Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Forerunner 55 GPS Smartwatch 42mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Whitestone
Average customer rating
4.1
(682 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 682 reviews
5 Stars
415
4 Stars
110
3 Stars
49
2 Stars
50
1 Star
58
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Forerunner 55 GPS Smartwatch 42mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Whitestone
Customer Rating
1
Watch impossible to use
on August 24, 2021
Posted by: debbyly
I am going to have to return this. The instructions in the manual on line are terrible and I cannot get anything I want to see come up on the watch. It is way too complicated and the functions do not come up the way it says in the instructions.
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, October 8, 2021
We are sorry to hear that you have had issues like that with the support page, if you have not returned the device yet and also for other customers as well please reach out our support team so that we can get more details from you and work on a solution, thank you for posting a review.
Reach out to our team at; support.garmin.com
Reach out to our team at; support.garmin.com
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Customer Rating
2
WHAT THE HECK?
on August 25, 2021
Posted by: AF23322
I JUST purchased this watch, have had it maybe 2 weeks and the battery already drains within a day. The first week everything was fine, the charge held the entire time. I would top off the charge for a few minutes here and there. Monday my watch was fully charged, Tuesday morning the battery was at 10%. Charged it to 100%. Woke up for an am run on Wednesday and may watch is down to 20% already. I love this watch, I don't know what happened but I'm super disappointed that something so costly is already being defective.
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, October 8, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience with the device, if you have not already contacted our support team yet please reach out to our team so that we can get the details from you and work on a solution, thank you for posting a review we appreciate the feedback.
Reach out to our team at: support.garmin.com
Reach out to our team at: support.garmin.com
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Good watch - issue with SWIM Workout
on August 25, 2021
Posted by: Sebas
I bought this watch considering I like to do RUN, BIKE and SWIM, but then I realised that this watch don`t allow to send a Swim Workout to the device! so I'm surprised because old FR245 allows to do that but this new FR55 don't!
Response from GarminBy Cecil with Garmin, Fitness, October 8, 2021
Sorry to hear about your experience with the device, you are correct the Forerunner 55 can record swim activities but it cannot load specific swim workouts. We would encourage you to reach out to our team for assistance so that we can work on a solution with you.
Please reach out to our team at: support.garmin.com
Garmin Workouts:
https://internalsupport.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=lLvhWrmlMv0vGmyGpWjOX6&searchQuery=workouts%20compatible%20device
Please reach out to our team at: support.garmin.com
Garmin Workouts:
https://internalsupport.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=lLvhWrmlMv0vGmyGpWjOX6&searchQuery=workouts%20compatible%20device
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love it
on August 26, 2021
Posted by: Freedom Runner
I bought it a few weeks ago, and I love all the features. It's really helped me improve my training.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love It!!
on August 27, 2021
Posted by: Merkat
I don’t adapt easily. I’ve had my forerunner 25 for 6 years and was very hesitant to change. But with my old watch getting more and more glitchy, I upgraded. It was like going from a rotary phone to the newest cell. At first, for like an hour, I was overwhelmed with all the features. I like easy. But by the next morning I was getting the hang of it, and every day after that I was like a kid in a candy store - look at this, that is cool, it can do that too?!? Again, I’m pretty non-tech savvy, but the buttons are easy to navigate, scheduling specific runs is super simple, and for a watch with amazing features nothing is tricky to figure out. Plus the battery life is fantastic! There’s nothing I don’t love about this watch. I couldn't be happier with my much needed upgrade!!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great Features
on August 27, 2021
Posted by: FearlessFocus
This watch is really good. It meets all my needs. Great tracking of the heart rate and location and when gps on the go. Battery life is good also.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Nice little upgrade
on August 30, 2021
Posted by: Miker56
My 35 was rapidly losing battery life so it was time for a new one. The 55 initially has great battery life, very happy with it. I primarily use it to track heart beats, steps, and runs. The stress and body battery are fun, sleep not entirely accurate but nice to have. Overall happy with purchase
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Great battery but screen could improve
on August 31, 2021
Posted by: Ric23
I bought this 2 weeks ago and so far charged the battery one. One unusual thing was that after having the battery charged to 100%, the first day it showed I had 97% before I turned it off. The next morning, the battery was showing 87%.thats a 10% drop in a day when it was off. I'll see what happens in the next charge cycle. The only other minor grope is that the screen has very large bezels. I was hoping that the 55 would improve on this over the 45,but that's fine and does as is intended.
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