OVERVIEW
LET 'EM KNOW YOU'RE A RUNNER
Forerunner 170 is the purpose-built GPS running smartwatch with personalised beginner-friendly training plans and advanced training metrics that’ll help you reach your goals.
1.2” COLOURFUL AMOLED TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY
UP TO 10 DAYS OF BATTERY LIFE IN SMARTWATCH MODE
ADVANCED TRAINING METRICS AND RECOVERY INSIGHTS
GARMIN COACH PERSONALISED TRAINING PLANS
80+ BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
SMART NOTIFICATIONS¹ AND GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS²
WHAT YOU'LL LOVE
PACE, DISTANCE, HEART RATE
This easy-to-use GPS running smartwatch has the essential features you need to take your running to the next level — including GPS, pace, distance and wrist-based heart rate³.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
Get workouts made for you. These daily suggestions, now with run-walk workouts, adapt after every run to match your performance and recovery.
GARMIN COACH ADAPTIVE TRAINING PLANS
Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with training plans that adapt daily based on your recovery and health metrics. Choose from beginner-friendly plans with run-walk workouts and less volume, or pick plans for more intense training.
HRV STATUS
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability³. Your watch monitors the time variations between consecutive heartbeats while you sleep.
ADVANCED TRAINING FEATURES
Training readiness helps you determine if you’re primed to run. Training status lets you know if you’re training productively, and training effect provides you with insight into the primary benefit of your workouts.
ON-THE-GO FEATURES
Pay from your wrist with Garmin Pay contactless payments², and receive smart notifications when paired with your smartphone.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DIAL IN
PLAN
LONG BATTERY LIFE
With up to 10 days in smartwatch mode and up to 20 hours in GPS mode, you’ll get a more complete picture of your health and training.
MORNING REPORT
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery, daily calendar, HRV status and more as soon as you wake up.
EVENING REPORT
Prepare for tomorrow before bed with a reminder of sleep need, tomorrow’s workout, weather and events.
RECOVERY TIME
Know how long to recover before your next high-effort workout based on your latest training.
SLEEP COACH
Get a sleep score and personalised coaching for how much sleep you need. Track sleep stages, and get insights to improve sleep quality³.
NAP DETECTION
Automatically track or log your naps to see how they benefit your body and what their ideal time and duration should be.
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING
Track your body’s energy levels throughout the day to find the best times for activity and rest³.
Courses
Create or find existing courses in the Garmin Connect™ app and from third-party platforms, then sync them directly to your watch.
COURSE PLANNER
Prepare for what’s to come with course planner. This feature lets you add cut-off times, notes, rest plans, checkpoints and aid stations to keep you on track throughout the race.
RACE PREDICTOR
Get an estimate of what your pace could be for a 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon.
BREATHING VARIATIONS
Have a better understanding of your health with insights into shifts in your breathing patterns as you sleep⁴. These shifts could be related to environment, alcohol or potential sleep disorders such as sleep apnea.
WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING
Track and log your menstrual cycle or pregnancy, and get exercise and nutrition education.
PREPARE
WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
The watch constantly samples your heart rate day and night and helps you gauge how hard you work during activities³.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING DYNAMICS
Improve your form with running metrics such as cadence, stride length, ground contact time and more.
VO2 MAX
See your current fitness level, and track changes over time to set goals, evaluate progress and more.
ACUTE LOAD
Compare your recent training load to the optimal range to help improve your fitness.
QUICK WORKOUT
Create running workouts directly on your watch based on desired time and intensity level.
Voice alerts
Get alerts to know how you’re performing (when paired with your smartphone).
HEALTH SNAPSHOT
Log a 2-minute session to record key health stats, then generate a report to share with your healthcare provider.
LIFESTYLE LOGGING
Log behaviours — such as caffeine and alcohol intake — and view reports on how they impact your health in the Garmin Connect app.
HEALTH STATUS
Look for changes in your health data that could indicate added stress to your body, so you can know when you’re trending away from your usual range.
