GARMIN FORERUNNER Comparison

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GARMIN Fitness

MODEL Forerunner 45 Forerunner 245 Forerunner 245 Music Forerunner 745 Forerunner 945

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RRP MYR 960.00 MYR 1,430.00 MYR 1,670.00 MYR 2,320.00 MYR 2,870.00
COLOR Black | Lava Red Slate | Yellow Black | Aqua | Lava Red Black | Neo Tropic | Magma Red Black | Blue
GENERAL
Lens Material chemically strengthened glass Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX
Bezel Material fiber-reinforced polymer fiber-reinforced polymer fiber-reinforced polymer fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit™ watch band
yes (22 mm) yes (22 mm compatible)
compatible
Quick Release bands yes (20 mm, Industry standard) yes (20 mm, Industry standard)
Strap material silicone silicone silicone silicone silicone
Physical size 42 x 42 x 11.4 mm 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 (mm) 42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 (mm) 43.8 x 43.8 x 13.3 mm 47 x 47 x 13.7 mm
Color display ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Display size 1.04" (26.3 mm) diameter 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter 1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter
Display resolution 208 x 208 pixels 240 x 240 pixels 240 x 240 pixels 240 x 240 pixels 240 x 240 pixels
sunlight-visible, transflective sunlight-visible, transflective sunlight-visible, transflective sunlight-visible, transflective sunlight-visible, transflective
Display type
memory-in-pixel (MIP) memory-in-pixel (MIP) memory-in-pixel (MIP) memory-in-pixel (MIP) memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight 36 g 38.5 g 38.5 g 47 g 50 g
Smartwatch mode: Up to 7 days
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days Smartwatch Mode: Up to 2 weeks
GPS mode with music: Up to 6
GPS mode with music: Up to 6 GPS mode with music: Up to 10
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days hours
Battery life hours hours
GPS mode: Up to 13 hours GPS mode: Up to 24 hours GPS mode without music: Up to 16
GPS mode without music: Up to 24 GPS mode without music: Up to 36
hours
hours hours
UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 21 hours
Water rating 5 ATM 5 ATM 5 ATM 5 ATM 5 ATM
Memory/History 200 hours of activity data 200 hours of activity data 200 hours of activity data 200 hours of activity data 200 hours of activity data
HEALTH MONITORING
Wrist-based Heart Rate
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
(constant, every second)
Daily Resting Heart Rate ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts yes (high and low) yes (high and low) yes (high and low) yes (high and low) yes (high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7) ✓ ✓
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen yes (spot-check and optionally in yes (spot-check and optionally in yes (spot-check, and optional all- yes (spot-check, and optional all-
Saturation sleep) sleep) day acclimation and in sleep) day acclimation and in sleep)
Fitness Age yes (in app) yes (in app) yes (in app) yes (in app) yes (in app)
Body Battery™ Energy
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Monitor
All-day Stress ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Relaxation breathing timer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sleep yes (Advanced) yes (Advanced) yes (Advanced) yes (Advanced) yes (Advanced)
Sleep score and insights ✓ ✓
yes (in Garmin Connect™ and yes (in Garmin Connect™ and yes (in Garmin Connect™ and yes (in Garmin Connect™ and
Hydration
optional Connect IQ™ widget) optional Connect IQ™ widget) optional Connect IQ™ widget) optional Connect IQ™ widget)
yes (in Garmin Connect™ and yes (in Garmin Connect™ and yes (in Garmin Connect™ and yes (in Garmin Connect™ and
Woman's Health
optional Connect IQ™ widget) optional Connect IQ™ widget) optional Connect IQ™ widget) optional Connect IQ™ widget)
SENSORS
GPS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
GLONASS ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Galileo ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
rate monitor
Barometric altimeter ✓ ✓
Compass ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gyroscope ✓ ✓
Accelerometer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Thermometer ✓ ✓
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Saturation Monitor
DAILY SMART FEATURES
Connectivity ✓ Bluetooth®, ANT+® Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi®

