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Garmin Forerunner 255 Smartwatch - Tidal Blue
R8,349.00
SKU
100264111
Morning reports
Built-in sports apps
Advanced metrics and training tools
Manufacturer's Website
Description
Introducing the Garmin Forerunner 255 Smartwatch - Tidal Blue. The Garmin Forerunner 255 Smartwatch represents a powerful fitness companion packed with advanced features catering to enthusiasts and athletes. With its multifaceted capabilities and comprehensive tracking, it provides insights into health, fitness, and performance metrics.
This smartwatch boasts an impressive battery life, lasting up to 14 days in smartwatch mode, ensuring an extended period between charges. In GPS mode, it offers up to 30 hours of battery life, allowing for uninterrupted tracking during long outdoor activities.
Its durable construction includes a Corning Gorilla Glass 3 lens and a fiber-reinforced polymer bezel, ensuring resilience against daily wear. With a 1.3-inch sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display featuring a resolution of 260 x 260 pixels, it delivers clear visuals in various lighting conditions.
Equipped with an array of sensors such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor, barometric altimeter, compass, gyroscope, accelerometer, and thermometer, this smartwatch ensures accurate tracking of various health and fitness metrics. It monitors wrist-based heart rate, respiration rate, Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation, stress levels, hydration, and women's health-related metrics.
The Forerunner 255 Smartwatch offers connectivity via Bluetooth, ANT+, and features Garmin Pay for contactless payments. It enables smart notifications, music controls, and includes safety and tracking features like incident detection, assistance, and LiveTrack for added security during activities.
With a comprehensive array of activity profiles, including gym workouts, running, cycling, swimming, outdoor recreation like hiking and skiing, racket sports, snow sports, and more, this smartwatch covers a wide spectrum of fitness routines. It supports built-in triathlon features, advanced metrics, and training tools, making it suitable for various sports and activities.
Moreover, it incorporates advanced training and analysis features like customizable screens, downloadable training plans, HR zones, recovery time, race prediction, pacepro pacing strategies, and more. The Garmin Forerunner 255 Smartwatch emerges as a versatile fitness companion, offering extensive tracking, long-lasting battery life, durability, and a wide range of sports and health-related features to enhance and monitor fitness endeavors.
Features
- Built-in triathlon feature
- Morning reports
- Built-in sports apps
- Advanced metrics and training tools
- Garmin pay contactless payments
- Daily suggested workouts, course details and more
- 14 days of battery life in smartwatch mode and up to 30 hours in gps mode
Specifications
| Battery Life (Smartwatch Mode) | Up to 14 days |
| Watch Display Type | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Watch Water Rating | 5 ATM |
| Sleep Score And Insights | Yes |
| Training Status | Improved |
| Daily Suggested Workouts | Yes (7 days) |
| Multi-Band Gps | Yes |
| Garmin Pay | Yes |
| General | |
| Lens Material | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Bezel Material | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Quick Release Bands | Yes (22 mm, Industry standard) |
| Strap Material | Silicone |
| Physical Size | 45.6 x 45.6 x 12.9 (mm) |
| Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-205 mm | |
| Weight | 49 g |
| Display Size | 1.3" (33 mm) diameter |
| Display Resolution | 260 x 260 pixels |
| Colour Display | Yes |
| Large Font Option | Yes |
| Battery Life | Smartwatch mode: up to 14 days |
| GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 30 hours | |
| All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 25 hours | |
| All-Systems GNSS mode plus Multi-Band: Up to 16 hours | |
| See Details | |
