Our Overall Score:
8.5/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Smart watches category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £169
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Garmin or alternative products in the Smart watches category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch
GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch scores 8.5/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Smart watches. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Smart watches, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Smart watches? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch scores 8.4/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Smart watches category was £599.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £69.97 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Smart watches category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Smart watches category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Smart watches category. This was £250.37 from the 125 products we found in that category. So GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch actually comes in below average at £169.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £599.00 and the least expensive, which was £69.97. In total we found that of the 125, 94 were more expensive and 29 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch.
Prices of products from Garmin
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Garmin. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Garmin, which was £171.15 of the 45 products we found. So GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Garmin was £12.99 with the most expensive coming in at £599.00.
Prices of products from Garmin and in the Smart watches category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Garmin that sit specifically within the Smart watches category.
For this we found that the average price was £310.82, making GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch at £169 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £599.00 with the lowest priced item being £149.00. In total there were 8 items that were more expensive and 1 that was less expensive.
Reviews of GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch
GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch scores 8.7/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch is.
Overall score
GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch scores 8.5/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Garmin so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: GARMIN Forerunner 45 Running Watch
- Brand: Garmin
- Model Number: 10193555
- Heart rate monitorTracks steps / distance / calories / sleepSmartphone notificationsUp to 13 hours battery lifeWaterproof
- EAN: 753759218584
- Description: A running coach on your wristWhether you’re training for a 5K or a half marathon, the Garmin Forerunner 45 Running Watch is here to help you reach your goals. View your distance, time, and pace as you run to stay on track. With just five buttons, it’s easy to use with no fiddly controls. Mark a lap or skip a song on your workout playlist with a quick press of a button.Is the race fast approaching? Download the Garmin Coach app to receive a personalised training plan that syncs straight to your watch. It adapts to your progress, so if you’re exceeding expectations your coach will always keep up to push you further.Track your healthStay informed about your wellbeing by tracking your heart rate, steps, calories and sleep. When worn 24/7, the collected data estimates your energy reserves, so you can find the most effective time for your workout.Read your texts without your phoneKeep your phone somewhere safe when you’re out on your morning jog – simply pair the Garmin Forerunner 45 to your smartphone get notified of any incoming calls and texts or to skip tracks on your playlist.For peace of mind, you can choose to share your location with family and friends. Or it can automatically detect incidents and send an alert to your chosen contacts.
- Product ID: 24146763957
