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    KIT ZONE

    Jul 12, 2022 5 minutes

    GARMIN FORERUNNER 955 SOLAR

    £549.99 ►Does the 955’s new features justify the spend?

    The Forerunner 955’s so svelte you hard ly notice it and it slips smoothly beneath your wetsuit sleeve. The features are vast and they’re actually damn useful. We tested the Solar version, which retails for £549.99. Lose the solar screen and you pay £479.99. Is it worth the extra £70 outlay? With up to 20 days in smartwatch mode - and up to 42hrs in full GPS mode - this tester thinks it justifies the expense.

    So what new software features are there over the 945? Well, you now have the option of multi-band GPS. This is deemed the most accurate on the market because you have more than one pathway of connection to tap into your location. And so it proved. The trade-off is a halving of battery life to around 20hrs. Touchscreen now complements the five buttons and is accurate and

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