Customer Ratings & Reviews

It’s excellent for daily activities and for sports.

Had a great many features but you need to be very conversant with buttons etc to find any particular function. This required swiping the face to move aro7nd as well. However, if you have arthritic hands, it does not work well. I returned the Garmin and got an Apple Watch

Watch does everything including ECG now. A great buy.

Really nice Apple Watch alternative. Buttons are a little hard to press though

Not my favorite. Not bad but not my style. Can be better.

I've thoroughly enjoyed using this smartwatch thus far.

great watch, just not user friendly. was disapointed to have to return it. spent way tomuch time trying to figure it out.. super unfortunate because i really wanted to like it it!

It over counts steps by a downright hilarious amount. Apparently I can take 1000+ steps in a little over a minute while walking my dog. But it looks significantly better than than most other fitness/smartwatches.

Perfect product for $300. As is, it is overpriced. The new hr sensor isn’t noticeably better. Hopefully, future software will fix this, but products should be software complete before launch.

The watch is ok, but... I bought a brand new watch and it had phone numbers saved on it :( . Gave it as a gift and that person was asking me if they were refurbished! Very embarrassing...

Didn’t work too good with iPhone maybe prefer iwatch. Overall looks nice but not for me.

Definitely wouldn’t purchase again. A lot more pricey, and it has connection issues constantly.

Watch got from Best Buy store did not work and call Garmin help support. Surprisingly got the call thru in minutes with a live support person who speaks perfect English and very helpful. Got a repacement watch back in 10 days.

A Good product but came defective. Slow interface .

It has cool features but for the price it’s just simply not worth it. The sleep tracking is not very accurate. The body battery system is pointless. The “free” training programs for running are for beginners and the fastest run times are 7 minutes. There’s nothing that stands out as an amazing feature that makes spending this amount worth it.

The screen went out after a week. Other that that it was perfect

I bought this as an upgrade to an original Venu. This product is a HUGE disappointment. The battery life is NO better than that of the original Venu. This has tons of silly add ons like changing the watch face but it doesn’t offer ANY additional features. The watch lasts about a week on a single charge. It uses the same cable as the original but the new cable has a C-type terminus on the opposite end. For $400+ I expected a lot more. If you have an original, unless yours isn’t charging save your money and wait another round. If you are looking for a solid sportswatch consider buying an original Venu because they are still around.

I loved the look of this watch and the metrics it provided. But it would often be inaccurate or stop working. I would need to restart my watch and phone on a daily basis to get the app to sync. It is very pretty but too much work to get it to work.

Garmin still stuck in the 1900 technology with a 51mm watch bezel that offer more like 36mm display everything else is garbage you going to need a telescope to see you time or go into a dark room to see your time that is what Garmin offer no spo2 low oxygen level alert no stress levels monitor no .... is garbage is the best way to tell you

I’ve been using a smart watch more or less daily for several years now and have tried several different brands over that time. This was my first experience with Garmin’s take on the concept, and I have to say it surprised me in several ways. Rather than leaning into the more traditional smart features, Garmin instead chose to put the health and fitness features at the forefront. And while it is a little weird to get used to coming from a more traditional smart watch, I think there’s a lot that someone looking for a step up from more basic fitness trackers might find to love. The first thing that drew my attention upon taking it out of the box was the screen – which is just as big across as the largest of the current generation of flagship watches. However interestingly enough it’s paired with a somewhat slimmer body, making it look significantly smaller on the wrist. The band is made of high quality silicone and is extremely adjustable, though not exceptionally breathable. But since it uses standard quick-release lugs to attach it to the body it would be fairly easy to replace if the amount of sweat that builds up underneath it becomes a problem. Controls are all handled via the touch screen (which is vibrant, colorful, and very responsive) and three buttons along one side. There’s also a surprisingly good sounding speaker and mic combo to take calls, use a virtual assistant, or even listen to music if you find yourself lacking a pair of earbuds to pair with it. As far as usability goes, it’s a big departure from what I’m used to with WearOS devices. To start with, almost all the commands are mapped to a variety of button combos that I found a bit hard to memorize and the watch doesn’t do much to teach you about them when starting up. The user experience is also very focused on the fitness tracking features. Notifications are present but not immediately available without going through two menus, customization and settings adjustments more or less have to be taken care of on the app in the paired phone, and the integration with Android at least is a bit less seamless than I was used to. I discovered early on that certain apps which provide real time updates to their notifications end up spamming the watch, requiring you to block them to keep the thing from becoming unbearable. And watch face selection is certainly much more limited – though to be fair still quite acceptable in my opinion. I wouldn’t call any of it a deal breaker by any means, but it’s definitely a device with a learning curve. Moving onto what the device does best, however, there’s a lot of good things to highlight. The fitness tracking features are top notch, with sensors like a barometer to help alert you to sudden shifts in the weather while you’re out on a hike. The fitness apps I tried generally make very good use of them too – and the GPS performance is exemplary (as one might expect, given Garmin’s history as a company.) I am somewhat concerned that there doesn’t seem to be an official rating for waterproofing, but according to the company it should be able to stand up to most things you might encounter on trails and I can confirm that getting splashed or partly submerged for brief periods doesn’t seem to be a problem. One particularly interesting feature I experimented with is the “body battery” meter, which takes into account activity levels and sleep quality to give you a heads up as to how much energy you might be able to expend before becoming fatigued. While I can’t say it’s perfect it did at least roughly line up with when I found myself needing to stop for a break – and again seems like a great thing to have when you’re out hiking and may be trying to decide when to turn back or stop for the night to make camp. It also gets high marks for battery life – which can easily last several days with a bit of power management. In conclusion, the Venu 3 is probably not a watch for everyone. But for a very particular type of user – someone who is very active, enjoys the outdoors, and isn’t necessarily looking for an extension of their phone – it’s probably going to be sitting at the top of a very short list of smart watch options.