I bought this 2 weeks ago switching from Fitbit. Battery life is the best hands down. Features are plenty for a fitness watch. The only complaint that I have is being able to reply back to Facebook Messenger through the watch. And I've had some disconnect issues once in a while. Still early with the device but other than that it looks great and feels great on my wrist.

I upgraded my vivo music watch to the Venu 3 garmin and couldn't be happier with my choice! It has all the options my last watch had and more! (I have had two vivomusic watches in the last 10 years and loved the Garmin experience......just don't make the mistake of jumping in the shower with them on because that's how I lost my last two)

I bought the Venu 3 because of the features not available on my Garmin Vivomove Luxe, including afib detention and hrv status, as well as being able to answer calls. Exceeded my expectations. Easy to use and a beautiful display, plus with Garmin Connect IQ you can create your own watch faces.

I received a Garmin Venu 3 for Christmas (as I specifically bought it for my wife to give it to me) as a replacement for my other smartwatch due to them continually downgrading their app. I had been thinking of switching to Garmin for the past 2 years but due to price points kept going back with the competitor. Now I am wondering why I didn't get "smart" two years ago. The Venu 3 has everything the competitor ended: challenges for multiple types of exercises, fitness programs, expeditions, weekly challenges, and customizable app layout and watch faces. I am just beginning to use and learn its many features but have already gotten excited about achieving daily and weekly goals on multiple items. The Watch Face I am using, called GLANCE (free version), allows a complete customization where I can see progress arcs on steps, battery percentage and battery percentage arc, time with AM/PM and seconds, date (customizable format), distance, heart rate, and calories. That's all EASILY visible on the main watch face. I am still learning how to click thru for more details on the watch but have added multiple exercises which I plan on adding to my weekly exercise list. Then we go to the APP. Which literally blows away the former smart watch's app I used. Not even comparable. The app can be condensed or expanded on your phone. The map details on my walk show street names and you can even see what side of the street I walked on thru my neighborhood. It shows pace to such a level of color coded detail I can literally see where I had to stop and wait for my dog's to pee as we walked thru the neighborhood. I am literally kicking my self for not switching years ago. You do have to add My Fitness Pal to count calories and link it to Garmin as they suggest and this is seamless. They have a free version but I opted to actually pay for the version which allows a product code scan, which is awesome. I have had the Venu 3 and Garmin for about 3 days of use now and can highly recommend buying this product. Battery life is very good even with my usage of turning on all the battery draining features for daily use. The App Store, and even Garmin's web site, does not do the App justice in describing its features. Once you start to get into the details of what the app and watch are capable for enhancing fitness goals, its pretty remarkable. If you are on the "fence" about what Smart Watch to buy I can highly recommend Garmin for its App and this particular model, the Venu 3 which is highly rated on the internet in multiple review articles.

I bought the Venu 3 on sale to replace my 5 year old Garmin. While it's neat that it can do a few more things, the activities remain the same as before. My main problem is how scratched the screen is already. I've bought a screen protector for it, but I never had to with my last one. I'm almost embarrassed that it looks so old so soon.

The Venue 3nis the perfect compliment to my Edge 1040 Solar. Tracks off bike activities and wellness. Got it to assist with altitude acclimation tracking as well as HRV. Great size and I like that it accepts different style bands. Would recommend if this is the niche you're looking to fill.

I only had the Venu 3 for two weeks but, I really have come to love this watch. I had a Samsung watch 4 and the difference is huge, especially on the battery life! It'll take a little time to get use to all the new features and button functions but, it's worth it.

The battery life is great - no need to charge it more often then once a week. I like the features, the style and the functionality. Coming from another major Fitness-Tracker brand I must say even the flag ship model of the other brand doesn't come close to what Garmin Venu 3 has to offer! I would love to see this watch coming with a screen protector as standard as a watch can easily scratch.

Upgraded from a Venu 2, really enjoy having a speaker, mic and the ecg app in this one, plus the battery life seems a little better too. It seems to work smoother, however I haven't been able to find out how to create a text without replying to one sent. Also love the workout benefit analysis that I've only been able to find on this and the Edge 130 plus. One other issue I have noticed is, even though it seems to be connected to my phone, I often have to find my phone again to make a call using it. Oh and I find the charging port easily disconnects from the charging cable, if I plug it in and set it down, it often disconnects a little too easily which is somewhat annoying.

This is my third smartwatch and second GARMIN. I love the features of this watch. I am excited to learn more about the HRV tracking. The GARMIN coach is helping me explore running on my own terms, slowly a 5K. The step challenges with random strangers, great inspiration.