Review: Garmin Forerunner 235 - serious gadget for real athletes
Devices / / December 19, 2019
Appearance
Garmin Forerunner 235 - stylish watch with a matte display. Display Diameter - 3.1 cm, watchcase little more - 4.5 × 4.5 cm. On the left side are the light button and the navigation on the right - the menu button and go back one step.
The watch strap is soft and comfortable, just so that the clock were close on hand, but do not compress it. Perforations on the strap - a way to deal with the humidity under the strap.
On the back side of the housing allocated heart rate sensor, which leaves the skin amusing prints, although in use it is almost imperceptible.
Garmin Forerunner 235 - light model, only 42 grams The clock can not be called completely weightless, but also discomfort on his hand, they do not create, even in a narrow feminine. Wear them 24 hours a day (for monitoring activity and lock sleep time) is not necessary, but it is real.
By the way, great gadget keeps charging. Of course, it depends on what features you're using, but in any case, working time without recharging will be at least a week.
Key Features
The first is a huge plus - it's built-in heart rate monitor developed by Garmin engineers directly.
Pulse is able to even take the simplest GPS trackers, so why for Garmin built-in sensor - an advantage? Because this sensor is designed for professionals who need to determine the heart rate with high accuracy. With many models of watches Garmin supplied chest strap, but, first, they are not always comfortable, and secondly, require washing after each workout.
Garmin Forerunner 235 accessories are not needed. pulse measurement is made directly on the hand, the data is displayed in real time on the display.
To strap could take an accurate reading, the watch should fit snugly to the skin. At the same time they can not be too close to the brush. So if you often look at your watch during the workout, the winter will be uncomfortable bend the sleeve (if you're running on the street, of course), and it's built-in heart rate monitor only drawback.
The second plus hours - watertightness (50 m). Appreciate even those who are not going to the pool, because the clock can be washed. Moreover, the manufacturer recommends that you rinse gadget water after each workout. And rightly so - to wash off the sweat and dust.
The third plus Garmin Forerunner 235 - a huge number of operating modes, the mass of the data and the possibility of Garmin Connect application.
App - it's base, which unites all of the information about the activity and training for further analysis. From there, the information is taken for calculations: the profile you need to specify your height, weight, age and so on, so that the clock can estimate how many calories you spend or receive oxygen per kilogram of body weight.
The app is available for iOS, Android and Windows PhoneAnd opened in browser versions. Synchronization is not every day you can spend collected data is stored in the memory of hours and then go into the application.
Now let us consider some of the functions of hours more.
activity control
During the day, the clock pulse monitor, measure the number of steps and calories, consider the time allotted for sleep, and motivated to move more and more often.
If you sit almost motionless for over an hour, the Garmin will remind that it is time to stand up and stretch their legs. And so you do not have any desire to ignore the wise advice (on the job sometimes not until the warm-up), the display will show a red stripe, which will continue to grow. The sit longer, so it is longer. And to return the display to normal, you will no longer just a warm up and go through quite a long distance.
Forerunner 235 automatically calculate the number of steps that need to take place every day. Hours collect data on how much you walk each day and calculate the optimal goal. If you overfulfill rate, the clock to raise the bar.
Also, the gadget keeps track of the amount of sleep, focusing on the movement of the bed. As a person with chronic insomnia, I can say that the more accurate calculation would be based on your heart rate, but a rough estimate is suitable indicators and the proposed version of Garmin.
training
As you can guess, the clock Forerunner 235 designed primarily for racing. In the course of training hours was monitored in real-time distance, pulse, speed, elevation, calories burned. The same parameters are recorded when you select a bicycle or swimming.
In summary, the results are displayed, deployed - in the application. There you can evaluate and analyze every second workout.
Any exercise can be conducted in a free mode, that is to capture and store data. And you can use the application to put yourself goals or set parameters of motion. A lot of options. Create can be any program, even complex interval training, and the clock will give a clue: you are performing the specified condition or need to work better.
And some more useful features
There Garmin Forerunner 235 more opportunities. Simply lists.
- Warning. via Bluetooth Watches communicate with your smartphone, and you get a notification about incoming and can even read messages.
- The player controls. The watch has a feedback with your smartphone: while jogging switch tracks and adjust the volume level can be buttons on the watch.
- Free application from Connect IQ. For example, if you can not make up an exercise program, download finished.
- Competitions. You can compete with other users by comparing the performance of daily activities.
- The publication of the achievements in social networks. The results of training and new records are sent to your page.
Control
Manage Garmin Forerunner 235 comes with buttons. Intuitively detected activity tracker function and basic training, other features to look for. The Council, after a few sessions to take the clock and the instruction and try each item from the user's manual. You find a lot of interesting things. For example, you know that exercise can include warm-up and cool down. Garmin Forerunner 235 will count pulse during warm separately, and then the data recorded during the run, will be more accurate.
All features at a time you do not remember, and is unlikely to be able to control the gadget with your eyes closed. But Garmin Forerunner 235 is worth it to spend time learning functions.
Minuses
Even in these tough hours as the Garmin Forerunner 235, there are downsides. This lack of intelligent alarm and inaccurate fixation bedtime. I can not say that the high price - it's a minus. Garmin Forerunner 235 - a professional tool, such devices can not be cheap.
results
Garmin Forerunner 235 - this watch is not for those who are involved in sports from time to time. And it is not for those who have a couple of times a week, walking on a treadmill. For such an approach at the same Garmin has a weight of more economical options.
Forerunner 235 - this is for those who make up individual training, and readings looks so often that he was ready to change the appearance of the display by using a special library of Garmin applications. Not too carried away by the athletes just do not appreciate most of the functions. But for the enthusiastic - what you need, and even a little more.