Forerunner 255

Garmin

Forerunner 255

222 positive 3 neutral 35 negative

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Not a Polar boy anymore :(

I know. But I can compare M2 with Garmin Forerunner 255 in the same bad situation.

osafonov in r/Polarfitness

April 30, 2026 6:38 AM

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How do I get myself to give 100% in a race instead of holding back early?

Mile splits on my 33:10 5k were: 11:26, 10:38, 10:19, 8:37 (for the last .1) I have my Garmin in miles and my Strava in km, so the Strava splits are 6:58, 7:00, 6:34, 6:20, 6:12 I have a Forerunner 255 and have played with PacePro but not used it during a race because I'm nervous of how it will effe

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Interesting_Fly1696 in r/XXRunning

April 30, 2026 6:07 PM

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Amazfit Trex 3 for triathlon and daily use?

T-rex 3 is my watch for recent 3 months and it has been just great. I ve been garmin user for 10 years so i know what to compare and how. I havent done any swimming in it yet but most of the watch were really bad at openwater, including garmin FR255 which was my most recent garmin, so i dont expect

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StrikingNewspaper515 in r/amazfit

March 15, 2026 7:51 PM

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Is the displayed "instantaneous" pace actually instantaneous?

posting a follow-up I purchased a Pod 2 and I can confirm that it significantly improves the speed of updating current pace on my Pace Pro while running outside. And fwiw, I compared side-by-side my Pace Pro without Pod 2 and a Garmin Forerunner 255 (both watches with GPS set to dual Band all active

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Barry_144 in r/Coros

April 22, 2026 11:56 PM

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Anyone here move from Garmin to COROS Pace 3? Looking for experiences

I moved from garmin fr 255, to Coros pace pro, traded that for garmin venu 3 and didn’t like garmin as much as Coros after having both. I just went with the pace 3 since I got it for a good deal! I’m near sighted and I will say this is harder to see while I’m running vs any of the other watches I’ve

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Superb_Excitement425 in r/Coros

February 7, 2026 6:04 AM

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