Forerunner 265

Garmin

Forerunner 265

471 positive 13 neutral 111 negative

Based on 595 Reddit mentions

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Reddit mentions

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Daughter’s alarm constantly going off at 5am

Get her a watch with a wicked vibrating alarm. My Garmin Forerunner 265 wakes me up 100% of the time and my sleep schedule is all wacky due to loads of work travel.

ApatheticSkyentist in r/daddit

May 1, 2026 9:33 AM

107

Apple Watch vs Garmin

I switched 2 years ago and am so glad I did. I have a forerunner 265. I do OTF, walks, and half marathons. It’s so much better for a fitness focused device. The battery life is also amazinnnnng!

TurbulentResident527 in r/orangetheory

July 15, 2026 7:29 AM

29

best smartwatch for running, what are marathon runners using these days?

I have a Garmin Forerunner 265. I've used it for training/running multiple marathons. It does everything I need. I explored other higher end options before landing on this and it do the job fine.

NoahBagels in r/firstmarathon

July 29, 2026 2:07 PM

25

My Apple Watch caught my A-fib RVR. It probably saved my life.

I'm constantly toying between my AW and a Garmin (I have a Forerunner 265s) and always end up going back to my AW for the ECG feature, and just when I decided yesterday to wear my Garmin full time, I see this post so I'm switching again lol I had to wear a heart monitor for a week in January and it

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catsandcoffee-13 in r/AppleWatch

June 10, 2026 11:14 PM

23

Ik wil mijn eerste Garmin gaan kopen.

Forerunner 265. Perfect!

PathInteresting6948 in r/Hardlopen

April 25, 2026 5:54 AM

21

Return Garmin 550 for Coros?

Ive been using a 530 for 4 years now. I currently ride around 14,000km a year combined with zwift. My 530 is always there, never fails and just works. Battery after 4 years still lasts for a 12h ride with varia, power meter, and hr monitor connected. Usually there's enough battery for another ride o

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java_dude1 in r/gravelcycling

July 19, 2026 12:26 PM

12

Super happy with the upgrade

I switched from AW this year and my first Garmin is the Forerunner 265, which I love very much.

Decided to switch to the Fenix 8 and I’m loving the bigger screen, the extra functions and the overall aesthetics of the watch.

My wrist is small, but the Fenix 8 47mm AMOLED sits on it well.

joanml in r/GarminFenix

October 27, 2024 4:18 AM

138

And with that I’m off to Garmin

Today was the 1,000th day of hitting my 10,000-step-per-day goal, and with that, I’m off to Garmin. I like Fitbit, and I’ve had quite a few going back as far as 2015. When Fitbit was bought by Google, things declined, and small things kind of annoyed me. For this past Christmas, I got a Garmin Forer

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mannamedBenjamin in r/fitbit

January 28, 2025 2:04 AM

130

Apple Watch vs Garmin

I also have a Forerunner 265 and it’s great in OTF. Just one thing to keep in mind - all the videos about how Apple skews positive and a Garmin tells you regularly how shit you are is pretty real 😅 I joke that the ghost of my Nonna is in my watch, being like “I guess that workout was fine or whateve

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Milehighboots in r/orangetheory

July 15, 2026 1:03 PM

10

Dear Coros, you have lost your way…

On the flipside, I personally regret going with garmin. I have a fr265 and and HRM600. And turns out that there is a ton of data that comes from the HRM600 that I can't access. Not because it doesn't collect it, but because the software doesn't calculate it. If I want speed step loss, running econom

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jcatl0 in r/Coros

June 13, 2026 12:57 PM

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