Garmin Forerunner 165 Unboxing & Setup

This is the Garmin 4Runner 165 and I want to do a quick unboxing of this

So it comes in this pretty small package. And at the bottom, there's going to be some instruction manuals

And then finally, the watch itself, along with the charging cable. And this is going to be USB-C to whatever this proprietary thing is for Garmin

And the watch is actually going to be strapped up here. So I do have to pull it out and unbuckle it

All right. And there it is. And this feels pretty lightweight. And here's what the backside looks like

So I guess the charge is this just fits right in here. Yeah, you just plug it in just like that

It's not going to be like MagSafe. This is actually physically connected. So this is not going to come out even if I do this

Oh, that's pretty tight on there. And let's see how it looks like on my wrist. So this feels pretty good and it doesn't look like it takes up too much space on my wrist either

And again, I'm coming from an Apple Watch. So in comparison, the Forerunner 165 is going to be much smaller than the Apple Watch Ultra 2

And this also just kind of feels more comfortable also probably because it's round And that's usually how normal watches are anyway

And it does have this little screen protector that just comes right off. And on the watch itself, there are going to be some three buttons on the left side here

And then two on the right. And one's going to be for light

Oh, there it is. I turned on and here's what it looks like. I guess that's like the startup screen

Forerunner 165 and cool. I got like a little animation going on. And there's a closer look

So it's time for the setup. And I guess up. Yeah, so this is language

And of course, I'm going to go to English. and I guess this one would be like start so continue that yep that looked like to work it

and now it's time to pair to a phone to enable the feature so I'll set it up

to my iPhone over here all right I got Bluetooth on and actually let's press the start button

okay it's a scan with camera and then it takes me to this Garmin connect page all right let me

download that app and I think I may have an old account for this so let's see if I can sign in

otherwise I'll just create a new one all right I think I was able to sign in so let me just

allow this for notifications and select my device so this is going to be the 165

Alright so it doesn't show up here so let me browse all of them actually

Just type 165 and okay there it is so we got two options the regular one and the music

and I know this is going to be that regular one Alright no Bluetooth connection make sure your device is charged and your phone Bluetooth connection is on All right so let me go back to the watch And okay pair phone to enable Bluetooth features

So yeah, press that green button. Yeah, that should be good. And let me just press that retry button

Okay, there, ready to connect. So connect it. All right, pair. And here we can see it gave me like a little number

All right, yep, I'll allow for notifications. And next, my mail. Next, alright, so 6 foot

Next, then 176. Next, alright, birthday. Alright, next. And when do I typical sleep

Yeah, that's pretty good. 10am, 6am, yep. Or 10pm, I mean. Alright, full calendar access

I'm going to skip this for now. I'll skip my location for now

And I'll, let's see, calendar. Yeah, I'm just going to skip these permissions just for now. Alright, almost done

It says sync your device. Your Forerunner 165 will sync periodically throughout the day and when you open the app

And on the watch it says finish setup in app. So I'll press sync now

And yeah, it looks like it finished syncing, so let me press finish. Alright, navigating your Forerunner is easy once you learn the basics

Alright, so let me click next. Alright, from the watch face, swipe or scroll up or down to view your glances

Alright, now let's walk through how to start a timed activity. Alright, finish

And okay, yeah, I think that's it for the app for now

And now let's go to the watch itself. So it tells me to set a passcode

When you set a passcode, your watch will lock when you remove it from your wrist. Alright, that's cool

So I'll just keep it simple. I'll do 0000 for now and re-enter that

And by the way, when I press it, this automatically vibrates too. Alright, and there it is, it's 333

and I can go up and then here we could see a little bit more stats

So Sunday the 21st, 74% battery, which gives me, wow, nine days of battery life

My performance, of course, I mean nothing. I just turned this on, so recovery, nothing

HVR, nothing. I have a notification. Oh, I guess that's from my phone. Weather music heart rate steps sleep score sleep coach naps last run messages and then back to the regular screen Wow this gives me good data And I can go from left to right nothing happens there

And then, let's see, this button over here, it says light, so when I press it, I guess it just shuts it off

and then I can press the screen again, and it'll turn on. Well, let's see if I move it

No, it doesn't have any movement thing. Yeah, so I have to physically press the screen, or if I press the button again, yeah, it'll turn on

So now let me press up. All right, now it just makes me put my passcode

Oh, okay, this just gives me all the notifications that we already went through. And now let me press down

And yeah, just same thing as before. All right, now back is just back

so probably not going to do anything. And now start, stop. All right, so here's where I can actually start an activity

We have run. Oh, oops. tip hold for activity settings training and more okay

back all right so we have run track run treadmill oh and then it goes to a

different section so bike pool swim walk cardio strength workouts garment share

IQ store and that's it I can add other stuff That's a bunch. So there's running, cycling, swimming, gym, outdoor, racket sports

Let's see what racket sports is. Okay, yeah, this just gives me other options that weren't there before

So like paddle ball, pickleball, tennis. Other, let's see what that is

Oh, breath work. And then some apps. Oops, actually let me press it back

All right, now let's go to the apps. We got clocks, weather, history, calendar, music, pulse ox, sunrise and sunset

set, Moonphase wallet, broadcast heart settings, heart snapshot notifications, and messages. Let me go back again

All right, so yeah, that's pretty much it for this. Now let's go back to the app itself and see what other stuff we can see

All right, so here's the app. So it says Garmin Connect has a new look. Get started. All right choose a focus Okay so my focus would be to stay active Next Congratulations on your new Forerunner 165 Make it even more valuable So Garmin K Safety

LiveTrap Garmin Coach. So I'm not going to do that for now. Already when you are, got it

Okay, and sweet. And here it'll tell me at a glance. So that's stuff we just went over before

And let me actually put on the watch itself. So it can start giving me some data, such as I guess

some steps that I'll take these next few minutes, and also my heart rate. All right, there it is

and then I'll put that password. My heart rate right now, 81 beats per minute, which, or 82 now

which, by the way, is not normal for me. I'm moving, I'm talking, I'm standing, so that's okay

that's probably why it is, and let's see it slowly go down. Okay, yeah, feeling a little bit more

relaxed now. Went to the upper 60s, but let me continue on the app. And by the way, this feels

really good. This feels a lot lighter than the Apple Watch. It feels comfortable. Let me put that

there. And this also comes in a bunch of different colors, but this is going to be the black one. I

think this was like the best value for it. And also pretty plain, pretty standard, and it matches

with anything. All right, so now back to the app. So track your fluid intake. So not now. All right

your reminder to complete this later. So I'll just say no thanks. And there now we can see the live

stuff. So battery activity and my heart rate 165. And back to whatever it was. Calories burned. Okay

I don't know how it calculated that already 1436. No events, nothing for Garmin Coach, no challenges

And at the bottom, we have some other options, which is going to be those challenges. So I guess

I can join a bunch of different things it has. My calendar, which I won't touch for now. My newsfeed

which there's, yeah, there's definitely not anything under there. And now let's see what's under this more section. Activities, health stats, performance stats, training, planning, gear

insights, connection, groups, contact, safety and tracking, Garmin, dive, IQ store, wallet and Garmin

and then some other stuff. But yeah, that's pretty much it for the app. I'm not going to find a race

for now, just press not now, and there it is. But yeah, that's a quick look, and that's a quick setup

of the Garmin Forerunner 165