Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works very good. Very durable and accurate with its readings. It fits very comfortably on your wrist and doesn’t pinch your skin. I switched from an Apple Watch and it is more lightweight, lasts about a week/week and a half before you have to charge it again, and shows accurate readings!! Highly recommend if you’re looking for a new watch and are wanting to track your health.

The Garmin Vívoactive 6 is one of the best smartwatches under $300. Packed with 80+ sport modes, smart wake alarm, and PacePro pacing, it delivers premium features at a mid-range price. The revamped AMOLED display is sharp and intuitive, and battery life hits an impressive 11 days — leaving the competition far behind. Lightweight, reliable, and packed with value. A must-have for any fitness enthusiast.

Battery life is amazing, literally lasts me at least two weeks. Set up was a bit of a struggle to get through, got stuck on the syncing screen even after it connected with the app. Managed to fix it by turning the watch and my phone completely off and on again before attempting to reconnect. Easy to clean and very comfortable to sleep in! Tracks stress levels and gives suggestions on what to do to better your sleep which I love.

I love this watch! I decided to switch to garmin from Apple because I mainly needed a fitness watch and I NEEDED longer battery life. This garmin is easy to use and link to my food app and my treadmill. It does a great job tracking my strength training too. I love the vibrating alarm too. The garmin app is also easy to use and personalize. I was also able to get some nice fabric bands in different colors. I’ve worn it consistently for a month now so I feel very good about saying this watch is a winner!

The watch is great. I love the fact that i do not have to put it on the charger often. The battery life really does last long i charge it every nine days. It tracks my steps and different exercises.

This watch is amazing. Great battery life, and helps me see and track. Everything seems to be very accurate as well.

I might have a controversial opinion in saying that Apple Watches are too excessive and pointless in what they offer (especially at the higher price tiers) and absolutely atrocious in the pitiful battery life they have to contend with because of all the fancy stuff they put in them. I can not justify buying a watch for over $250 and having to recharge it every half day - to me that's an absurd proposition. This watch by comparison has already been incredible to use so far in it's general functionality and battery life. I'm not sure I'd really call this a smartwatch in the typical sense of the word; it's really more of a grand compromise between a true smartwatch like an Apple Watch and a more fitness-geared watch like the Garmin Instinct line. Pros and perks: - I LOVE the customizability of the watch faces through the Garmin Connect IQ app. It lets me see the fitness metrics and data that I want without having to go through third-party subscriptions. - As mentioned - battery life has been superb out of the box, even with more power-intensive initial setup and setting adjustment, I am on track to get a solid 9 days per charge at this time, and will be making more adjustments to what features I do and don't use to potentially optimize that more. For a non-solar version of a garmin watch, this battery life is excellent in my eyes. - I love the look of this watch - I was apprehensive about sizing up from a fitbit Charge 6 before but this watch has proven to me that I didn't need to be that worried. It doesn't feel obtrusive on my wrist at all and I've yet to have any skin irritation issues with the default band than came with the watch as far as comfort goes. - Connectivity to my iPhone has been quite good to date. I feel like Apple deliberately reduces functionality with non-Apple devices to keep people in the Apple ecosystem but in this particular case I am ok with that. I deliberately turned off text and app notifications because I don't want my watch to constantly be giving me duplicate notifications that I'll eventually get to on my actual phone anyway. It really helps me disconnect from my phone and focus more on what's around me. I don't want a watch that can answer calls for me or text directly from the watch. Generally I don't want a watch that tries to act like a phone replacement, that's the whole point of having a phone. - The general phone music and Youtube Music controls on this phone are superb! Very easy to change songs within a set playlist and adjust volume from my Garmin. - Hopefully will never need to use the crash detection feature, but it is there and you send your emergency contacts a text to give Garmin permission to text them in an emergency. Cons: - The button-based navigation took me a little time to get used to - it wasn't always immediately obvious to me what menus would take me where but over time you get used to it through trial and error. Figuring out what menu would let me adjust my music controls was what took me the longest, but you can eventually just make a shortcut to left-swipe from the main screen to get to your most commonly used features such as music controls. - Music playback through downloaded content on the watch (and without your phone around) is a very nice feature in theory. However I think the bluetooth playback from the VivoActive 5 directly to bluetooth headphones leaves a little to be desired in very specific circumstances. I have trouble with consistent playback when I'm lifting weights at the gym and my arms are moving around and away from my body - how this manifests for me is choppy music playback and the music cutting out periodically. When I keep my hands steady on an exercise bike or handrails on a treadmill and they're not obstructed by my body, they work quite well actually and I do think these will work well once I do eventually take them on a bike ride and try this feature again (although I generally still take my phone on bike rides regardless). All around a great smartwatch compromise. To me, it's a great balance of features, battery, connectivity, fitness tracking, and overall aesthetics. Highly recommend

