Should you buy it? Yes. Whether you're a competitive runner or just want to improve your fitness and cardio, the Garmin Forerunner 935 is a worthwhile investment. Featuring a variety of advanced metrics, trackable activities, and unique analytics, it's able to not just benefit runners but swimmers and cyclists alike.
The Forerunner 935 has an integrated WiFi radio so you can have your activity data synced to your Garmin Connect account when you return to a WiFi zone previously established.
Forerunner 935 lets you change things up with ease thanks to built-in activity profiles for running (indoor/outdoor), cycling (indoor/outdoor), swimming (pool/open water), cross-country skiing, paddle sports, trail running, hiking, strength training and many more.
You can use the device for open water swimming. You can record swim data including distance, pace, and stroke rate. You can add data screens to the default open water swimming activity (Customizing the Data Screens).
Obsessed with tracking metrics? The Garmin Forerunner 945 is worth the price tag. The battery life is great, the activity tracking is as smooth and accurate as I've encountered, and—after the initial setup and customization—the whole experience is smooth and pleasant.
Neither the Forerunner 935 nor the Forerunner 630 has internal storage for music play, which means while you can control the music playing on your phone, you cannot go for a phone-free workout and still have your music.
That being said, if you just want a golf GPS for the course, there might be
better options.
Garmin Forerunner 935 Specs.
| Product | Garmin Forerunner 935 |
|---|
| Battery Life | 24 Hours GPS Mode |
| Water Rating | 5 ATM |
| Golf Courses | 41,000+ |
| Preloaded | No. Downloadable From Phone |
Viewing the Map
- From the watch face, select. > Map.
- Hold MENU, and select an option: To pan or zoom the map, select Pan/Zoom. TIP: You can select to toggle between panning up and down, panning left and right, or zooming. You can hold. to select the point indicated by the crosshairs.
Choose your map option from the upper right corner of the map.
- Sign into Garmin Connect from a personal computer.
- Select from the upper left corner to expand the menu navigation.
- Select Training.
- Select Courses.
- Choose your map option from the upper right corner of the map.
Garmin suggest GPS+GLONASS as the best setting that's why it's default. Maybe on your watch, but GPS only was the default setting on my watch purchased in the US.
UltraTrac is a GPS mode that decreases the update rate of GPS data to once a minute, providing much longer battery life while in GPS mode. ANT+ sensors will continue recording while the device is in UltraTrac mode.
GLONASS is generally more precise in mountainous regions, while Galileo offers better accuracy in urban environments. When you combine either of these two systems with GPS, your receiver will usually be dead on about your location.
Your device may have simply lost a connection to GPS satellites and did not record any data. Your Strava activity may be missing a map, show a straight line connecting your start and end points or was automatically tagged as an indoor activity. Your device may have recorded GPS points that deviate from your true path.
Customizing the Data Screens
- Select START.
- Select an activity.
- Hold .
- Select the activity settings.
- Select Data Screens.
- Select a data screen to customize.
- Select an option: Select Layout to adjust the number of data fields on the data screen.
- If necessary, select Add New to add a data screen to the loop.
For more information about GPS, go to
- Hold .
- Select Settings > Activities & Apps.
- Select the activity to customize.
- Select the activity settings.
- Select GPS.
- Select an option: Select Normal (GPS Only) to enable the default GPS satellite system.
Viewing the Weather Widget
- From the watch face, select UP or DOWN to view the weather widget.
- Select START to view hourly weather data.
- Select DOWN to view daily weather data.
Customizing the Watch Face
- From the watch face, hold .
- Select Watch Face.
- Select UP or DOWN to preview the watch face options.
- Select Add New to scroll through additional pre-loaded watch faces.
- Select START > Apply to activate a pre-loaded watch face or an installed Connect IQ watch face.
Select Settings > Activities & Apps. Select an option: Select an activity to customize the settings, set the activity as a favorite, change the order of appearance, and more. Select Add Apps to add more activities or create custom activities.
Garmin only offers up to 4-field data screen. In order to display more data on one screen, Connect IQ has to be used.
Changing the Units of Measure
- From the watch face. hold .
- Select Settings > System > Units.
- Select a measurement type.
- Select a unit of measure.
