| General Features |
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| Unit dimensions, WxHxD |
45: 42 x 42 x 11.4 mm
45S: 39.5 x 39.5 x 11.4 mm |
42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 mm |
42.3 x 42.3 x 12.2 mm |
42.5 x 42.5 x 13.5 mm |
47 x 47 x 13.9 mm |
| Display size, WxH |
1.04" (26.3 mm) diameter |
1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter |
1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter |
1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter |
1.2" (30.4 mm) diameter |
| Display resolution, WxH |
208 x 208 pixels |
240 x 240 pixels |
240 x 240 pixels |
240 x 240 pixels |
240 x 240 pixels |
| Weight |
45: 36 g
45S: 32 g |
38.5 g |
38.5 g |
42.2 g |
50 g |
| Battery |
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rechargeable
lithium-ion |
rechargeable
lithium-ion |
rechargeable
lithium-ion |
rechargeable
lithium-ion |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
GPS mode: Up to 13 hours |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
GPS mode: Up to 24 hours |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
GPS mode with music: Up to 6 hours
GPS mode: Up to 24 hours |
Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
GPS mode with music: Up to 5 hours |
Smart Mode: Up to 2 weeks
GPS mode with music: Up to 10 hours
GPS mode without music: Up to 36 hours |
| Waterproof |
✔(50m) |
✔(50m) |
✔(50m) |
✔(50m) |
✔(50m) |
| History |
200 hours of activity data |
200 hours of activity data |
200 hours of activity data |
200 hours of activity data |
200 hours of activity data |
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| Clock Features |
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| Time/date |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| GPS Time Sync |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Automatic daylight saving time |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Alarm clock |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Timer |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Stopwatch |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Sunrise/sunset times |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Face It watch face creator |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Sensors |
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| GPS-enabled |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| GLONASS |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Barometric altimeter |
x |
x |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
| Compass |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Gyroscope |
x |
x |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
| Accelerometer |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Thermometer |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Pulse Ox |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
x |
✔ |
| Daily Smart Features |
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| Connectivity |
✔ |
Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
| Connect IQ® (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
✔ (watch faces only) |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Smart notifications |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android® only) |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Calendar |
✔ |
✔ |
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✔ |
✔ |
| Weather |
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| Controls smartphone music |
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| Plays and controls watch music |
✔ |
x |
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| Music Storage |
x |
x |
✔(up to 500 songs) |
✔(up to 500 songs) |
✔(up to 1000 songs) |
| Find my Phone feature |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Find My Watch feature |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| VIRB® remote |
x |
✔ |
✔ |
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| Smartphone compatibility |
iPhone® and Android® |
iPhone® and Android® |
iPhone® and Android® |
iPhone® and Android® |
iPhone®, Android® |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect® Mobile |
✔ |
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| Garmin Pay® |
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✔ |
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| Activity Tracking Features |
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| Step counter |
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| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
✔ |
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✔ |
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| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
✔ |
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| Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) |
✔ |
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| Calories burned |
✔ |
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✔ |
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| Floors climbed |
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x |
✔ |
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| Distance traveled |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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| Intensity minutes |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| TrueUp® |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
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| Move IQ® |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
| Fitness Age |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
✔ |
| Body Battery® Energy Monitor |
✔ |
✔ |
✔ |
x |
✔(in app) |
| All-day Stress Tracking |
✔ |
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| Training, Planning and Analysis Features |
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| Activity history on watch |
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| Customizable activity profiles |
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| Customizable alerts |
x |
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| Audio prompts |
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| Auto multisport activities |
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| Course guidance |
x |
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| Advanced workouts (create custom, goal-oriented workouts): |
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| Auto Lap® |
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| Auto Pause® |
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| Auto scroll |
x |
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| Customizable data pages |
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| Manual multisport activities |
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✔ |
| Virtual Partner |
x |
✔ |
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| Finish time |
x |
✔ |
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| Group LiveTrack |
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✔ |
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| Fitness Age |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
✔(in app) |
| Hot keys |
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✔ |
| Configurable lap alerts |
x |
✔ |
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| LiveTrack |
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| Touch and/or button lock |
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| Manual lap |
✔ |
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✔ |
✔ |
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| Personal records (running, cycling, swimming) |
x |
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| Segments (Live, Garmin) |
x |
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| GPS speed and distance |
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| Training Effect (aerobic) |
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| Training Effect (anaerobic) |
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| Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) |
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| Downloadable training plans |
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| Training Status (lets you see if you're training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) |
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| V02 max |
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| Vibration alerts |
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| Virtual Pacer (compares current pace to target) |
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| Virtual Racer |
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N/A |
| Heart Rate Features |
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| HR zones |
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| HR alerts |
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| HR calories |
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| % HR max |
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| % HRR |
x |
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| Recovery time |
x |
✔ |
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| Auto max HR |
x |
✔ |
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| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) |
