Love it! It charges really quick and I don’t have to worry about it dying that day! Only thing I dislike is the naps, if you don’t start it on your watch it doesn’t record it. It does track my sleep really well and there are so many health features and new things I’ve learned about myself with this watch

This Garmin watch is the best purchase I've ever made! It fits snuggly on your wrist on your wrist. It even catches your Pulse Rate heart rate, etc. The Watch Band makes it looks classy in formal! I can even type messages on it! Absolutely fabulous.

Before I bought my Venu 3 I had an Apple Watch, I travel a lot and just keeping up with the charging on that thing was such a chore that I finally got to where I was mostly just wearing a dead watch on my wrist more often than a live watch. I was a bit worried I would miss some of the functionality on the Apple watch. After using the watch for 3 months, I don't miss anything about the Apple watch. The Garmin does everything I want it to do. It has a revolutionary feature where when I wonder what time it is, it shows me what time it is... immediately... without having to click through 97 popups or find a location to charge. It does allow you to get notifications from your watch but I disabled that feature on Day 1. It also keeps track health stats (steps, sleep, etc) and has some useful health related features that I can use when I want to. But mostly its just a watch and it doesn't demand a lot of my attention. As I write this review, I don't remember the last time I charged the watch and it's at 15%. I will probably charge it later tonight but if I don't it will probably still be alive tomorrow in low power mode and in my experience stays alive on the last 5% for enough time to not require a panic charge. It also charges super fast. As far as appearance, it's a little plain but it's not terrible. I bought some rubber bezel/edge covers in different colors that make it look a little more like a real watch. Search for Venu 3 Bumper Frame on walmart.com - I just bought the open face kind sold by some obscure foreign company I'll never remember the name of. I don't have a glass protector and don't feel like I need one, no scratches to date. I don't like the rubber wrist straps in general (even the Apple ones) so I bought a 3rd party nylon strap with velcro that also improved the look IMO. It's definitely harder to find that style of strap than for the Apple Watch but they are out there. It's definitely not as polished from the software side, things are a little clunkier and the layout/menus are a bit confusing. It took me a few weeks to adjust but now I could care less and I actually kind of like that it discourages me from fiddling with my watch all the time. Some of the advanced health metrics require a 2-3 week data collection period before they start working right, which was my main anxiety at the beginning. It doesn't integrate with apps which I thought I would miss. For example when my plane starts to board it doesn't popup an app notification telling me my plane is boarding, but that was so laggy I was usually already in line before it went off and I can't think of anything I miss about that. Overall I love this watch and significantly prefer it over the Apple Watch. The battery life is amazing and it doesn't demand daily attention but still tracks all the health metrics I wanted and presents them in a nice way when I want to look at them.

I bought this to replace a fitbit charge 6. As a 79 year old guy with bad eyesight, I just couldn't read the display on the Fitbit. I used to have a older version of the Garmin Instinct and I liked the display, so thought I would try the Venu 3. After having the watch for about 3 months and learning about the features I prefer to be on the display, I am very happy with my purchase.

This is my husband second Garmin. The look and fit are great. He is a true fan of the Garmin Watches. Love all the features

I've had the Venu3 for a month now and love it. I also have the Fenix 6 but they have very different qualities. I bought the V3 to replace a Fitbit Versa4 and I'm so glad. The V3 tracks everything I do at the gym, whether its aerobics, strength training, treadmill or rowing machine. Plus its tracks my walking with GPS instead of steps (although it does that as well). Looks good and I can wear it swimming as well. I highly recommend it!

Overall happy with the device it is a bit quirky as displays of activity disappear from time to time just a bit of an inconvenience as it is easy to restore them to the display. Sleep score is a bit quirky as well it will give different scores with the same background components for example one day it will tell me that my sleep was poor the next it tells me it was fair with the same amount of deep and RAM sleep, but this might be that I do not understand how the algorithm works. The device is sturdy, easy to use/read and overall, I would recommend it.

The Venue 3 is a step up from my Fitbit Versa 2 that died after six years. In all honesty, the Versa 4 that I initially bought would have been a nice upgrade but too, but during the initial set up I ran into a glitch that apparently a LOT of Fitbit customers experience. I sent it back and bought the Venu 3. Perhaps when I figure out all of the options and capabilities, I'll come to appreciate it more.

My wife and I bought two Garmin watches, including a Venu 3. We've found them frustrating to use. The menus and settings don't feel intuitive, and simple things seem to take more effort than they did on our Apple Watches. We were hoping we'd enjoy the change, but so far we're disappointed and wondering if we made a mistake switching.

The main reason I got to watch was to track my steps, but it doesn't work because I have my hands on the walker. I had asked a specific question before the purchase, and was advised that it would work based on distance, but I probably didn't get to a very good source. My fault for that checking who provide that information.