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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
4.3 out of 5 stars
stars1,536 ratings1,527 reviews
  1. 5 stars64% (978)
  2. 4 stars18% (276)
  3. 3 stars9% (138)
  4. 2 stars4% (67)
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Jan 19, 2024
ltlmk
5 out of 5 stars review

great fitness tracker and more!

I have had watch for 2 weeks and love it. Replaced an apple watch that couldn't make it through the day without charging. Holds a charge for 10 days, great tracking of fitness, sleep, steps, etc. Gives feedback on workouts. Can also share with family/friends and challenge each other.

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Feb 21, 2025
Nikkidee
5 out of 5 stars review

Fantastic

I honestly tried all kind of Fitbits but seem to be allergic to the actual watch part as well as the band .Simply cannot wear Fitbit .So I started with the basic Venu .Loved it and no irritation.Wanted something more fancy so I bought this watch and I’m in love .Its fantastic and I’m Garmin for life !Over the moon that it doesn’t irritate my skin ..the watch and all !

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Jan 15, 2025
Emmaaaaa
5 out of 5 stars review

I LOVE THIS WATCH

I got this as a Christmas gift from my Parents. Ive been wanting this watch for a while now, and ill say its worth the money. Battery life is amazing, the features for the workouts are incredible, and its very comfortable and lightweight. sometimes i forget that im even wearing it LOL. 10/10 Love it.

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Dec 21, 2024
Pat26
5 out of 5 stars review

LOVE the Vivoactive 5! It is perfect!

The display is beautiful. It's better Than Vivoactive 4 which I updated from. This Vivoactive 5 has a more thoughtful UI, more intuitive with some added new features. It is very fast and does have a very long batery life. The orchid color is soft and subtle. It can be used for dressing up or down. As expected, I can track lots of activities. The Connect app is amazing for a free app. Than you Garmin.

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Jul 24, 2024
Deb32
4 out of 5 stars review

Mostly great

The battery life, look, and feel are great. I like the HR, body battery, and activity tracking features. Sleep could be better though if they allowed you to look at the sleep report without having to choose the wake up feature first. I like to see the report to decide if I need to allow myself to sleep in more to meet my sleep requirements and you can’t do that today. So I have to start a nap and that negatively impacts my body battery score which seems like it shouldn’t. I also wish I could use android or Apple Pay on the watch. The Garmin Pay app and partners look both too clunky and too limited to work for me based on the research I’ve done. If I have to do research to figure out how something works. I’m not going to bother.

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Jul 22, 2024
Jerry.HTG
2 out of 5 stars review

Not a fan of the golf and Oxygen sensor Apps

This watch, which I received as a gift, has become an almost constant companion on my wrist. However, I’ve encountered a couple of issues. Firstly, the oxygen sensor is not particularly user-friendly. It’s a struggle for me to pinpoint the exact moment when my oxygen levels dip, making it challenging to cross-reference this data with my sleep app to identify potential sleep apnea events. Secondly, the golf app has a significant limitation - it only functions when my phone is connected to the watch. This is inconvenient for me as I prefer to leave my phone in the car while I’m out on the golf course. These issues certainly detract from the overall user experience.

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Aug 15, 2024
Garminkris
3 out of 5 stars review

Disconnects often

I love the watch as a whole. Love everything it tracks, love it for training, love the Garmin connect app. But the watch disconnects from my phone FREQUENTLY. It's not out of range, it disconnects while I'm wearing the watch and my phone is in my hand. And I'm not the only user with this problem. The unit itself is nice but it's not worth it if it's never connected.

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Mar 2, 2025
ntc1108
3 out of 5 stars review

Nice "But"

Nice smart watch with a lot of features but trying to do too many things. Does not do how many stairs one does like the vivoactive 4. My wife says it has great color but with me being color blind I did not know until she said something. Trying to charge the watch can be a problem for it has to be in a certain position for it to start charging if push too far in it will not charge.

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Apr 30, 2024
molly S
4 out of 5 stars review

Vivoactive review

I needed a new watch after wearing my garmin instinct just about everyday since purchasing it in 2019. The vivoactive is a great mid priced smart watch that looks as good in the field as it does going out to dinner in town. It tracks activities well and provides thorough data on them. It also is much more sleek than the instinct and is very comfortable and doesn't get caught on my jacket sleeves. My only disappointment is that the battery only lasts about a week, depending on which features you have turned on, and that I have already scratched it within the month of wearing it. Next time I would opt to buy the next model up as I am apparently very hard on gear.

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Dec 13, 2024
Meggo1209
5 out of 5 stars review

Overweight Non-Influencer Review :)

Where do I begin?? I bought this watch on a whim during Black Friday shopping. I had been on the fence about ditching my AppleWatch, the common things of the battery life is trash and I felt that during some of my workouts it just was not keeping up, so I figured what perfect day then Black Friday and being on sale to pull the trigger to join the Garmin Fam. LET ME TELL YOU!!!! Just do it... seriously you may question your life when you go to answer a phone call and it doesn't come through the watch, or to answer a text and you need to have your phone but that will be your REALITY check that you need to do less people pleasing and being available at every beckon call/text. As for the fitness side of things its very similar to the AppleWatch so it's not a whole lot to get use too. I do feel that it is more accurate for the work outs in a way. THE SLEEP TRACKER!!! I was never able to put the AppleWatch to that test because it would always be on 10% or dead by the time that it came to sleepy time so I took it off to charge it while I slept and never got to experience any of the capabilites in that sense, but the Garmin!! I feel like I could say this thing never dies (on a daily basis) lol. I can go 6 days without charging. I charged it Wednesday 12/11/24 and today is 12/13/24 and I still have 84% battery life left. I utilize the sleep tracker to its full extent!! I feel like I could literally write a book about the watch but I'll spare you with.... GO BUY THE WACTH!!!!

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