Customer Ratings & Reviews

Was recommended the Garmin brand by a friend and coworker who both have watches. I was looking for a watch that i could use more for heath and wellness. I am an iPhone user and just didn’t care for my previous Apple Watch. This watch has everything I’m looking for with pre set up workouts, daily tracking and an app that it syncs everything with. I also love the look of the watch and even though it’s fitness watch it’s still stylish enough to wear on a casual outing. Battery life and notifications display are also a plus.

Love this watch ! I bought it in September 2023. I have been using it for close to 6 months now. This watch is inexpensive, good looking, and professional looking too. It tracks the fitness data that I need. It plays music on my bluetooth headphones when I go out for runs, so no need to bring my cell phone again. I normally shut it down at night and it lasts me 3 - 4 weeks before I have to charge it again. It tells me when I am stressed too!!

I had Apple Watch for 3 years and ended ip switching to Garmin Venu 2. I do not lack any functionality from my previous experience with Apple Watch, but instead, enjoying minimum a week of battery life and a better aports tracking. Recommend!

It’s a really nice watch the battery life goes at least a week before needing to be charged.

I had been using the Fitbit versus. Switching to this has been great. I love the features and look of the watch. It has the same smart watch features I liked in the Fitbit perhaps even more. Great fitness tracking and the app was surprisingly easy to transition to. The venu has been a great watch. So far it appears durable, comfortable to wear, a great smart watch and fitness watch in one.

Definitely a learning curve coming from a samsung watch. Works well. Pedometer is way off, especially when driving. The band it comes with is cheaper then amazon options and is VERY disappointing for the price of the watch. Found better quality bands on Amazon and etsy. This shouldnt cost more then $200-250 for what is offered. Does what it says. Battery lasts roughly 4-7 days depending on what im doing. The Venu 2 DOES NOT HAVE ECG, ONLY THE PLUS DOES. I purchased this with the notion it has ecg but does not. I contacted customer service that its falsely advertised.

Love this watch. Great heart rate monitor. It has so many features. It's very durable I wear it at work, shower, swimming it has held up great. The best thing is battery life, I charge it once every 5 days.

I've used this watch primarily for running, and the GPS is impressively accurate. Paired with the Garmin app, it has helped me improve both my technique and endurance. I'm currently using it for swimming as well. While it occasionally misses a few lengths, it's not a major issue. Overall, it's a solid tool for tracking and enhancing performance.

This is a fashionable watch that gave me good personal health statistics. It’s helping me try some new fitness goals as well. I like the way the Connect app displays my daily statistics, too. I like the price as i experiment with fitness watches away from the stale Apple Watch. It does have a learning curve though so give it a month or two of tinkering with settings and screens.

Gives accurate info, has a long batter life, and can send notifications from phone at once

I’ve had the watch for a while, and below is my honest review: Quality: pretty good all around. I’ve used regular watches all my life so I was actually quite surprised by how light this smart watch was. Interface: It’s decent, it is in fact a bit finicky navigating the watch, but I suppose that’s the biggest draw back about the watch. In terms of actual performance it seems fantastic. Battery life: now I’m not some olympic or gym rat but I have the watch on me all the time, including sleeping. I only take it off to shower (it’s water proof but i take it off and charge it while I shower). You could honestly go about 3 days without charging it and you’ll be fine. I am just a weirdo who likes to maintain my electronics above 50% battery. I go hiking and running a few times a week and home workouts 3 times a week so I use it quite a bit. Plus I’m using the little tracking gadgets like water drinking tracking and steps and other basic stuff so I’m very satisfied with the battery life. In general: just think about the purpose of the watch. For me it’s about getting a more concrete understanding of my daily fitness activity and overall health stats relating to my fitness. So this watch is honestly pretty fantastic. I would give 5 stars but like i said, the interface is low key kinda trash. I hope they fix it on the venu 3 where there’s a nice smooth satisfying interface. That being said, i recommend and approve this message.

Great watch for fitness and golf great battery life

Never owned a smartwatch before this one. This was given to me for my birthday. The battery life was amazing for me. I have extra sensory sensitivity & the band is not breathable. I never thought I would like wearing a watch, however I loved all the health features, used the stress level measurements, sleep stages & ratings, and HR info daily. The BT allowed me to control my music, see call & text notifications, and much more. I tried this watch for a month and depended on it. Unfortunately the one I tried had some sensor or software issues. It would have empty periods in the sleep, HR, and other charts like I wasn't wearing the watch- but I was. It also would say I walked over 1,000 steps while I was sitting & reading a book. The stress readings would be "very stressed" while I was very calm. I changed how I wore it, trouble shot everything possible, but unfortunately had to return it since the primary features I used & liked most about it were those that were inaccurate. I cannot say if this is a common issue with smartwatches/Garmin watches, or if it is a rare occurrence. Either way, I am VERY thankful it came from Best Buy! The return was so quick and simple for a $350 item! Best Buy is literally THE best. I never knew I would use a smartwatch so much, but I am now getting ready to purchase another one!

Great watch with price.. accurate, slick look, long battery

I briefly had the Galaxy Watch4, but couldn't stand the lackluster battery life...my budget really couldn't afford the Venu 2, but it blows Samsung out of the water in performance, functionality, and every other way possible. Even in how the watch fits and feels, Garmin exceeded my expectations. I'm a 37 year old woman who has wrists the size of a 9 year old child and the watch fit me. Venu 2 offers way more with their suite of fitness and wellness aps/monitoring...and the data seems more reliable. I only say that because I'd get crazy readings with Samsung's heart rate monitor where it'd tell me my heart rate was 150 - 170 (I'm not an active person) on a daily basis. Before running to ER to throw down a few grand + to find out if the device was lying, I just bought a Venu 2 instead. Glad I did because I got way more than I was expecting. Also, I have been wearing it for 48 hours and the battery is still at 78%. That's with constant HR monitoring and sleep data/pulse ox, WiFi on, etc.

Extremely accurate and efficient. Only disappointment is the lack of a ekg app like the plus model.

Very easy to set up and link with your phone. Long battery life. Has many useful functions. Still checking out different features. I have this watch for only 3 weeks. Can't comment on durability. So far highly satisfied.

Upgraded from Vivoactiv 4. The difference on the screen between the 2 is day and night. The AMOLED on the Venu 2 can display 65,000 colors vs the 65 colors with the MIP screen technology in the V4. Blacks are darker and contrast is better. Other than the screen, glances, and the upgrade in the HRM/Pulse Ox, the 2 are the same. Battery life is better with the V4 but battery life isn't my #1 need. I'll take a better display instead.

My first smart watch and first Garmin watch. While I think this is a great intro into Garmin watches now that I've been wearing it a while I feel like I should have gone with a forerunner or instinct for their extra training features and analytics. The Venu 2 feels like a hybrid of a traditional smart watch and a fitness tracker and ends up not being the best at either.

I love the reminders and all of the health functions on the watch. It has an amazing battery life and is easy to use. I love how it learns and adapts my goals.