This watch is the most difficult thing I have ever bought. The speaker is nothing but a crackle sound. Gps wouldn’t connect easy. Get an Apple!

I was looking for a watch that has 10+ days battery life and integrates with my other Garmin products, Edge520 and InReach Messenger+. It provides all the health data I would want and is a decent looking watch at a good price. I do hiking, biking and kayaking. At my age 66, I can choose watch faces that are easy to read while on the go, without needing to put on reading glasses. I like to monitor heart rate, Sp02, and ECG.

I love that the watch has so much information available to me and that I can pick and choose what I want to see. After some practice the many menus become easier to use, but it did seem daunting at first. I like the ability to send quick responses to text messages from the watch and answer calls from the watch when I am not near my phone. Overall I am very happy with the watch and the only con I can think of is the purported battery life. My watch tends to last no more than 5-7 days when not using any of the GPS functions, which is far less than the reported 14 days it is supposed to get. I am not unhappy with the battery life, I am just noting that for me it does not last as long as advertised.

I am elated with my new 45mm Venu 3. I was an Apple Watch guy, but quickly grew tired of it due to limited health stats and the need to charge it every day. Yes, the Apple Watch complemented by iPhone nicely, but its pain points, i.e., charge frequency, negated any benefits. My Venu 3 gives me more health stats, i.e., stress, than the Apple Watch. I wake up to a robust daily health profile that kills the Apple Watch's metrics. I was able to pair the Venu 3 to my iPhone w/o any problem. The 1 thing I cant do with the Venu 3 is respond to messages from the watch face - I see them, but I can't respond. This is the only loss as far as I am concerned - a minimal loss at best. My biggest upside to the Venu 3 is its OMG beautiful screen, robust set of health metrics, and that I get between 10 to 11 days of use before I have to charge it. If you haven't guessed, I LOVE LOVE LOVE my Garmin Venu 3. Bye Bye Apple Watch.

I very much like the aesthetics of the watch, e.g., size, colors of face, layout. Unfortunately, I do get frustrated with toggling from menu to menu. Programming not intuitive. Most concerning is that I cannot connect to GPS. I think it has something to do with the fact that I workout in my basement.

I upgraded to a newer watch last month. I had one of the original Venu. This one has so many extra features. It has a long battery life between 8-9 days with the pulse ox and other features turned on. There are a lot of free screen faces to choose from. Very comfortable and easy to read. I chose the larger face and it still looks good on a female wrist.

I own a Garmin Venu 3, Fenix 6X Pro and Samsung Galaxy Watch. Ever since buying the Venu 3, I haven't touched my Samsung watch. The battery life is better than all others. My wife has an Apple watch and I just bought her a Venu 3s because the battery on her Apple watch wouldn't last a day. Now her Venu 3S lasts a week or longer. I had a Forerunner 165 but returned it for the Venu 3 because I wanted a larger screen and the ability to use it to talk on my phone via Bluetooth. The Venu 3 display is awesome too. Bottom line - if you're loooking for a smart watch that handles serious activities, go with a Garmin!! The real hard part is picking the right Garmin watch for your specific needs!!

I’ve had this watch for about two weeks and I love it. It does everything I need and quite a bit more. I do have a small problem however, with the size of the wrist strap I have very thick wrist and sometimes it’s uncomfortable, but that’s not enough to knock a star off.

This watch replaced a Garmin Chronos, which I used for years and loved. The Chronos was a great watch too, but the technology, especial the display, has evolved and it was time to find a suitable replacement. The Venu 3 has more features and a very nice display and easily became my favorite Garmin watch. I am not an athlete, but do like to track certain stats including steps walked and calories burned. I also monitor my heart rate and the weather. I probably use 10% of the watches capabilities. I love getting notifications, however, phone calling, while possible, is not something I do with the watch. The receive audio is hard to here, and when that mode is active, it interferes with other BT connected telephone devices. So, except for phone calling via the watch, the Venu 3 is a keeper, like the Chronos that it replaced.

I had the venu for 3 years and loved it. My husband bought the venu 3 for my birthday. I thought it would be an amazing upgrade, but then found out it lost some features. When you are in an activity you can not swipe back to check the time (time of day), or change the volume of the music. I was a little disappointed.