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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
4.3 out of 5 stars
stars1,535 ratings1,526 reviews
  1. 5 stars64% (977)
  2. 4 stars18% (276)
  3. 3 stars9% (138)
  4. 2 stars4% (67)
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Oct 4, 2025
Kitten
1 out of 5 stars review

Poor battery

Brought this about 6 weeks ago . It said normal battery life 7 days . Not true I'm charging it every day since updating if I knew that I wouldn't have brought it .

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Jan 16, 2026
SamV11
4 out of 5 stars review

Great features

I bought this a month ago to replace my Apple Watch, I love it. The only downside I have is the frequent disconnect from my phone even when it is right in my pocket

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Nov 4, 2025
sue2
3 out of 5 stars review

Somewhat disappointing

I wanted something I did not have to charge daily and this fits the bill. Overall its a good watch, however it connects and disconnects constantly and I can not connect at the distance it said I could. That is very disappointing and obnoxious

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Jan 10, 2026
Katwill
5 out of 5 stars review

Love it!

My daughter got me this for Christmas, I had a Garmin that is solar powered. I liked it but this one is so much better!!it does so many more things and is easier to read while running.

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Nov 20, 2025
Swimmer01
5 out of 5 stars review

Vivoactive 5

I love my new Vivoactive 5. A new nice to have is the heartrate monitor for swimming. I am also looking forward to using the open water swimming feature.

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Jan 11, 2026
Water Watch
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Watch!!!

I bought my Garmin to track my exercise in water aerobics classes! It does exactly what I purchased it for and 1/2 the price of the other watch I was considering!!

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Aug 8, 2025
Wilky
2 out of 5 stars review

New Garmin Watch…..

Its only OK… seems to require a lot of setting and telling it what i want it to do ( why do I have to tell it I am on a bike when ( for example it is supposed to be talking to Strava). The app requires a fair amount of work to get to the recoded numbers and recording and keeping them accessible is a work out… Maybe Ill learn more as it goes, but today I would go back to my Casio GShock and not miss a beat

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Jul 20, 2025
TJDURB
5 out of 5 stars review

GARMIN VIVOACTIVE 5

I bought this watch a few weeks ago and am already impressed with the battery life. this watch replaced an old model Iwatch that worked as well; however the battery life was horrible! I love being able to wear the Garmin watch for days, but especially enjoy the sleep analysis which I could not do with the Apple watch because of the poor battery life that required nightly charging.

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Jun 16, 2025
Good life!
5 out of 5 stars review

Great Features

I bought my watch 2 weeks ago & has all the features that I need. I love the ease of mapping my activities & seeing my daily activities like hours slept, body battery/recovery, steps & adding my hydration. I appreciate the reminders to move! This is a very fun watch.

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Jun 12, 2025
ITSMEE WBM
5 out of 5 stars review

Amazing features

My daughter gave this to me to replace a Fitbit. This watch has more useable features than the Fitbit had WITHOUT the need for an annual fee. I would write a longer review, but my Garmin just told me it’s time to get up and move. Oh yeah I LIKE IT.

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