If you’re really into the science of training and running, you’ll probably want to go higher end for more metrics and insights, but as a cheap way to track runs and monitor fitness, this is a very solid offering. This will definitely take you from couch to 5km and probably even up to the marathon. If you just run for fitness and want to cover the basics, the 45 now gives you more than enough. You get a lot of features for under $200/£200. Sleep, stress and Body Battery tracking on board.Useful personalized training plans for beginners.Garmin Forerunner features, app and usability It’s a small thing but it means you can now use most of the charging cables from other Garmin watches to this juice up. In the box you also get Garmin’s hopefully-now-standard four-pin USB charging cable. The Forerunner 45 is waterproof to 50 meters, so you can swim with it, though there are no swimming features here. If we had one bugbear it was that the strap slider would, well, slide off, leaving the end of the strap flapping around from time to time. Clearly, you’re not going to get Apple Watch resolution at this price, but the screen is clear and bright, and the colors, while limited, do help make it easier to read your stats and make the whole thing feel a bit cheerier.īut the bonus here is that it’s a decent comfortable watch to wear 24/7. Even the 42mm case is much smaller than most other running watches though.īoth fitness trackers feature a 1.04-inch, 208 x 208 color display. There are actually two Forerunner 45 versions: the standard 45, which has a 42mm case, and the 45S with a slightly smaller 39mm case, suitable for those with smaller wrists. Light and more plastic than top-end watches.However, now the Forerunner 55 is out, you can frequently get a 45 for under £100/$120/AU$200. With a £169.99 / $199.99 / AU$299.00 price tag at launch, the Forerunner 45 was one of the cheapest Garmin watches and sat in the middle of the budget running watches bracket alongside the likes of the Polar M430 and the Coros Pace. Garmin Forerunner 45 price and availability Garmin Forerunner 45 (Black) at Amazon for $134.18 (opens in new tab).Image credit: TechRadar (Image credit: Future)

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