Garmin — Wearable Adventure Technology
Garmin produces products engineered specifically for outdoor activities. Their wearable, lightweight technology brings GPS, heart rate monitors and much more to your everyday life. Their innovative products are cutting-edge smartwatches and monitors for your exercise and sports activities.
At Bikester, we stock a large selection of Smartwatches by Garmin, from their simpler models which offer GPS, contactless payment and health monitors, to Smartwatches that boast an even wider variety of functions and can be used to track daily progress.
We'll look at their most popular smartwatches and discuss how to wear a Garmin heart rate monitor.
Their range
Some of the most popular activity trackers that Garmin produce are:
- Multisports GPS watches
- Music GPS smartwatches
- Quick change smartwatches
Multisports Garmin Fenix GPS watches
These really are the crème de la crème of sports smartwatches. They offer the wearer a whole host of exciting and useful functions, allowing you to stay out longer without other technologies or maps. Their robust design has 32 GB of memory and the special Power Glass solar-charged lens extends the battery life — whilst the device is charged via solar the battery will last around 10 days. In the GPS mode, you get 25 hours of indoor battery life and around 28 hours on the solar charge.
The Multisports GPS watches have been rigorously tested and adhere to army-grade standards due to their thermal performance as well as their shock and water resistance. It has a large selection of pre-installed apps for a variety of sports such as trail running, cycling, hiking, skiing and climbing. As well as monitoring your heart rate, speed and distance travelled, you can also accurately measure ascents and descents.
The watch offers many more functions such as the ability to film your activities, measure intake of water and play music. They offer the user almost every function you can imagine needing for multi-day sporting adventures.
Music GPS Smartwatches
A must-have in running accessories the Music GPS Smartwatch gets to know your running stats whilst playing your favourite music. The watch collects data and builds up a full picture of your training history, current fitness levels and goals — all without having to run with bulky technology like your phone or music player.
Quick change Smartwatches
These adaptable and lightweight watches act as your coach for an active healthy life. They offer the ability to:
- Capture your heart rate and monitor stress levels
- Analyse your health
- Measure your body's energy reserves and understand the optimum time to train
- Set reminders to do breathing exercises and drink water
- Menstrual cycle tracker and pregnancy apps
- Breath rate display
- Detailed sleep analysis
How to wear a Garmin heart rate monitor
As well as their wide range of watches that can easily monitor your heart rate on your wrist, Garmin also offers specifically designed heart rate monitors. These simple straps can be worn around the body, just below your sternum, and can directly monitor your heart rate and other elements of your body's health.
With their range of smartwatches, bike computers, heart rate monitors, Garmin leads the way in wearable sports technology. Equipped with their watches or minicomputers, you can leave home for days to do your favourite sports without having to carry maps, phones or wallets. This is adventure innovation at its finest.