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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
4.3 out of 5 stars
stars1,534 ratings1,525 reviews
  1. 5 stars64% (976)
  2. 4 stars18% (276)
  3. 3 stars9% (138)
  4. 2 stars4% (67)
  5. 1 star5% (77)

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Jul 4, 2025
Jeanie
1 out of 5 stars review

Love how the watch looks but

I’ve had the watch for a few weeks now. I love the look of it and it’s comfortable. My complaints are the sensor doesn’t work 50% of the time. I tried tightening the watch, loosening the watch, I tried cleaning my skin under the watch, tried whipping of the sensor, nothing has worked. The sleep app worked for two days and now it say no data. I’ve had a fit bit before and loved them because the sensors are very accurate. I was told that harming are better, but so far I’m not impressed.

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Jul 30, 2025
LoveMyGarmin
5 out of 5 stars review

Happy I Upgraded

I have always loved my Garmin watches and I was hesitant to upgrade from the 4S to the 5. I personally love that the watch face is larger than the 4S. Easy to us, love all the different features and I feel like all the tracking features are very accurate.

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Aug 24, 2025
BobbieT
1 out of 5 stars review

Battery drains

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.

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Aug 20, 2025
Dts345
5 out of 5 stars review

Greet active and and modern looking watch

I’ve had my Garmin for around a month. I can say that I like a lot of the features they include like the hydration tracking the sleeping tracking. The sleeping coach is also very, very useful. The strength training I love being able to track my sets how much time I take resting how much time take working now it gives me rest time that I should take and when my bmp stabilizes. Overall very good watch, sleek look and super lightweight.

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Jul 9, 2025
AvgUser1001
3 out of 5 stars review

Ehhh...jury is still out

Bought it a month ago. Was a FitBit user. The changes and differences are enough to generate the overall meh rating. Sure it does most things I was looking for adequately and can do a lot more that I do not care about. Plus there is so much to learn and I have not been willing/interested in putting in the time. So...meh so far.

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Sep 17, 2025
Gsquared117
5 out of 5 stars review

Wow! I love it! Features A+

1. When walking, I can see the watch face with a constant on. I can see how my heart is doing easily when I walk. 2. Recharge Time - Quick, like when I'm taking a shower 3. Sleep Info - Never thought it was important. Comfortable to wear while sleeping. I can now see and understand better what happened in my sleep. 4. Sync with my iPhone And still learning more of the features. I bought a cheap "sports watch" last year. It's in the trash now.

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Aug 6, 2025
Outdoorsman
3 out of 5 stars review

Accurate but

I bought this mainly due to some health issues that I’ve been having and needed to be able to check my heart rate. I’ve had the opportunity to compare the heart rate versus monitor and it is very accurate, no complaints at all with this aspect. But to track these I have everything running in the background and can get barely two days out of the battery. Besides the issue for me it does everything it should and the price point was very reasonable.

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Jul 23, 2025
jmmilton
5 out of 5 stars review

Love the battery life!

I've had my Vivoactive 5 for a few weeks. The first charge lasted 10+ days and when I did have to recharge it went from 3% to 100% in 90 minutes. I moved from a different brand of smart watch and noticed the step counted seems to be more accurate than my old watch. But the main selling point for me was the disc golf app and how easily it interfaces with Udisc so I can keep score on the watch instead of fishing my phone out of the bag after every hole. I could type more, but my Garmin Vivoactive 5 just reminded me that it is time to get up and move to be more active.

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Jun 6, 2025
Vivoactive 5
5 out of 5 stars review

Perfect for runners

My Apple Watch broke and I was ready to try something new. I looked into Garmin and other running watches but Garmin stood out the most. At first, I was overwhelmed by the amount of different watch models and all the features in them. I was able to decide on the vivoactive 5 when it came down to price, quality, and features. The watch itself is very appealing and feminine, which I love!

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May 28, 2025
bailey m
5 out of 5 stars review

Great for runs

Honestly has been great for runs in ways I didn’t think about. Until I started running with the watch, I didn’t realize I was pushing myself to hard and the heart rate alone is a seller for me. Taught me that I was running with my heart rate in zone 5 for way too long . The score echos how I feel about that. The body battery is a huge plus also and I don’t have to gas light myself from thinking about feeling bad.

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