The Garmin Forerunner 255 (Image: GARMIN GETTY)
If you’re looking to shed some pounds in January and need a device to keep you accountable, we might have found the perfect deal for you. The Garmin Forerunner 255 is a fitness watch that closely tracks your activities and fitness level as you aim to burn off those calories from 2024.
is currently selling the device – and for the features you get with the device, it is more than worth you money. According to the price tracker site, CamelCamelCamel, it’s also the cheapest it has ever been.
The that boasts HRV status, up to 14 days of battery life, daily suggested workouts, and much more.
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It provides a, HRV status and daily workout suggestions as soon as you wake up. You can view your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery.
It also to indicate if you’re undertraining or overdoing it and offers additional performance monitoring features, including recovery time after your workouts.
The Garmin Forerunner 255 smartwatch has some impressive features, including the ability to receive emails, texts, and alerts directly on the watch when connected to an Apple or Android smartphone. Android users can even reply to texts from their wrists.
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The device offers the convenience of Garmin Pay for contactless transactions, allowing wearers to leave their cards and phone at home. Additionally, Garmin provides free adaptive training plans through Garmin Coach, catering to various running distances, and users can tailor their own workouts via the Garmin Connect smartphone app.
Customers have been raving about the Forerunner 255, with one user stating: “I absolutely love this watch. Prior to buying it, I was wearing both a Forerunner 45 and a Whoop Band to get far less information combined than I now get from the Forerunner 255. It has allowed me to cancel my Whoop subscription, so after about 8 months, it will have paid for itself.”
However, not all feedback is entirely positive. Some users have noted issues with the step counter’s sensitivity. A reviewer mentioned: “Great item but steps function is too sensitive, I work for Royal mail & when I drive the van, every pothole or bump or turn of the steering wheel the watch records steps, so the steps are not exactly recorded correctly.
“The sleep function is a little all very the place. It records 6hrs sleep, the app tells me ‘great’, I have 8hrs sleep, the app tells me ‘avg'”.
For those looking to spend a bit more cash, you can get the from Argos for £559 or if you don’t want to blow that much on a watch,