Customer Ratings & Reviews

This activity tracker is great. The heart rate monitor is very accurate which is really surprising .

Good Product, I am happy with the features and price

I love my watch! It tracks my steps, has an alarm on it and even controls my music on Spotify! This watch does so many things, which makes it great. However, it does have problems connecting to my phone even on wifi and it's easy to cosmetically damage it.

It’s been great to have especially to be able to use connect

It does all that it is supposed to. Also it last 5 full days before it needs a recharge. Sometimes 6.

I'm not an early adopter, but I've been waiting for this. After a lot of research I knew I wanted a unit that combined features of the Vivofit 2 and the Vivosmart (screen of the fit with the enhanced features of the smart). The Vivosmart HR finally gives me the best of both. I've been wearing my Vivosmart HR for a week and the only negative I experienced was Garmin Connect performing maintenance for just over a day. This, unfortunately, caused some temporary syncing issues. I feel bad for the reviewers who bought theirs during the outage because, based on the reviews during that time, they felt that was the whole experience. The day I brought mine home it took me all of 10 minutes to set it up and it has worked flawlessly ever since. The temporary sync issues were easily identified by checking the status of Garmin Connect online. They posted they were performing maintenance and had the system back up quickly. Now, the specifics: Screen visibility: I can see it just fine inside, outside, day or night. I have the backlight set to come on when I touch the screen so a simple tap in the dark lights it up. Bright enough to see but doesn't blind me. Step count: Steps are as accurate as any tracker I've owned (Fitbit Flex, Fitbit One) if not better. And it seems to give fewer "false steps" from arm movement when not walking. HR: I knew it wasn't going to be as accurate as a chest strap when I bought it. If you believe it's going to be, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed every time and have nothing but negative reviews. We're not living in the Star Trek universe and this will not give you a full body diagnostic scan. It's a $150 activity tracker. However, I tested my Vivo while wearing my ANT+ chest strap on the elliptical. A minute and a half in, the chest strap was reading 100 while the Vivosmart HR was still at 60. But at just under 2 minutes the Vivo ramped up to the correct HR and never varied by more than 3 beats per minute for the rest of my workout. So now I know there's a slight delay, but I can live with that. Two minutes doesn't throw my world into chaos. Notifications: Flawless. I feel my phone vibrate and the Vivo starts vibrating immediately. At first I was upset that I was having to deal with every email that came in. But then I found where you can customize which notifications you get. No more emails, just messages and calls. Just the way I want it. Battery: I got exactly 5 days, as advertised. Music: In the device settings in the app you can choose which player you want to make default. It showed every player I have on my phone. I use Rocket Player so I chose Rocket Player. Now I can control play, pause, next and previous track. Easy. Sleep: Again, this isn't a medical diagnostic tool. However, it has successfully tracked my sleep and wake times to within 15 minutes every night this week. One morning I woke up feeling like I hadn't slept well. I checked my stats and, guess what? It said I tossed and turned throughout the night. Interesting? Sure. Medically reliable? No. But again, I didn't buy it to track sleep apnea or restless leg or any other affliction. I bought it to give me trend data over time. Summary: My Vivo HR does exactly what I want it to do, and it does it well. In a world of 1 star reviews because it didn't fly out of the box, strap itself to your wrist and instantly diagnose that heart murmur you never knew about, I felt inclined to leave my own practical experience after a week of use. I'm more than happy with my purchase and I'll recommend it to anyone with realistic expectations of a wrist-based tracker. Now, if you'll excuse me, my Vivo just told me I've been sitting here too long and I need to "Move!"

Really great activity tracker. Only reason i rated 4 Stars is because of the lack of text msg response capabilities... Other than that, its a really great watch & activity tracker. Have had mine for 2-3 years now, and its still in great shape.

I bought this for my8 year old daughter for Christmas and as a die hard Fitbit guy I'm jealous.

Misses a lot of steps - and hard to reset the time - resets in the middle of the day I love that it is water proof. Time will tell how much I will ultimately like or hate this watch. so far it its a 3 star.

I haven't figured out how to use it like I need to. I don't like that you have to charge it by plugging into a computer. I want to plug it into an outlet. The only part I really like is that it's waterproof.

It is nice not have chest start to wear . To keep track of the heart rate when walking or running.

Bought this for my son and it helps him stay active! Also battery life is excellent

Its awaesome. I love it. The price is worth it to buy it. It is easy to connect with your phone

Garvin was purchased for grandson. He is more active now that he can see what his progress is!

I like that it connects to my phone and shares notifications, but not too keen on the battery life. In addition it does not seem to really count the stair cases climbed, I live in a two story house and I it states I only climb one staircase a day, I wish.

I like that it connects to my phone and shares notifications, but not too keen on the battery life. In addition it does not seem to really count the stair cases climbed, I live in a two story house and I it states I only climb one staircase a day, I wish.

easy to use heart rate monitor. Even shows when my phone has notifications and when someone calls.

I absolutely like my watch. I like that it tracks my steps as well as how many stairs I walk.

Attractive, good size and fit. However, the characters on the face are very dim even when in a dark room, the "neon green" backlight is not sufficient, especially when walking or running.

I like this watch/health monitor, it helps keep me on track with my health goals. I think it is fairly accurate, except the stair climbing, which consistently registers less stairs than I actually did. The battery only lasts about 4-5 days but charges pretty quickly.