I got this watch as my birthday gift, and I could not be more pleased with it. My fitness is tracked more accurately than ever before. The watch offers great comfort and battery lasts so long. I love how it gives sleep reviews and offers tips and tricks on how to improve that, along with your stress levels, activity, etc. Only thing I would have to say is that those purchasing should be cautious of the band. I had an unknown silicon allergy that made my skin react, but after switching to a metal band, all issues went away! Such a great, quality purchase and watch.

I have been wearing this two weeks now and have not learned many of the advanced features yet, so I will just report on the basics. Five stars due to exceptional battery life, setup ease, comfort and ergonomics, default display readability, sleep report detail, and telling me my "biological age" when it changes. It has a "body battery" feature that seems neat but I have not learned what that really means yet. I also like that it automatically goes quiet during my sleep hours. This is a huge improvement after spending over 10 years with another brand. So far very happy with this product!

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

I got this as a gift to replace an older Garmin watch. I like a lot about it, the screen, the watch face options, the notifications, it measures steps and many types of exercise well. It does. It measure steps climbed which was a surprise but not a big deal. I have concerns with its stress, variable heart rate, and body battery measurements. They don’t match my experience. It often shows stress while I am asleep. There is a chance this is off because the first two weeks of wearing it were on break from work and so what it took as normal wasn’t but we have been back for two weeks and it hasn’t adjusted yet. I am going to give it a couple more weeks and if they don’t adjust I will just hide all those measurements and ignore them.

I bought this last month as my sisters each had one. I am so glad I switched from the Galaxy 6. This battery lasts so much longer. Sometimes I even forget where I plugged in the charger as it doesn't require charging every 12 hours. I love all the features and how my sisters and I can challenge one another. Great great great!!!

I have used an Apple Watch since 2019, but their inability to produce a new model with a reasonable battery life really got me wanting to try something new. I'd really like to track my sleep and not have to charge my battery sometime in the middle of each day. My fiance is a police officer and loves his Garmin Instinct and it's crazy long battery life, functions for golfing and hiking! After research I went with the Vivoactive 5 for it's fitness tracking and great battery. My daughter also jumped on board and got the same watch. Unfortunately, I had issues from the start. I walk while working at my computer. You cannot set the watch to count steps accurately if you['re typing on your computer and walking. I even tried putting it on an ankle strap. The distance on the treadmill never matched the distance on the watch - yet it was almost spot on with my Apple Watch. I joined a sub-Reddit and tried multiple different things, turning off GPS and heart rate monitor, putting in your pocket and a few other experiments - none worked nor tracked distance accurately! This might not seem like a huge deal for some, but this is mainly what I use mine for so it is for me. The battery is amazing, sleep tracking so insightful! The interface could use some work and is not smooth, it feels very "android" and not like Apple, which unfortunately I've been indoctrinated to love! Old habits die hard I guess, and so I returned my Vivoactive 5 and went back to my Apple Watch which I have to charge in the middle of the day for about an hour if I want to wear it through the night. My daughter really loves hers, and I really wanted it to work for me, but the distance being off so greatly was a hard pass. Sorry Garmin!

Bought this after doing a good bit of research as I was in need of once again replacing my Apple Watch so after doing some deep diving I figured the vivoactive 5 would be a great introduction to the Garmin ecosystem. Three weeks in and I’m upset I didn’t do this sooner. Much more in depth then the Apple Watch and I’m still learning all the things Garmin is capable of. Love it so far

Purchased a month ago and still figuring out how to use all the features. Enjoy connecting to my phone's services. Find it keeps me inspired to keep moving. The data for sleep has helped me take my sleep health seriously. I look forward to figuring out more.

I had a very satisfying first two weeks with the watch until the last update. Now a full charge lasts less than a day. I charged my watch 100% before an hour and a half ride and it was down to 33% when I was done. Please fix this NOW. The watch is useless to me like this.

Battery life is not as good as my last one, won't stop disconnecting from phone and the button to turn off alarms takes 7 to 10 times to make it stop. Even though there are buttons almost everything is done on the face which I hate. I have Tremors and it really makes it hard to use. I loved my last Carmen because the battery lasted 10 days and I could use the buttons to get through menus but not with this one. Seriously rethinking garmin.