Customer Ratings & Reviews

After years of frustration with multiple Fitbits (versa, inspire 2, inspire 3), I decided to switch to this Garmin Vivoactive 5. I also tried an Apple Watch, but was seriously disappointed with the battery life and having download multiple 3rd party apps for exercise tracking. The Vivoactive 5 is superior to my Fitbits in terms of providing me with health metrics without a lame Fitbit paywall (not to mention this will last a longer than any Fitbit). The Garmin Connect app is great, although it does take some time to get used to it. It's also superior to the Apple Watch in terms of battery life and having everything on one app for my workouts. I love this watch! In my opinion, this is a great value, especially comparted to the Venu 3.

Works so much better than my Apple Watch much more accurate

Love the features I didn’t even know about like sleep tracking! Run bug stats are very accurate

Very easy set up. Alot of great features. Awesome watch for a great Price. Very good Customer Service at my Home town store.

This watch covers more activities than I can ever use. Also tracking sleep, steps, oxygen levels and more.

Purchased my husband this watch for his birthday and he absolutely loves it!

Everything I had hoped for and more!! I would recommend.

I love the design! I definitely still have a lot to learn about my garmin but so far i have enjoyed all of the features I know how to use. I think it is a perfect watch for those who stay active through different types of exercises. I also recommend it for those of you that want a quality technology that is not extremely expensive.

Bought it during during the thanksgiving week. Coming from an Apple Watch, I like how Garnin provides more information when it comes to fitness. I looks great and have no issues with the band. The only think I do not like are the buttons. They feel cheap.

I loved my Vivoactive 3, so when it stopped counting flights of stairs because its altimeter died, I naturally got a Vivoactive 5. Imagine my disappointment when I found that it couldn't count stairs right out of the box! Yes, they took away that very useful feature. I give it a 3, because it's a good watch in all other areas, but I returned it for a (more expensive!) Venu 3 because counting stairs is important to me. Note: The salesman at Best Buy looked it up and told me the watch had that feature, and seemed genuinely surprised when I brought it back the next day.

Looks elegant but not what I had expected. You can’t even change faces, doesn’t have many features, and after 1 week and a half it kept disconnecting from my phone on its own. I had to return it.

It was a gift for my husband who is still getting accustomed to it but likes the features that he has used. He likes the normal watch face and size is just right.

Gave this watch to my cousin as a Christmas present and she has really enjoyed it.

Great watch, perfect for everyday use and matches athletic and casual fits

Love to be able to runand walk listening to music and not have to carry my phone.

Exactly what any runner or athlete should look for in a watch.

So far so good. I like the new features coming from the vivoactive 3

I don't even have the watch and I can tell it is a downgrade from the 4. I have the 4 and NOTHING will beat the always on display. Garmin stands out as a company that produces some of the most accurate watches. The idea of needing apparently to compete with the likes of samsung by presenting a watch that has a colorful screen is ridiculous. I don't care for always needing to turn my wrist. I want to be able to take a glance over to the watch and see the time without ALWAYS having to twist my wrist to activate a screen. This latest release looks cheap. The 4 having been released in 2019 is bigger, more rugged, and refined looking. NOTHING beats the always on display.

Stay far far away from Garmin watches. They have a software flaw and files fail to sync after owning a while, ever increasing in frequency. You then have to jump through complex computer files hoops to try and fix. After a few try you may get it. Mine is now just a watch until I can afford something else.

The vivoactive 3 was much better unit. This is cheaply made small unit buttons hard to press programing next to impossible to setup very time consuming and will not stay as programming I would not recommend this unit to anyone.do not waste your time