I researched smart watches for a few weeks and decided to first try the apple watch. Used it for 2 weeks and returned it to get thie Garmin Venu 3. Garmin is better hands down. Better displays, still very easy to use, tracks more, and the battery life is 5x better than the apple watch.

Crystal clear display with exceptional battery life. The perfect blend of advanced fitness, sleep, HR tracking and smartwatch features like audio control, messaging, guided workouts. Also pairs with Peloton to be used as an HR monitor during workouts. Glad the Venu series added sensors that the Vivoactive removed. Great watch!

Hi there, thank you for great product. I like garmin venue 3. But i am a little bit disappointed. After two weeks of usage, i found that weather became wrong on watch screen. It shows different values, not what i have on watch. When i did set up of watch, i selected Weather settings to get data from my iPhone. And everything was Ok. But after few weeks you released some upgrade to watch and Connect app. And now i don’t have option is user settings to change weather config. There is no such setting any more. Why? And now my watch shows wrong weather. In setting on watch for weather there is only option to update my location by GPS. But gps does not work properly in Ukraine due to fu*ed russia aggression over Ukriane. Please return weather setting to iPhone Connect app. Thanks in advance. Have a nice day.

I wear the watch for 4 weeks. I must say the watch is incredible! The sensors are really accurate. Is compared them with an independent system with a chest band and the test proved the accuracy of the watch. It took some time to understand the menu structure of the watch, but after 4 weeks I'm able to find the most things without tlhelp.

I use my watch 24/7 for sleep,heart, blood oxygen, hydration reminders, sleep coach, even to track my steps daily. It helps me be aware of my health and how much water/sleep I need during the day. The battery life for me was 4-5 days without the display being on. I switched from Apple Watch Series 8 to Garmin Venu 3. I don’t regret it. I don’t care if I don’t need the keyboard to reply to social media apps anymore. I just care about a watch focus on my health.

This is hands down the best smart watch I have ever had. I have been wearing technical watches like this for over a decade - I was an early adopter and have use many different levels of watch from many different brands. I have worn these types of watches 24/7 for almost 15 years and this is the BEST and gives me ALL the information I need. I like it better than the Fenix series for the cost, comfort, and display. I think the Fenix is overkill for 99% of users. I have several other Garmin products such as cycling computers, a Tread, bicycle trainer, etc and anything the Venu is able to handle, my other devices which are activity/vehicle dedicated fill in. It is great.

I've had this watch for about two weeks. I had the Venue previously. The upgrades make the watch more user friendly. I exercise 4-5 times a week and the activity features are second to none. I can also answer the phone with the watch which is very helpful!! Love it!!

I come from a different smart watch -- the bit of Fit. Using my Venu 3 was a night and day difference. It is drastically better than anything I've ever owned. There is so much ease, so much clarity, and overall, is a far superior watch than anything the other brand could ever produce.

I purchased after seeing my cousin was happy with his. It helps me focus on lots of things regarding my health. The two main ones are steps and. As a shift worker it's an excellent sleep tracker because it will track sleep regardless of the time I go to bed. Also, it will track my naps. I also have sleeping problems.

The watch performs better than expected. The data you get from swimming, walking, and such is great. A limitation that's annoying is you can't go below certain custom lengths on the watch. You can manually update it in the app after, but if you have it linked to something like Strava it only pulls the original recording, which makes it look like I'm world record holding swimmer. If you plan on doing indoor cycling it also doesn't allow you to manually put in a reading from a bike for distance/speed, you'll need to buy a Garmin sensor for that. Other than those two gripes I love it. I wear it to sleep and it doesn't feel heavy wearing it.