Got this for Christmas because Google bought Fitbit and I didn't want to do that. I absolutely love it! Love the flat face and I swear it keeps better score of everything- steps, health metrics, sleep, etc. Had to get different bands though because this belt buckle mess is just not for me.

My gf got me this watch for xmas and I didn’t have to charge it until many days after. The battery life is great. Shows you your sleep score and stress levels while also teaching you how they impact one another. Has features to monitor many different sports and activities. Every day I know how much rest and recovery I’ll need to keep moving forward in my days. With two kids under 10 this watch has helped me become better motivated for my kids. Thank you, Garmin.

For pool swimming I preferred the VA 3 simply because the display was more legible for distance and time swam as well as time given at the wall i.e. rest. On the VA 5 when the stop button is pushed the parameters are not legible for me through my goggles and unless it can be changed the VA 5 does not give time at the wall i.e. rest so still need to use a pace clock. Example: the 5 is not helpful for intervals on rest X since it does not give time rested but a message “press top button to save”

This is a computer on your wrist. It has taken me some time to get through all that it will do. What it does is impressive to say the least. The manual that can be downloaded to the cell phone is very useful, easy to read, and appears to have been carefully tested. In most cases the manual has been able to explain what is going on. One thing any owner must do is get down what buttons A and B do. Then it is a matter of figuring out how to record a walk or a run. I had no idea VO2 is so important. Being a Garmin this watch locks onto GPS satellites easily. The kool thing is that after a walk it provides a google map as to exactly where you went. It will likely take me another month to figure out all that it does and the information it collects. The best I can say is that it is more than worth the money. It is far better than anyother "smart" watch I have owned. This is my 5th watch. Oh, I do not have to charge this thing every day like every other watch I have had.

Really a nice fitness watch. Got this to replace a Vivosmart 4 and I really like this fitness tracker. I keep finding things it can do everyday. Works well with my phone and I get alerts to messages and other important information. The only thing my Vivosmart 4 could do that this doesn't is report stair flights walked up or down. However I don't use stairs much so it doesn't matter. It does so much I can't believe it. I am really glad I got this watch/fitness tracker.

I've been using the Garmin vivoactive 5 for two weeks now, and I'm absolutely thrilled with it. Previously, I wore an Apple Watch for eight years, going through three different models, and I was always satisfied with the Apple Watch. However, the Garmin better suits my lifestyle and caters more to my needs as a runner. The Garmin watch is incredibly accurate in every aspect; if it says you ran a mile, you can trust that you really did run a mile.

This watch seems to work well for activity tracking, calorie burn from activities tracked, and heart rate. But it is very inaccurate about sleep and also distances swam, the two main reasons I bought it. When I swam 1,100 yards, it said I did only 500. And for sleep, the other day I slept until 9 a.m, it said I woke up at 7 am - and those types of errors happen all the time with this watch. Research other brands if those things are important to you, this watch handles them very poorly.

I wear the watch for almost a month. I really like the user interface. It is easy to navigate and customizable enough. Display has vivid colours and it is easily readable during the day. I was considering this watch and more expensive Venu 3. Venu is according to my taste better lookin, features are very similar, but price is almost double. I bought this watch beause I did not want a bigger watch on my wrist. This watch is very light weight. I appreciate that over some heavier smart watch. I have no intention to make phone calls from a watch, but I already experienced several times around the house and in cold outside. Someone is calling, you look at the watch anyway and it would be just so seamless to pick up a quick phone call (which you could do on Venu 3). Overall it is a great watch and I think it scores very high in performance for the money you paid for it.

I love all the activities this watch measures- however I skied today and it only gave me credit for 2 runs- it measured time and distance accurately but it should have been 7 runs. My vivoactive 3 measured skiing accurately- I’ll have to see if I need to do something other than hit the start button but I just used it the way I used my old watch. I’ve had the watch 14 days and have only charged it 2x and used it biking, hiking, swimming, skiing, and running - my old watch was needing charging daily when I did any activity that lasted more than an hour.

I’ve been using this watch for about a month and it’s still not properly tracking my sleep. I figured it wasn't accurate because I just started using it and it needed time to acclimate to my body but here we are a month later and it’s still inaccurate by a long shot. I was in bed reading for two hours and chatting here and there with my partner. I wake up this morning to check my sleep score and it recorded those two hours as deep sleep and gave me a high score for great sleep when in reality, I didn’t get a minute of deep sleep and am exhausted today since I slept so poorly. It makes me wonder which other features are wrong that can’t be so easily measured. I’ll be returning.