I bought this watch to replace a Vivoactive 4. I really like my Vivoactive 5 except for it changing my watch face back to the original face that came on the watch when I purchased it. I chose a new watch face and my watch changes it at least once per day. If anyone has a work around for this problem, please post it to me.

I've had this watch for a few months. After tweaking what I want it to do, notify me to this and that. Turning off the sleep mode and others things I have no need for, it still sends a nightly reminder asking if I'm awake. I don't sleep with it on my wrist. I have no sleeping issues. I worked shift work 40+ years, I know how to sleep when time allows. Way to many alternative sports loaded on here. With all these different types of activities, you would think hiking would be one of those. Nah had to down load one from the app store. It's great for what I use it for, just not into challenges and letting the world know I road 50 miles.

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 expect the watch face to appear every time I raise my arm to look at it. i have to make a very exaggerated motion to see the time which makes me feel ridiculous when doing something at work that requires me to do something for one minute or 30 seconds. I think I chose the wrong model. my son has a different model with always on screen that would have been better.

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.

After my last Apple Watch (my third) needed charging every few hours, I decided to shake things up and try something new. The Vivoactive 5 was recommended to me by a family member and I have had it for a couple of weeks and could not be happier with it. Awesome features, light weight, and the tracking and health data are amazing. All this plus more at a fraction of the cost.

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.

I am a lazy athlete. I wanted a watch that would track my outdoor/indoor swimming, kayaking and skiing. The swim app is very thorough. For kayaking I use the SUP app, it tracks strokes better than the row app. I have not tried the ski app yet but looking forward to it. The sleep score is very informative. As a result I a trying to do better. I use the timer at work to time lab results. Having the notifications on my watch keeps me from reaching for my phone every time I hear a tone. I have a small wrist and the vivo is just the right size. I just discovered that I can change out the wrist bands. I have yet to discover all the bells and whistles but I am very happy with my watch.

I boughtbthe Vivoactive 5 two weeks ago and I am enjoying it tremendously. It has just the right size. Has great software, snapshots, summaries, it incorporates lots of data. I sometimes can't turn off the activity exactly when I want, have to work the buttons for a few seconds, possibly my inexperience.

I have had mine about a month and I like it very much I like that it shows my phone calls and counts my steps just wish didn’t have to use your arm all the time when carrying something it holding on the treadmill handles not sure it counts my steps? And I like the sleep feature tell what kind of sleep I have and glad it’s waterproof also hold charge a long time I would recommend this absolutely