Forerunner 970

Garmin

Forerunner 970

117 positive 5 neutral 63 negative

Based on 185 Reddit mentions

$649.99

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Sobre a Garmin

Putz, pessoal....eu estou começando a praticar corridas e fiz uma breve análise nos relógios da Garmin. Fiquei perplexo! O topo da linha Forerunner (970, certo?) está custando a partir de R$ 6000 em lojas mais confiáveis (centauro, garmin store, etc). Eu sou engenheiro eletrônico, tendo atuado com p

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Spigen19 in r/Corrida

September 21, 2025 6:33 PM

38

Forerunner 970 was fantastic until it wasn't!

Purchased the watch from Rebel Australia. Love the watch. Even better when paired with the HRM-600.

I wear it 24/7 pretty much. Lasts me 7+ days while doing 30-50km week runs, plus lots of walking activities.

Woke up yesterday and the START/STOP button decided not to work anymore. Then my LIGHT a

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RegularOriginal4223 in r/GarminWatches

September 2, 2025 12:23 AM

9

Best Garmin Watch to Pair with Whoop

I’m pretty new to whoop and I’m trying to decide what to replace my old Fenix 6 with. Obviously I’m trying to max out my focus on the whoop tracking environment, so I don’t think I’ll get my money’s worth out of a Forerunner 970 or Fenix 8. Has anyone found the perfect screen based watch to balance

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doc_holliday91 in r/whoop

November 23, 2025 1:10 PM

4

Round-trip course trouble

I have been training for a marathon and recently bought a Garmin Forerunner 970 to step up my fitness tracking/data and hopefully improve my PR. I am super disappointed. I’ve tried to make round-trip courses 4 times this week, and all 4 times it has failed mid-run. It leaves me without a route in a

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BatmanImpersonator in r/GarminWatches

August 6, 2025 10:21 PM

6

T-rex 3 pro few problems 🦖

Hi there guys, At first I was going to buy some Garmin but now I want basically anything but Garmin due to their subscriptions, overpriced watches etc. But I want really good watch and t-rex 3 pro seemed like one. I tried t-rex 3 but no flashlight was something I couldn't stand so I returned it. I'm

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generalnieja in r/amazfit

October 13, 2025 8:43 PM

5

GPS accuracy... is there an issue here?

This is the GPS of me running around in circles. Clearly its pretty not accurate and is there anything I can do to make the accuracy better?

Wearing a Forerunner 970 by the way. Just got it for a week and its my first Garmin. Thank you in advance!

tamsiujun in r/GarminWatches

October 25, 2025 4:09 PM

5

Garmin Forerunner 970 and gps accuracy

Hi.

I recently bought an Garmin for the first time, and landed on the 970 and the HRM 600 heart rate band. From before I’ve used an Apple Watch Ultra 2 with the Stryd Duo pods. Now I have one watch on each hand wrist and track my runs on both.

Using stryd on the Apple Watch. But I’ve noticed

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uggis007 in r/GarminWatches

August 10, 2025 11:03 AM

5

Pace pro

I just did a 10K race. I set up Pace Pro on my new Garmin Forerunner 970 for this. I don’t understand why on the lap data, it only recorded 5 laps (5km?!). The race was in the Welsh valley (not amongst tall buildings). Can anyone share any insights pls? Thanks.

oreostaff in r/GarminWatches

November 2, 2025 2:14 PM

3

Any Garmin Sail Race users?

I just got a new Forerunner 970. Tried using Sail Race for the first time for a race last weekend, and it did not have the same features as my buddy’s Quatix 7. The Quatix 7 had a bunch of data screens like VMG, some navigation screens, speed screens, etc. My Forerunner just had basic HR data and so

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Professional-Box2113 in r/sailing

November 6, 2025 2:22 AM

3

New Forerunner/Fenix

Hi! I am having a old Fenix 6 Pro and I am not satisfied anymore with my watch because of it’s weak GPS performance. I am using the watch for swimming, running and cycling.

Right now a black Fenix 7 Pro Solar would be available for 489€ and a black Fenix 8 Amoled 47mm for about 680€.

A Forerunner

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Jealous-Annual2314 in r/GarminWatches

October 25, 2025 6:13 PM

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