The Garmin Vivoactive 5 has completely exceeded my expectations. It’s the perfect balance between a fitness tracker and a smartwatch, with a sleek, lightweight design that feels comfortable for all-day wear—even while sleeping. The AMOLED display is stunningly vibrant and easy to read in all lighting conditions, making it feel more premium than other fitness watches I’ve owned. What I love most is how fitness-focused it is. The built-in GPS locks on quickly and is very accurate, making my runs and walks easy to track without carrying my phone. The wide variety of workouts, including yoga, strength, HIIT, and even meditation/breathing sessions, keeps my training fresh and versatile. The Body Battery and sleep tracking features are game-changers—they give me real insight into recovery, energy levels, and overall wellness, so I can train smarter. Battery life is phenomenal. Even with GPS and notifications, I get nearly a week on one charge, which blows away most smartwatches in this category. I also appreciate the music storage and ability to download playlists, so I can leave my phone behind during workouts. As for smartwatch functions, notifications sync seamlessly, and I love being able to respond quickly without having to pull out my phone. The watch feels intuitive, smooth, and never overwhelming, even though it’s packed with features. Overall, the Garmin Vivoactive 5 is the best fitness companion I’ve owned—accurate, stylish, durable, and incredibly useful for anyone serious about health and wellness but who also wants the conveniences of a modern smartwatch.

It's not as user friendly like a fitbit, but keeps a good charge on it. Still trying to get to know more about it. The watch faces are clear and good. When I change the watch face it should automatically change but there is another step to do. Easier steps to change watch face. Watch bands are very hard to change, and my watch has a purple cover around it. Would love to change that and easier watch bands to change out.

As a full Apple product user I was skeptical to switch to Garmin. My Apple Watch wasn’t lasting during long runs so I wanted something more dependable and decided to go with Garmin. It looks nice with most of the features from Apple. It connects to my iPhone you just can’t respond to a text or answer a call which most of the time is fine cause my phone is nearby. I’m still discovering all the features this watch can do! Great price for a great watch! Glad I switched. I only have to charge the watch about every other week!

I've the 3 weeks i wore this, i experienced more stress than normal because of the watch. would not stay connected, wouldn't keep track of steps, every other day having to pair again to phone, turn devices on and off, try all steps they list to troubleshoot. i bought this to hold myself accountable to walking and being active and to track sleep. disappointed on days i worked hard to find out watch was not keeping track for me. trying to fix situations led to stress. watch said i had some level of stress every minute it was working. nights i know i was dreaming, watch said no rem sleep

I received this as a gift. I take it off the charger in the Am, and by the end of day it’s at 20% battery. Put it on low battery mode, but then don’t get notifications. My daughter likes to check her sleep on hers but I don’t feel like I can sleep in it or I don’t have battery for the next day.

Well - it does keep time. And step count seems good. HRV is okay I think. It is very poor at detecting heart rate when exercising. I could be 15 minutes into 120BPM (Garmin chest strap) and it still reads 72. The sleep scores often bear little relationship to reality - like says I woke at 4:30 when I slept soundly until 6:30. Battery life, on the other hand, is excellent. My first one would not charge after a 18 months. Replacement is charging fine so far.

There are so many things I loved about this watch....I love the healrt tracking, the bike tracking the steps tracking and the encouragement I got when I was still. I really enjoyed the wearing it and the sleep tracking was awesome, The sad thing was after about 6 days the battery just would not stay charged......and then the only other thing was I could not take the golf things off.

I absolutely love this watch. I have had it for weeks now, and I have few complaints. I love the sleep tracking, accurate data, and gps accuracy. However I do think the recovery time for next hard workout can be a little inaccurate for more fit runners. Also I wish there was a way to enter in your own record for your personal records. Overall I love this watch!

Wanted something that could help track my activities (and calorie expenditure for weight loss) and it works great! I love seeing the stats after pilates and yoga. The sleep score and stress monitors have also been really interesting, and I appreciate that it tracks my cycle as well (one less thing to keep track of elsewhere). Pleasantly surprised at the battery life as well, and love that it was available in a neutral color that I can wear everyday.

These watches have been great. GPS feature is very reliable and battery life remains excellent. I have put this on watch through a decent amount of abuse and have not had any issues. The body battery metric takes some getting used to, but has become a very helpful metric to follow. Sleep tracking is excellent.