Did not think I would like this as I am old school with a regular wristwatch. This has changed my thoughts. This has motivated me to get off my butt and get moving. I cannot stand to ride a stationary bike at the gym, but this watch connects to the sensor on my road bike and I enjoy the results. Like the morning report on my sleep, or lack thereof. Perfect size to as I do not like big bulky watches.

Great watch with tons of cool features. My favorite pros: battery lasts a week or more, classy round screen, tons and tons of activity modes plus the option to create your own, lots of great sleep details, ECG app and fall detection with emergency calls. My least favorite cons: random reminders to move (unable to set up reminders at preferred times), must be within a few feet of phone in order to use Bluetooth, no reminders for updates, and not as user friendly as apple products (though it’s very refreshing to break away from apple empire).

I made the switch from Apple Watch to this Garmin Venu 3s. I am so thankful I did. There is so much more to the fitness app, battery life is unreal lasting over 7 days!, and the watch is stylish. I comteplated and compared. I even ordered the new Apple Watch because I was worried about how the Garmin would work with my 16 pro iPhone. The very next day a coworker told me about her same dilemma and showed me her Venu 3s. I was sold and immediately returned the Apple Watch and ordered the Garmin. Best decision ever! Absolutely no syncing issues whatsoever. I will never go back to the Apple Watch again.

My husband bought me this watch as a gift for graduation. I was beyond impressed with the battery life. My old watch was having to be charges every 30 hours. With my Venu S with the same level of notifications and alerts turned on, I have to charge it after day 7. Did you read that...DAY 7. My only feedback....I would love to see the app have a battery meter so when charging you can tell when it's fully charged. Any other flaw is not a flaw but a preference and I have made adjustments. I absolutely love this watch!!! Worth it!

I am an Apple girl, Apple everything… This watch was a gift from my son for my birthday, because my Apple Watch died. Well I love this watch and I am so in love with the features of the Venus 3. The sleep feature, the steps feature, the many different faces of the watch. I could go on and on!! Best watch EVER!!!

Bought this recently and love it. The features are very similar/better than the Apple Watch and the battery life is sooo much better. I only have to charge this once a week, rather than every night for an Apple Watch. It makes it infinitely more usable.

My other 2 watches are a Fenix 3 and Samsung Galaxy active. The Samsung only lasted 5 yrs while my Fenix is still going strong. I wanted another Garmin but something I could use as a smartwatch and fitness tracker with a low profile to also wear out. This watch does everything Including the compass. I do wish you could speak into the watch and have it transcribe your voice for text replies versus drop menu of replies BUT all in all,very happy with the "best of both worlds" with this watch from Garmin.

I have owned 2 Fitbits, 1 Spade and 4 and finally bought this Garmin Venu3s. I love it. So far it has been incredibly accurate and comfortable to wear. I love the traditional round face, instead of the unpredictable, mundane, rectangular one. I’ve only had it a few weeks, so hopefully it will hold up well. It was not hard to set up and personalize. Did I say I’m 78 and it was not difficult??

Fun features but phone App control is just another app to log in to and manage. Wish instructions for watch and the control features for things like volume were more easily accessible from the get go. The face scratches easily and Bluetooth connection makes the battery go down quickly. I can maybe get 2 or 3 days with Bluetooth and updates on. Wish garmin was clearer on capabilities and what devices work with specific products and that they wouldn’t charge for apps.

I'm active 4-5 days a week and so far this has been great. What I like: The battery lasts for up to 9days with my level of activity Charging is quick It detects activities faster than my vivoactive 4 I love that I can now type my text responses Do not disturb works well My only dislike/concerns are: I question the accuracy of the sleep/wake times, my sleep scores are low even when I feel rested. I'd like to see the 7day estimate without the present day in the calculation. Wish I understood the body battery estimates