Forerunner 970
Garmin · £598
Worth being NRY provisional
Garmin’s brightest AMOLED behind a sapphire lens, £598, built for triathlon. Sapphire is the detail: it is the difference between a watch that looks new after three years of being dragged along walls and one that does not. For a runner who also swims and cycles this is the top of what is useful before the fenix starts charging for ruggedness instead.
- For
- Someone doing triathlon who wants running-watch precision rather than an expedition watch.
- Not for
- Anyone who does one sport: both cheaper Forerunners here cover that.
What we checked
- Garmin’s brightest AMOLED display with a sapphire lens, built for running and triathlon. Sigma Sports
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.