I've had my Garmin Venu 3s for almost a month. I've only had Fitbit in the past and the features of my Garmin are vastly superior. I do, however, take issue with the stated battery life of upwards of 14 days. In order for me to go beyond 6 days without having to charge, I cannot have wifi on, see my heart rate or track my sleep, or connect to my phone. These are features I want available daily, and should be stated in your advertising that the long battery life is if you go bare bones on the features. I like my watch and its functions, but have accepted the fact that I need to charge every 6-7 days (or even more, depending on how often I use the GPS).

I've been a fitbit user for over a decade & finally made the switch b/c I took on the challenge to run a marathon. We'll that may not have been my best decision this watch truly is. Besides great running feature. Love the stress/ body battery. Love how my msgs/ emails appears. At times with a photo. So many features, I haven't worked through all of them. Downside is the strength training tracker. I have a difficult time using it

I’ve had an Apple Watch for years but was tiring of always adjusting notification settings, working towards a seemingly random “move” goal, and then it started shutting down in cold weather activities, robbing me of tracking abilities. I research and polled my athletic friends and coaches, overwhelmingly being pointed in the direction of Garmin. The Venu 3S met my sport tracking requirements, and the battery life and a health features pushed me to choose it over an Apple Watch. After a month with it, I can easily say I won’t go back. I love the precision of watch features, how appealing it looks, and mostly I love that I can better control annoying phone notifications so I’m less distracted and anxious throughout my days. This watch has been a dream and I look forward to many happy years with my Venu!

The venu 3s is a good smart watch. I loved how light it was and elegant it looked. It has amazing tracking features, but the reason for me switching to the Epix pro gen 2 sapphire edition was because the venu 3s doesn’t do custom workouts and I looked at videos over and over again and even went to the Garmin website and it just kept saying that it was because this was an outdated watch. I love to do a lot of outdoor rugged activities and this watch was just too fragile for me. You HAVE to buy a screen protector case for it because otherwise it scratches easily and I don’t like that at all. It just didn’t suit my preferences but overall the watch is still a great watch! I just felt like if I’m going to switch from Apple Watch to a Garmin and spend a good amount of money on a watch that actually did what I wanted then why not go with the Epix pro.

For what it cost, it could be better. Voice assistant is nice but doesn't always connect/work. It hasn't detected a to nap yet. It does seem to track my steps, GPS, and heart rate during cardio well. Battery last 5 days with pulse ox on during sleep. I suggest going with vivoactive 5 if you don't need voice assistant/mic.

I love this watch. It does everything I wanted it to do and more. I upgraded from a Fitbit Versa 2. This far surpassed what I had. I love the body battery function. I feel the sleep tracking is more accurate. I love the good morning report. I like the workouts right on the watch but could use a little tweaking. Long battery life like 7 days depending on how much you use it. It stays connected to my phone. My Fitbit I constantly had to reconnect the Bluetooth. The watch is good quality band, clasps and watch itself

There are some very nice features, including a crisper screen that I can read better without bifocals. But, the golf app, my primary use, is much worse than my Vivo Active 4S. The distances often don't update as you move away from the tee box. It may even show the entire length of the hole as you are near the green. Shot tracking is terrible. Drives appear to go all the way to the green, despite second and third shots being recorded from the correct place. When distances do show correctly, they are usually 5 yds long. Also disappointing that it's not compatible with the CT1 sensors. Swimming seems OK, but doesn't recognize breast stroke. I'm hoping software updates will improve the apps, but at this point I miss my old Vivo Active 4S.

I bought this a month ago and in that time have tried to learn how to set it some of its functions and have had a heck of a time. I think it's designed for techies and not for old seniors like myself. So it was a waste of money to me but I really wanted it to work.

I love my new watch. I love that I do not have to plug it in every day. Heck, I don't have to plug it in every 7 days, it lasts 10 days! That is amazing! I also love that the step counter is showing my steps as I am walking without a lag or having to open the app on my cell phone. It is a great watch and I am so glad I made the purchase!

Bought this a month ago after years of an Apple Watch. I love the style and the easy readability of the face watch. The stats are helpful. It’s easy to use for running and general workout ms for fitness tracking. It has more than I need but not too much that I can’t navigate it. And the battery lasts a week!!!