Connect IQ™ (downloadable


✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
watch faces, data fields,
widgets and apps) yes (watch faces only)
Smart Notifications ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Text response/reject phone ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓


call with text (Android™ only)
Calendar ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Weather ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Controls smartphone music ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Plays and controls watch
✓ ✓ ✓
music
Music storage up to 500 songs up to 500 songs up to 1000 songs
Find My Phone ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Find My Watch ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
VIRB® Remote ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Smartphone compatibility iPhone®, Android™ iPhone® and Android™ iPhone® and Android™ iPhone® & Android™ iPhone® & Android™
Pairs with Garmin Connect™
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mobile
Garmin Pay™ ✓ ✓
SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES
LiveTrack ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Group LiveTrack ✓ ✓
Live Event Sharing Android™ Only Android™ Only Android™ Only Android™ Only Android™ Only
Incident Detection during
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
select activities yes (Smartphone Required)
Assistance yes (Smartphone Required) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TACTICAL FEATURES
Dual grid coordinates ✓ ✓
ACTIVITY TRACKING FEATURES
Step counter ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Move bar (displays on device
after a period of inactivity;
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
walk for a couple of minutes
to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity
level and assigns a daily step ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
goal)
Calories burned ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Floors climbed ✓ ✓
Distance traveled ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Intensity minutes ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TrueUp™ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Move IQ™ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
GYM & FITNESS EQUIPMENT
Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Strength, Cardio and Elliptical
Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Strength, Cardio and Elliptical
Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Training, Stair Stepping, Floor
Stepping, Yoga may be added Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor
Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates
through app Rowing and Yoga Rowing and Yoga
Available gym activity profiles and Yoga and Yoga
Cardio workouts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Strength workouts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Yoga workouts ✓ ✓
Pilates workouts ✓ ✓
Automatic rep counting ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TRAINING, PLANNING AND ANALYSIS FEATURES
HR zones ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HR alerts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HR calories ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
% HR max ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
% HRR ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Recovery time ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Auto max HR ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
HRV stress test (measures
your heart rate variability
while standing still, for 3
minutes, to provide you with
an estimated stress level; the
scale of this is 1 to 100; low
scores indicate lower stress
levels) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR
data over ANT+™ to paired ✓
devices) yes (using ANT+ or BLE) yes (using ANT+ or BLE) yes (using ANT+ or BLE) yes (using ANT+ or BLE)
Respiration rate (during
exercise) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
GPS speed and distance ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Customizable data pages ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause® ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Interval training ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Advanced workouts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Downloadable training plans
Auto Lap® ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Manual lap ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Configurable lap alerts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓
Heat and altitude acclimation
VO2 Max (Run) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Training Status (lets you see if


you’re training effectively by ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
tracking your training history
and fitness level trend.)
Training Load (your total
training load for the last 7
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
days calculated from
estimated EPOC)
Training load focus ✓ ✓
Training Effect ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Training Effect (anaerobic) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Primary benefit (Training
✓ ✓
Effect labels)
Custom alerts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Audio prompts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Finish time ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Virtual Partner ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Race an Activity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Auto multisport activities ✓ ✓
Manual multisport activities ✓ ✓
Course guidance ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Garmin Live Segments ✓ ✓
Strava Live Segments ✓ ✓
Round-trip course creator

(running/cycling) yes (in Garmin Connect™)

Trendline™ Popularity Routing yes (in Garmin Connect™)
Touch and/or button lock ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Hot keys ✓ ✓
Auto scroll ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Activity history on watch ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Physio TrueUp ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
RUNNING FEATURES

Running, Treadmill Running, Treadmill Running, Running, Treadmill Running, Running, Treadmill Running, Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track
Running. Indoor Track Running Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Indoor and Outdoor Track Running, Running, Treadmill Running, Trail
may be added through app Trail Running, Virtual Running Trail Running, Virtual Running Virtual Running, Trail Running Running, Virtual Running
Available run profiles
GPS-based distance, time and
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
pace
yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
Running dynamics
Vertical oscillation and ratio
(the degree of 'bounce' in
your running motion and the yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
cost-benefit ratio with stride
length)
Ground contact time and
balance (shows how much
time, in the running motion,
your foot is on the ground yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
rather than in flight and lets
you check your running
symmetry)
yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time)

