It is therefore questionable whether the measurements will be relevant to a moving person. It should be noted that the measurement is delicate and must be carried out without moving. Garmin uses this new function to measure blood oxygen saturation and evaluate acclimatization at altitude. This is an additional red LED to complement the cardio LEDs. Garmin also adds to its sports connected watch the famous pulseOX function, a pulse oximeter (or saturometer), which had been one of the innovations of the Fenis 5X Plus. The watch also supports a cardio belt HRM-Run but no HRM-Swim or HRM-Tri belt.
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You will just have to wait for a software update for that. Like Polar and its Vantage V, it will now work underwater. The new optical sensor will operate underwater and includes a pulse oximeterįorerunner 245 is equipped with an optical heart rate sensor. Note that it is not possible to charge the watch without stopping the recording of the current activity. It is 6 hours maximum in GPS mode with music.
The battery life decreases slightly in the watch mode (7 days versus 9 days). A power saving function has also been added (UltraTrac function: recording GPS data less often, ie with lower accuracy. The feat was achieved in part thanks to Sony's new GPS chip, which is more economical but also a little less accurate (see below). Garmin significantly improves the autonomy of their watch, going from 15 h to 24 h in GPS mode. The weight of the watch has been reduced from 42 to 38.5 g, a few grams lighter. The thickness of the case does not change much (12,2 mm, i.e. The resolution is increased from 215 x 180 px to 240 x 240 px, as on the high-end watch Forerunner 945. Garmin improves the design of its watch by offering a smaller case of 3 mm (42,3 mm in diameter instead of 45 mm) but a screen of almost the same size (30,4 mm instead of 30,1 mm), the gain being obtained by a thinner screen border. For the trail, the Forerunner 645 or Forerunner 645 Music and of course the Forerunner 945, the best current running and triathlon watch on the market, will be more suitable.ĭetailed review of Forerunner 245 Design and weight: lighter and lighter and with better resolution
It is also suitable for trail but it does not offer a barometric altimeter (no altitude profile, no climb speed measurements, no elevation gain, etc.). It is perfect for long races (marathon, ultramarathon) and offers additional functions for swimming and cycling. This watch is intended for all athletes, from beginners to advanced, who are looking for advanced tools to train, optimize their performance or have detailed statistics on their activity. It seems to us the running watch with the best price-quality ratio. It also features a pulse oximeter for measuring acclimatisation at altitude and to heat, a new Body Battery function, incident assistance (fall detection, SOS call), an activity monitoring function (number of steps, distance, calories, detailed sleep and stress analysis) and Smartphone notifications. Its advanced training tools (physiological, metric and dynamic running measurements) are complete for very good performance monitoring. It offers everything you need to train and monitor your performance and even offers advanced GPS navigation (tracking, guidance). This new model has everything you need for running training and now includes features for cycling and swimming (pool).
Garmin offers it in 2 versions: the Forerunner 245 Music (with integrated mp3 player and 500 song storage capacity) and the Forerunner 245 (exactly the same watch but without mp3 player and without Wi-Fi). This new model is a significantly improved version of the Forerunner 235, a watch with worldwide success (best worldwide sales for the brand), and now offering almost as many features as the Forerunner 645 or 645 Music. Very complete, Forerunner 245 is a watch with guaranteed success