Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE, Premium GPS Running/Triathlon Smartwatch with LTE Connectivity, Black
$399.99
Last updated on April 26, 2024 2:30 am Details
- LTE connectivity (must have an active subscription plan and connectivity to a Category M1 LTE network) enables phone-free safety and tracking features, including LiveTrack and Assistance Plus, a feature that connects you to the Garmin IERCC, a professional 24/7 emergency monitoring and response center (Assistance Plus is not available in all markets where Category M1 LTE network connectivity is available), plus you can receive messages from fans during your race
- o Battery life: up to 2 weeks of battery life in smartwatch mode, 12 hours in GPS mode with music and 7 hours in GPS mode with music and LTE LiveTrack
- Bring music for every mile by downloading from music services (may require premium subscription with a third-party music provider) such as Amazon Music, Deezer, Spotify and more to easily store and play up to 1,000 songs from your wrist when paired with compatible headphones
- Train smarter with performance measurements adjusted for heat and altitude, track recovery time, predict your race finish time, monitor heart rate (this is not a medical device) underwater and much more
- Leave your cash and cards at home; Garmin Pay contactless payments (with a supported country, payment network and issuing bank information) let you pay for purchases on the go
- Full-color, onboard maps guide you on your runs or rides
- Improved intervals feature includes a new rest screen, intervals data page and automatic classification that keeps track of your fast time and slow time, then separates them for you
- Measure your running distance around a 400-meter track more accurately with the track run activity profile
- Daily suggested workouts give you clear daily guidance designed to help you get fitter and keep your training balanced
- Train for triathlons with run, bike and swim metrics plus multisport modes that allow you to easily do brick workouts and tri races
Specification: Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE, Premium GPS Running/Triathlon Smartwatch with LTE Connectivity, Black
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Garmin Forerunner 945 LTE, Premium GPS Running/Triathlon Smartwatch with LTE Connectivity, Black
$399.99
Michael A. Tate –
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 So disappointed, waited almost 3 weeks for this to arrive and since it arrived Performance been really not a £530 watch, battery definitely won’t make a marathon, and constantly on charge.
Every swim session give me completely wrong figures, does random counts, like it said that I did 3k in less than 20minutes 🙄
Essa al –
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 I want to love this watch but this is my second one after returning my last one. When swimming laps it stops counting and recording yards. Why pay $500 plus for something that stops working after two weeks… save your money and wait till they fix the bugs.
Alex Willis –
I love this watch: it tracks everything very accurately and explains how to use all the data, looks great, functions well as a day to day smart watch, etc. It seems very durable and I plan to use it as my daily driver for a long time.
However, I can only give it two stars for 2 chief complaints. There is a bug with pool swim workouts that renders that feature unusable. You can still track pool swims but the on screen pool swim workouts breaks after one lap/interval. It seems like there are a few other bugs that other users are experiencing but this is the only one that I’ve encountered/affects me.
The other complaint is that the sleep tracking is awful. It can barely tell me when I go to sleep and wake up, let alone accurately determine what state of sleep I’m in.
The software support seems lazy for these reasons.
I strongly recommend this watch but for a $650 product I can’t give it more than 3 stars until these things are addressed.
WBrown –
upgraded from 935 to get HR while swimming. works great. has some other upgrades from 935 – the O2 sat is nice; but certainly not medical grade – might pick up sleep apnea desats, tho, so could be useful. ride alone county roads and highways – so nice to have the LTE connectivity in case of an emergency.
Mrs Angela McCourtie –
The perfect workout companion. It’s been three weeks and already my work outs have improved! Most useful features for me are the Body Battery (Stops me overtraining) and training programs.
erick –
A hard choice if you are not REALLY into professional multi sport tracking due to the low cost benefit tradeoffs and due to other similar/basic/cheaper options available. Arrived on time as expected, perfect conditions, sealed, etc. Tks!
erick –
As of December 2021 the software is still buggy. Most annoyingly is having to turn the watch off and on again after a workout. Otherwise the software keeps trying to connect to external sensors and drains the battery in less than a day. (Software version 4.16)
I’d avoid this until Garmin comes out with some more stable software. Otherwise it’s a great watch.