| Charging Method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/History | 4 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 |
| Health & Wellness Monitoring | |
| Wrist-Based Heart Rate (Constant, Every Second) | Yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | Yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24X7) | Yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
| Fitness Age | Yes |
| Body Battery Energy Monitor | Yes |
| All-Day Stress | Yes |
| Relaxation Reminders | Yes |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | Yes |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| Nap Detection | Yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Women'S Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Health Snapshot | Yes |
| Sensors | |
| Gps | Yes |
| Glonass | Yes |
| Galileo | Yes |
| Satiq Technology | Yes |
| Garmin Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Monitor | Yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes |
| Barometric Altimeter | Yes |
| Compass | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Thermometer | Yes |
| Daily Smart Features | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+ |
| Connect Iq (Downloadable Watch Faces, Data Fields, Widgets And Apps) | Yes |
| On-Device Connect Iq Store | Yes |
| Smart Notifications | Yes |
| Text Response/Reject Phone Call With Text (Android Only) | Yes |
| View Images From Notifications On Watch (Android Only) | Yes |
| Morning Report | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Weather Forecasts | Yes |
| Realtime Settings Sync With Garmin Connect Mobile | Yes |
| Battery Saver - Customisable Low Power Watch | Yes |
| Controls Smartphone Music | Yes |
| Find My Phone | Yes |
| Find My Watch | Yes |
| Virb Camera Remote | Yes |
| Smart Trainer Control | Yes |
| Compatible With Garmin Connect Mobile | Yes |
| Smartphone Compatibility | iPhone and Android |
| Stocks | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Activity Profiles | |
| Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga |
| Multisport | Triathlon |
| Wellness | Walking, Pilates, Yoga |
| Indoor Running | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual Running |
| Outdoor Running | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Ultra Running |
| Outdoor Recreation | Hiking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
| Cycling | Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking, eBiking, eMountain Biking |
| Swim | Pool swimming, open water swimming |
| On The Water | Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
| Racket Sports | Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
| Snow & Winter | Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing |
| Sport Profiles | Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
| In The Ring | Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts |
| Other Activity Profiles | Inline skating |
| Safety And Tracking Features | |
| Incident Detection During Select Activities | Yes |
| Incident Detection Alert On Phone For Wearables | Yes |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Livetrack | Yes |
| Live Event Sharing | Android Only |
| Activity Tracking Features | |
| Step Counter | Yes |
| Auto Goal (Learns Your Activity Level And Assigns A Daily Step Goal) | Yes |
| Calories Burned | Yes |
| Floors Climbed | Yes |
| Distance Travelled | Yes |
| Intensity Minutes | Yes |
| Trueup | Yes |
| Move Iq | Yes |
| Garmin Connect Challenges App | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Fitness Equipment/Gym | |
| Strength Workouts | Yes |
| Hiit Workouts | Yes |
| Yoga Workouts | Yes |
| Pilates Workouts | Yes |
| On-Screen Workout Animations | Yes |
| On-Screen Workout Muscle Map | Yes |
| Automatic Rep Counting | Yes |
| Training, Planning And Analysis Features | |
| Customisable Screen(S) | Yes |
| Downloadable Training Plans | Yes |
| Course Guidance | Yes |
| Hr Zones | Yes |
| Hr Alerts | Yes |
| Hr Calories | Yes |
| % Hr Max | Yes |
| % Hrr | Yes |
| Recovery Time | Yes |
| Auto Max Hr | Yes |
| Race Glance/Widget | Yes |
| Hrv Status | Yes |
