{"id":626182,"date":"2026-09-16T07:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/626182\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T07:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:22:09","slug":"i-love-garmins-new-forerunner-170-music-smartwatch-but-this-deal-for-the-superior-forerunner-265-makes-it-the-better-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/626182\/","title":{"rendered":"I love Garmin’s new Forerunner 170 Music smartwatch, but this deal for the superior Forerunner 265 makes it the better buy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Garmin\u2019s Forerunner 170<\/a> is a solid running watch that brings great performance and smart features, all in a light and small package, and I particularly loved the Music version<\/a> for phoneless short runs and activities. The watch was even found to be very accurate<\/a>, according to my colleague Matt Evans\u2019 testing.<\/p>\n

At AU$479<\/a> (or AU$549 for the Music version<\/a>), however, it isn\u2019t the most affordable as far as fitness smartwatches go \u2014 so when I found the older (but higher-tier) Forerunner 265 discounted by 38% on Amazon<\/a>, I knew this was a deal too tempting to pass up.<\/p>\n

Featuring a more accurate dual-band GPS technology, 13 days of battery life, more size options and on-watch music storage, the Forerunner 265 is hard to beat for just AU$498.<\/p>\n

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The Garmin<\/a> Forerunner 265 was the first small Forerunner model with a touchscreen AMOLED display, replacing its predecessor\u2019s monochrome memory-in-pixel display<\/a>, to make it look and feel similar to something like an Apple Watch or a Samsung Galaxy Watch.<\/p>\n

It also features dual-band or multi-frequency GPS for high-precision tracking in dense cities or heavy tree cover, which is technically superior to the Forerunner 170\u2019s single-frequency multi-GNSS tracking.<\/p>\n

The 170 is only available in the single 43mm size, while the 265 comes in 46mm and the smaller 265S is 42mm, providing more options for different wrist sizes.<\/p>\n

The biggest criticism from our reviewer is the Forerunner 265\u2019s price hike over its predecessor, and slightly worse battery life, which can be credited to the switch to an AMOLED display, but this discount takes care of the former in spades.<\/p>\n

Interested in other Garmin products? Check out the latest Garmin Australia coupons<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

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Today’s best Garmin Forerunner 265 deals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garmin\u2019s Forerunner 170 is a solid running watch that brings great performance and smart features, all in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[203,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-626182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}