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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
4.3 out of 5 stars
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1,673 ratings1,663 reviews
  1. 5 stars63% (1,061)
  2. 4 stars17% (292)
  3. 3 stars9% (156)
  4. 2 stars4% (73)
  5. 1 star5% (91)

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Aug 17, 2026
Reviewer name: chandelle
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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I’ve owned both a Fitbit and an Apple Watch, and I honestly prefer my Garmin Vivoactive over both! It tracks so much more of my activity, workouts, steps, sleep, heart rate, and overall health metrics. I especially love how much information it gives me without feeling overwhelming. The battery life is also a huge plus compared to my Apple Watch. I’ve been really impressed with how accurate and useful the tracking is, and I feel like I’m getting much more out of my watch. Definitely one of my favorite fitness watches I’ve owned!

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Aug 6, 2026
Reviewer name: Cayla
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great fitness watch!

Absolutely love this watch! I used to be a diehard Apple Watch person but decided to give this a go as I didn’t really want all my phone notifications on my watch anymore(you can still view them on Garmin, I just hid mine). The fitness tracking seems to be pretty close to accurate including heart rate. I took my blood pressure at home which includes heart rate and they were always within a few numbers of each other. I also really like the body battery it has and how it combines with the sleep tracking and the insights it’ll provide on what could be impacting you. Battery life is also great and charges super fast!

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Sep 3, 2026
Reviewer name: Jessica
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Ive really enjoyed using this watch. It has taken time to get used to all its settings and get things how I want but I would definitely buy it again. Battery life is great

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Apr 12, 2026
Reviewer name: David
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Worth the Price

Garmin is priced like a premium item because it is a premium item. After trying lower priced options over the years, with a constant stream of disappointment, this watch not only has all the necessary features but easily interface with my health tracker and other apps.

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May 13, 2026
Reviewer name: Keithia
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great watch, great price, easy to connect

I love my watch, I love the color and it works just as good as a Samsung or Google watch without the expensive prices. I have health certain health issues and it helps me to keep up with my values and most of my other medical devices can connect to it to keep track of the numbers.

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Jun 5, 2026
Reviewer name: Donna
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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I wanted an easy to use smart watch that wasn’t intrusive. This watch fits the bill. I only activated the functions that were important to me. The watch band is stylish and made of silicone which is sturdy. I’m not sure the steps are counted accurately. I think it over counts them. I like knowing what my heart rate is while exercising and resting. I would recommend this Watch.

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Mar 29, 2026
Reviewer name: KAYMAR
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

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Love it but battery life sucks

Hopefully I can get it resolved but I just bought this a week ago and the battery life is terrible, I don’t have any of the extra settings on it. I turned off all the settings recommended to increase life and I’m still having to charge it daily. Besides that I love it.

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Jun 11, 2026
Reviewer name: Bob
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

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Possibly defective but not very good

My experience with this smart watch was not very good. I found it difficult to swipe up and down and left and right sometimes and rather frequently it would not recognize my swipe. That was very frustrating. Then the force required to squeeze the individual buttons and there are two of them so that it recognizes the action is too much in my opinion. So I cannot not recommend this watch. Also, I had a great deal of difficulty with the sleep. Analysis function. It would frequently think I was asleep when I was not and then and that's both before going to bed and after getting up. That was very disappointing because I had had a previous VIVO active three where it was actually pretty good with sleep. Also wasn't confident about the heart rate how much starting to feel the weight of this building that you are bringin my experience with this smart watch was not very good. I found it difficult to swipe up and down and left and right sometimes and rather frequently it would not recognize my swipe. That was very frustrating. Then the force required to squeeze the individual buttons and there are two of them so that it recognizes the action is too much in my opinion. So I cannot not recommend this watch. Also, I had a great deal of difficulty with the sleep. Analysis function. It would frequently think I was asleep when I was not and then and that’s both before going to bed and after getting up. That was very disappointing because I had had a previous VIVO active three where it was actually pretty good with sleep. Also wasn’t confident about the heart rate monitor

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Aug 14, 2026
Reviewer name: Shawna
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

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Battery life awful.

After 2 weeks watch band broke, after 3 weeks battery went from 100% to 0 in 12 hours. Garmin is really hard to get through to and then they are not helpful.

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Sep 2, 2026
Reviewer name: Eva
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

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nope

heart rate is highly inaccurate. that's why I bought the watch. pulse ox measuring 120bpm, meanwhile garmin saying I'm at 80 bpm. that's unacceptable. too late to return. too light to be a paper weight.

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