Customer Ratings & Reviews

This watch performs well, connects without issue to my iPhone, and measures all the athletic tasks I ask of it, including walking, running, tennis, swimming, and more.

I only needed to perform basic tasks (i.e. email, google searches, etc.) and this computer is perfect at a great price.

I like this Garmin, second time I got this model. I lost my first one, but it still worked for over a year.

It keeps pace and distance pretty accurate compared to my older gps running watch

It tracks exercise accurately. I have worn other trackers and this one is more accurate. I also like the golf GPS.

I had 2 fitbit surge watches, both broke, before I went with a garmin. I cannot say enough good things about it. Fitbit has great marketing, but garmin is the better product.

Plenty of data collected with this fitness tracker and love the GPS integrated into it. Could be a little easier to read.

Great watch for a variety of sports. I use for walking and running and set my heart rates to keep within zones. It sends vibration alerts when heart rate is above set limits.

I love my Garmin-vivoactive HR! I use it for all my activities like rock climbing, strength training, and many different ways for cardio. I would recommend it to anyone.

Doing exactly what I am needed. Need to figure out how to work the faces and apps that you can download with it.

All the great exercise features that you need for fitness combined with the Garmin GPS technology that can be translated to Kayaking and fishing. A terrific combination,

Loved this watch & its features. It kept showing an error of memory full even when I had deleted all the activity.

this was a great watch until i broke it sometimes has issues connecting but it's a great watch

I bought the watch because it incorporates the golf feature. Easy to use and battery life is awesome. Without using the golf app, I charge the battery about once a week.

I like the light weigth of this watch, and all the features are amazing. Still learning how to use all of them, but this thing definitely motivates you to move.

We purchased this to put in our fundraiser raffle. Many people purchased tickets to try and win it. Item brought in alot of money for try he fundraiser. Thanks Garmin!

Nice looking watch but display is too dim, colors need to be more vivid, Step count is not that accurate.

Love it! Had the basis peak that was recalled but this was my next best option. Definitely exceeds my expectations and does everything my basis did and then some! Love it!

After setting up this watch, I had to get a new phone in order to sync it with my watch. Thankfully, my granddaughter got a new phone and gave me her Iphone 7

The new Vivoactive HR is almost everything I want in a activity tracker/smart watch. I decided to move from a FitBit Charge HR because I wanted to be able to track activities more easily while I was running or walking. The Fitbit;s display was so small and so hard to read in sunlight that it was almost impossible to get information while on the run. And it did not do a good job of tracking activities like paddling my kayak or running on my elliptical indoors. The Vivoactive HR can do all of these things and more I have to say that the first thing I noticed about the Vivoactive upon taking it out of the box and putting it on my wrist is that it felt BIG. (But as I have worn it for a day, it turns out to be pretty comfortable and the bigness helps in providing more screen real estate for viewing and swiping.) Setup was super easy. Downloading apps and configuring them is also a snap once you get comfortable with navigating both the watch settings and the desktop and phone apps. Battery life seems amazing so far. I am anxious to play a round of golf so that I can use the GPS full-time for some hours to see how that affects battery use. I love the ability to configure so much about the watch and how easy it is to do that. I love the options for watch faces (though I wish there was some more elegant options). Notices from my iPhone work flawlessly with a subtle vibration to tell me one has arrived even when I am not looking at my watch. Swiping through screens is easy so viewing steps, weather, notifications, heart rate, all are very easy to get to. I have not found a really simple way to get back to the home screen without pressing a physical button. What I like: Really big face that's easy to read in sunlight or bright artificial light Lots of activity information displayed in the app Ability to add as many or as few widgets and watch apps as you like (simplicity vs. info overload) Easy sync to iPhone or desktop app (through USB) Crazy-great battery life Color options for watch display Golf app with Real Time GPS and easy download of courses Always-on watch face Fast GPS connection (outside) What I don't like; Display back light is a little dim (even at maximum brightness setting) so seeing display in dim light (for my older eyes) is not as easy as it should be. I would like to see a daylight sensor that would automatically turn on a brighter back light in dim light when you roll your wrist to view the watch face, rather than having to awkwardly push one of the buttons. (Fitbit has something like this to turn on their display (though not the dim light sensor, just the movement sensor) The watch is a bit clunky, not very elegant. Seen as a sports tracker I think that is fine. Seen as a watch, it feels a little under-designed. The clip connector to charge the watch grabs the watch like a vise-grip. I always feel like I am going to break the watch when I try to unsnap it.. Maybe it is all about technique. Overall I am very happy with my new Vivoactive HR and am looking forward to using it for years to come (well, at least until the next great device comes along {:-)