Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar White
€539.00
RRP €600.00
Stock Due 5-7 days
HIGHLIGHTS
Premium solar watch with music, colour maps, running dynamics. Also In black.
IN THE BOX
- Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar White
- USB-C charging/data cable
- Documentation
Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar White
€539.00
HIGHLIGHTS
Premium solar watch with music, colour maps, running dynamics. Also In black.
IN THE BOX
- Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar White
- USB-C charging/data cable
- Documentation
VERSIONS / COLOURS
Solar
Solar
Features
Overview
A premium lightweight GPS running & triathlon watch that offers Power Glass solar charging, extending battery life up to 20 days. With multi-band GPS, heart rate tracking, maps, and advanced training tools, it's built for peak performance.
Features
- Solar powered multisports watch: up to 20 days in smartwatch mode, up to 49 hours in GPS mode
- Advanced running and multisport touchscreen smartwatch with wrist-based heart rate
- 46.5mm case size, suitable for wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm
- Includes a comprehensive range of indoor and outdoor in-built sport apps
- Includes Garmin Coach: adaptive training plans to help you reach your goals
- Multi GNSS support - GPS, GLONASS and Galileo - to track in more challenging environments
- Running dynamics (accessories required) to measure running metrics such as cadence, stride, balance and more
- Metrics tracked: performance condition, training status based on recent exercise history, training effect and load
- Measures V02 max to indicate performance
- Sensors: wrist-based heart rate, 3-axis compass, barometer, altimeter, thermometer, gyroscope, Pulse OX
- Acclimation widget to show current elevation, acclimated elevation and correlated Pulse Ox, heart rate and respiration
- Body battery energy monitoring, hydration tracking, respiration tracking
- PacePro Technology - helps you keep on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course
- Map Manager: Download mapping for any region for free
- Preloaded 42k worldwide golf courses
- ClimbPro ascent planner for use with downloaded courses for real-time information
- Turn-by-turn navigation - follow a route or course with turn-by-turn directions
- Round Trip Routing - Create routes that will bring you back to your starting point
- Trendline Popularity Routing - helps you find the best local paths
- Smart notifications: texts, emails, alerts and social media
- Safety and tracking features to let others know where you are
- Music capable; stores up to 2,000 - compatible with Spotify (Premium account) and other streaming services
- Supports contactless payments - limited in Ireland to KBC Mastercard
- Customisable with downloadable apps, widgets, watch faces
Main feature difference between Forerunner 955 and Forerunner 945
- Solar charging added for extended battery life
- Touchscreen with higher resolution 260 x 260 pixel display
- Worldwide mapping available for free
- Revamped software making the watch health monitoring and activity tracking more intuitive and informative
- New apps such as HRV (heart rate variability), training readiness and morning report
Specs
Technical Specification
| Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar White | Product Code: 010-02638-21 |
General | |
| Lens material | Corning Gorilla Glass DX |
| Bezel material | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| QuickFit watch band compatible | Yes (22 mm compatible) |
| Strap material | Silicone |
| Physical size | 46.5 x 46.5 x 14.4 (mm) Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm |
| Touchscreen | yes |
| Colour display | yes |
| Display Size | 1.3? (33 mm) diameter |
| Display Resolution | 260 x 260 pixels |
| Display Type | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight | 53 g |
| Battery life | Smartwatch mode: Up to 15 days/20 days with solar* GPS-only mode without music: Up to 42 hours/49 hours with solar** All-Systems GNSS mode plus Multi-Band with music: Up to 8.5 hours All Systems GNSS mode plus Multi-Band without music: Up to 20 hours/22 hours with solar** Ultratrac mode: Up to 80 hours/110 hours with solar** See details *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions ** Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Memory/history | 32 GB |
Clock features | |
| Time/date | yes |
| GPS time sync | yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | yes |
| Alarm clock | yes |
| Timer | yes |
| Stopwatch | yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | yes |
Health monitoring | |
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate (24x7) | yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day acclimation and in sleep) |
| Fitness age | yes |
| Body Battery Energy Monitor | yes |
| All-day stress tracking | yes |
| Relaxation reminders | yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | yes |
| Sleep | Yes (Advanced) |
| Sleep score and insights | yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Women's Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect and optional Connect IQ widget) |
| Health snapshot | yes |
Sensors | |
| GPS | yes |
| GLONASS | yes |
| Galileo | yes |
| Multi-frequency Positioning | yes |
| Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor | yes |
| Barometric altimeter | yes |
| Compass | yes |
| Gyroscope | yes |
| Accelerometer | yes |
| Thermometer | yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | yes |
Daily smart features | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi |
| Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | yes |
| On-device Connect IQ Store | yes |
| Smart Notifications | yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android only) | yes |
| Calendar | yes |
| Weather | yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile | yes |
| Battery Saver - customisable low power watch | yes |
| Controls smartphone music | yes |
| Plays and controls watch music | yes |
| Music storage | Up to 2000 songs |
| Find my phone | yes |
| Find my watch | yes |
| VIRB camera remote | yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone, Android |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | yes |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile | yes |
| Garmin Pay | yes |
Safety and tracking features | |
| LiveTrack | yes |
| Spectator messaging | yes (with compatible smartphone) |
