Which watch is best?

[Daroo]

Hi, I need a watch for running.. what do people think is the best one. Below £200 as I’ll only wear it for exercise .

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Garmin, many experts here will advise you which Garmin watch is best for you.

[nowster Metric Marathon]

What sort of statistics do you want out of the watch?

It seems that the Forerunner series will give you more running-related stats than the more general vivoactive3 model I got about this time last year.

[Speedy60 Half Marathon]

Personally, I would but the best Garmin you can afford. I've never tried Apple, but I have had a Fitbit and it just wasn't accurate enough.

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

I would vote for Garmin too - especially if running is the main form of exercise you want to track. There are certainly models for under £200. The forerunners are great - take a look at some of the comparison websites to see which features may be important to you. Here's a link for a comparison of garmin running watches garmin.com/en-GB/c/sports-f...

[backintime 10 Miles]

I umm-ed and ah-ed and procrastinated and then finally remembered I actually had a vivoactive 3 which I had bought with my airmiles the last time I went to Singapore for work and then put away unworn when I damaged my knee I got it out of the box about a month ago.

I am wearing it now and as far as stats go, it's fine - not an awful lot different from my phone stats with Runkeeper.

Oh another note - I am considering re-consigning it to it's box. I really don't want to know my heart rate every second of the day, how many hours of sleep I didn't get, etc. I may only use it for running and not every day use - it's too easy to obsess over all the information. That's just my own personal opinion - lots of people love them.

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

The Garmin Forerunner 45 is a great watch and very popular on here. I have the 45s which has a slightly smaller watch face than the standard 45.Good luck!👍

[Daroo Half Marathon]

Thanks all! I’ll look up the different watches 👍🏻

[PandaCory]

I've got the Garmin Forerunner 45 and I love it. You can do so much with it, most of which I haven't got to grips with yet as I've only had it for about 5 months 🙄😆). I did mute all the stuff about sleep, stress level etc. as I don't feel the need for it, but others swear by it. It'll give you all the running info you need.

[Cmoi Marathon]

I got a Garmin Forerunner 45s on Amazon Prime Day. I only wear it when I run as sleep stats etc aren't important to me. In fact I don't know how to use most of the features!

Although I had been looking at the Venu2s, I'm glad I didn't go for it as it would've been way underused, even if I wore it all the time.

[LadyGault Half Marathon]

Another vote for the Forerunner 45 from me 😃

[Couchpotato2 Marathon]

Do you though?... (said she with a garmin at her wrist). I did a list of essentials and also nice stuff to have and then did my research like that. I would say that apps such as runkeeper give a lot of data and are free. .. but I certainly dont practice what I preach

[Hedgehogs123 Metric Marathon]

Personally, if you only want it for exercise I presume you've tried a lot of the free apps out there for running which give you a really good breakdown of your stats, depending on what you need? I kept thinking about getting a watch just for running but when I go out for a run, I set strava on my phone and its paired to my Fitbit Charge 3, so I know what my pace is as Im running and at the end I get a full breakdown .I also use the Nike Run Appt which you probably know gives you a full breakdown. So I guess I'd say do you really need a special watch? Only you can answer that.🤔🏃‍♀️

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

This is interesting 🤔! I still have my Forerunner 35…..maybe 45 is the next step for me. Thanks for raising the subject 🙂

[Daroo Half Marathon]

I was wanting a watch so that I could leave my phone behind.. aahhh .. I’m now confused as what to get 🤪🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

[limu_mu]

Am a 100% Garmin! if you have blue light there is a nice discount on Garmin watches there! The new forerunner 55 model seems to be a good budget-friendly watch.... although there are some older models which are good contenders, especially if you love your data! Basically though if the 245 doesn't cut it, I would wait it out for new models of the 745 and 945

[Frenc Half Marathon]

Ah what a great question! I have a Garmin Forerunner, and it does everything I need it to do. Before that I had a Fitbit, which would act up quite a lot. But for some reason I view the Garmin as a serious no nonsense watch, and my Fitbit seemed to have a sense of humour! 😊😊😊