{"id":12070,"date":"2020-08-02T13:35:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T11:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitness-tracker-test.info\/?p=12070"},"modified":"2020-08-02T13:35:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T11:35:48","slug":"garmin-forerunner-45-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitness-tracker-test.info\/en\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus | Entry-level GPS sports watch for runners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong id=\"intro\">The Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus all of a sudden appeared on some of the companies european websites &#8211; without any rumors, any speculations and no official statement from Garmin so far. Seeing the number of unreleased products that found their way on Garmin&#8217;s website &#8211; this publication seems not to be by mistake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Garmin offers  different product series, where the Forerunner series&#8217; products focus on running and runners. Starting with the Forerunner 30 up to the Forerunner 945 you&#8217;ll find various sports watches of different feature sets and price. <\/p>\n<p>Though the model numbers indicate that the Forerunner 45 Plus is superior to the Forerunner 30 and 35, it still is an entry-level GPS running watch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ftt-slide-gallery\" data-slides=\"4\">\n<div><a class='img-link' href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-01.jpg' data-fancybox='default'><img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-01-300x300.jpg'\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a class='img-link' href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-02.jpg' data-fancybox='default'><img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-02-300x300.jpg'\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a class='img-link' href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-03.jpg' data-fancybox='default'><img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-03-300x300.jpg'\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><a class='img-link' href='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-04.jpg' data-fancybox='default'><img src='\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/\/garmin-forerunner-45-plus-04-300x300.jpg'\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\nGarmin Forerunner 45 Plus (Source: Garmin)<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><h2 data-toc-id='01oUh'>Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus &#8211; New and noteworthy<\/h2>\n<p>Plus models are traditionally updates to existing products which offer limited number of additional features. Usually these features already have been part of more up-to-date or superior models. This accounts for the Forerunner 45 Plus as well, whose predecessor &#8211; the Forerunner 45 &#8211; has been released about a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Except for a new wristband and housing color the Forerunner 45 Plus exactly looks the same as the Forerunner 45. It&#8217;s no surprise that the common specs haven&#8217;t changed either. Thus the Forerunner 45 Plus will be available in a smaller sized version with a 39mm display and a larger sized model with 42mm display.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JtKZWh9ZEu0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Compared to the predecessor Forerunner 45, the Forerunner 45 Plus offers two new functions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 data-toc-id='kGjno'>Race Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Based on your VO2max the Forerunner 45 Plus estimates the race time for various distances (5 km, 10 km, half-marathon, marathon). The more training data there is, the better the results are. Though this approach is pretty sophisticated it misses other influences, e.g. weather, temperature or elevation profile.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3 data-toc-id='DQ5I6'>Recovery Advisor<\/h3>\n<p>Training is most beneficial if the body can recover between training sessions. This is where the recovery advisor comes into play. It will recommend recovery time up to 4 days depending on your training load, training effort and your overall fitness.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In my opinion these two features can be added to the Forerunner 45\/45S by firmware update. Though there have been firmware update to more pricy models lately that added new functions, this strategy doesn&#8217;t seem to apply for entry-level products. <\/p>\n<p>For whatever reason, if you like to use the race predictor or recovery advisor you have to buy a Forerunner 45 Plus or one of the superior Forerunner models.<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-81\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-81 tablepress-vergleich tablepress-vergleich-cols-6\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1 odd\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><\/th><th class=\"column-2\">FR 45<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">FR 45+<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">FR 245<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">FR 645<\/th><th class=\"column-6\">FR 945<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2 even\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Race Predictor<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">+<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">+<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">+<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3 odd\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><strong>Recovery Advisor<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">+<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">+<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">+<\/td><td class=\"column-6\">+<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-81 from cache -->\n<h2 data-toc-id='sreac'>Garmin Forerunner 45 Plus &#8211; The basics<\/h2>\n<p>Except for the new features recovery advisor and race predictor there are no changes to the Forerunner 45 Plus. It is sporting the same basic functions like activity tracking, 24\/7 heart rate monitoring, body battery, stress monitoring (all based on Garmin&#8217;s latest edition of the Elevate HR sensor). There is a GPS\/GLONASS\/Galileo chip onboard that allows for pretty accurate recording of track, pace and elevation. <\/p>\n<p>In case you stumple or fall, there is an incident detection that can automatically inform others, by sending an alert along with your position. This requires a paired smartphone taken with you.<\/p>\n<h2 data-toc-id='ZZsDN'>Availability and prices<\/h2>\n<p>As the Forerunner 45 Plus is listed on several of Garmin&#8217;s national websites, a product launch seems to be imminent. With no official date given so far, expect the Forerunner 45 Plus to hit the shelves in late August \/ early September.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately there are no prices on Garmin&#8217;s website. Right now, on the german website the Forerunner 45 is on sale for 189,99 \u20ac. I won&#8217;t be surprised if Garmin lower&#8217;s the price to ~180 \u20ac and introduces the Forerunner 45 Plus for ~220 \u20ac. This would allow for keeping distance to the Forerunner 245 which is having way more functions than the Forerunner 45 Plus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forerunner 45 Plus is a revised model of the Forerunner 45 &#8211; an entry-level GPS sports watch for runners. 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