CROSS TRAINING
Browse Garmin Connect for free HIIT, strength, cardio, yoga and Pilates workouts. You can even build your own in the app and send to your watch.
ACTIVITY TRACKING
Keep tabs on your daily steps, calories burned, floors climbed and more from your wrist³.
MOBILITY
Increase your flexibility and strength with free downloadable mobility workouts.
PERFORM
BUILT-IN GNSS
Our built-in GNSS supports multiple satellite systems, so you track where you run and record key stats, including distance and pace.
WRIST-BASED RUNNING POWER
See how much power you’re applying to the trail or road so you can manage effort and fine-tune training.
BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS
Tap in to 80+ built-in activities, including cycling, open-water swimming, strength training and more.
PacePro™ Feature
Plan race-day strategy with pace guidance for a selected course or distance.
TRACK RUNNING
Record accurate lap distances and see your distances in meters.
CONNECT
SAFETY AND TRACKING
If your watch senses that an incident occurred, it will send a message with your live location⁵. Or if you feel unsafe, you can do it manually.
LIVETRACK™ LOCATION SHARING
Friends and family can follow your real-time location⁵ and view preplanned courses.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive emails, texts and alerts on your watch when paired with your iPhone® or Android™ smartphone.
ON-WRIST TEXTING
Use the keyboard to send quick text responses on your paired watch (Android only or through the Garmin Messenger™ app⁶) so you can keep your phone in your pocket.
GARMIN CONNECT APP
See your health and fitness information, connect with friends and more.
GOOGLE MAPS™ APP
Enter your destination in Google Maps on your Android smartphone, then follow turn-by-turn directions on your wrist.
GARMIN SHARE
Sync up with friends by sharing saved locations, courses and workouts with other nearby compatible devices.
COLOUR FILTERS AND WATCH FACE CUSTOMISATION
Get colour display options — including grey scale, red/green, green/red or blue/yellow — to assist with various forms of colour blindness. Choose from various watch faces with customisable data and colours.
GARMIN PAY CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS
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SPECS
| What You'll Love | |
| Sleep Score and Insights | ✔️ |
| Battery life (smartwatch mode) | Up to 10 days |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | Yes (spot-check, and optional all-day and in sleep) |
| Garmin Pay™ | ✔️ |
| Training Readiness | ✔️ |
| Training Status | ✔️ |
| Watch display type | AMOLED (optional always-on mode) |
| Touchscreen | ✔️ |
| Water rating | 5 ATM |
| General | |
| Strap material | Silicone |
| Lens material | Chemically strengthened glass |
| Bezel material | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Quick release bands | Yes (20 mm, Industry standard) |
| Physical size | 42.6 x 42.6 x 11.9 mm |
| Fits wrists with a circumference of 126-203 mm | |
| Weight | 41 g |
| Display Size | 30.4 mm (1.2”) diameter |
| Display Resolution | 390 x 390 pixels |
| Colour display | ✔️ |
| Large font option | ✔️ |
| Battery type | Lithium ion |
| Battery life | Smartwatch mode: Up to 10 days (4 days display always-on) |
| Battery Saver Smartwatch mode: Up to 19 days | |
| GPS-Only GNSS mode: Up to 20 hours | |
| All-Systems GNSS mode: Up to 14 hours | |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history | 4 GB |
| Clock features | |
| Time/date | ✔️ |
| GPS time sync | ✔️ |
| Automatic daylight saving time | ✔️ |
| Alarm clock | ✔️ |
| Smart wake alarm | ✔️ |
| Timer | ✔️ |
| Stopwatch | ✔️ |
| Sunrise/sunset times | ✔️ |
| Health & Wellness Monitoring | |
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | ✔️ |
| Resting heart rate | ✔️ |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate | ✔️ |
| Fitness Age | ✔️ |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | ✔️ |
| All-day Stress | ✔️ |
| Relaxation reminders | ✔️ |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | ✔️ |
| Breathwork | ✔️ |
| Sleep | Yes (advanced) |
| Sleep coach | ✔️ |
| Breathing variations | ✔️ |
| Nap detection | ✔️ |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Women's Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect™ and optional Connect IQ™ widget) |
