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OUR BEST AND BRIGHTEST RUNNING SMARTWATCHES AMOLED DISPLAY | DURABLE SAPPHIRE LENS | TITANIUM BEZEL LET THEM KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE WITH A BUILT-IN LED FLASHLIGHT BUILT FOR THE DEMANDS OF TRAINING WITH up to 15 days OF BATTERY in smartwatch mode WE’VE GOT YOUR ROUTE FULL-COLOR MAPS WITH ENHANCED NAVIGATION “CAN’T TALK, ON A RUN” SOUNDS BETTER WITH A BUILT-IN SPEAKER AND MICROPHONE FIND A NEW FAST WITH RUNNING ECONOMY AND RUNNING TOLERANCE
- BRIGHT 1.4-INCH AMOLED DISPLAY
- Item #11486378
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Most helpful positive review
May 13, 2026
Great Features: Light, ECG, and Sleep Tracking
Huge upgrade over my 945, which is still a great watch.
chasen22
Reposted from Garmin
Most helpful critical review
Apr 3, 2026
Lame product, sick of your bugs and pricing.
Touchlock on but off in settings. Had that problem with enduro 3 also. You love to charge crasy ammount of cash, but dont know how to fix bugs in expencive watches. My next watch will not be garmin praise the lord. Had problems with instinct 3 also- making intervals and watch going off all the time. You gave us update but problem is here again. Had faulty button on epix pro. Bunch of lags on all watches. You are crasy with pricing. Amazfit is catching you, coros also, and I am glad for that. 970 will be better in years, but, you will abandone it than, so... no good. Had bunch of problems with your watches. You selling this problems for people who dont even run, just wearing them for walks and showing off. For serious athlete I dont want to deal with your bugs all the time.
Stevan Mar
Reposted from Garmin
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chasen22
Reposted from Garmin
May 13, 2026
Great Features: Light, ECG, and Sleep Tracking
Huge upgrade over my 945, which is still a great watch.
CHDZ
Reposted from Garmin
May 11, 2026
Data freak
Upgraded from a Instinct Solar 1. Every sensor, is far more accurate and loving all the training stats.
Slowrunnings
Reposted from Garmin
May 9, 2026
Happy to make the switch from the aw series.
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.
PV Paul
Reposted from Garmin
May 9, 2026
I totally love my Forerunner 970!!!
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!
lfhorozco
Reposted from Garmin
May 9, 2026
Great watch, worth it
I have the Fenix 8 pro and after wearing the 970 for more than a month I feel that is more comfortable and useful while you train, other than that is amazing as the Fenix.
coach W
Reposted from Garmin
May 4, 2026
Best Garmin Forerunner ever!
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.....
