Strap On: Garmin Forerunner 165 Music

Garmin is like a household name in the sports and fitness world. The Garmin Forerunner 165 Music Edition is among the newest models to be released in the Philippines. It was made specifically for runners who want more from their smartwatches.

Here are 5 things you need to know why the Garmin Forerunner 165 is best for serious athletes:

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11-Day Battery Life

Most smartwatches last about 2 to 5 days with very few going for more than a week. The Garmin Forerunner 165 promises up to 11 days of regular use (Smartwatch Mode).

For more serious fitness tracking, you can set this in GPS Mode and that could last you up to 19 hours of continuous operation. That’s more than 3 times the duration allocated for the 42-kilometer Boston Marathon.

Activity Tracking

You can keep tabs on your daily steps, total calories burned, floor steps climbed and so much more from your wrist. It includes measurements of running metrics like cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more to help improve your running stats (very few smartwatches have that detail of monitoring).

Plus, it comes with constant measurement of your heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, and stress.

Use the Garmin Connect app for a collection of free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and pilates workouts. There’s 25+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.

The Forerunner 165 is also rated for 5 ATM so you can use it even if its raining, or if you’re ging for a swim (which it can track as well!).

Sleep Monitoring and Scoring

Understand how your body is recovering with sleep score, get a breakdown of your sleep stages, and gain detailed insights for improved sleep quality

Music

The smartwatch (Music Edition) has a built-in 4GB of internal storage. This means you can sync up your favorite playlist from Spotify, Deezer or Amazon Music.

Simply pair the Garmin watch to your Bluetooth headphones or earbuds and you can listen to your favorite songs or podcasts while on the gym on along the trail, even without your smartphone with you.

Apps and Connectivity

Install the Garmin Connect app in your smartphone to see health and fitness information, connect with friends and sync data (like music). The Connect IQ Store lets you add watch faces, data fields and apps to your Forerunner 165.

When you add friends and family, they’d be able to follow your real-time location and see you planned courses.

Get notifications like emails, texts and alerts on your iPhone or Android phone. There’s also this cool feature that the watch can sense if you had an incident and it will send a message to friends/family with your live location. You can even activate it manually if you feel unsafe (like when in a Grab or Angkas ride).

Price and Availability

The Garmin Forerunner 165 Music is out in stores with a suggested retail price of Php 18,790USD 320INR 27,144EUR 305CNY 2,332. The Music Edition comes in Slate Gray, Whitestone, Aqua and Lilac.

If you’re looking for smartwatch to track your steps, count calories and check your heart beat, then the Forerunner 165 is overkill and not really for you. But, if you’re looking for a smartwatch that can do all that and many more, then the Forerunner 165 is a good investment. Besides, if you do regular runs, cycling or preparing to join your first marathon, I’m sure you already know that this Garmin smartwatch is what you need.