Essa al –
I have ordered 3 watches of the 945 lte
Amd recently got mine qs a gift from my client 🙂 i have been an apple watch user since the apple watch 1
And i glad i switch to garmin
I would recommend any athlete for garmin
Amazon Customer –
Its a great watch for fitness tracking but the cost of the LTE additions is too much for little enhanced value
Artur F –
“Babe Paley had only one fault,” commented her one-time friend Truman Capote. “She was perfect. Otherwise, she was perfect.”
While the Garmin 945 LTE is not perfect, it is darn close.
Here are my thoughts on running with the 945LTE for a month. Since we all have specific needs, I’ll briefly describe myself so you can determine if my review would have any merit for you. I’m a 67-year-old marathoner. I’m not a triathlete, so I cannot address the tri features of the watch. I don’t listen to music when I run but did test this feature as described below.
I use Training Peaks, and the watch seamlessly integrates with TP. I don’t use Strava but assume Garmin works with a popular platform like Strava.
My other running watches are a Suunto Peak 9 and a Coros Pace 2. The LTE will replace a Fenix 5X.
The LTE version of the 945 is smaller than the original but retains the screen size. The screen is crisp and easy to read. It is not a touch screen, which I see as a positive feature on a running watch. Buttons always work, and I find touch screens duller than regular screens, and clumsy to work with when wearing mittens.
My main interest in the LTE was the cellular safety features. These worked flawlessly. Tracking notifications went automatically to my selected contacts, and it was comforting to know that I could be found if needed. Fortunately, I did not have to test the emergency response feature. (I’m willing to take one for the team, but hey, there are limits!)
To my mind, this is the best of both worlds. You have the safety running with a phone provides, without the nuisance of dragging a clunky phone. And the LTE does not bombard you with emails, texts and messages. We run to get away from the world, right? (I know you can turn notifications on and off, but I am constantly turning off notifications Sunday morning when I go to Church and discover they are still turned off next Thursday.)
Do bear in mind that you pay a monthly fee to Garmin for this. It is $12 a month in Canada. The peace of mind is worth it to me. If you always carry your phone or have an Apple Watch cellular, this service has little point.
The music feature worked as stated. I loaded up the entire Smiths’ catalogue and the watch easily paired to my headphones. The interface to control music is elegant and simple. I confess it was quite cool to go running with Morrissey. 🙂
The metrics Garmin provides are beneficial and easily understood. I especially loved the climb pro feature-useful here on PEI, where you are either going up or down a hill. The body battery is interesting and much cheaper than a Whoop subscription. It is not something I will use, as I’ve been around long enough to know when I’m overtraining or had a bad night of sleep. (Which is all the time.)
There are two areas where I’d love to see some changes. Both could be done via a firmware update, so fingers crossed. These may not matter to you and are not deal breakers. I use a Stryd footpad as running by power works best in the hilly, windy environment on the North shore of PEI. While the Garmin does integrate with the Stryd through a Connect IQ app, I wish it would work natively as the under $300 Coros Pace 2. Secondly-and this is because I’m an old guy with big hands and aging eyes-I wish Garmin would allow customizing the watch via a phone or web portal. I find that quicker and easier than pressing buttons and scrolling a tiny watch screen. Both Coros and Suunto have a phone/web interface. (Well, Coros will have a web interface at the start of 2022-I’m testing the beta now, and it is quite nice.)
I mentioned the watch was not perfect. Perhaps a better statement would have been that the watch is not perfect for me. It might be for you. In the price range I think it is impossible to beat. Thanks for reading this, and I wish you all miles of smiles in 2022.
Chris –
Features surrounding heartbeat sensor are endless. That’s all it does well. The apps are spotty at best. The build quality leaves a lot to be desired. I’ve owned several Samsung watches over the years and they’ve set a high bar that this very expensive Garmin doesn’t live up to. The lack of touch screen, wireless charging, inexpensive band and even the packaging are a disappointment. Additionally, I expected a more seemless integration with other Garmin devices. Trying to get this to send HB info to my Edge 830 bike computer was not intuitive and I feel like they missed an opportunity for a seemless experience. I should be able to hit start on one and have everything sync up. In all, I have a lot more heartbeat data than I did before, but for this price I expected more.