Forerunner 265

Garmin Forerunner 265 is a watch from 2023, sitting in the mid-range band at an indicative $449.

It reads 18 of the 33 signals this comparison tracks. Full coverage of activity. Nothing at all from body composition. Rarer readings it does take: Body Battery.

By sensor class: 10 at high accuracy and 3 at consumer grade. That grade is my classification of the hardware, not a lab test. Those readings come from an optical heart rate sensor, an optical blood oxygen sensor, a GPS receiver, a barometer and an accelerometer. Blood oxygen is measured during sleep, not continuously through the day.

Its 13 days per charge are the 46th longest of the 74 devices of its kind here that publish a figure. The AMOLED screen can stay always on. Multi-band GPS. Rated 5ATM / WR50, fine for swimming. It weighs 47 g. On top of the tracking it also handles music on the device and contactless payments. Case size 46mm. No subscription is required.

AMOLED midrange running watch; Gen 4. Training Load + Readiness.