Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have had this watch for two weeks now and it has been great! I was hesitant on switching over from my Apple Watch, but I am glad I made the switch! It has been great to be able to track my sleep without having to download different apps. The battery life is AMAZING! My Apple Watch only lasted me half a day, and if I wore it to bed then it would be dead by the morning. I would definitely recommend the watch.

I thought I would write this review after having the watch for a year and a half. After talking to Garmin for the last year and a half they’ve done absolutely nothing to help me with my problems. The first one is the heart rate the heart rate is always catching up to what you’re doing. For instance if I’m working out with weights or dumbbells, it shows a low heart rate when my heart is beating fast and then once I get up off a bench arm upright then the heart rate catches up and actually goes over what my heart rate actually is. The second thing is, it keeps telling me that I reached my step goal, even though I haven’t gone up any steps that day, it has something to do with me working doing exercises on a mat and on the floor with my arms that triggers it. Also, if you just go up the hill walking or running, it’ll trigger it. The sleep score is also a joke if I fall asleep at 10:30 and I wake up at seven for some reason it will only start recording my sleep at 1:30. It misses my sleep specially if you wake up during the night, even for a minute. I don’t know how they tell this watch for all the exercises it has and for all the sophisticated physical fitness people out there that are using these way more intensely than me. I don’t trust the watch and the watch is basically a fraud. The only thing good about it is the battery life. Also the customization for the watch there are many faces, but you can’t customize what is on your watch face, for instance I wanna put miles on my watch face, but I can’t. I have to always have steps listed. There’s watches half the price to do with this. Does this well and on top of that the Garmin customer service people are a little bit snooty and have told me that these are the limitations of the watch and you have to live with it or elsewhere a chest heart monitor well then don’t advertise what your watch can do. If you can’t do it in the beginning I thought it was way better than a Fitbit and it’s got a lot of more features butI bought it for fitness and it fails in this regard. 62 year-old male active in fitness and it doesn’t work for me.

This is a great smart watch. The battery will last me 6-7 days on average. It connects well to my phone. This is my second Garmin. Nothing was wrong with my other Garmin, but I wanted an upgrade.

My daughter absolutely loves it. Perfect for running and easy to use. She has really enjoyed tracking her sleep as well. Unlike other watches that need to be charged every day, this she charges once a week.

I currently use the iPhone 14 Pro Max with an Apple Series 6 watch. I typically wear the apple watch every day to work. The primary complaint I had with the Apple Watch was lack of battery. So i started looking into other watches and the Venu 3 caught my eye, especially with the long 14 day battery. Ive worn the watch for 6 days and and I am only at 40% left without charging it once yet!! Sleep coach is also an amazing feature and enjoy tracking my sleep score.

I finally made the switch away from my Apple Watch, and I am so glad that I finally did! I absolutely love this watch. It is perfect for my active lifestyle, as well as had a very sleek, professional look to it.

Excellent smart watch for monitoring your heart, health and fitness. Great design and battery life. Excellent quality.

This is my third Garmin smartwatch. I upgraded from the Garmin Instinct because that one did not have a lot of the features I originally got a device for like reminding me to get up and move around every hour, etc. The Venu 3 was easy to set up. I love being able to customize the watch face with info that I want to see and the battery life has been great. The touchscreen is very responsive and I haven't had any issues with visibility out in the sunlight. The Garmin Connect app is also really easy to use. All around another great product from Garmin. This watch seems like a huge upgrade not only from the Instinct rugged models but also the Vivoactive models. I wasn't sure if I would be as impressed with the difference in price, but so far it's been well worth it!

Excellent value for money for an entry-level Sport Watch, and it perfectly meets the needs for running, gym workouts, and swimming.

It easy to activate, it works great. it does give you a accurate info. i ready recommend it.

Love this Garmin. Great display and has amazing battery life.

I love Garmin Venu watches; this one was rocky at first (I got it pretty soon after release) but they released updates fast enough to fix the minor glitches. Sometimes the "active minutes" tracking is WAY off, so that can be annoying, especially since it "requires" I get 150 active minutes per week, but doesn't accurately track them. I'm happy with this watch, the battery lasts a long time, which is a HUGE deal. Once a week charging is the best!

I upgraded from an apple watch because apple watch kinda sucked and this garmin watch is way better than the apple watch, battery life is almost 2 weeks compared to apples 24 hours

The real deal regarding smartwatches/fitness trackers. Battery is awesome, lasting days up to a week and then some. Had a Venu first gen and then this and even though both are great, this third gen is the way to go. If you don’t want to get into the most advanced models, and still want to have a modern watch with most of the fitness features with a nice display and awesome battery life, this is it. Don’t even look at the apple watch, it is awesome on so many features too, but the battery is years behind Garmin. Buy this until apple decides to increase its watch battery life. Then you will have to decide. For now, this Garmin Venu 3 is the way to go for sure.

Great overall watch. Great battery life and great fitness metrics, apps, etc. However, the ECG function is basically useless. It will give a report of being in Afib when in reality my heart is beating in sinus rhythm with PVC’s. Don’t get this watch if you need a legitimate ECG function. The Apple Watch is much more reliable in monitoring heart rhythm.

Great watch! Got this for my wife to replace her fitbit and it does everything she would like a smart watch to do. I have an older venu and have loved mine for years. This new one has a better screen, is alightly larger and has abilities to take calls. The one grip i have is that there isn't an easy option for voice to text in responding to a message. Her old fitbit did that with a click of a button. This garmin does not allow you to directly respond to a text via voice but you have to ask your assistant to send a new message to whatever person. Other than that flaw the watch is great so far!

My Garmin has been a game changer! I love that it can track my sleep, stress, workouts, and so much more. The battery life is great as well compared to previous smart watches I have owned. It will last about a week (sometimes a little longer!). It is also super lightweight on the wrist. I am very happy with my purchase.

I purchased tgis watch about a month ago. Overall it fits my needs. It is the perfect crosee between a smart watch and a fitness watch. It is awesome for runners. Heart rate and mileage is accurate. I cant say the same for lifting, but it gets what you need done. On a full charge it ladts me about 7 days but, that is because of certain personal settings. It's leaps and bounds better than most smart watches i have previously owned. Being able to download music to the watch is pretty awesome.saves you from dragging your phone along when working out. The challenges and badges are a fun touch to your fitness regiment. Overall if you want fitness watch with the capability of a smart watch and won't break the bank this is definitely your watch.

I’ve had the original Venu since it came out (maybe 4 yrs) and my husband lost his. We replaced it with the Venu 3 and continue to be amazed at what it does. I love that I don’t have to pay for an extra cell phone line and still get the benefits. The battery on these lasts a long time (more than a week) and I feel it is accurate in almost everything it tracks.

The hardware is great. The watch is comfortable. The battery life is phenomenal. The heartrate and step tracking seem very accurate. The notifications from the phone are useful. There are a lot of interesting options with coaching and other feature I didn't get too deep into. What I don't like about the Venu 3 is the software. I was trying this watch after using a Fitbit for years, and the Fitbit software experience is way better. First of all there is no web dashboard that I can find. The ONLY place you can see your data is in the smartphone app. There was no way that I could find to sync my Garmin health data with my other apps like Google Health, MyNetDiary, etc. I couldn't find a way to automatically sync my wifi scale to the Garmin either so I have to manually enter my calorie and weight data into Garmin's app, which is not something I had to worry about with the Fitbit.