| Health Snapshot | ✔️ |
| Lifestyle Logging | ✔️ |
| Health Status | ✔️ |
| Sensors | |
| GPS | ✔️ |
| GLONASS | ✔️ |
| Galileo | ✔️ |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | ✔️ |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | ✔️ |
| Barometric altimeter | ✔️ |
| Compass | ✔️ |
| Gyroscope | ✔️ |
| Accelerometer | ✔️ |
| Thermometer | ✔️ |
| Ambient light sensor | ✔️ |
| Daily smart features | |
| Find my phone | ✔️ |
| Find My Garmin (helps locate lost device) | ✔️ |
| Find My Phone during GPS activity | ✔️ |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps) | ✔️ |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store | ✔️ |
| Smart Notifications | ✔️ |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | ✔️ |
| View images from notifications on watch (Android™ only) | ✔️ |
| Morning report | ✔️ |
| Evening report | ✔️ |
| Calendar | ✔️ |
| Weather forecasts | ✔️ |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | ✔️ |
| Battery Saver - customisable low power watch | ✔️ |
| Controls smartphone music | ✔️ |
| Compatible with Garmin Messenger app | ✔️ |
| Smart trainer control | ✔️ |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | ✔️ |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Stocks | ✔️ |
| Colour Shift | ✔️ |
| Red shift mode | ✔️ |
| Garmin Share | ✔️ |
| Passcode | ✔️ |
| Calculator | ✔️ |
| Colour Filters | ✔️ |
| Hourly Alert | ✔️ |
| Workout and Training Plans | |
| Daily Suggested Workout - Running (Pace and Heart Rate Based) | ✔️ |
| Garmin Running Coach | ✔️ |
| Garmin Running Coach Experts | ✔️ |
| Garmin Cycling Coach | ✔️ |
| Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans | ✔️ |
| Garmin Coach - Strength | ✔️ |
| Garmin Fitness Coach | ✔️ |
| Cardio workouts | ✔️ |
| Strength workouts | ✔️ |
| HIIT workouts | ✔️ |
| Yoga workouts | ✔️ |
| Pilates workouts | ✔️ |
| On-Screen Workout Muscle Map | ✔️ |
| Activity profiles | |
| Gym | Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Jump Roping |
| WELLNESS | Walking, Pilates, Yoga, Indoor Walking, Mobility, Breathwork |
| INDOOR RUNNING | Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Virtual running |
| Outdoor running | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running, Ultra Running, Obstacle Racing |
| Outdoor recreation | Hiking, Rucking, Mountaineering, Horseback Riding, Disc Golf, Archery |
| Cycling | Biking, Road biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel biking, Bike commuting, Bike touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross |
| Swim | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
| On the water | Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Snorkeling |
| Motor sports | Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling |
| Racket sports | Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel, Platform Tennis, Racquetball |
| Snow & Winter | Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, XC Skate Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing |
| Sport profiles | Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball |
| In the ring | Boxing, Mixed martial arts |
| Other activity profiles | Inline Skating |
| Safety and tracking features | |
| Incident Detection during select activities | ✔️ |
| Incident detection alert on phone for wearables | ✔️ |
| Assistance | ✔️ |
| Live Event Sharing | Android™ only |
| Activity tracking features | |
| Step counter | ✔️ |
| Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | ✔️ |
| Move alert movement options | ✔️ |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | ✔️ |
| Calories Burned | ✔️ |
| Floors climbed | ✔️ |
| Distance travelled | ✔️ |
| Intensity minutes | ✔️ |
| TrueUp™ | ✔️ |
| Move IQ™ | ✔️ |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Automatic rep counting | ✔️ |
| Training, planning and analysis features | |
| Customisable screen(s) | ✔️ |
| Downloadable training plans | ✔️ |
| Course guidance | ✔️ |
| HR Zones | ✔️ |
| HR Alerts | ✔️ |
| HR Calories | ✔️ |
| % HR Max | ✔️ |
| % HRR | ✔️ |
| Recovery Time | ✔️ |
| Auto Max HR | ✔️ |
| Race glance/widget | ✔️ |
| HRV Status | ✔️ |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices) | ✔️ |
| Respiration Rate (During Exercise) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| GPS speed and distance | ✔️ |
