My third Vivoactive watch. I depend on it to track my sleep quality and activity as well as alerting me to text messages and calls on my iphone. I would have rated it excellent, but I am a bit disappointed in the support for the watch. I can't seem to find out how to change the weather reading from Celsius to Farenheit.

I have had this watch for about a month and it grows on me more and more each day. I had a Samsung watch that I had for about 6 years. It started to have issues so I went looking for something with a decent battery life, tracking steps, workouts and sleep. When I picked the Vivoactive 5 from the website it seemed to fit all of my needs plus a few extra. Once I got it. I was surprised at how light it felt on my wrist. After getting it all changed and set up I was excited to see how it did. Pros: my battery lasted more than a week. I am using it daily for steps, sleep, body battery, and workouts 4 times a week. After a week of wearing it it was still at 15 % but decided to charge it. It charged quickly I would say around 2 hours for a complete charge maybe a little less but I was not watching to see how long it took to charge. Simple start up for workouts. Easy to find stats. Do not disturb sleep mode automatically (after you set the sleep times). Quick timer and alarm set up on the watch. Cons: alarms that are set on your phone can not be turned off by the watch. Do not disturb while sleeping (not even severe weather alarts). Not sure how accurate sleep score is. Over all I love this watch at first I did not think I was going to keep it but after a while I love it and the pros out weigh the cons for me.

My wife got me one for my birthday. I had charged it twice and the second time the metal ring around the charging pins broke. I call and it was replaced with no problems. The one I received in place of has been great and I have had no issues. Very good watch with many functions and abilities for a decent price

There are parts of this device that I LOVE, like the easy to use buttons and easy to read face. However, I do NOT like the body battery or the way they score my sleep. My old watch told me I was getting lots of deep and REM sleep, and I always feel rested. This watch always tells me I had poor/non-restorative sleep. Then during the day, even when I'm just having a relaxing, nice day, it tells me it was a STRESSFUL day. It is full of all these spiky orange lines that show how stressed I am. I tell you - it's the device that is stressing me out! It's been about 3 weeks, so I was HOPING it would adjust to my own body rhythms, but it has not. It could be because I have fibromyalgia and that affects my heart rhythm. Otherwise, I'm really healthy. Basically, if you are healthy, with no problems, it's a great watch/fitness tracker. I like all the other features.

I absolutely love my Garmin watch. I love that I can find workouts and find training for races. Love the different face options and love the morning report. Was worried that I was not going to like it since I did like my Apple Watch but will not be putting that Apple Watch back on again.

I previously had a Vivoactive 4. Overall, I liked it, but I always wished it had a more modern looking AMOLED screen. The new Vivoactive 5 has the nice, colorful screen I was hoping for, plus several new features that I really like. The battery lasts much longer in the 5. The process for entering reps and weight for exercises is much easier to use. It also seems to be more accurate at detecting which exercises I have done (Triceps Press, Bench Press, etc.). When I receive text messages, I can not only read the message on the 5, but I can also see attached photos. The new reports I get on the 5 are also nice.

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.

It has taken me a while to adjust to Garmin features after switching over from Apple Watch, but it’s seriously growing on me. This is a great option for those wanting to make the switch without spending a fortune! The vivoactive is fairly user-friendly, provides all the fitness insights/tracking I was looking for, and the battery life just can’t be beat.

I loved everything about this watch but there was one critical part for me personally that wouldn’t work - receiving texts/calls. It doesn’t play nice with Apple. I returned this and got the venu3S and that feature did work, but annoying it’s advertised on this watch and jt not work. Aside from that it’s wonderful.

I really like a lot about the watch, although I've had it for two months now and want to upgrade. Most of the features work pretty well, however when I work out and sweat the heart rate recorder doesn't work at all which is frustrating. As well as it disconnects from my phone at least 3 times a week and I have to reconnect which is irritating. Overall I'd rate the watch 3/5 stars, definitely a beginner watch. Great if you just want to record steps but wouldn't get it for working out.