Garmin - vívoactive 3 Smartwatch - Silver
Model: 010-01769-21
SKU: 6081129
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In terms of functionality, I give the watch 5 stars. I only deducted a star due to aesthetics. A little background: I had been a loyal Fitbit user for many years, starting with a Flex and then a Charge HR. However, in 2016 after seeing the discrepancies with wrist based HR during workouts (I had used a Garmin running watch with a chest strap to track my heart rate in the past), I searched for a different fitness tracker. I found the Withings (now Nokia) watch and liked that it looked like a regular watch. I also starting using a Garmin Forerunner 15 with a chest strap to track heart rate during workouts. Well last year, my Withings watch died and I went back to Fitbit with a Charge HR 2, but still used my Garmin Forerunner 15 for workouts. However, I got sick of using 2 different watches/trackers during workouts. That's when I found the Garmin Vivoactive 3. I love that it looks like a regular watch instead of the square look that everyone else has seemed to embrace. There are many different options for watch faces and all of them can be customized. I have analog watch face with a white background with a move progress bar, step progress bar, date and battery level. The always-on display is a bonus and the backlight can be customized to turn on when you'd like it to. It does everything I want - track steps and sleep and I can connect my chest strap to track my heart rate and calories burned during workouts. There are so many options with this watch. You can also purchase any 20 mm watch band to change up the look. I also love that you can "lock" the watch display. I don't think the watch looks too large on my wrist, which was a concern at first. Now what I don't like and why I gave it 4 stars. The display is not as crisp as seen on Apple Watches or on Fitbits, but it's very easy to read in the sunlight. The overall functionality of the watch was more of selling point than a less than ideal display. I also don't like how the watch case is either white or black. It's not so much the sides that bother me, it's that watch band prongs aren't silver. But that's just me and how I think it looks with colored watch bands. I think it would give it a more polished, professional look. Overall, it does exactly what I wanted and I don't have to tote around another watch for working out.
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Posted by mmjensen59
This is my first Garmin fitness device. I use the device for running more than anything else. The device has a different kind of LCD screen that can take some getting used to. The display works best with the sun beaming direct on the screen. GPS works really well. Takes a single configuration to make the treadmill function well. Plenty of watch faces to choose from. Battery works well. My criticism is music. This watch does nothing for music.
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Posted by Joeyp770
I use the activity tracking function of this watch only for a few hours a week and with that amount of use this watch is perfect. I've shut off the auto light-on function since I found I really didn't need it and I'm getting about 7 to 8 days of use before I have to recharge which is fantastic. I didn't really need or want a full-blown smart watch that's much more expensive and I found this watch to be perfectly suited to my needs. I was mostly interested in the heart rate tracking and I found that even though I didn't buy the watch for being able to check text messages and incoming phone calls, those turned out to be pretty handy features. I found some great watch faces for it on the Garmin Connect app and also love the fact that the display is always on. It may not have the higher resolution full-color displays that some of the more expensive smart watches do, but it still has a nice crisp display that I am perfectly fine with. So I would say that all in all it's a great watch, especially if your activity use is on the lighter side.
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Posted by Wayne
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