Garmin Forerunner 935
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Are you a performance-driven athlete? Choose the Garmin Forerunner 935. Thanks to integrated sensors, you'll get a comprehensive overview of your training data. That way, you'll not only see how high your heart rate is, but also in which heart rate zone you're training. You can also view your route, distance, and speed. Do you want to know how intense your training was and how long you'll have to recover?cThat too is shown the sports watch. Moreover, the multi-sports watch has the possibility of registering your data per sport and to set data fields per sport.
Note: an adapter isn't included. Do you want to charge the watch via a socket? If so, order an adapter separately.
Compatible with operating system | Android, iOS | |
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Recommended for wrist circumference | 18 - 22 cm | |
Battery life in time mode | 336 hours | |
Type of heart rate measurement | Optical heart rate measurement | |
Required iPhone model | iPhone 6 or later | |
Independent music player | ||
Width | 47 mm |
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Battery life
Wearing comfort
Design
Options
The watch comes installed with different watch faces (watch faces, digital and analog) I don't like them at all, but via the garmin connect on your phone you can download new ones, which changes the look of your watch immediately.
You can also change each watch face via your phone, which color is which, or change your numbers while completing your steps. Whether or not heart rate / steps / calories you name it.
Bought the watch on July 13, straight out of the box it was at 85% now today the 29th the watch is at 10%. For someone who uses it daily, this is very important because it is just very long, compared to, for example, a polar m600 (2 or 3 days battery time). In those 2 weeks I used my running function with GPS 3x 45 min.
Okay, let's be honest, this watch is huge overkill, you can adjust everything and your screen shows you the information you want. You do all this through the Garmin Connect app.
You connect your watch and phone with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and everything you change and save on your phone you see immediately change on your watch.
Once connected to your phone you can also use your smartwatch functions, limited to reading messages on your watch and seeing who is calling and recording
Altitude, heart rate, speed, vo2max, recovery time, steps, calories, sleep, stopwatch, timer, vibrate and beep per km get a compass this watch does it all. I don't need all these things but as an athlete and gadget lover I think it's super cool.
My experience with the GPS and the heart rate monitor:
Super fast connection with the GPS, when I set my watch to go for a run, I have a GPS lock within 10 seconds every time. I walk in a park where a round is exactly one km and I notice this because when I am back at the same point I get a vibration.
If I look at the map via my app on the phone, everything looks accurate until you zoom in, then it sometimes looks like you've walked into water. I have no problem with this because it indicates a km after a round and therefore measures accurately enough for me.
The heart rate monitor, accurate at rest or jogging, as soon as you really start sprinting and you think your heart rate is important, it is better to use a heart rate belt and connect it to your watch.
Photos:
The first 2 photos are the same watchface to give you an idea of how colorful or clean you can make everything look. I use the 2nd photo where the numbers turn blue the closer I get to my steps and when it's full the numbers turn white again.
The 3rd photo keeps track of everything via different colored lines.
Do you prefer black and white with or analog, it's all possible.
Edu
29 July 2017
Automatically translated from Dutch
I have had this Garmin for a few months now and I am very satisfied with it. For this I tried a Fenix 5, but it feels quite heavy on the wrist. Too loose rattles too much, tight I had prints on my wrist. If you know everything about the Fenix 5, you also know everything about the 935. These two watches are identical in terms of software, only the Fenix 5 has a metal housing, the 935 is made of plastic. Due to the plastic housing, the 935 weighs 49 grams instead of the 85 grams of the Fenix 5. I notice this difference considerably. Even though the housing is made of plastic, I haven't had any scratches or damage to it yet, so you don't have to complain about the reliability. I use the 935 daily as an activity tracker and wear it during exercise. With +/- 2 sports a week, a battery lasts a little less than 2 weeks. It is therefore nice that if the battery indicator is at 10% you know that you can save all day instead of my Apple watch friends who are already reaching for the adapter. I also wear a vivosmart while sleeping, which is a bit smaller.
