Garmin Forerunner 255
Launched Jun 2022 · Sports watch
Usual price₹29,990
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Usual price ₹29,990 · launch price ₹37,490
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Score breakdown
HR matched chest strap on steady runs; sleep overestimated
Notifications, Android-only replies; no touch, no music
About 11-12 days with several runs a week
MIP, sun-readable but dim, no touchscreen
Dual-band GPS, running power, triathlon, training load
Plastic, chunky, soft buttons; 5 ATM
Each part is rated on one scale for every smartwatch and band, from reviewers' accuracy tests and measured battery life where they exist, what reviewers found, specs and owner reports. It rates the product itself, not how good it is for the price.
Pros
- Heart rate almost identical to a chest strap
- Multi-band GPS stays on course under trees
- Around two weeks between charges without workouts
- Two case sizes, plus running power and training tools
- Heart rate matched a chest strap on steady runs
- Deep training analysis and race-day countdowns
- About 11-12 days with several runs a week
Cons
- Chunky case
- Buttons feel soft and sometimes register by mistake
- No touchscreen and no colour maps
- Optical heart rate struggles with sprints and hill repeats
- Sleep tracking overestimates sleep time
- Costly for a plastic watch
- Expensive
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Android CentralAug 2022
Against a Polar H10 chest strap the wrist heart rate matched almost every time, and multi-band GPS drifted far less than older watches on roads and forest trails; the best-value serious running watch when tested.
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WareableJun 2022
On a 10K it matched an HRM-Pro chest strap for average and maximum heart rate, though fast hill repeats threw it off; GPS wandered a little among buildings but was near-perfect in the open, and sleep tended to be overestimated next to Whoop and Fitbit.
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Expert ReviewsAug 2022
Parkrun distances came out right (5.04 km on a 5 km course) and satellites locked in seconds; no chest-strap test was done, but it improves on the 245 in everything except price.
Full specs
| Software | Garmin |
|---|---|
| Works with | Android, iPhone |
| Screen | 1.3" · MIP · 260x260 |
|---|---|
| Always-on display | Yes |
| Maker's figure | 14 days |
|---|---|
| Measured in a test | 11.5 days (about 11-12 days with 3-4 runs a week (Android Central: 54% used in a week without workouts, an hour of all-systems GPS took about 5%)) |
| With GPS on | 30 h |
| Charging | Garmin clip cable |
| Heart rate | Yes |
|---|---|
| Blood oxygen (SpO2) | Yes |
| ECG | No |
| Skin temperature | No |
| Blood pressure | No |
| GPS | Built-in, dual-band |
| Barometer / compass | barometer, compass |
| Health features | HRV status, sleep score, Body Battery, stress, Pulse Ox, morning report, training status and load, race predictor |
| Calling | No |
|---|---|
| Apps | A few apps |
| Payments | Garmin Pay (NFC; not usable in India) |
| Maps | No |
| Reply to messages | Yes |
| Music on the watch | No |
| Case | fibre-reinforced polymer, Gorilla Glass 3 glass |
|---|---|
| Sizes | 41 mm, 46 mm |
| Weight | 49 g |
| Thickness | 12.9 mm |
| Water resistance | 5 ATM |
| Warranty | 1 year |
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| Colours | Slate Grey, Tidal Blue, Black, Whitestone, Powder Grey |
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