| Hr Broadcast (Broadcasts Hr Data Over Ant+ To Paired Devices) | Yes |
| Respiration Rate (During Exercise) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Gps Speed And Distance | Yes |
| Customisable Activity Profiles | Yes |
| Auto Pause | Yes |
| Interval Training | Yes |
| Improved Interval (Includes Open Repeats, Intervals Data Page, Rest Screen And Auto Detection) | Yes |
| Advanced Workouts | Yes |
| Hrm Running Pace And Distance | Yes |
| Auto Lap | Yes |
| Manual Lap | Yes |
| Rest Timer | Yes |
| Configurable Lap Alerts | Yes |
| Vo2 Max (Run) | Yes |
| Vo2 Max (Trail Run) | Yes |
| Load Ratio | Yes |
| Training Load | Yes |
| Training Load Focus | Yes |
| Training Effect | Yes |
| Training Effect (Anaerobic) | Yes |
| Primary Benefit (Training Effect Labels) | Yes |
| Customisable Alerts | Yes |
| Audio Prompts | Yes |
| Finish Time | Yes |
| Virtual Partner | Yes |
| Race An Activity | Yes |
| Auto Multisport Activities | Yes |
| Multi-Sport | Yes |
| Touch And/Or Button Lock | Yes |
| Auto Scroll | Yes |
| Activity History On Watch | Yes |
| Physio Trueup | Yes |
| Unified Training Status | Yes |
| Running Features | |
| Available Run Profiles | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running, Ultra Running |
| Gps-Based Distance, Time And Pace | Yes |
| Running Dynamics | Yes |
| Vertical Oscillation And Ratio | Yes |
| Ground Contact Time And Balance | Yes |
| Stride Length (Real Time) | Yes |
| Cadence (Provides Real-Time Number Of Steps Per Minute) | Yes |
| Running Power | Yes |
| Grade-Adjusted Pace | Yes |
| Performance Condition | Yes |
| Lactate Threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Pacepro Pacing Strategies | Yes |
| Run Workouts | Yes |
| Trail Run Auto Climb | Yes |
| Race Predictor | Yes |
| Course- And Weather-Specific Race Predictor | Yes |
| Foot Pod Capable | Yes |
| Run/Walk/Stand Detection | Yes |
| Outdoor Recreation | |
| Point-To-Point Navigation | Yes |
| Bread Crumbtrail In Real Time | Yes |
| Back To Start | Yes |
| Tracback | Yes |
| Ultratrac Mode | Yes |
| Up Ahead | Yes |
| Elevation Profile | Yes |
| Distance To Destination | Yes |
| Barometric Trend Indicator With Storm Alert | Yes |
| Vertical Speed | Yes |
| Total Ascent/Descent | Yes |
| Auto Rest | Yes |
| Future Elevation Plot | Yes |
| Projected Waypoint | Yes |
| Sun And Moon Information | Yes |
| Cycling Features | |
| Courses | Yes |
| Bike Lap And Lap Maximum Power (With Power Sensor) | Yes |
| Race An Activity | Yes |
| Alerts (Triggers Alarm When You Reach Goals Including Time, Distance, Heart Rate Or Calories) | Yes |
| Ftp (Functional Threshold Power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Compatible With Vector And Rally (Power Meters) | Yes |
| Compatible With Varia Vision (Head-Mounted Display) | Yes |
| Compatible With Varia Radar (Rear-Facing Radar) | Yes |
| Compatible With Varia Lights | Yes |
| Speed And Cadence Sensor Support (W/Sensor) | Yes |
| Power Meter Compatible | Yes |
| Swimming Features | |
| Open-Water Swim Metrics (Distance, Pace, Stroke Count/Rate, Stroke Distance, Swim Efficiency (Swolf), Calories) | Yes |
| Pool Swim Metrics (Lengths, Distance, Pace, Stroke Count, Swim Efficiency (Swolf), Calories) | Yes |
| Stroke Type Detection (Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly) (Pool Swim Only) | Yes |
| Drill Logging (Pool Swim Only) | Yes |
| Basic Rest Timer (Up From 0) (Pool Swim Only) | Yes |
| "Repeat On" Rest Timer (Pool Swim Only) | Yes |
| Auto Rest (Pool Swim Only) | Yes |
| Time And Distance Alerts | Yes |
| Pacing Alerts (Pool Swim Only) | Yes |
| Countdown Start | Yes |
| Pool Swim Workouts | Yes |
| Critical Swim Speed | Yes |
| Underwater Wrist-Based Heart Rate | Yes |
| Heart Rate From External Hrm (Real-Time During Rests, Interval And Session Stats During Rests, And Automatic Heart Rate Download Post-Swim) | Yes (with HRM-Swim, HRM-Pro or HRM-Pro Plus) |
| Kid Activity Tracking Features | |
| Toe-To-Toe Challenges App | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app) |
| Free Shipping | No |
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