty accurate. As for durability, this watch has survived a few snorkeling trips and tons of drops and hits. The only issue I had in the year I've owned it is having to restart it once because the step tracker stopped counting steps. The issue was resolved immediately when I turned the watch back on and no data was lost. Overall, a great GPS/step counter watch! -
Apr 27, 2015meh...I received this for Christmas and it has since been returned to REI. I found the gps on this watch to be difficult to bring up. I also needed a % of max heart rate function which it does not...
Read More I received this for Christmas and it has since been returned to REI. I found the gps on this watch to be difficult to bring up. I also needed a % of max heart rate function which it does not seem to have. Geared for runners, it could be good, but for my needs (primarily cycling), just didn't fit the bill. Will keep looking. 5 stars for REI's great return policy and helpful staff. -
Mar 30, 2015Great watch!This watch is easy to set up and to use.The data is accurate and the information that can be retrieved when synced with a computer is incredible. A must-have!
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Mar 27, 2015Not a watch for endurance activitiesWe do a lot of endurance cycling and hiking. The literature claims 8 hours battery life. Not so, if using a HR monitor. More like 5-6 hours. If you are not paying close attention and the bat...
Read More We do a lot of endurance cycling and hiking. The literature claims 8 hours battery life. Not so, if using a HR monitor. More like 5-6 hours. If you are not paying close attention and the battery dies, you lose the current activity data. Also, the watch cannot be recharged while a recording is active. For example, if you are doing a 8 hour activity and the battery runs low at 4 hours, you can't pause the activity, recharge, and resume the activity. This watch will work well for short duration activities, but the battery life between charges is really poor.
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Read More I have relied on Garmin products for all of my activity tracking in the past and when it came time to buy a new watch I purchased the Garmin Forerunner 15. It was visually appealing and user-friendly. My trouble with it came after having the watch a couple of months I noticed that the GPS tracking would take an unusually long time to locate satellites (upwards of 10 minutes). In addition, once the GPS did locate the satellites, the tracking feature would be off - one mile I was tracked to be running a 10 minute mile the next I was running a 5 minute mile (including a half mile sprint across the Hudson River!). All this aside, when the watch worked well it was fine, however, when I used it to track laps, the TOTAL distance, not LAP distance was shown, so I had to mentally keep track of the lap distance. In the end, I concluded that the watch I purchased was faulty and will give Garmin the benefit of the doubt.