Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar Premium Running Watch (Black)
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The Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar Premium Running Watch gives you up to 20 days of battery life in smartwatch mode for a full picture of your health from sleep to training.
Solar Powered Battery
Get up to 20 days of battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging. In GPS mode, get up to 42 hours and up to 49 hours when solar charging. With UltraTrac mode, go even longer with up to 110 hours when solar charging.
Touchscreen and Buttons
Click or swipe through maps and stats with traditional button controls or a new, responsive touchscreen.
Tailored to the Dedicated
Clocking in at just 52 grams, the Forerunner 955 smartwatch will keep you light on your feet and attuned to your body.
Training Readiness
From the moment you wake up, get a readiness score based on your sleep quality, recovery, training load, and more, so you can determine whether it’s a good day to go hard or take it easy.
Morning Report
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, and training outlook as soon as you wake up alongside HRV status, training readiness, and weather. You can even customize your report to show what you want to see.
HRV Status
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, recovery, and training performance through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics team.
Race Widget
Get ready for your next race with training tips, daily suggested workouts, and completion time predictions based on course details, weather, and performance.
Daily Suggested Workouts
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar.
Garmin Coach
Free adaptive training plans include 5K, 10K, and half-marathon programs, featuring guidance from expert coaches that adapt to you and your goals.
Triathlon and Multisport Profiles
Switch between sports with one press by using built-in profiles for triathlons, duathlons, brick workouts, and swim runs. Or, create your custom multisport profiles.
Running Power
Get a continuous measurement on your wrist of how much power you are applying to the road as you run when using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro monitor.
Real-Time Stamina
Use this data to track and manage your exertion and help avoid overexerting at the start of your run or bike ride.
Running Dynamics
When using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro monitor, the Forerunner 955 watch measures crucial running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and balance, and more.
Training Status
Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history, and performance, get easy insight into your overall effort and whether you are training productively, peaking, or strained.
Acute Load
Compare the intensity of your recent workouts to the optimal range to improve your fitness and training history.
Training Effect
See how your workouts influence your endurance, speed, and power with aerobic and anaerobic training effect feedback.
Pacepro Feature
The PacePro feature helps keep you on pace with grade-adjusted guidance as you run a course.
Recovery Time
Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training as well as overall stress, sleep, and daily activities outside of workouts.
VO2 Max
Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. This metric even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
Performance Condition
While you run, get an analysis of your pace, heart rate, and heart rate variability for a real-time assessment of your current ability to perform.
Connectivity
| WiFi Standard | 802.11a |
| GPS | Yes |
| Phone Connectivity | Bluetooth |
| Bluetooth Type | Bluetooth |
Display
| Touch Screen | 42190 |
| Display Resolution | 260 x 260 |
Battery
| Power Source | Battery |
Physical
| Weight | 53 g |
| IP Rating | 5 ATM |
| Water-Resistant | Yes |
| Waterproof | Yes |
Band
| Band Color | Black |
- 46.5 x 46.5 x 14.4 mm
- Fits wrists with a circumference of 130-220 mm
- 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
Garmin Forerunner 955 Solar Premium Running Watch
General
| Lens material | Corning gorilla glass DX |
| Bezel material | Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Quickfit watch band compatible | Yes (22 mm compatible) |
| Strap material | Silicone |
| Physical size | |
| Touchscreen | Yes |
| Color display | Yes |
| Display size | 1.3 inch (33 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution | 260 x 260 pixels |
| Display type | Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight | 53 g |
| Battery life | |
| Ultratrac mode | Up to 80 hours/110 hours with solar |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| Memory/history | 32GB |
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 (24 x7) | 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 | 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 (customizable 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 remote | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone, android |
| Pairs with Garmin golf app | Yes |
| Pairs 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) auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Floors climbed | Yes |
| Distance traveled | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Trueup | Yes |
| Move IQ | Yes |
| Garmin connect challenges app | Yes (optional connect IQ app) |
Gym and Fitness Equipment
| 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 |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Customizable 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 | Improved |
| Training load | Yes |
| Training load focus | Yes |
| Training effect | Yes |
| Training effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Primary benefit (training effect labels) | Yes |
| Improved recovery time | Yes |
| Daily suggested workouts | Yes (7 days) |
| Custom alerts | yes |
| Audio prompts | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes |
| Virtual partner | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Manual multisport activities | 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 profile | 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 crumb trail 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 topographical maps | Yes |
| Preloaded road and trail maps | Yes |
| Downloadable cartography support | Yes |
| GPS coordinates | Yes |
| Sight 'n go | Yes |
Cycling Features
| 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 and 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 (with 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, and 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 (pool swim only) | 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 |
Kid Activity Tracking Features
| Toe-to-Toe challenges app | Yes (optional connect IQ toe-to-toe challenges app) |
Connectivity
| Smart trainer control | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I return an item?
How do I return an item?
Returns are incredibly simple. Please log into your account, find your item you wish to return and follow the prompts to make a return. If you do not have an account, click here to find your order and make a return.
Will I receive a full refund when I return an item?
Will I receive a full refund when I return an item?
You will receive a full refund when you return an item in its original manufacturer’s packaging, undamaged and unmarked. If the item you are returning is priced at less than $35, you will be charged a 15% restocking fee. Please note you will not be refunded any shipping charges.
How many days do I have to make a return?
How many days do I have to make a return?
You have 30 days to make a return. During the holiday season, from November 1 to December 31, we extend the return window to 60 days.
My item was damaged in transit. How do I place a return?
My item was damaged in transit. How do I place a return?
If your order has been noticeably damaged in transit, we strongly recommend that you refuse delivery and notify us immediately. Claims for missing items or items damaged in transit must be made within 48 hours of delivery. If there is carrier damage, please contact support@focuscamera.com with your order number and a description of the damage.
There’s an issue with my order, what should I do?
There’s an issue with my order, what should I do?
Oh no! Please contact our customer service team so we can resolve the issue immediately. You can call us on 1.800.221.0828, email us at support@focuscamera.com, or send us a message here.
Can I exchange an item?
Can I exchange an item?
We do not currently offer exchanges. Please return the item you purchased within 30 days and order what you’d like instead.
If I ordered a kit, do I have to return all the items?
If I ordered a kit, do I have to return all the items?
If you ordered a kit, you must return all components and accessories to receive a full refund.
I ordered a product that included a free item. I’d like to return it, do I need to return the free item as well?
I ordered a product that included a free item. I’d like to return it, do I need to return the free item as well?
If you ordered a product that included a free item, you must include the free item with your return. If not, your return will not be accepted and you will not receive a full refund.
Do you offer repairs?
Do you offer repairs?
We currently only offer camera repairs at our Brooklyn store. The item must be dropped off and collected in person as we do not accept shipped items for repair. For more information, please call our Brooklyn store on 1.718.431.7900.
What is your return policy?
What is your return policy?
Most items can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. Click here to read our full return policy.




