Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch 43 mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Gray/Whitestone - (2024)
Average customer rating
4.5
(404 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 404 reviews
5 Stars
294
4 Stars
59
3 Stars
23
2 Stars
14
1 Star
14
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Forerunner 165 GPS Smartwatch 43 mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Gray/Whitestone - (2024)
Customer Rating
5
Lots of features
on April 20, 2024
Posted by: Duarmy
I like the fact that for a great price the Forerunner 165 has so many features. Even better, you can arrange the features in an order that works for everyone.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Nice
on April 24, 2024
Posted by: Kimo
I bought this one month ago and I’m very happy with it
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Apple Watch who????
on April 25, 2024
Posted by: GarminGirly
I absolutely love this watch. It stays charged for days! I love how I can see my step count right. Garmin girl forever
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Best for the price
on April 30, 2024
Posted by: xuxumatu
This is my 5th Wearable garmin and has all important features than expensive models, I love the screen, the run dynamics, run power, and GPS
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
It's definitely entry-level, but it's pretty good!
on May 3, 2024
Posted by: A runner indeed
I've owned several different Garmin watches, but this has been my first Garmin AMOLED watch. While I love MIP displays, I love how I'm actually able to read the time when I'm inside, which is most of the day. My MIP displays are just hard to read inside. I don't have any problems seeing the AMOLED screen when I'm out running as I can just turn the brightness up to full, and it's more than sufficient.
For not being dual-band GPS, it almost seems like it is haha! GPS accuracy has been top notch, and even better than some dual-band GPS competitor watches I've tried. Sooo, hats off to you Garmin.
However, Garmin's tier system with some of their software features is a little weird. For example, one simple feature I wish it had (and it's almost stupid it doesn't) is hot-keys like on a ton of Garmin's other watches. It's kinda annoying that this watch doesn't have it. I don't care about having all the training load metrics like the Forerunner 265 and up have (it makes sense to limit those to pricier watches), but being able to use hotkeys (ex. for Garmin pay, timers, flashlight, etc.) would make me bump the rating up to 5 stars.
Overall, great, but just needs a little more.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
I’m obsessed with the abilities of this watch
on May 7, 2024
Posted by: Olive2308
I bought this watch to replace the Apple Watch I wore and randomly died in me and it was the best change. It overall gives more information about your health and has many features that help me examine my overall physical abilities.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
So far, so good!
on May 8, 2024
Posted by: Patrick 48
Bought this a month ago to replace my Swim 2 which worked well for me. Forerunner has more features and most importantly for me a longer battery life for the same price! 4 stars, only because I haven't swam open water yet. Small complaint is that it occasionally loses 25 yards while lap swimming as did my Swim 2.
Response from GarminBy Garmin Fitness, May 9, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Forerunner 165. We would like to discuss this further over email concerning the yardage issue. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
Forerunner 165 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=1055469&tab=topics
Forerunner 165 Support:
https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?productID=1055469&tab=topics
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Still learning how to use it, but LOVE it!
on May 11, 2024
Posted by: BEC San Antonio
I upgraded from my old Garmin 630. I was using a FitBit to get back into running for this last year… now I’ve graduated. Awesome!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin