Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Forerunner 55 GPS Smartwatch 42mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Whitestone - (2021)
Average customer rating
4.2
(918 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 918 reviews
5 Stars
565
4 Stars
152
3 Stars
66
2 Stars
63
1 Star
72
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Forerunner 55 GPS Smartwatch 42mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Whitestone - (2021)
Customer Rating
5
Great
on December 9, 2025
Posted by: UkMaster98
This watch has been awesome for my running and cycling training.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Not typical Garmin intuitive features
on December 9, 2025
Posted by: Cives
I returned it after a day, bought a Spade watch instead. Very easy to use.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Garmin Forerunner 55
on December 9, 2025
Posted by: Swood
Awesome piece of equipment. On my second one. Does everything the other sports watches do.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Good for swimming
on December 10, 2025
Posted by: MSearay
Had a Forerunner 45 but wanted to have watch for swimming so picked the Forerunner 55. So far it has worked great! Handles running and biking like the 45 and has counted/measure swimming laps accurately. So far so good.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love
on December 10, 2025
Posted by: Cotter C
these watches are great. Battery is long lasting, data is great.
Written by a customer while visiting ExpertVoice.com
Customer Rating
5
Online help with Forerunner 55
on December 12, 2025
Posted by: DANNY
This is my 5th generation Garmin Forerunner. Just keeps getting better. Had a little issue setting up. Online help was excellent.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
None
on December 13, 2025
Posted by: Ed Spalding
Program needs to complete rewrite. From my laptop or my phone, either one, not necessarily both, in an outline format, I should be able to see all the primary, secondary, tertiary screens ending with a series of screens for to record the activities/results. I should be easily able to select out and turn off both the primary and the second etc. facilities that I don’t wanna see or use or have to deal with.
Obviously, the buttons would have to be organized in such a man who has to deal with this approach.
One I’m not interested in most of those things and two I don’t want to take the time to learn how to use them.
I want just the basics. Fitness doesn’t have to be the complicated and like every other program 98% of the universe are smart use by 20% of the Software capability
We just no reason why it has to be so difficult to use the device. This is about my fifth Garmin forerunner-device and my second in just the last month however, referring to the first one because it was just ridiculously complicated. I figured cheaper models would have lost confusion installed.
The instruction that I saw that came with this device were essentially nonexistent
I have used an Apple Watch an older model that has to be recharged every day which I simply won’t tolerate which is the reason continue to use Garmin, for the time being.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
AWESOME WATCH
on December 20, 2025
Posted by: runner67
I bought this a few weeks ago, and this is an upgrade from a Fitbit Inspire 3, so I love this so, so much. I am a competitive high school runner who does track and xc and I love how the watch doesn't turn off. The battery life is so so good
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin