Update: I’ve had this now for over a year and I still absolutely love it. The bands have held up, the watch face protectors I got sincerely save my watch and I’ve only replaced it once!
Update: 8 month check in! I still love it! It tracks gym work outs, road workouts, yoga and more. I can track my sleep and heart rate when I’m stressed and so much more. Still love it!
Original review: I have had this watch for 6 months and I wear it daily. I absolutely LOVE this watch. I researched for months before purchasing one and I’m so glad I got this one. I previously had a Garmin Forerunner and while it did the job I didn’t love it. Before that I went through FitBit watches left and right. They definitely are not built to last. My only regret with the VivoActive is that I didn’t buy a watch base in white, I purchased black.
The battery life isn’t awesome. Mine lasts a full 4 days, maybe 5 if I don’t workout as much. But since I work from home that’s no big deal. I do have to take the cord with me when I travel. PSA: take off your watch before you go thru security at the airport. It gives me trouble every single time. Phone notifications seem to drain the battery. I wish I could tell the watch “only give me call, text and amazon delivery notifications.” But your watch options are to receive all notifications that come to your phone or no notifications.
This thing is durable and I purchased different bands that I love. These bands tuck into themselves so there’s no bulk on my wrist. I also purchased a protective film for the glass, but I ordered that one “door frame” too late and got a nick in the glass of my Garmin. The film cover is great and I forget it’s even there. The touchscreen still works just fine with the cover on it.
I keep the charging cord in my car. I recharge my watch while driving. It charges pretty quickly.
The green heart rate lights can be a little annoying at night. I’m sure there’s a way to turn them off but I haven’t figured it out yet.
I also downloaded a different watch face. I like that I can see everything in one place: Time, date, HR, steps, battery life, and it even shows that I have 1 alarm set.
I like the app where I can see what all I’ve done on the calendar view. If you don’t synch a few times a week the sync process can a bit. Maybe 5 min at the most for several week’s worth of data.
I’m still very pleased with this Garmin. I wear it every single day!
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| Price | $119.95 | $179.99 | -17% $249.99 List: $299.99 | $183.97 | $6.99 | $129.99 |
| Delivery | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | — | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | — | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 | Get it as soon as Tuesday, May 14 |
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| Sold By | Tech-Boutique | Heart Rate Monitors USA-Refurbished | Amazon.com | Heart Rate Monitors USA-Refurbished | GEAK Store | Tech-Boutique |
| display size | 1.2 inches | 33 millimeters | 1.2 inches | 1.2 inches | 44 millimeters | 1.6 inches |
| connectivity tech | Bluetooth, GPS | Bluetooth | Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi | gps | — | GPS, Bluetooth |
| supported applications | Email, Heart Rate Monitor, GPS | GPS | GPS | GPS | — | Phone |
| input interface | touch screen | touch screen | buttons, touch screen | touch screen | buttons | touch screen |
| wireless standard | 802 11 GN | — | bluetooth | bluetooth | — | bluetooth |
| water resistance | water resistant | water resistant | water resistant | waterproof | waterproof | waterproof |
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+8 Days Battery Life, Good Resting and Running HR
I ordered the product on 8th of December and it was delivered within just 6 days from USA to Turkey ! Overall i'm quite happy with my purchase. Software version is the latest: 5.70, GPS 2.301) Build Quality: It's so light weight and durable. Sometimes you forget that you wear it. And also it's one of the best looking smart watches in terms of design.2) HR Accuracy: For resting hr and steady state cardio it's fantastic. But for interval and strenght training it's so poor, like most of the wrist based HR devices. I do weight training workouts 4 times a week. Due to wrist HR sensor is so poor for weight lifting, i purchased a first gen garmin chest strap around 10 usd which works flawlessly with Vivoactive3) Sleep and Step Accuracy: I think it's pretty accurate.4) I haven't made a detailed test for GPS accuracy but i haven't had any trouble so far. It connects pretty fast and functions smoothly.5) Battery Life and Charging Time: It takes only 1 hour to fully charge from 0. I get around 9 days with 1 single charge with those activity level and screen settings; - 4 times indoor weight training (gps off) and 1 hour outdoor walking (gps on) per week. - Screen brightness is sometimes %10, sometimes %20. You don't need above %20 because it's so readable. - Auto activity detection is OFF - Wrist HR is always on - Backlight gesture is only on during activity - Backlight time out is short - Vibration is medium (Medium is enough for me, low is insufficient.) - GPS is only active around 1 hour per week for outdoor walking. - Bluetooth is OFF - I wear it 7/24, both day and night.What I don't like;- While driving a car, it adds steps like most of devices do. After 135 km driving, it added 1.000 steps. We tested apple watch 3 with my friend, the apple watch counts steps too. I think it's not a very suitable device for drivers :) Garmin should find a solution like developing a driving mode or something like that.- Battery is a little buggy, but not every time. Last night i took off the device and turned it off. After waking up i tried to turn the device on but it didn't start, showing that it ran out of battery. What i discovered is that while charging the device, do not unplug when it reaches 100%, let it keep on charging 15-20 minutes more after 100%. Before unplugging; turn the device off first then unplug. Then turn it on again and check whether any battery drain exists or not. If it doesn't drop to %99 in 30 minutes, then everything is normal and you will get around 0.30-0.40 battery draining per hour. If it drops %99 and below shortly after unplugging, restart the device, recharge it and repeat the process.- If you use 3rd party watchfaces, battery life decreases, especially for the ones that shows lots of information like Gearmin. For longer battery life, you should use stock watchfaces.- If you turn the gesture on, sometimes it activates the backlight randomly even tough you don't gesture. I think it needs an software update to fix it.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018
Update: 8 month check in! I still love it! It tracks gym work outs, road workouts, yoga and more. I can track my sleep and heart rate when I’m stressed and so much more. Still love it!
Original review: I have had this watch for 6 months and I wear it daily. I absolutely LOVE this watch. I researched for months before purchasing one and I’m so glad I got this one. I previously had a Garmin Forerunner and while it did the job I didn’t love it. Before that I went through FitBit watches left and right. They definitely are not built to last. My only regret with the VivoActive is that I didn’t buy a watch base in white, I purchased black.
The battery life isn’t awesome. Mine lasts a full 4 days, maybe 5 if I don’t workout as much. But since I work from home that’s no big deal. I do have to take the cord with me when I travel. PSA: take off your watch before you go thru security at the airport. It gives me trouble every single time. Phone notifications seem to drain the battery. I wish I could tell the watch “only give me call, text and amazon delivery notifications.” But your watch options are to receive all notifications that come to your phone or no notifications.
This thing is durable and I purchased different bands that I love. These bands tuck into themselves so there’s no bulk on my wrist. I also purchased a protective film for the glass, but I ordered that one “door frame” too late and got a nick in the glass of my Garmin. The film cover is great and I forget it’s even there. The touchscreen still works just fine with the cover on it.
I keep the charging cord in my car. I recharge my watch while driving. It charges pretty quickly.
The green heart rate lights can be a little annoying at night. I’m sure there’s a way to turn them off but I haven’t figured it out yet.
I also downloaded a different watch face. I like that I can see everything in one place: Time, date, HR, steps, battery life, and it even shows that I have 1 alarm set.
I like the app where I can see what all I’ve done on the calendar view. If you don’t synch a few times a week the sync process can a bit. Maybe 5 min at the most for several week’s worth of data.
I’m still very pleased with this Garmin. I wear it every single day!
(Still) My FAVORITE watch (over a year later)
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018
Update: I’ve had this now for over a year and I still absolutely love it. The bands have held up, the watch face protectors I got sincerely save my watch and I’ve only replaced it once!Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2018
Update: 8 month check in! I still love it! It tracks gym work outs, road workouts, yoga and more. I can track my sleep and heart rate when I’m stressed and so much more. Still love it!
Original review: I have had this watch for 6 months and I wear it daily. I absolutely LOVE this watch. I researched for months before purchasing one and I’m so glad I got this one. I previously had a Garmin Forerunner and while it did the job I didn’t love it. Before that I went through FitBit watches left and right. They definitely are not built to last. My only regret with the VivoActive is that I didn’t buy a watch base in white, I purchased black.
The battery life isn’t awesome. Mine lasts a full 4 days, maybe 5 if I don’t workout as much. But since I work from home that’s no big deal. I do have to take the cord with me when I travel. PSA: take off your watch before you go thru security at the airport. It gives me trouble every single time. Phone notifications seem to drain the battery. I wish I could tell the watch “only give me call, text and amazon delivery notifications.” But your watch options are to receive all notifications that come to your phone or no notifications.
This thing is durable and I purchased different bands that I love. These bands tuck into themselves so there’s no bulk on my wrist. I also purchased a protective film for the glass, but I ordered that one “door frame” too late and got a nick in the glass of my Garmin. The film cover is great and I forget it’s even there. The touchscreen still works just fine with the cover on it.
I keep the charging cord in my car. I recharge my watch while driving. It charges pretty quickly.
The green heart rate lights can be a little annoying at night. I’m sure there’s a way to turn them off but I haven’t figured it out yet.
I also downloaded a different watch face. I like that I can see everything in one place: Time, date, HR, steps, battery life, and it even shows that I have 1 alarm set.
I like the app where I can see what all I’ve done on the calendar view. If you don’t synch a few times a week the sync process can a bit. Maybe 5 min at the most for several week’s worth of data.
I’m still very pleased with this Garmin. I wear it every single day!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2019
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