Name: Garmin Forerunner® 965 Running Smartwatch, Colorful AMOLED Display, Training Metrics and Recovery Insights, Black and Powder Gray, 010-02809-00 - torshop
SKU: 183FA217
Price: 599.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.90 (10 reviews)

Brilliant AMOLED touchscreen display with traditional button controls and lightweight titanium bezel
Battery life: up to 23 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, up to 31 hours in GPS mode
Confidently run any route using full-color, built-in maps and multi-band GPS
Training readiness score is based on sleep quality, recovery, training load and HRV status to determine if you’re primed to go hard and reap the rewards (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Plan race strategy with personalized daily suggested workouts based on the race and course that you input into the Garmin Connect app and then view the race widget on your watch; daily suggested workouts adapt after every run to match performance and recovery
Switch between sports with a button press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts and swimruns — or customize your own multisport profiles
Using indicators such as HRV status, recent exercise history and performance, get insight into overall effort with training status — and know whether you’re training productively, peaking or strained (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
As soon as you wake up, get your morning report with an overview of sleep, recovery and training outlook alongside HRV status, training readiness and weather (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Multi-band GNSS with SatIQ technology provides superior accuracy in challenging environments while also optimizing the device’s battery life
Get wrist-based running dynamics, including cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more, plus wrist-based running power, which gives you a continuous measurement of how much power you’re applying to the road

Product Dimensions	1.85 x 1.85 x 0.52 inches
Item Weight	53 Grams
Item model number	010-02809-00
Batteries	1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included)
Date First Available	May 30, 2023
Manufacturer	‎Garmin
Country of Origin	Taiwan
Standing screen display size	1.4 Inches
Memory Storage Capacity	32 GB

10 reviews for Garmin Forerunner® 965 Running Smartwatch, Colorful AMOLED Display, Training Metrics and Recovery Insights, Black and Powder Gray, 010-02809-00

Rated 5 out of 5

Willoughby Family – 02/03/2025

Bought as a replacement for an abused and overused Forerunner 945 that was showing its age (but not broken, testament to Garmin durability). The Forerunner 965 display and touch screen make this a significant step up and provides far more utility and easy navigation than the prior generation of screens. The functionality and battery life are fantastic and are a real help to me when planning my activities. I like that the watch turns on when you raise it toward your gaze, works well, and that at night the screen is dimmed and simplified. My only longer term question is with the charging connection, this has not evolved from prior generations, and I have found this to be the weak part of the design – sometimes the connections get dirty or the cable breaks and charging can be a pain – wireless charging would be an improvement.
Rated 5 out of 5

Trevor L. Bright – 06/03/2025

Maravilhoso relógio ! Cumpre bem as suas funções prometidas !
Rated 5 out of 5

Felipe Zafani – 07/03/2025

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This watch Garmin 965 for runner. It is a very good alternative for the Apple Watch Ultra, it is much lighter than the apple water and it’s very precise. Good for running swimming in all kinds of sports and activities, including hiking, hiking big mountains you can dive dive in the ocean. This is very good watch. I’m having a good time with this watch, I recommend.
Rated 5 out of 5

Andrew Rosenblum – 12/03/2025

I’ve been a Garmin fan for 5+ years. I wore my previous forerunner 24/7 and loved it. But after that time, I was looking for an upgrade.

I’ve have the Forerunner 965 for about a month now and I’m really happy with it. The battery lasts a good week plus (I kind of loose track at that point). The running features are really top notch, from tracking, stats while running, race planning, etc. The body battery feature is really cool and so far has been pretty spot on for how well I sleep and how much energy I’ll have. The nap feature is also neat, despite my only taking the occasional nap.

The touchscreen is very responsive and a nice upgrade from my previous Garmin. I also like the touchscreen disables during workouts so I don’t accidently mess with settings. The watch feels very durable and a month of constant wear shows no marks or damage at all.

All-in-all, I’m really happy with it and plan to keep wearing it 24/7.

PS – Garmin’s customer service has always been top notch whenever I’ve needed them.
Rated 4 out of 5

John Marten – 07/04/2025

Great watch with questionable longevity in heavy outdoor use.
Rated 5 out of 5

Dickens Devotee – 07/04/2025

Upgraded to this watch from the 955. Love the upgrades! Love the bright color/touchscreen. I appreciate the morning report feature. GPS is spot on. The battery life is perfect! It’s lightweight, not too bulky and looks good on the wrist!
Rated 5 out of 5

Felipe Zafani – 08/04/2025

Previously had a 945 which I liked a great deal. The 965 is a nice upgrade. Excellent watch, display is very nice and battery life is better than the 945. Been using it for over a week since it was charged and have 50% left. Easy to connect to Garmin app. Like the sleep data that automatically comes up every morning.
Rated 5 out of 5

Lance L. Logan – 10/04/2025

I’ve owned Garmin watches for years… I can’t even remember how many. My previous watch was still working perfectly have many years of use, but I thought I’d try a new one to see if the tech had gotten better. This watch has way too many features for me, but it’s easy to just ignore the stuff I don’t use.
The most important thing to me is the accuracy of the GPS, and this one is excellent. That alone was worth the money to upgrade. The display is also super nice. I do like data, so all the new data that this displays on Garmin Connect is kind of fun, but mostly unnecessary for me. The UI is also a bit bloated for me, but is well thought out and easy enough to get used to. Overall, I’m just really thrilled with this watch. Oh…and it works seamlessly with the Garmin phone app and Garmin Connect.
Rated 5 out of 5

Tommy B – 14/04/2025

I have been an Apple watch person for well over 10 years. This watch is awesome at tracking activities, sleep, heart rate and a list of other items. The battery life is awesome, lasting about 2 weeks between charging verses the Apple watch that had to be charged every night. The display is bright and easy to read. I love the ability to change and customize the watch faces.

Highly recommend
Rated 5 out of 5

Trevor L. Bright – 02/05/2025

This watch does absolutely everything, the screen is beautiful, battery life is excellent and with only GPS tracking a few light activities, I was rewarded with 13 days of battery with it around 2% remaining, so quite simply put it has functioned exactly as expected. The watch body seems very light and comfortable – the silicone?? strap has perfect adjustability, and just feels “right”. I was surprised by little things, such as the “strength” activity tracking actually correctly detected when I was doing reps of various exercises, and you can track metrics like weight (and others) to review and inform progress, which you can correct/edit later if an error was made. Neato.

Some minor perturbances if I’m being picky – sometimes the heartrate monitor is sluggish, which is not the best when you’re trying to observe quick changes resulting from effort/output in your activity compared to HR recovery time for example. Also, sometimes when you’re twisting your wrist to have the screen wake, it doesn’t, and you have to repeat once or a couple times more. Doesn’t happen often, and if it bothered me enough and I didn’t mind whatever increased battery burn-rate that equates to, I would enable the screen always on. There’s more little improvements they can make, I can list a few more, but I’m sure they will update and patch a lot of this stuff throughout it’s support lifecycle.

All in all, such a solid product. Synced well with speed/cadence sensors, and other Garmin products like inReach Mini 2. It looks classy and is still pragmatic and functional. Doesn’t look boorish. Buy it, and you won’t regret it! Expensive, but what should something like this cost? It seems fair for what it does and is capable of.