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Garmin Venu 3, Black
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Jul 31, 2025
Molly1805
5 out of 5 stars review

Love my Watch!

I finally made the jump from my old Apple Watch to a Garmin and I don’t think I’ll ever go back. When doing my research about Garmin, I heard it described as “a fitness watch with smart watch capabilities,” and I believe this to be the most accurate description. This is one of the best watches around for tracking fitness and lifestyle. I have been wearing it daily for about a month now and enjoy all the statistics of my day to day. The battery on the Venu 3s is amazing! As preciously stated, I had an Apple Watch and could not make it through the day without needing it to charge for at least an hour. But this watch has never dipped below 85% battery during the day and charges to full while I take my daily showers. Overall, I would HIGHLY recommend the Garmin Venu 3s for anyone looking!

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Sep 13, 2025
RoninG
4 out of 5 stars review

great battery life

I have had my Venu 3 for just less than a month now. I have been impressed with its features and especially its battery life. I haven't quite figured out eveything yet for example when I go waling in the morning it seems to be fairly accurate especially compared to what my previous fitbit sense said, However, when I mow the lawn or basically just go places by walking it doesn't seem to track as well. I still haven't figured out the sleep monitoring yet, there are times when i know I have been awake for periods of time at night and in the morning it says I wasn't awake at all. Overall I am still pleased with the watch and have no regrets that I got it to replace my fitbit.

Review from Garmin
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Your Garmin watch uses an internal accelerometer that tracks repetitive walking motions as steps, and there are certain activities that prevent your watch from accurately counting steps. In particular, if you're using a push mower to mow the lawn, your watch is unlikely to track many steps because your arm is not swinging. More on that here: http://ms.spr.ly/6425slfIW As for the sleep monitoring, you may need to adjust some settings in your account. In particular, your sleep window can have a big impact on sleep data. You can read about this feature here: http://ms.spr.ly/6426slfIo If you have any additional questions beyond that, please call 800-800-1020 to speak with a Support representative about these concerns in further detail. *KC

Jul 30, 2025
PRPZ
5 out of 5 stars review

New purchase, but so far, so good

This watch replaced a Fitbit that was four years old, and stopped tracking my steps or sleep score. So far, it works well, and hopefully it lasts longer than four years. Garmin could do better with training you to use all the features, as it's not easy to sift thru dozens of videos on its use, especially for new users to Garmin products.

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Jul 31, 2025
2TALL
2 out of 5 stars review

DID NOT LIKE

I had this watch for 5 to 6 days and only had the watch face I wanted for around 12 hours then it switched to Garmin generic face. I tried switching back to the face I downloaded and it would never come back up. Tried restarting, that didn’t work. I tried deleting the face I downloaded and downloaded again, and it would never change from the generic watch face. Tried factory reset and from there it would never link back up with my phone, after a day and half, I had enough. I returned the watch for full refund. I love Garmin, but for me the VENU 3 was a bad fit. My Forerunner 55 has been great, I may try the Instinct 2X Solar and see how that goes. I am not giving up on Garmin, just the VENU 3, we were Compatible.

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Aug 7, 2025
Herndezee
5 out of 5 stars review

I love this watch!

I love the battery life on this thing. I wanted a watch that wouldn't die every other day, and this thing has proven to be an Energizer bunny with great lasting battery life. I also love the variety of watch faces available and the insights provided by the sleep coach. Happy with this purchase!

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Sep 7, 2025
Zoeasey
5 out of 5 stars review

Feature packed

This was a upgrade I am coming from that original Venu gen 1. This Venu 3 is much much better I was having 1 issue which was sorta annoying. Bluetooth connection was disconnecting from watch for weeks while I would be resting in bed phone on dresser right next to me . This bluetooth disconnection only happened while laying in bed and watch on my left wrist. Also if I would hold phone in left hand right above watch on left wrist it would disconnect. Strange but as of a few days ago I am no longer having bluetooth disconnection issues. So happy!

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Sep 10, 2025
Sean N
4 out of 5 stars review

Depends on use case

I think this watch is pretty good overall. I've had several fenix, ambit, and samsung watches in the past and this was sort of a middle ground between all those. I liked the smart watch features although not as good as the Samsung, but it is a much better fitness watch than the Samsung, although not to the ambit or fenix. I ultimately replaced with the fenix 8 as it has several of the same smart watch features in a better, but more more expensive, overall package.

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Aug 11, 2025
Lululucky
4 out of 5 stars review

Switched from Apple Watch

I absolutely love the health and performance data that is available on Garmin. I will keep it due to the data and options but it has some room for improvement. I’m a pretty tech savvy person but the set up and ongoing update process requires a lot more than an Apple Watch. I had to download two apps and software to add Spotify to my watch or upload watch faces. I was successful but the process is far from smooth and can use refinement. Another con is the transfer of data to other apps such as Apple Health and Pacer. I have pretty much lost my data because it doesn’t sync consistently even when I try to help with the sync process. Beyond that the battery life and access to performance data will keep me using my Garmin.

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Sep 12, 2025
RS123
5 out of 5 stars review

Many great tracking matrices

Was a longtime loyal Fitbit wearer. Difficult switching, but found the Venue 3 such an advancement in so many ways. I love the many features especially the sleep coaching and monitoring which has really helped me maintain a better sleep routine. I’m also looking forward to the Jet Lag feature for my trip to Thailand. Overall, I feel I made the best choice.

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Jul 29, 2025
Dharma
3 out of 5 stars review

Lost Connectivity to Pixel 9 Pro phone 3 times in

Why am I waking to the Garmin Venu 3 watch disconnected to a Pixel 9 Pro watch. This in repeating once a week for the last 3 weeks. Re-setup has had to be performed after each disconnect. Purchased 5/19/2024. This has been a good watch until the disconnects. Another disconnect will probably have me going to a different sport/smart Watch.

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I'm sorry to hear that keeps happening. Our product support team would be happy to troubleshoot this with you. Please contact us Monday through Friday 7a-7p CST at 800-800-1020. -Garmin