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title: "Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Aqua"
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# Accurate GPS tracking Up to 2 weeks battery life Adaptive training plans Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Aqua

**Brand:** garmin
**Price:** A$370
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🏅 Elevate every run—because your best self won’t wait.

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Aqua by garmin
- **How much does it cost?** A$370 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- garmin enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted garmin brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Adaptive Coaching:** Personalized workouts and Garmin Coach plans that evolve with you.
- • **Long-Lasting Power:** Up to 14 days of battery life keeps you moving without constant charging.
- • **Effortless Run Tracking:** Start your run with a single button press—no fumbling, just focus.
- • **All-Day Wellness Insights:** Monitor steps, calories, sleep, stress, and Body Battery energy levels.
- • **Precision GPS & Heart Rate:** Pinpoint your pace, distance, and heart rate for data-driven progress.

## Overview

The Garmin Forerunner 55 is a lightweight, easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch designed for runners and fitness enthusiasts seeking reliable tracking and personalized training guidance. Featuring accurate wrist-based heart rate monitoring, adaptive workout suggestions, and comprehensive all-day activity tracking, it supports multiple sports profiles and offers up to two weeks of battery life. Seamlessly sync your data with the Garmin Connect app to stay motivated, plan race strategies, and join challenges with friends. Perfect for millennials who want smart fitness insights without complexity.

## Description

See yourself as a runner. Forerunner 55 is the easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch that encourages running and healthy lifestyles. With the simple press of a button, a user can start their run or walk and track their time, distance, speed, pace and heart rate right from their wrist. For those who want to take their running to the next level, this smartwatch offers detailed running data, daily suggested workouts, additional built-in sports apps and more. Track all-day activity, including steps, calories, sleep and more. And you can get more runs in between charges, thanks to this smartwatch’s long battery life.

Review: Brilliant - I love this watch - I couldn’t be happier with this product. It’s been a part of every day for the last three months. Having gotten back into training and physical fitness, this watch has been brilliant. It really keeps me motivated and gives me some good insights into watch I’m doing. Garmin app works brilliantly and syncs data quickly. It also connects to other fitness apps I’m using so I can collate and see my data together. The watch itself is compact and easy to use. You really can’t go too far wrong if you’re looking for something to track steps, sleep, heart rate, calories and your exercise whether that be running, treadmill, swimming etc. I charge this once a week and set recordings for events lately at a minimum for 5 days for week. For me this was a good priced smart watch for the functions. I would’ve liked a resistance/weight training recording option but I choose other for this. For my first smart watch this has been a winner. I will definitely go for a higher ranged garmin product in a few years but for now this is a very good starting point. It’s brilliant. The only thing which I would say, is I’m not sure how accurate the sleep recording is. On a couple of occasions I’ve noticed that I’m asleep according the watch data, when in fact I have been awake. Overall, if you’re looking for a starter fitness watch or buying your first, I’d recommend this to you.
Review: Budget-friendly GPS running watch - I've had the Garmin Forerunner 55 for a little over 2 months at the time of writing this review. I purchased to replace a higher end smart device from a few years back (Huawei GT 2 PRO) which had compatibility issues with IOS and poor GPS tracking. I wanted something lightweight, comfortable and easy to use while running. Whether you're running on the road or hitting the trails, the watch provides reliable and precise tracking of your distance, pace, and route. This is essential for tracking your progress and analysing your runs. It includes a heart rate monitor, allowing you to keep an eye on your heart rate during your workouts. impressive battery stating up to two weeks in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode - I've not scientifically tested but I've been getting a good week and a half or so with regular 6-10k runs in. Sleep tracking also feels accurate when reviewing the data in the app vs how I feel that day. Its nice to be able to keep a track of hours slept/recovery. The Garmin connect app is also the best I've used with lots of insightful data from step tracking, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, body battery & setting running plans. You can also sign up to challenges and earn badges which adds a nice competitiveness if you have friends/family on the same platform. My personal favourite feature is having a physical start stop button - its a simple one but being able to hit start/stop when getting to a road junction and it working every time vs my old touch screen watch is really nice. Also helps with accuracy of running times. Overall, the Garmin Forerunner 55 is an excellent GPS running watch for those who are looking for a reliable and affordable device to track their runs. With its accurate GPS tracking, heart rate monitoring, customizable display, and extensive training features, it provides all the essential tools to help you reach your running goals. While it may lack some advanced smartwatch features, its impressive battery life and user-friendly interface make it a solid choice for runners of all levels.

