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Garmin have been under intense pressure from mounting competition as the leader in consumer wearable GPS tech in the active outdoor lifestyle sector over the past few years, with me-too imitators and some genuinely innovative competitors the brand has had to work hard to maintain its position. The Forerunner245 is their current go-to tracker for anyone interested in the stats behind their physical outdoor activity. Outwardly the Forerunner245 is another semi-chunky black alloy and rubber and Gorilla Glass equipped sports watch. It’s handsome, yet less angular than some, with a round case, so very wearable from backcountry to boardroom. A seven-day smartwatch battery life and a full 24hrs in GPS mode, mean that whatever you’re doing on a given day, the 245 has the power to keep you covered. We love that Garmin isn’t just tracking the normal volume of exercise metrics, of course, it does all that stuff – everyone Garmin, and their competitors do, but Garmin are also switching it up a notch. The Garmin Forerunner 245 also looks at the intensity and load of your physical activity – a telling lens through which to view any physical stat. After all, anyone can ‘run’ for an hour, the term is subjective. But pace and exertion, as a percentage of your total capability, lets you know as much about your condition as the time you did it in or the calories burnt, etc. This adds clarity to the quality of the exercise. As we all know with exercise, quality, and quantity, while both individually valuable, are not the same thing. It’s this added dynamic that sets the Garmin Forerunner 245 at the head of the smartwatch fitness tracker market as we head into 2022.