As a functionality there is a training status on it. This indicates whether your condition is improving or whether you train too much or too little. I think it's a shame that Garmin doesn't combine the data from their products, for example that you have a Forerunner for running and an Edge for cycling and they take care of your training status together. For your training status you should always have the 935 on. I myself was a bit skeptical about the training status, but I did sports for a few days in a row and I got the status "too intensive". It didn't bother me at all, so I just went for a bike ride. But I have to admit that after the first climb I had pudding in my legs. After a few days of rest, the legs were back. The 2nd thing I regret is that the 935 asks to go running once every 2 weeks with a chest strap on, so it can determine your condition, lactate threshold and the like even better. I wonder why I have to put on a chest strap for this, because there is a heart rate monitor for this.
Anyway, despite the two small points I am very satisfied with this watch and can recommend it to everyone.
Frank
19 July 2017
Automatically translated from Dutch
Very complete watch for triathlon. Very light, you don't notice you're wearing it. Battery life is very long, about 2 weeks between charges with day and night and about 8 hours a week using GPS during sports.
However, wrist heart rate sensor is useless. Intervals does not register or registers the sensor poorly, the heart rate does not seem to be registered fast enough. Also regular spikes in heart rate when you just walk slowly. Separate heart rate belt is recommended.
After three quarters of a year, the 'glass' of the heart rate sensor turned out to be cracked, a common problem. Immediately received a new copy from Coolblue, top service!
Mark
7 June 2019
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Product number | 784744 | |
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Manufacturer code | 010-01746-04 | |
Brand | Garmin | |
Warranty | 2 years | |
Processing of your defect | Via Coolblue | |
Old product returned for free |
Compatible with operating system | Android, iOS | |
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Required iPhone model | iPhone 6 or later | |
Operating system | Brand-specific | |
Guaranteed support with updates | Unknown |
Watch case color | Black | |
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Watch case material | Plastic | |
Watch case shape | Round | |
Width | 47 mm | |
Depth | 13,9 mm | |
Weight | 49 g | |
Size watch case | Extra large | |
Recommended for wrist circumference | 18 - 22 cm | |
Total storage capacity | 0,64 GB | |
Water resistance | 5 |
Watch strap material | Plastic | |
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Watch strap color | Black | |
Closure type | Buckle | |
Interchangeable watch strap | ||
Compatibility watch strap | Product specific | |
Minimum wrist circumference | 11,3 cm | |
Maximum wrist circumference | 22 cm |
Screen type | LCD | |
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Always-on display | ||
Data display | Digital | |
Touchscreen | ||
Color screen | ||
Type of glass | Mineral |
Battery life in time mode | 336 hours | |
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Battery life in sports mode | 24 hours | |
Wireless charging |
Bluetooth | ||
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ANT+ | ||
Independent music player | ||
Music controls | ||
Built-in microphone | ||
Built-in speakers | ||
Smartphone notifications | Accept incoming call, Decline incoming call, Notifications, Receive messages | |
App installation possible | ||
Camera operation | ||
NFC |
Pedometer | ||
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Speedometer | ||
Calorie counter | ||
Measures stairs climbed |
Heart rate measurement | ||
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Heart rate zones | ||
Heart rate sensor | Integrated pulse sensor | |
Type of heart rate measurement | Optical heart rate measurement | |
Heart rate measurement moment | Continuously | |
Notification exceedance heart rate zone | Yes | |
Irregular heartbeat notification | ||
Heart rate measurement under water |
Oximeter | ||
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Average heart rate during sleep |
Recommended for sports | Biking, Hiking, Mountaineering, Outdoor, Running, Swimming, Tennis, Water sports, Winter sports | |
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Adjust sport profiles | ||
Save personal records | ||
Measure fitness age | ||
Recovery advice | ||
Interval training | ||
VO2 max measurement | ||
Automatic pausing | ||
Measures minutes of intensive training | ||
Measures average speed during activity | ||
Lap counter | ||
Race prognosis | ||
Measures step distance | ||
Measure running cadence | ||
Measures swimming distance | ||
Measures swimming speed | ||
Swimming lap counter |
Built-in GPS receiver | ||
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Global satellite navigation system | GLONASS, GPS | |
GPS application | Navigation, Route registration |
Compass | ||
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Altimeter | ||
Type of altimeter | Barometric | |
Accelerometer | ||
Thermometer |
Fall detection | ||
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Alarm function | ||
Emergency button | ||
Geofencing |