## Features

- Easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch monitors heart rate at the wrist and uses GPS to track how far, how fast and where you’ve run
- With the simple press of a button, a user can start their run or walk and track their time, distance, speed and more
- All-day activity tracking counts steps, calories, sleep and more
- Take the guesswork out of your runs with suggested workouts based on your training history, fitness level and recovery time
- Garmin Coach training plans offer on-screen guidance from expert coaches and free 5K, 10K or half-marathon training plans that adapt based on a runner’s goals
- Plan your race day strategy with the PacePro feature, which offers GPS-based pace guidance for a selected course or distance
- Run your best with helpful training tools, including race time predictions and finish time estimates
- Track all the ways you move with built-in activity profiles for running, cycling, track run, virtual run, pool swim, yoga, breathwork and more
- Tune in to your body with advanced wellness features, such as intensity minutes, fitness age, Body Battery energy monitoring, stress tracking and more
- Automatically upload activities to the Garmin Connect app, and download custom watch faces, data fields and apps from the Connect IQ Store

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B0953VK51D |
| Best Sellers Rank | 54 in Sports & Outdoors ( See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors ) 1 in GPS Running Monitors |
| Department | Unisex – Adults |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
| Item model number | 010-02562-12 |
| Language | English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish |
| Manufacturer | Garmin |
| Product Dimensions | 4.2 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm; 37 g |

## Product Details

- **Battery capacity:** 10000 Milliamp Hours
- **Battery cell composition:** Lithium Polymer
- **Connectivity technology:** Bluetooth
- **GPS:** Built-in GPS
- **Memory storage capacity:** 64 MB
- **Operating system:** Standard
- **Screen size:** 1.04 Inches
- **Shape:** Round
- **Special feature:** Standard
- **Wireless communication standard:** Bluetooth

## Images

![Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Aqua - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61g5RA476YS.jpg)
![Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Aqua - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91lNIAXI8OS.jpg)
![Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS 42mm Running Smartwatch, Easy to use, Lightweight, Training Guidance, Safety & Tracking Features, Aqua - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ZKmoyBiuS.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does it track your daily steps automatically without doing an activity?**
A: It does but really badly.  I frequently walk tens of metres with it registering no steps at all.  It helps if you wave your arms about as you walk.

**Q: Does it show the weather .**
A: Yes it does, plus you can download weather apps/widgets from the Garmin Connect Store.

**Q: How long is the strap?**
A: 22 cm

**Q: Does it calculate calories burned?**
A: Yes.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant - I love this watch
*by P***R on 2 August 2024*

I couldn’t be happier with this product. It’s been a part of every day for the last three months. Having gotten back into training and physical fitness, this watch has been brilliant. It really keeps me motivated and gives me some good insights into watch I’m doing. Garmin app works brilliantly and syncs data quickly. It also connects to other fitness apps I’m using so I can collate and see my data together. The watch itself is compact and easy to use. You really can’t go too far wrong if you’re looking for something to track steps, sleep, heart rate, calories and your exercise whether that be running, treadmill, swimming etc. I charge this once a week and set recordings for events lately at a minimum for 5 days for week. For me this was a good priced smart watch for the functions. I would’ve liked a resistance/weight training recording option but I choose other for this. For my first smart watch this has been a winner. I will definitely go for a higher ranged garmin product in a few years but for now this is a very good starting point. It’s brilliant. The only thing which I would say, is I’m not sure how accurate the sleep recording is. On a couple of occasions I’ve noticed that I’m asleep according the watch data, when in fact I have been awake. Overall, if you’re looking for a starter fitness watch or buying your first, I’d recommend this to you.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Budget-friendly GPS running watch
*by C***N on 31 May 2023*

I've had the Garmin Forerunner 55 for a little over 2 months at the time of writing this review. I purchased to replace a higher end smart device from a few years back (Huawei GT 2 PRO) which had compatibility issues with IOS and poor GPS tracking. I wanted something lightweight, comfortable and easy to use while running. Whether you're running on the road or hitting the trails, the watch provides reliable and precise tracking of your distance, pace, and route. This is essential for tracking your progress and analysing your runs. It includes a heart rate monitor, allowing you to keep an eye on your heart rate during your workouts. impressive battery stating up to two weeks in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode - I've not scientifically tested but I've been getting a good week and a half or so with regular 6-10k runs in. Sleep tracking also feels accurate when reviewing the data in the app vs how I feel that day. Its nice to be able to keep a track of hours slept/recovery. The Garmin connect app is also the best I've used with lots of insightful data from step tracking, heart rate monitoring, sleep tracking, body battery & setting running plans. You can also sign up to challenges and earn badges which adds a nice competitiveness if you have friends/family on the same platform. My personal favourite feature is having a physical start stop button - its a simple one but being able to hit start/stop when getting to a road junction and it working every time vs my old touch screen watch is really nice. Also helps with accuracy of running times. Overall, the Garmin Forerunner 55 is an excellent GPS running watch for those who are looking for a reliable and affordable device to track their runs. With its accurate GPS tracking, heart rate monitoring, customizable display, and extensive training features, it provides all the essential tools to help you reach your running goals. While it may lack some advanced smartwatch features, its impressive battery life and user-friendly interface make it a solid choice for runners of all levels.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazing 👏
*by J***H on 2 January 2026*

Brilliant watch, loads of neat features super compact and amazing battery life, liked it that much I upgraded to a forerunner 255 which is even better, love this company and there products think there brilliant

## Frequently Bought Together

- Garmin Forerunner 55 GPS Wrist Heart Rate Monitor EU Blue
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*Last updated: 2026-02-13*