AMAZE RUNNER - Garmin Forerunner 55

This running watch for inexperienced athletes who want to improve their running gets the basics right – and its price is nice

Using a running watch for the first time can be a daunting experience. Most watches have plenty of features that can help runners get better at their craft, but if you're starting out, all those numbers won't make much sense. Hence why it's so refreshing to use the Garmin Forerunner 55.

It looks exactly how you'd imagine it: a smaller version of the Garmin Forerunner 245. The button layout is the same as on any other Forerunner, and as expected, the Forerunner 55 doesn't have a touchscreen either. Maybe that's to come? The screen resolution is not amazing but good enough for the price. It's a 1.04-inch, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display with 208 x 208 pixels resolution. To be honest, the screen is the weakest point of the Forerunner 55; it's not a terrible display, but in 2022, when fitness trackers and smartwatches have AMOLED screens, a MIP display won't impress anyone for sure.