Garmin Forerunner 265S 42mm Running Watch

Garmin Forerunner 265S 42mm Running Watch

Name: Garmin Forerunner 265S 42mm Running Watch
Brand: Garmin
SKU: 010-02810-04
Price: 349.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

by Garmin

Save 22%

$449.99

$449.99 - $449.99

$449.99

$349.99

$349.99 - $349.99

$349.99

✓ Authorized Garmin Dealer
✓ Lowest Price Guaranteed
✓ FREE & FAST Shipping: In Stock and Ready to Ship
✓ Questions? Call an RFA Team Member: 1-855-864-6442

Quantity

Description

Garmin Forerunner 265 42mm Running Watch

What if your next race was the performance of a lifetime? And garmin coach training plans helped you do something you've never done? With the forerunner 265 smartwatch, you’ll see every insight lit up on a colorful amoled touchscreen display. Get ready to be better for it.

The Garmin Forerunner 265 is your ultimate training partner, designed to help runners and multisport athletes train smarter and perform better. Featuring a vibrant AMOLED display, this smartwatch makes it easy to see every stat, day or night. With personalized features like Garmin Coach training plans, advanced running metrics, and VO2 max insights, it provides a tailored approach to reaching your fitness goals.

With up to 13 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and 20 hours in GPS mode, the Forerunner 265 is built to last through intense training cycles and race days. Key features include Morning Report, HRV status, and Body Battery™ monitoring, giving you insights into your recovery and readiness each day. Plus, it has built-in music storage and Garmin Pay™ contactless payments for ultimate convenience on the go.

Features

Morning Report - Receive an overview of your sleep and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.
Garmin Coach - Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for runners. Just set it up in the Garmin Connect™ app, then let Garmin Coach create personalized daily workouts to help you reach your goals — from your first 5K to a full marathon. This includes Garmin Run Coach, which creates plans that adapt based on your performance, recovery, and health metrics.
Daily Suggested Workouts - Get workouts made for you. They adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery, and take into account the races coming up in your Garmin Connect™ calendar.
Training Readiness - From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load, and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard — or take it easy.
Training Status - Using indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history, and performance, get an easy insight into your overall effort — and whether you’re training productively, peaking, or strained.
HRV Status - Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training, and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.
Recovery Time - Know how long you need to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
Courses - Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect app, or sync from your favorite third-party platforms.
Sleep Coach - Get a sleep score and personalized coaching for how much sleep you need and how you can improve. Keep track of different sleep stages and naps — and see key metrics such as HRV status to better understand your health.

Body Battery™ Energy Monitoring - See your energy levels throughout the day so you’ll know when your body is charged up and ready for activity or drained and needing to recharge with restful sleep. Get insights on how sleep, naps, daily activities, and high stress impact your energy.
Nap Detection - Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and to check the recommended time and duration they should be.
Race Predictor - Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, and marathon.
Women’s Health Tracking - Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy to get exercise and nutrition education.
Wrist-Based Running Dynamics - This smartwatch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time, and more.
Wrist-Based Heart Rate - The watch constantly samples your heart rate to help you gauge how hard you work during activities.
Acute Load - Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
Training Effect - See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed, and power.
Performance Condition - While you run, get an analysis of your pace and heart rate for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
VO2 Max - See your current fitness level and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress, and more.
Intensity Minutes - Track your moderate and vigorous activity minutes.
Health Snapshot - Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
Stress Tracking - Find out if you’re having a calm, balanced, or stressful day.
Pulse Ox Sensor - Track your blood oxygen saturation while you’re awake or asleep.

Audio Prompts - Get alerts to know how you’re performing and even be guided through workouts.
Cross Training - Forerunner 265 is preloaded with free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga, and Pilates workouts so you can switch up how you sweat.
Wrist-Based Running Power - See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
SATIQ™ Technology and Multi-Band GPS - Get superior positioning accuracy and optimized battery life.
PacePro™ Feature - Plan race-day strategy with GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
Built-In Sports Apps - Tap into 30+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training, and more.
Track Running - Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters – even on a track you’ve never run before.
Triathlon and Multisport Profiles - Switch between sports automatically by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts, and swimruns.
Music - Download songs and playlists from your Spotify, Deezer, Amazon Music, or YouTube® Music accounts for phone-free listening (subscription may be required).
Safety and Tracking - If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
Garmin Pay™ Contactless Payments - Breeze through checkout lines or transit systems with participating providers.
Smart Notifications - Receive emails, texts, and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
LiveTrack - Friends and family can follow your real-time location and view preplanned courses.
Garmin Connect App - See your health and fitness information, connect with friends, and more.
Connect IQ™ Store - Add watch faces, data fields, and apps to your paired watch.
Garmin Share - Easily follow the same course or workout with your friends. Share saved locations, courses, and workouts with other nearby Garmin Share compatible devices.

Specifcations

Sleep score and insights	Yes
Battery life (smartwatch mode)	Up to 13 days
Daily suggested workouts	Yes (7 days)
Pulse Ox blood oxygen	Yes (spot-check, optional all-day acclimation and in sleep)
Garmin Pay™	Yes
Multi-band GPS	Yes
Music storage	Yes
Training readiness	Yes
Training status	Yes (improved)
Display type	AMOLED (optional always-on mode)
Touchscreen	Yes
Water rating	5 ATM

General
Strap material	Silicone
Lens Material	Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
Bezel Material	Fiber-reinforced polymer
Quick Release bands	Yes (22 mm, Industry standard)
Physical size	46.1 x 46.1 x 12.9 (mm) - Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-205 mm
Weight	47 g
Display Size	1.3" (32.5 mm) diameter
Display resolution	416 x 416 pixels
Color display	Yes
Large font option	Yes
Battery life	Smartwatch mode: Up to 13 days GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode: Up to 16 hours All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band: Up to 14 hours GPS-Only GNSS mode with music: Up to 7 hours SatIQ (AutoSelect) GNSS mode with music: Up to 6.5 hours All-Systems GNSS mode + Multi-Band with music: Up to 6 hours
Charging method	Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History	8 GB

Clock Features
Time/date	Yes
GPS Time Sync	Yes
Automatic daylight saving time	Yes
Alarm clock	Yes
Timer	Yes
Stopwatch	Yes
Sunrise/sunset times	Yes

Overall rating: 4.6666665 / 5 from 3 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Summary topics

Review topics: ["watch"].

Review highlights

Reviews

Love recovery for athletes!

"I was able to buy this watch through recovery for athletes and get it approved for FSA funds. I'll be back for more products!"

— Jill S. (5/5)

Frictionless shopping!

"This is just the lightweight, long life athletic watch I have been searching for! Fantastic shop too."

— Jordan M. (5/5)

One Month of Having My 265

"Not the most intuitive UI but it's manageable after doing some Googling. It's great for tracking my runs. It's a lot more data than an Apple Watch would provide, which can be a pro or a con depending on if data is your thing. I wish it would track my sleep more accurately. It does not automatically detect sleep for me (I hear for other people, it does). Unfortunately, this device isn't good for setting sleep modes for shift workers since it expects you to go to bed at the same time every day. Battery life is great. I don't have to charge it every day. The smaller watch face is great for my thin wrist but I wish the band came in a smaller size since I have a lot of excess at the end (minor details). Now, would I replace an Apple Watch for the Garmin? Hard to stay. Depends on what features you prioritize."

— Liana F. (4/5)