After two months, I'm really happy that I chose the Vivoactive 5! I looked at Coros and Amazefit, but the clincher for me was the Spotify music playlist integration. I love listening to music while running or walking and I can leave my phone behind. This is my first smartwatch, so it took a couple of weeks to get used to all of the features and navigation, but I'm enjoying the Garmin ecosystem. The heart rate monitor and GPS accuracy are very good! I don't sleep with it, so I can't tell you about the sleep score accuracy. It's very lightweight and fits my wrist perfectly. The screen is bright, colorful, and easy to see even on a sunny day. The only downsides so far are the time it takes for the GPS to connect for an activity, even using All Systems, and an occasional disconnection of my Bluetooth earbuds (using JBL). You also have to update your Spotify playlist each month on the watch, even if you don't change any songs. I don't exactly know why, but it's pretty easy to do in the music settings. Overall, I'm really happy with the purchase (even though I've seen recent sale prices for $50 off) and I've even recommended it to my mother (who's not technologically savvy).

I love the look of this watch. I used to use the Apple Watch and while it worked well, I like that I don’t have to charge this every day. It is a little harder to get used to, but I am figuring it out. I also like the sleek design, it’s round and not square and boxy. I didn’t need anything fancy since I am not a runner, and I appreciate how affordable this model is!

Bought this when my 1-year old Fitbit died, I was new to Garmin models so I bought the least expensive option for what I needed. I basically wanted a fitness tracker that would tell time and track my sleep, this fit the bill and has excellent battery life with most alerts disabled. I liked this so much, that when a family member's Fitbit also died, I recommended they look at Garmin. We're almost exclusively a Garmin family now!

Only been wearing for about a month, but I like it so far. I did not want to watch that was too large and I did not want one that was too small. It appears to be one of the more lower profile watches for one this size, which I like. This Garmin watch is the perfect size. Yet to use the Golf feature, but I am looking forward to that opportunity soon. The tracker measures well and it does a good job of tracking important information, such as heart rate and quality of sleep. Selecting a personalized watch face was not simple and some of my efforts have failed, but I will try again. This tracker is priced right and hopefully will hold up over time. I am not overly clumsy, but I still put a screen protector on it. It has been dinged a couple times so I’m glad I did. The protectors are cheesy little flimsy plastic pieces but so far they are doing the trick. Great battery life. I charge it every eight or nine days. Band is very comfortable. The watch is also lite and easy to forget it is on.

I've used Garmin watches for years. They always get better and better and this one follows that streak. The battery lasts about 10 days without workout and about 5-6 days with daily workouts. Its easy to use and setup very similar to previous vivoactive models, so the adjustment to the new watch was easy to make. Well worth it!

Pretty good buy. Great tracking and loved the interface. Pretty durable battery and good display.

It does exactly what I wanted it to. Long battery life, tracks everything easily, but it scratches so easy. I’m a dog groomer so I know my job makes it easier for scratches to occur, but it’s a bit ridiculous. Also smart wake was the deciding factor between the 6 and the 5. Smart wake doesn’t really work it almost always just goes off at the end of the alarm time even if I’m already awake. Get screen protectors and if smart wake was your deciding feature just get the vivoactive 5

You can actually feel the move nudges. There is a free "Hourly Steps" app that will nudge you at 10 till hour if you didn't reach your hourly goal, and doesn't limit you to consecutive hours of movement. The built in movement reminder is when you haven't moved in an hour, not if you haven't met the hourly goal. Lots of custom faces let you see on your watch what you want, and the Garmin connect App for you phone is customizable too. The Sleep scoreing seems different, and it recommends if you need more rest based on activity.

Love this watch. Did some research on the Vivoactive 6. Seems to benefit deriously runners only, even then i couldnt justify the cost. More options and data for runners, the top button is slightly bigger, slightly different layout. I went with the 5. User friendly interface. This watch is great for not serious activity tracking, but still provides sunstantial usable data. I love it. And cute with an outfit. If you want activity tracking and style, the Lily is trash. Definitely weird wearing it in the shower as it would be counterintuitve. I recieve email, text, and phone call notifications. Sleep tracking, HR, stepometer, GPS, activity logging, strength training settings that allow you to log live reps, sets, and rest. Everything I want and need. No more no less. I use all the features.

This watch holds a charge for many days, has a great GPS, dozens of activity trackers, and great for music, countdown timer, stopwatch, and multiple alarms. Even has a keyboard to answer text messages which easily come in from a connection with your phone. I have had this watch for over 10 years in its multiple versions and it's never failed me!!

This watch is amazing, 10/10 recommend, it stays charged for days, waterproof, and tracks the important parts of my health for me

This watch is exactly what I was looking for. It is very elegant, and gives me all the information I needed. The connection with my Xiaomi phone is not perfect, sometimes disconnected, but I think it's a good value for money. I bought also extra watchband, and replace it as desired.

This watch is great for tracking workouts, tracking sleep (rem, total hours, recovery, body battery, etc) heart rate, timers, and so much more! When I am tracking workouts I love how I can see what the workout did for my body! Still learning all the features, but so far I love it!