Garmin Forerunner 645 Music Reviews

Review score: 9.0/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £349.99 (RRP: £349.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Garmin Forerunner 645 Music worthy of a review score of 9.0 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – Garmin
• Videos
• Summary
• Alternatives

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Garmin Forerunner 645 Music features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying GPS. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Garmin Forerunner 645 Music.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Garmin Forerunner 645 Music is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new GPS. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling GPS. Brands like Garmin are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the GPS category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for GPS.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Garmin Forerunner 645 Music

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Garmin Forerunner 645 Music.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Garmin Forerunner 645 Music was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £349.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.7 out of 10 for price.

Average price of GPS

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for GPS.

We found 137 in the GPS category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £204.89, making it above average at £349.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on GPS. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £849.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £2.99.

With 137 products available we worked out that 29 cost more than Garmin Forerunner 645 Music and 107 were cheaper.

Cost of Garmin products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 91 products from Garmin, of which 65 were in the GPS category.

For now though we’re looking at Garmin branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £227.73 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Garmin product we found was £8.89 and the highest price we could find from them was £849.99.

Of the 91 from Garmin, 20 were more expensive than Garmin Forerunner 645 Music and 70 were cheaper.

How much are Garmin GPS?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Garmin products that are listed in the GPS category.

The average price of the 65 products that match this search was £258.71, with the cheapest coming in at £8.89 and highest price was £849.99. With the average being £258.71, Garmin Forerunner 645 Music comes in above average.

18 products that meet this search were more expensive than Garmin Forerunner 645 Music and 46 were cheaper.

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Garmin Forerunner 645 Music Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Garmin Forerunner 645 Music reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Garmin Forerunner 645 Music, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.3 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the GPS category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Garmin Forerunner 645 Music or another similar product, like Garmin Forerunner 735XT GPS Watch HRM Bundle reviews or Garmin eTrex Touch 25 Outdoor GPS 2016 reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy GPS.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy GPS. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Garmin, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Garmin Forerunner 645 Music

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Garmin Forerunner 645 Music reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Garmin Forerunner 645 Music. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.0/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25010853191
• Product ID 2: 668136UK
• Brand: Garmin
• Model number: 010-01863-33
• RRP: £349.99
• EAN: 753759211745
• Description: Garmin Forerunner 645 MusicA super athletic watch built specifically for runners that provides advanced running dynamics, allows you to track your progress, pay on the go, listen to up to 500 songs, receive smart notifications and more.Music PlayerTo make your running kit as streamlined as possible Garmin have built in a music playing system to the Forerunner 645. Up to 500 songs can be stored onto the watch and easily played by syncing a pair of Bluetooth headphones to the watch.Tracking your Running PerformanceThe Forerunner 645 has been purposefully built for runners and it uses GPS and GLONASS to track your performance. The watch therefore follows your movements and shows you in real time analytics such as: ground contact time balance, stride length, vertical ratio and more. There are also other tools that you can toggle such as the Training Status application which automatically evaluates your recent exercise history and performance features to let you know if your training is productive, peaking or overreaching.Heart Rate MonitorFor further ways to view your performance the watch comes with a fully integrated wrist based heart rate monitor. Unlike other heart rate monitors that involve wearing a fiddly chest or arm based strap. Instead the wrist-based heart rate monitor of the Vivoactive accurately provides your heart rate in real time, all the time. This can give you key indications into your general fitness levels.ConnectivityFor further features and full customisation the watch can be connected to your smartphone device via Bluetooth, ANT+ and through Wi-Fi that is built into the watch. You can use this connection to access the Garmin Connect app which your performance data will automatically upload to so that you can see your levels and analyse your progress over weeks, months, and years. You can also use the app to customise the watches display and create your own workouts. The connection also allows you to receive your phone’s notifications straight to your watch face for an extra level of convenience.Garmin PayStreamlining your running kit further you’ll never have to leave the house with your wallet again with the new Garmin Pay feature. This allows you to make contactless payments while you’re out on the go.FeaturesStores and plays up to 500 songsUp to 7 days of battery lifeWrist based heart rate monitorProvides advanced running dynamicsComes with all new Garmin PayStores up to 200 hours of active dataDisplay comes with 240×240 pixel displayWaterproof to 5ATM levelConnects to your smartphone for additional optionsWeighs 42.2gBuy Garmin Watches from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Nutrition & Training > GPS
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for GPS

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying GPS. 137 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Garmin Forerunner 645 Music included,
Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch Silicone 2018 reviews, Garmin vívoactive 3 Music GPS Watch 2018 reviews, or we really liked the look of Garmin Fenix 5S Plus Sapphire Performer Bundle 2018 reviews as another alternative.