Garmin Forerunner 970®, Premium GPS Running and Triathlon Smartwatch, AMOLED Display, Built-In LED Flashlight,, Titanium with Whitestone Case and Whitestone/Translucent Amp Yellow Band

Although I am still learning how to use all the features on the watch, so far it is amazing. It’s also very lightweight and I hardly notice it on my wrist. I’m very happy.

I have used garmin forerunner for 20+ years. I had the 920xt for 12 years before this. As always I am on the learning curve with an new watch. As always it has everything and way more that I need. I have picked it up fairly quicky. Overall i love the bigger screen now as those who get older know, the eyes fade. I love my new forerunner and plan on having it for years to come

Always intimidating to switch to a new version of anything, especially watches and Garmin products. This Forerunner is so great. LOTS of things to still learn. So far it is an excellent watch, easy to use, once you learn the ways. Love it all around.

I totally love my Forerunner 970!!! Many years ago, I had an early version of the Forerunner watch. While I really enjoyed it, I decided to retire my old Forerunner and got an Apple watch due to integration with my iPhone and not wanting to have too many devises. Fast forward several years to now, I learned that today there are many (maybe all) of the Garmin watches, including the Forerunner, do integrate with the iPhone on virtually all of the functions that I use! With this in mind, when my Apple Watch died a few weeks ago, I ran, not walked, back to Garmin!!! I'm now three weeks into wearing my Forerunner 970, and I haven't regretted this decision. I totally LOVE IT!!! The Forerunner has more data points, far better analytics, a better user experience with both the watch itself, and the Garmin Connect app, and amazingly better battery life. Bravo Garmin! Thanks for designing the best watch that I've ever worn!

I got my Nine-Seventy 3 weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. Have not been able to try out all the different settings and options yet but have accomplished most of my daily activities, like running, track-running, pool swimming and biking and it's fantastic to see everything on the super bright amoled screen. Especially track workouts (I'm the coach of a running club) are easy to follow, also afterwards, split out into all the little details. One of the great things of the modern Garmin Forerunner watches is the option to share your hard work with a coach or a friend who can see your workout on his other computer-screen for comments, which is what I do. This Forerunner is the most beautiful Garmin I ever had, exellent as a sports-watch but also top class as a smart watch. I was even able to check my HR for possible AFIB.....

This is a great running watch. I used the Garmin Forerunner 745 for 5 years, and was very happy with it, but the battery life had deteriorated enough that it couldn't make it through a marathon anymore, so I decided it was time for an upgrade. The 970 works great. Battery life on the 970 is way better than it was on the 745 so far. I use it with a Stryd footpod to do power-based structured workouts using the Stryd Zones field, training for marathons and half marathons, and it works great for that purpose.

I came here from an Apple Watch and I really enjoy the garmin difference hands down. Battery life, the torch, and overnight night monitoring especially if you are rocking one of the garmin nylon bands. The only setback for the 970 is the default watch faces. I wish Garmin had more available out of the box for a watch of this cost (just include the Fenix or similar watch face), but I am very happy with the choice, especially with the integration to other hardware like an Inreach mini 2/3.

I haven't yet the opportunity to test all of the functions. The flashlight and maps work well. I need to test the water resistence per my lifestyle still. Not fond of having to download 3 different apps. (Connect, regular, and kids) would be more convenient if they were all in one. Wish the band had different material options as my skin doesn't like the silicone but it is durable. The image quality surprised me. Very fond of the morning brief and the emergency notification. Price point is a wee bit steep when there is a new model every few months. It does have an option to push the water out of itself i noticed. I like that i can control music eventually when i get it all downloaded.

Pretty Impressive. Coming from FR 965, I appreciate the new UI and quality of life features like the torch. But overall not that big a jump from 965. UI still needs more work, the cost increase doesn't seem that justified. Also battery life has gone down which is sad. But for 1st time buyers, I definitely recommend.

I came from an Epix Pro Gen 2 and the updates are noticeable. The screen is much more vibrant, way brighter and it actually has a good enough touchscreen that I use it from time to time. It doesn’t look very rugged (none of the forerunner watches do) and the stock watch faces kinda suck. The UI still leaves a lot to be desired as it is laggy (cause Garmin re-uses CPUs from 2020). We’ll see how long Garmin supports this watch before dropping it