| Group LiveTrack | yes |
| Live Event Sharing | Android Only |
| Incident Detection during select activities | yes |
| Assistance | yes |
Tactical features | |
| Dual grid coordinates | yes |
Activity tracking features | |
| Step counter | yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | yes |
| Calories burned | yes |
| Floors climbed | yes |
| Distance travelled | yes |
| Intensity minutes | yes |
| TrueUp | yes |
| Move IQ | yes |
| Garmin Connect Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Fitness equipment/gym | |
| Automatic rep counting | yes |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Indoor Rowing, Pilates, Yoga |
| Strength workouts | yes |
| HIIT workouts | yes |
| Yoga workouts | yes |
| Pilates workouts | yes |
| On-screen workout animations | yes |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | yes |
Training, planning and analysis features | |
| HR zones | yes |
| HR alerts | yes |
| HR calories | yes |
| % HR max | yes |
| % HRR | yes |
| Recovery time | yes |
| Auto max HR | yes |
| Morning report | yes |
| Race glance/widget | yes |
| HRV status | yes |
| Training readiness | yes |
| HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| GPS speed and distance | yes |
| Customisable screen(s) | yes |
| Customisable activity profiles | yes |
| Auto Pause | yes |
| Interval training | yes |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | yes |
| Advanced workouts | yes |
| Downloadable training plans | yes |
| Auto Lap | yes |
| Manual lap | yes |
| Rest timer | yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | yes |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | yes |
| Realtime stamina | yes |
| Training status (lets you see if you're training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend) | Improved |
| Training load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) | yes |
| Training load focus | yes |
| Training effect (aerobic) | yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | yes |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | yes |
| Improved recovery time | yes |
| Daily suggested workouts | Yes (7 days) |
| Customisable alerts | yes |
| Audio prompts | yes |
| Finish time | yes |
| Virtual partner | yes |
| Race an activity | yes |
| Auto multisport activities | yes |
| Multi-sport | yes |
| Course guidance | yes |
| Garmin Live Segments | yes |
| Strava Live Segments | yes |
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | yes |
| Trendline popularity routing | yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | yes |
| Hot keys | yes |
| Auto scroll | yes |
| Activity history on watch | yes |
| >Physio TrueUp | yes |
Running features | |
| Available run profiles | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running, Virtual Running, Ultra Running |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | yes |
| Running dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | yes |
| Running power | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Performance condition | yes |
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| PacePro Pacing Strategies | yes |
| Run workouts | yes |
| Trail run auto climb | yes |
| Race predictor | yes |
| Course- and weather-specific race predictor | yes |
| Foot pod capable | yes |
Golfing features | |
| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | yes |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | automatic |
| Digital scorecard | yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | yes |
| Garmin AutoShot | yes |
| Auto CourseView updates | yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | yes |
| Hazards and course targets | yes |
| PinPointer | yes |
| Handicap scoring | yes |
| Round timer/odometer | yes |
| Tournament legal | yes |
Outdoor recreation | |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Skiing, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Snowshoeing, Mapping, Navigating, Tennis, Pickleball, Padel, Track Me, Project Waypoint |
| Point-to-point navigation | yes |
| Bread crumbtrail in real time | yes |
| Back to start | yes |
| TracBack | yes |
| UltraTrac mode | yes |
| Around Me mode | yes |
| Up Ahead | yes |
| Elevation profile | yes |
| Distance to destination | yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | yes |
| ClimbPro ascent planner | yes |
| Vertical speed | yes |
| Total ascent/descent | yes |
| Future elevation plot | yes |
| PRELOADED TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS | yes |
| Preloaded road and trail maps | yes |
| Downloadable cartography support | yes |
| GPS coordinates | yes |
| Sight 'N Go | yes |
| Area calculation | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Hunt/fish calendar | Yes (via Connect IQ) |
| Projected waypoint | yes |
| Sun and moon information | yes |
| XERO Locations | yes |
Cycling features | |
| Garmin cycle map (routable cycling-specific street map) | yes |
| Available cycling profiles | Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | yes |
| Courses | yes |
| MTB Grit & Flow | yes |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | yes |
| Race an activity | yes |
| FTP (Functional threshold power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters) | yes |
| Power meter compatible | yes |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | yes |
| Compatible with Varia Vision (head-mounted display) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia radar (rear-facing radar) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia lights | yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | yes |
Swimming features | |
| Available swim profiles | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | yes |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | yes |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | yes |
| Time and distance alerts | yes |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | yes |
| Countdown start | yes |
| Pool swim workouts | yes |
| Critical swim speed | yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | yes |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes (with HRM-Swim or HRM-Pro) |
Kid activity tracking features | |
| Toe-to-Toe Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app) |
Connectivity | |
| Smart trainer control | yes |
Reviews
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews for the Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar White.