| Customisable activity profiles | ✔️ |
| Auto Pause® automatic timer halt | ✔️ |
| Interval training | ✔️ |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | ✔️ |
| Advanced workouts | ✔️ |
| HRM running pace and distance | ✔️ |
| Auto Lap® interval tracking feature | ✔️ |
| Manual lap | ✔️ |
| Rest timer | ✔️ |
| Configurable lap alerts | ✔️ |
| VO2 Max (Run) | ✔️ |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | ✔️ |
| Load ratio | ✔️ |
| Training Load | ✔️ |
| Training load focus | ✔️ |
| Training Effect | ✔️ |
| Training Effect (Anaerobic) | ✔️ |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | ✔️ |
| Improved Recovery Time | ✔️ |
| Customisable alerts | ✔️ |
| Voice alerts | ✔️ |
| Finish time | ✔️ |
| Race an activity | ✔️ |
| Touch and/or button lock | ✔️ |
| Shortcuts | ✔️ |
| Activity history on watch | ✔️ |
| Physio TrueUp | ✔️ |
| Unified Training Status | ✔️ |
| Running features | |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | ✔️ |
| Running dynamics | ✔️ |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | ✔️ |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | ✔️ |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | ✔️ |
| Running power | ✔️ |
| Grade-adjusted pace | ✔️ |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | ✔️ |
| Run workouts | ✔️ |
| Quick workout | ✔️ |
| Race predictor | ✔️ |
| Course- and weather-specific race predictor | ✔️ |
| Foot pod capable | ✔️ |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | ✔️ |
| Outdoor recreation | |
| Point-to-point navigation | ✔️ |
| Breadcrumb trail in real time | ✔️ |
| Back to start | ✔️ |
| TracBack® | ✔️ |
| UltraTrac mode | ✔️ |
| Up Ahead | ✔️ |
| Elevation profile | ✔️ |
| Distance to destination | ✔️ |
| Vertical speed | ✔️ |
| Total ascent/descent | ✔️ |
| Rest Timer (Ultra Run only) | ✔️ |
| Auto Rest | ✔️ |
| Future elevation plot | ✔️ |
| Sun and moon information | ✔️ |
| Cycling features | |
| Courses | ✔️ |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | ✔️ |
| Race an activity | ✔️ |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | ✔️ |
| Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters) | ✔️ |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | ✔️ |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | ✔️ |
| Compatible with Varia headlight camera | ✔️ |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | ✔️ |
| Power meter compatible | ✔️ |
| Swimming features | |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ✔️ |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | ✔️ |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | ✔️ |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | ✔️ |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | ✔️ |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | ✔️ |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | ✔️ |
| Time and distance alerts | ✔️ |
| Countdown start | ✔️ |
| Pool swim workouts | ✔️ |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | ✔️ |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | ✔️ |
| Security Information | |
| Security updates until at least (YYYY-MM-DD) | 28-04-2028 |
IN THE BOX
- Forerunner 170 GPS running watch
- Charging cable
- Documentation
We make every effort to fulfill all the orders placed. However, please note that there may be certain orders that we are unable to process and must cancel. The reasons include limitations on quantities available for purchase, inaccuracies or errors in product, quality issues, pricing and stock information, or problems identified by our credit and fraud avoidance department.
Our Customer Service Team will communicate to you if all or any portion of your order is cancelled. If your order is cancelled after your credit card has been charged, the said amount will be debited to your Card Account.
Please contact our Customer Service in case you wish to cancel the Order. On receipt of the cancellation notice, we shall cancel the order and refund the entire amount (less any transaction charges or banking charges that might have been incurred by us) if the order has not been dispatched by us. We will not be able to cancel orders that have already been processed or shipped out by us. In some cases this can happen in an hour after you place the order.
