Garmin  Forerunner 170

I got the 170 to replace my 1 yr old fr165. It is better in that it has elevation & stairs and different way to view my data. The part that holds the end of the watch band from flopping around has a detent to keep it in place (a small but welcome feature). Battery life i slightly better. The newer software will hopefully get me new features in the future.

The bad: Overpriced forerunner. Sleep tracking varies significantly from FDA approved sleep study devices. Gym Mobility activity does an awful job of automatically detecting movement types (single or compound) and counting repetitions. If you do a mobility activity that combines 2 different movements , a crunch and a tricep extension, it gets neither nowhere near accurate. Would be better if the automatic movement type detection could be turned off. The good: display size of 43mm is a good compromise between older 41/42 and 45mm. Easy to use interface. Focus Modes allow you to configure timed alerts by activity type. Would have been better if they had still retained the 265/s and brought updates such as Rucking Activity to 265/s, thereby giving customer a choice of display size.

I did not think I would want to upgrade from the fenix 3 to this new tech! However, now I’m addicted to my VO2 max and sleep score so much that my wife complains and tells me she’s going to throw the thing out the window; she wears an Apple Watch. She doesn’t get it, but we love them anyways. I never realized how much of a tub I was until I unlocked a new algorithm called training readiness, but here we are. Would I go back? Absolutely not, but I’m pretty certain my chase for the perfect sleep score is causing my sleep score to be decrease

Purchased about a month ago, so far I really like it. It offers a lot of detailed information about your work outs and various workouts/coaching programs to help improve. Have experienced a little bit of connectivity issues where it shows connected to my phone and notifications are on, but it randomly stops receiving notifications for periods of time - but I am not sure if this is an issue on my phone end or even some type of operator error. The watch seems to function as expected!

I bought this about 3 weeks ago and I love it. I never had to charge it in over a week. I will buy again.

While I do enjoy the features and stats that this watch collects, on my second and third workout the screen glitched and I could not view anything on my watch for the duration of the workout. I had to restart my watch to get it to work again. This was all in less than a week of owning the watch. It also connects and disconnects from my phone in a very short distance, such as a few rooms away in my own home or office.

Have used the watch for 3 weeks now. I bought it because my previous Garmin watch finally stopped working after 20+years. If has many new features which help me manage my health (sleep), and my level of exercise. It is very intuitive in tracking my habits. I am very pleased with the Forerunner 170.

The watch is nice. Getting adjusted to it after having a Fitbit for many years. So many more buttons. Not as intuitive. I appreciate the tracking on a higher level. The link to Strava is much improved and far more reliable. Wish fabric watch bands were available.

After seven years of no exercise at all, I decided to start walking, and run/walking, again. The Forerunner 170 does exactly what I need it to do. The device, and the Connect app, show a lot of growth since I last used Garmin devices in the 2010s.

I recently upgraded from the 165 to the Forerunner 170 and have been thoroughly enjoying the upgraded features. Easy to use, resourceful training metrics and motivation to keep moving daily.