Customer Ratings & Reviews

Watch is the perfect fit for my lifestyle and activities!

I should have stuck with buying (yet another) FitBit Versa, much as I hate how those break irreparably just after the warranty expires. The Venu SQ is a comparable but very distant second in my experience. My main complaints: * Battery life is vastly exaggerated. Great the first few weeks, but since then it's only been good for 3 days max, and that's with only an hour/day (at most) of actual workout tracking. * The @#$% constant "searching for Varia lights" message. Half the time I rotate my wrist to check the time, I see that dumb message and have to press a button to just view the clock. I don't have any Garmin Varia bike lights. I never will. There is no option to tell the Venu to stop looking for these @#$% lights. Very annoying. * Tiny, tiny fonts and symbols. They really fail compared to FitBit in this regard. * Auto activity tracking. "Move IQ" is terrible and again, fails greatly compared to FitBit. It usually doesn't capture activity, when it does it often mis-identifies the activity, and it doesn't do full-fledged tracking the way FitBits do. It only captures a fraction of the metrics compared to manually starting/stopping an activity. * Activity pauses lead to activity splitting. If you pause, whether manually or if Move IQ determines you've paused, it starts a (15 minute?) tracking pause. If you don't manually press the button to resume activity before that period ends, the activity is automatically saved and ended and you have to (if you realize and remember to do it) start a new activity. Pretty silly if, for example, you're on a long hike or bike ride and take a lunch break. I don't want my 3 hour ride to be split up into multiple activities with multiple maps, calorie counts, etc. * Garmin Connect website is okay, but clunky. You'd think it wouldn't be hard to just show a basic line chart / time line of metrics. It's a big mess of sparse dashboard widgets that aren't smooth to navigate. On the plus side, it's comfortable enough, the band hasn't broken yet (after 4 months), and the calorie burn math doesn't appear inflated like FitBit's.

Bought this watch as birthday gift for my mom and she loves it. She can record her bike rides directly on her watch and have it uploaded to Strava with no hassle. Good tracking of your heart rate, steps and over health stats. There are times where the screen could lag but it's not a deal breaker.

Working well give you a lot of important info Checks your sleep and dress levels

Lots of options. Battery lasts almost a full week. Comfortable

This was a Christmas gift for my husband . He really likes it.

Great watch. Very comfortable and is great for a smaller wrist.

Product easy to use. Great in recording all daily activities.

Was good but after 2 month don’t charge anymore , I don’t know if I can’t returned or exchange . But was not good

This is a great watch for the price. Keeps charged for days.

Works very well to track my steps, my walking and sleeping.

So far really good smartwatch for the price, recommended

Love all the features it has! Accurate and easy to use.

Works as expected and easier than my previous watch.

Liked the look and bought in a hurry because my last Garmin died, It has features I don't need and wish I could turn off. Still getting used to settings. The charger is much better on this version than the last one, not as bulky.

Great watch! Has a lot of features. Setup was easy to my Apple phone.

Helpful watch works. Great tool for the gym. love it

I needed to replace my Garmin vivomove HR. This was the best for my finances. Slightly longer battery life

I wanted to love it, but it fell short. This is not our first Garmin device, and we have had a great experience. However, this particular one would not stay synced to my phone. I emailed Garmin for assistance. They offered a suggestion which we tried. It still did not work. Each day they device was not synced. I ended up returning it. I'm sad it didnt work out.

The touch screen is finicky and will log activities when you dont intend to.