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✔ (with compatible accessory) |
| HR strap compatible |
✔ |
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✔ |
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✔(ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart) |
| Records heart rate while swimming |
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✔(with HRM-Tri and HRM-Swim) |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT to paired devices) |
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| Running Features |
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| Preloaded run profiles |
✔(Running, Treadmill Running. Indoor Track Running may be added through app) |
✔(Running, Treadmill Running,Trail Running, Indoor Track) |
✔(Running, Treadmill Running,Trail Running,Indoor Track) |
✔(Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track) |
✔(Running, Treadmill Running,Trail Running,Indoor Track) |
| Running dynamics |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
✔ |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
x |
✔(with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) |
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| Physiological measurements |
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| Performance condition (after running 20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) |
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| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) |
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✔(with compatible accessory) |
| Run workouts |
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| Personal records (running) |
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| Race predictor |
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✔ |
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| Foot pod capable |
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| Safety and Tracking Features |
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| Incident Detection during select activities |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
x |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
| Assistance |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
x |
✔(Smartphone Required) |
| LiveTrack |
✔ |
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✔ |
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| Live Event Sharing |
✔Android® Only |
✔Android® Only |
✔Android® Only |
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✔Android® Only |
| Fitness Equipment/Gym |
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| Preloaded gym activity profiles |
Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Yoga may be added through app |
Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga |
Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga |
Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing and Yoga |
Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Indoor Rowing and Yoga |
| Cardio workouts |
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| Strength workouts |
x |
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| Automatic rep counting |
x |
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| Outdoor Recreation Features |
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| Preloaded outdoor recreation profiles |
x |
Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand up Paddleboarding, Rowing |
(Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking) |
| Point-to-point navigation |
x |
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| Bread crumb trail in real time |
x |
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| Back to start |
x |
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| TracBack® |
x |
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| UltraTrac® mode |
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| Elevation profile |
x |
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| Distance to destination |
x |
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| Barometric trend indicator |
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| Storm alert |
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| Trail run auto climb |
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| Vertical speed |
x |
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| Total ascent/descent |
x |
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| Compatible with BaseCamp® |
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| GPS coordinates |
x |
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| Projected waypoint |
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| Sight 'N Go |
x |
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x |
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| Area calculation |
x |
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x |
✔(via Connect IQ®) |
| Hunt/fish calendar |
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✔(via Connect IQ®) |
| Sun and moon information |
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x |
✔(via Connect IQ®) |
| Dual grid coordinates |
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x |
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| XERO® Locations |
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| Cycling Features |
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| Preloaded cycling profiles |
✔ (Biking. Indoor Biking may be added through app) |
✔(Biking, Indoor Biking) |
✔(Biking, Indoor Biking) |
✔(Biking, Indoor Biking) |
✔(Biking, Indoor Biking, Mountain Biking) |
| Courses (compete against previous activities) |
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| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) |
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✔ |
| Race an activity |
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| Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal) |
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| Interval training |
x |
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| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) |
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✔(with compatible accessory) |
| Strava features (Beacon, live segments) |
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x |
✔ |
| Compatible with Vector® (power meter) |
x |
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| Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible third-party ANT+®-enabled power meters) |
x |
x |
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| Compatible with Varia Vision® (head-mounted display) |
x |
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| Compatible with Varia® radar (rear-facing radar) |
x |
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| Compatible with Varia® lights |
x |
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| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) |
✔ |
✔(ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
✔(ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
✔(ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
✔ |
| Swimming Features |
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| Preloaded swim profiles |
x |
✔(Pool Swimming) |
✔(Pool Swimming) |
✔(Pool Swimming) |
✔(Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming) |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) |
x |
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| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) |
x |
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| Pool lap recognition |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Pool swim workouts |
x |
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x |
| Swim efficiency (SWOLF) |
x |
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| Automatic intervals |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Advanced swim features (time/distance alerts, personal records, countdown start, advanced rest timers) |
x |
x |
x |
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x |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Heart rate (real-time during rests, interval and sessions stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
✔(with HRM-Tri® and HRM-Swim®) |
| Golfing Features |
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| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) |
x |
x |
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x |
✔ |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) |
x |
x |
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x |
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| Digital scorecard |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit and average shot distance) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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| Save locations (mark course points of interest for future reference) |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Garmin AutoShot® |
x |
x |
x |
x |
✔ |
| Green View with manual pin position |
x |
x |
x |
x |
✔ |
| Hazards and course targets |
x |
x |
x |
x |
✔ |
| TruSwing® compatible |
x |
x |
x |
x |
✔ |
| Round timer/odometer |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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