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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
4.3 out of 5 stars
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1,682 ratings1,672 reviews
  1. 5 stars63% (1,067)
  2. 4 stars17% (293)
  3. 3 stars9% (156)
  4. 2 stars4% (75)
  5. 1 star5% (91)

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Jul 5, 2025
Reviewer name: Myra
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great for Fitness

I bought about a month ago and have been tracking all of my fitness! It’s great and I prefer 10x over my years of having Apple Watches.

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Sep 6, 2024
Reviewer name: Uncle Gil
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Need instructions, not google

Love the battery life between charges. Many useful features, not totally intuitive, wish it had come with an owners manual

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Sep 1, 2024
Reviewer name: PearlJamDude
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

So far so good

This is my 3rd week from changing to Garmin from Apple Watch for fitness tracking. It is far superior than the Apple Watch

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May 16, 2025
Reviewer name: Befuddled
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Yuck

Bought it about a month ago and there is still no way to find information explaining much of the information U get from the watch.

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Apr 29, 2025
Reviewer name: Dedra
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Love love love!

It’s everything I expected and so much more! I’m obsessed with the personalization that it allows and I love how easy it is to find everything.

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Jul 21, 2025
Reviewer name: What does it matter
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Can't customize it

I've owned this watch for several months. I can't get it to track my stair feature. I have to reconnect it to Garmin connect at least once a day.

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The vivoactive 5 does not have a barometric altimeter and cannot track floors climbed or stairs. With regard to having to reconnect it with Garmin Connect every day, it should automatically reconnect whenever the app is opened and the watch is within range. I recommend making sure that the Garmin Connect app is up-to-date, and that check to ensure that Bluetooth is enabled. This FAQ provides additional troubleshooting suggestions that should be helpful: http://ms.spr.ly/6425sEPaP If you continue to have trouble, Garmin Support would be happy to assist you further and can be reached at 1-800-800-1020 Monday Through Friday, 7am - 7pm CST. (KS)

Jan 20, 2025
Reviewer name: G.K.
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Everything works great so far!

Love all the features. I'm more interested in how long this watch will last. I'm tired of replacing my watches every 2 years.

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Oct 21, 2023
Reviewer name: Rjrjane
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

More accurate

Colorful images are nice. I believe that the health metrics are more accurate than the vivoactive 4. I wish that it included ekg

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Jan 23, 2025
Reviewer name: Kate2007
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

I'm strugglimg

I am having a very difficult time getting everything set up Much harder than my fitbit. Sleep and steps are not calculating prop6

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Aug 29, 2024
Reviewer name: JM6468
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great features, software, coaches for running

I bought a few weeks ago, immediately started a half marathon training program for this November, love the watch and all of the Garmin software

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