Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Forerunner 55 GPS Smartwatch 42mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Whitestone
Average customer rating
4.1
(691 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 691 reviews
5 Stars
424
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
5
Fitbit to Garmin
on October 19, 2024
Posted by: Jhcampbell
I have been a Fitbit girl for years. After my third one messed up I decided to branch out and with lots of recommendations, I caved. I am Obsessed. I love the features and it does way better at tracking than my Fitbit did.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Frustrating
on October 21, 2024
Posted by: hubcap
It is probably because I am too old but found that trying to understand its functions impossible. The instruction book was no help. I had to ask other people to help me, and I now can finally use it at its most basic function. I have the app on my phone but have not as yet tried to tackle that. It seems to function well but honestly; I wished i went with something simpler for a fitness watch. I am 67 years old, and I am training to run 5k races for the first time in my life. My trainer suggested your watch and i went with her advice. I wished i didn't, though maybe all fitness watched are this complicated.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Nice watch! Wish it were touchscreen :/
on October 22, 2024
Posted by: Daisy000007
I bought this about a month ago, I was only disappointed in the fact that it was not a touchscreen. The watch and app were also a bit difficult to navigate. I ended up returning it and getting a watch that is touchscreen (COROS)
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love this Watch
on October 22, 2024
Posted by: realrociowick
At 1st I wasn't to sure because I was like it's to much of regular watch, but I fell in love with it because of all the stats it gives and all the watch face options.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
GREAT WATCH
on October 22, 2024
Posted by: Himothy
This watch was so good, glad I got it. Also this watch can do everything a runner wants.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Forerunner 55: A Good Basic Watch for Runners
on October 23, 2024
Posted by: WallyBud
I purchased my Forerunner 55 about a month ago and generally am pleased with its features. I bought it to replace a Forerunner 25, which also a basic watch for runners but over about the five or so years I owned it no longer functioned properly. I considered Garmin's entire suite of watches for runners but found most were much too expensive for what I needed, i.e., a stop watch with GPS to track my distance and time, as well as other basic watch functions such as time and date. The Forerunner 55 was by far the most reasonably priced watch that met my needs.
The watch does everything my previous watch did, but of course with technology changes over the last several years, it does it much better. In addition to distance tracking, which appears more accurate, it provides data on my heart rate, respiration, and several other wellness related functions. I have been a runner more than sixty years, and the watch provides everything I want in that regard.
My disappointment is in some of the ancillary features. I am also an avid golfer, and the watch has a golf function, but it is practically useless. A friend of mine, who owns an older Garmin watch which was less expensive, has much more extensive golf features including calculating distances to the pin for nearby courses utilizing the GPS built into the watch. I can load local golf courses but the watch doesn't utilize the GPS to calculate pin distances. I suspect the capability could have been enabled in the Forerunner 55 at no additional cost but assume that Garmin chose not to provide it as an incentive to purchase a more expensive Garmin watch.
In summary to me the Forerunner 55 is a good watch for runners that is affordably priced but is disappointing in that Garmin did not enable some of the potential features aside from running.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
I want to return it
on October 23, 2024
Posted by: Done on day 1
So it won’t even tell the correct time. So I want to return it
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Good features
on October 25, 2024
Posted by: Runsamrun
I miss the touch screen of my vivoactive, but for the price, it's a good watch.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin