Garmin Forerunner 735xt

Name: Garmin Forerunner 735xt
Brand: garmin
SKU: 62d97c1af511a373508130b0
Rating: 3.5 (96 reviews)

Based on 96 reviews

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Great for triathletes

Easy to use

Good battery life

Accurate for HIIT exercises

Fast charging capabilities

Not suitable for swimmers or triathletes

High price

Does not record heart rate during swims

Verdict

The Garmin Forerunner 735XT is a comprehensive fitness tracker that provides triathletes with pertinent information and advice. It is easy to use and has good battery life, but it comes at a high price. The watch is accurate for HIIT exercises and has fast charging capabilities. However, it does not record heart rate during swims or store the data when the swim is stopped, making it unsuitable for swimmers or triathletes.

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\- General Easy Run road shoe: New Balance Vazee Rush (now falling apart!). \- Watch: Garmin 735xt. \- Nutrition: as above 400ml of water, unless its a long run of over 2 hours, I take a handful of gummy sweets and have 2 or 3 per mile (as a treat) and take one High5 energy gel at mile 4 or 5.

Garmin Forerunner 735XT Review

The Garmin Forerunner 735XT fitness tracker gives pertinent information to triathletes about their sports, including advice you don't often see, like recovery time. It's comprehensive and easy to use but will set you back a pretty penny. Sign up for Lab Report to get the latest reviews and top product advice delivered right to your inbox

I have had a Garmin 735XT for maybe 3 years. I never had the text/notifications on to increase battery life and have loved the watch. Then a few weeks ago the battery was not lasting as long as it used to. Then on the 4th of July I was swimming in a lake and my watch just totally died.

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Especially HIIT exercise. For something like a long or recovery run I sometimes purely use a wrist monitor though and it's decently accurate. My Forerunner and Galaxy Watch are typically pretty close to each other in HR. As far as distance goes, both watches are typically within 0.01-0.02 miles of each other, which is expected due to how GPS polls data.

No issues with lighting at night nor when sleeping. The battery is also very good. Charges fast and lasts a long time. Never had it go to 0 but I think I've used it about a week without charging so far.

I had Forerunner 735XT for a good year or two and upgraded to a 945 about a year ago. For the past year I've also had a Garmin tri HRM chest strap that died about a year ago and was replaced under warranty, so I've used it most of the year with maybe a few easy days ever I was lazy and just didn't wear it and relied on the built in optical HRM. My personal best 5k was 20:26 about 3 weeks ago.

Specs

Brand

Garmin

Model Name

GR735XTBK

Screen Size

1.23 Inches

Connectivity Technology

Bluetooth

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