Garmin Forerunner 235 - 2024 report by Whydis

Garmin Forerunner 235

A weekend in the mountains running a half marathon with your college friends' Sounds perfect. Sure, the weekend will mostly be about hanging out and catching up, but 13. 1 miles will be waiting for you at some point during those few days. Now that yo...

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User interface

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Son

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Shape

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Good

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Service

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Reaction

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Color screen

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Ability

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Tech support

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Pace

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Rate monitor

(2 reviews)
Rating:1

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Warmup

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Heartrate

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Reviews around user interface (5.00 of 5)

  • The user interface is pretty easy to use

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Reviews around son (5.00 of 5)

  • Our son LOVES this running watch

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Reviews around shape (5.00 of 5)

  • It arrived in great shape, as well.

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Reviews around good (5.00 of 5)

  • It arrived in great shape, as well.

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Reviews around service (5.00 of 5)

  • I got my FR235 well over a year ago to replace my old FR310XT, which finally crapped out after many years of reasonable service

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Reviews around reaction (5.00 of 5)

  • My initial reaction to the 235 was quite positive

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Reviews around color screen (5.00 of 5)

  • The color screen is way nicer than the 310

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Reviews around ability (5.00 of 5)

  • The ability to load apps is also a big improvement

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Reviews around tech support (5.00 of 5)

  • Of course, trying to get to Garmin tech support is an adventure in itself

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Reviews around pace (2.54 of 5)

  • Helps a lot keeping the right pace on a race with its heart rate monitor on the pulse.
  • For example, I will be running a really slow warmup pace, where my actual heart rate is around 120

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Reviews around rate monitor (2.54 of 5)

  • The heart rate monitor is totally unreliable
  • He also really likes the heart rate monitor

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Reviews around rating:1 (1.00 of 5)

  • However, there are two major flaws with the device that make me downgrade my rating:1

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Reviews around warmup (1.00 of 5)

  • For example, I will be running a really slow warmup pace, where my actual heart rate is around 120

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Reviews around heartrate (1.00 of 5)

  • Often times the 235 will show an outrageous heartrate in the 170s or 180s

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More about Garmin Forerunner 235

  • A weekend in the mountains running a half marathon with your college friends' Sounds perfect
  • Sure, the weekend will mostly be about hanging out and catching up, but 13
  • 1 miles will be waiting for you at some point during those few days
  • Now that you're committed, step up your training by investing in Garmin's Forerunner 235
  • With its user-friendly design and host of training metrics, the Forerunner 235 will help you train efficiently so you can impress your friends at the finish line
  • One of the biggest features Garmin added to the Forerunner 235 to set it apart from other Forerunner models is wrist-based heart rate
  • Leave the cumbersome heart rate band at home without missing out on your BPM with this new addition to the watch, then check up on your pace, estimated V02 max, and distance whether you're logging your miles inside or out
  • When you lace up your shoes, leave your phone at home and get some dedicated time for yourself out on your run; the Forerunner 235 will display your smartphone notifications while you're out so you aren't bombarded with a slew of missed calls and texts when you get back home
  • Finally, Garmin also rolled its all-day fitness tracking into the Forerunner 235 too, which will hold you accountable for your sleep schedule, overall steps, and the time you spend sitting each day.