Cadence (provides real-time ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓


number of steps per minute)
Performance condition (after
running 6–20 minutes,
compares your real-time ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
condition to your average
fitness level)
Lactate threshold (through
analysis of your pace and
heart rate, estimates the point yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
where your muscles start to
rapidly fatigue)
PacePro™ Pacing Strategies ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Run workouts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Race predictor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Foot pod capable ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
GOLFING FEATURES
Preloaded with 42,000 courses

worldwide
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to
front, middle and back of ✓
green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs ✓
Measures shot distance
(calculates exact yardage for
Automatic
shots from anywhere on
course)
Digital scorecard ✓
Stat tracking (strokes, putts
per round, greens and ✓
fairways hit)
Garmin AutoShot™ ✓
Auto CourseView updates ✓
Green View with manual pin

position
Hazards and course targets ✓
TruSwing™ compatible ✓
Round timer/odometer ✓
OUTDOOR RECREATION
Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding, Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking,
Backcountry Skiing, XC Classic and Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing,
Skate Skiing, Stand up Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing,
Available outdoor recreation
Paddleboarding, Kayaking, Rowing Kayaking
profiles
Point-to-point navigation ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
TracBack® ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
UltraTrac mode ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Around Me mode ✓
Elevation profile ✓ ✓
Distance to destination ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Barometric trend indicator
✓ ✓
with Storm Alert
ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner ✓ ✓
Trail run auto climb ✓ ✓
Vertical speed ✓ ✓
Total ascent/descent ✓ ✓
Future elevation plot ✓ ✓

Preloaded topographical maps

Preloaded road and trail maps
Downloadable cartography

support

Compatible with BaseCamp™
GPS coordinates ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Area calculation yes (via Connect IQ™) yes (via Connect IQ™)
Hunt/fish calendar yes (via Connect IQ™) yes (via Connect IQ™)
Projected waypoint ✓
Sun and moon information yes (via Connect IQ™) yes (via Connect IQ™)
XERO™ Locations ✓
CYCLING FEATURES
Alerts (triggers alarm when
you reach goals including
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
time, distance, heart rate or
calories)
Courses ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Cycle Map (routable cycling-

specific street map)
Biking. Indoor Biking may be added Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain
Biking, Indoor Biking Biking, Indoor Biking
Available cycling profiles through app Trail Biking Trail Biking
Bike lap and lap maximum
✓ ✓
power (with power sensor)
Race an activity ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
FTP (Functional Threshold
yes (with compatible accessory) yes (with compatible accessory)
Power)
Compatible with Vector™
✓ ✓
(power meter)
Power meter compatible ✓ ✓
Advanced Vector support ✓ ✓
Compatible with Varia
Vision™ (head-mounted ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
display)
Compatible with Varia™ radar
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
(rear-facing radar)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Compatible with Varia™ lights
Speed and cadence sensor yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart
yes yes yes
support sensors) sensors)
SWIMMING FEATURES
Pool Swimming, Open Water Pool Swimming, Open Water
Pool Swimming Pool Swimming
Available swim profiles Swimming, Swimrun Swimming, Swimrun
Open-water swim metrics
(distance, pace, stroke
count/rate, stroke distance, ✓ ✓
swim efficiency (SWOLF),
calories)
Pool swim metrics (lengths,
distance, pace, stroke count,
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
swim efficiency (SWOLF),
calories)
Stroke type detection
(freestyle, backstroke,
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
breaststroke, butterfly) (pool
swim only)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Drill logging (pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (up from 0)
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
(pool swim only)
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
swim only)
Auto rest (pool swim only) ✓ ✓
Time and distance alerts ✓ ✓
✓ ✓
Pacing alerts (pool swim only)
Countdown start (pool swim
✓ ✓
only)
Pool swim workouts ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Critical swim speed ✓ ✓
Underwater wrist-based heart
✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
rate
Heart rate from external HRM
(real-time during rests,
interval and session stats yes (with HRM-Tri™, HRM-Swim™ yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-
during rests, and automatic and HRM-Pro™) Swim™)
heart rate download post-
swim)

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