I am overall pleased with the vívoactive5 except for the GPS tracking system. Sometimes when I am running. my heart out it will announce that I am going at a much slower pace. I called Garmin about this and they tried updating and resetting. But it is doing the same things.

I had a Fitbit for years and absolutely loved it it was easy to set on the items I wanted to track it was very easy to read the watch and or the corresponding info from my phone. I do not know how to work this Garmin. I am not a tech person… What should I have to be to know how to work my smart watch???? I wish there was a human I could contact to teach me if this watch can do the things I require it to do. The simplest thing like I don't even know how to set it to track my walks, or my swims… There is no timer... I do not believe my sleep data is accurate. I wake up multiple times every single night yet this tracks that I have zero awake times. Not happy with this product. Plus it seems it needs to be charged way too often.

I've had my Vivoactive 5 for a couple of years now and it works well except for the incident alert feature wihch is really clumsy and awkward. If I am out snowshoeing and stop to talk with someone, it sends an alert like I have fallen and can't get up. Also, today after a bike ride, the watch was no longer connected to my phone. None of my previously saved data was available on the watch or the phone. After re-pairing the phone to the "new" watch, all was good again. Then I got this request to review my new watch. Very weird.

This is my 3rd Garmin smart watch! I started with the Vivosmart, then upgraded to the Vivoactive 4S dust gold. After 4 years of loving my Vivoactive 4S, I decided to further upgrade to the Vivoactive 5 metallic orchid. Talk about a real upgrade! Appearance wise, I love the color of the watch and the face size. Watch features are a game changer! Huge step up from the Vivoactive 4s and more like the Fenix 7, that my husband wears. The vibratant colors and details of each item on display is easy for anyone to read. I love seeing and understanding what is draining my body battery or how I slept. All of these details help in overall wellness. I am over the moon happy with my Vivoactive 5.

This is my 5th Garmin watch and all was well until this weekend when a bug in the software (not sure if it's the watch or the Garmin Connect App) meant the only way I could get back in action was too completely wipe all my data. I've lost 3 years of stats. Besides that, the watch is good value for money. Great features, decent battery life and is comfortable.

The watch was in a different language. I went online to see how to change the language. In correcting the language I must have triggered a Garmin video that was in a loop that prevented any other actions being done. It wouldn’t power off, reset or go back to a watch face even once the battery ran out and then brought back to life. I returned it to where I bought it and am waiting for a replacement Vivoactive 5. Unfortunately I will not be able to get the beautiful orchid color I wanted.

I bought the watch to be able to track my heart rate and steps and things and I love to cycle so that’s a plus! It even has a setting to use it without the connection to your phone or WiFi. I have used the 3 big “Smart/Fitness tracker watches” and by far this is the best one! Even compared to the more expensive one named after a fruit!

Style: Can be customized Comfort: Very comfortable to wear over a long period of time Multi Use: Tracks a wide variety of sports, monitors heart rate, and sleep Quick Charge: Easy to charge Customer Service: Product backed by one of the best customer centric companies

I purchased the Vivoactive 5 about a month ago and love it. I really like the rest period count downs between sets when I do my strength training. I like the health apps. I am finding sleep coach very helpful in dealing with insomnia. The only disappointment was that there was not a hike app. I created one but it does not count steps. Other than that, I am very happy with my purchase.

I have had vivoactive 2-5. I love the 5. The features are great! I really like the sleeping coach. The only thing I’d like to see on this is I would live to be able to answer texts from the watch. I have an Apple phone so it is not compatible with text answering as I believe the android is. I do wish the phone and Bluetooth of the watch would reach a bit further. All in all I love this watch!