- Refunds
We will refund the money in the same mode as the payment was made. If the payment was by Credit Card or Net-Banking, we will refund in your Credit Card or Net-Banking account.
Typically refunds take 5-7 Business days to get reflected in Bank Account. In some cases, credit card issuing banks may take longer to reflect the credit posted on the card.
Please feel free to mail us at info@madaboutwheels.com if you have any questions.
- Shipping and Cash on Delivery (COD) Fees
Any shipping or Cash on Delivery (COD) fees charged against the order will not be refunded back.
- Returns Policy
The entire process takes about 5-7 business days. Thank you for co-operation and patience.
We are committed to ensuring your satisfaction with any product you have ordered from us. If you are not satisfied with any product, we will accept returns within 10 days from the date of delivery as follows:
- In the unlikely event that any product you have ordered from us is not received in good condition, is damaged or defective, or if product delivered is different from what you had ordered, you may return the product unused along with its original invoice, and in the same condition as you received it, in its original packaging along with original tags, for a refund or an exchange, within 10 days from the date on which these goods are delivered.
- Please do not accept delivery of any item whose outer packaging is damaged or tampered with in any manner. Please contact customer care if you open the packaging and discover that the item is damaged.
o Products damaged while being used do not qualify for a refund or replacement.
o In case we are unable to replace the damaged / defective product, we will refund the order amount to you.
o In case your location supports reverse pickup, we shall be arranging a reverse pickup of the products from your location free of cost. You just need to pack the products properly and hand over the packet with our address to the courier person who we will arrange to come to your doorsteps. Please retain the receipt/POD given by courier personal.
o Typical time of reverse pickup is 1-5 business days from the date of request, however in certain cases it may be longer. Customer shall get full refund amount entitled as per the policy if the request is raised within stipulated returns allowed time window and need not worry about reverse pickup delays.
o In case reverse pickup is not possible from your location, we will request you to send the products to us via courier on your own and we will refund the courier amount to the maximum of Rs 120 per kg subject to submission of courier receipt via email. Ensuring that the product reaches un-damaged in our warehouse in this case is customer’s responsibility hence we recommend using only reputed courier services and claim refund from them directly in case the package is lost by them.
o Refund shall be initiated once the products reaches back to our warehouse and necessary checks are completed to clear the refund process.
o We strive to have the returns process as quick as possible however customer cannot claim any interest/penalty due to reverse pickup, transit or any other returns processing delays.
o We hold the right to deduct shipping charges of Rs. 120 per kg for every kg of consignment weight in case customer is found to be returning too many orders to earn cash back discounts/credit card points OR found to be involved in any other fraudulent activity.
o We hold the right to cancel the order placed by the customer OR refuse the return request in case the customer has returned too many orders.
o In case of multiple product order returns, the request should be placed together for all the products you want to return.
o We always strive hard to provide the best experience to our customers. However, we have noticed that few accounts abuse our liberal returns policy and these accounts typically return most of the items bought or choose to not accept COD shipments. Hence, our regular customers are deprived of the opportunity to buy these items. To protect the rights of our customers, we reserve the right to collect shipping charge of Rs.99 for all orders and disable cash on delivery option for accounts which have high percentage of returns.
NOTE: Products that have been tampered with, opened and/or used cannot be returned.
Mode of Return
To provide highest standards of customer service and enable a completely hassle-free experience, we pick up the returns through courier collection FREE of cost Or the customers can directly send the product back to us through a premium courier partner post our approval and we shall refund you the courier cost subject to maximum of Rs.120 per kg
You may contact our Customer Care within 10 calendar days of having received the product and request a return/exchange, subject to the above mentioned terms and conditions. We will arrange for the products to be collected from the delivery address through courier FREE of cost and shall process the return/exchange subject to receipt of the products at our location in unused condition and in its original packaging along with the invoice, failing which return/exchange may not be possible.
At the time of collecting the products, you will be given a courier Airway Bill, which we request you to retain for future reference.
Please e-mail us at info@madaboutwheels.com if you have any questions.
