Garmin Forerunner 970

“I have the 970 currently along with the HRM 600 and I’ve just been really underwhelmed by it. I also have had an open ticket with Garmin support for over three weeks with no solution in sight.”

“I use FR970 with AOD off, satellites only during walk/run - it gives me up to 5 days, no way you could have some training hours with GPS daily and get those 15 days.”

“I love it and can't believe how useful the flashlight is. My battery life is > 10days, but that's because most of my exercise is indoors with occasional outdoor cycling with GPS on.”

“I have both the fenix 8 43mm and the forerunner 970. I like them both. I have a very small wrist just under 6 inches around. The forerunner is much lighter and thinner.”

“970 battery life is terrible. Also, the screen is too bright indoors even on the lowest dim setting. I returned it and just bought an Enduro 3.”

“I have it and it is a good watch. Maybe not the best but difinitely a top player in the league. My only complain is the price.”

“I just returned the FR970 for the Fenix 8 pro and boy this thing is a brick. I love the build quality and being more rugged but I think the FR970 is the perfect watch.”

“Ghost touches all the time, always after I pressed START button. Some told me it's a firmware bug but i think it's hardware malfunction.”

“Love my 970. The one smartwatch feature I love about the 970 over my Apple Watch is a basic fundamental… my 970 gives me notifications even when my phone is unlocked.”

“I returned 3 Forerunner 970 because they just keep rebooting during workouts. Garmin knows of the issue but hasn’t been able to fix it.”

“I compared those two and went 970. I love it! Cheaper and it’s an outstanding watch! I’ve gone from Fenix 6s pro so a 970 is bigger but no regrets! I’m a convert!”

“I've also had the 970 (among others) and while I really liked it, it just felt a bit too frail for my liking.”

“Went from Fenix 7 Pro Sapphire Solar to 970 last month. Have had zero issues and love it so much more. I also got it at $599. My Fenix lasted 6 days and this 970 is on day 11 and it’s at 18% currently”

“My 970 seems to have touch screen input when nothing is touching it. It seems like it is overly sensitive.”

“I settled on the 970. It was cheaper, lighter, thinner and is very comfortable. I still haven’t ruled out switching to a Fenix but so far I’m very happy.”

“Left on a run today with 20+% battery available and it died on me after 6 miles (~55 minutes).”

“970 disappears on your wrist. Super slim and light. I get about 10-14 days out of mine with about 30 km running a week and 120 cycling (tracking on edge)”

“The watch is unusable for smart watch/phone functions unless I disable the touch screen.”

“my 2.5 hr run ran the batt from 50% all the way to turning off yesterday”

“i have no problem wearing 970’dor sleep tracking but im told the extra weight of f8 (more like a real analog watch) makes that a bit more uncomfortable”

“recently this has dropped drastically to 30 hours of battery life.”

“the 965 (+970) slips under a cuff no problem and doesn't throw itself around while running if I decide to wear it a little more open when hot.”

“I have the 970 and it’s been fantastic. It has all of the options of the fenix but it’s way lighter, which is why I went with the 970. I get about a week of battery life with every day use of the GPS. Plenty long enough for me.”

“Still happens occasionally so I pause it then hit play from the watch and it works fine again. But overall I love the watch as well!”