![]() ![]() – Added deeper training effect details/metrics – Added new Garmin ELEVATE optical HR sensor (V3, same as MARQ/FR245/FR945/Enduro) – Added music storage/playback via Bluetooth headphones, including Spotify – Added ClimbPro for automated climb notifications on running/cycling/hiking/XC skiing activities – Added new Daily Workout suggestion (first watch to see this feature) – Added new track recognition running mode Beyond that, this was Garmin simply offering a cheaper FR945 without maps (and a few other things we’ll talk about in a second): For those regular Garmin watchers around here, the only thing you’ll need to know is that the FR745 only had a single ‘new Garmin’ feature unseen elsewhere – which was the Running Track mode, to snap your track workouts to the track. To begin, just a quick refresher of what was new on the Forerunner 745, compared to the previous Forerunner 735 from a few years earlier. (And yes, I know the FR745 was announced 7 months ago, but I’ve been using it for 8 months, and thus, I have 8 months experience with it.) What Was New: The video goes into more detail on some of these things, but I know a lot of you reading here just want the quick facts and items. Rather, it’s a bit of a blend of four things:ġ) What was different about the FR745 compared to the previous FR735XT?Ģ) What’s changed in the FR745 since launch back in September?ģ) How does it differ from the Forerunner 945 these days?Ĥ) Why I’m using it instead of the FR945 or Fenix 6 Series?įinally, because I started off this adventure back in February making a video on it (that I finally got edited and updated more recently), this post was sorta to accompany that video. The point of this post isn’t an incredibly long review of the Forerunner 745. Of course, if you’re looking for an actual affordable multisport GPS watch, then the COROS Pace 2 is where the action is at $199. Functionality-wise though, it was near identical. Priced at $499 (though, $449ish the last week or so), it was $100 cheaper than the Garmin Forerunner 945 (sometimes), and also cheaper than the Fenix 6. But more on that later.įor those unfamiliar, the Forerunner 745 is supposed to be Garmin’s ‘affordable’ triathlon watch. I will say though, the new Enduro, surprisingly, tempted me. I’ve literally got bins of every watch out there, and yet, I end up on the supposed ‘lesser’ watch compared to a more expensive Forerunner 945 or Fenix 6. Even while testing a slew of other watches over the last 8 months, the Forerunner 745 could almost always be found on one of my wrists. Somehow, somewhat oddly, some 8 months after I started using a FR745 last August, it’s become my daily driver – some 148 workouts in total on it. ![]()
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