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Garmin
Forerunner 265
69.6/100
595 Reddit opinionsRedDB rating based on Reddit opinions
471 positive13 neutral111 negative
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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 at 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 at 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 at 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
...catsandcoffee-13 in r/AppleWatch
June 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
23
Ik wil mijn eerste Garmin gaan kopen.
Forerunner 265. Perfect!
PathInteresting6948 in r/Hardlopen
April 25, 2026 at 5:54 AM
21
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 at 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
...mannamedBenjamin in r/fitbit
January 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
130
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
...jcatl0 in r/Coros
June 13, 2026 at 12:57 PM
13
What’s the most accurate watch for pace and distance? I don’t care about heart rate and other health stuff.
Oh you will care. Very quickly. Same thing happened to me. You’ll become obsessed. Garmin 255, 265 forerunner is a great start.
tjanman90 in r/Marathon_Training
April 24, 2026 at 2:43 AM
13
Upgraded from my Apple Watch to a garmin.. How do I stay dry?
Hey guys, I just upgraded to the Forerunner 265. Everything was all good out the box, but after about 40 minutes of ownership, I’ve noticed women keep squirting around me when they see it on my wrist. Any ideas on how to prevent this? I really don’t want to run any faster (already at a 13min/mi pace
...dinner-enjoyer in r/RunningCirclejerk
July 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
114
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