Great and stylish watch that records all activities that I like to do (from HIIT workouts to skiing or just a simple walk) Battery lasts for 9 days and it charges quickly. I also like the Garmin App which allows me to share my activities with other Garmin users.

I bought the Garmin Venu 3S for hiking, walking, volleyball, and skiing. I found the GPS to pick up signal quickly, activity tracking to be intuitive, and sleep metrics were a plus. Ivory with soft gold bezel design in the 3S size was elegant enough to wear to work and durable enough to wear on rock scrambles, in sand and through sweat. Overall I was pleased to upgrade from a Forerunner 235.

So far, I’m enjoying my Garmin Venu. I just got it, so hopefully it’ll meet my expectations, but it looks slick and has a great app where the data is uploaded, which makes it very easy to track activity & patterns to identify habits that need to be modified for a healthy lifestyle. Hoping the battery life is decent since that’s the main reason I switched from my Apple watch…

This watch does NOTHING that was advertised. You cannot answer calls, cannot see text messages, does not interface with most apps including its own. You cannot edit watch faces that are supposedly editable. It’s a complete fail and they should not be selling watches at all if this is their product. Returning this NOW!!!!

I have been a long time Apple user so was very hesitant on switching. Overall I absolutely love this watch. The features are great. I love that I'm not as connected as I was with my Apple. My only downfall is that it constantly disconnects from my phone. I use the feature a lot - find my phone. Even in the house it will disconnect. My apple had a much higher range on this and it was a feature I used A LOT!

I've had the watch for a couple of months now, works as advertised and has been a really good investment. Mostly got it for the heart rate monitor, but have found I like many of the other functions, and am still discovering more regularly! I went with the smaller version because I have pretty small wrists for a dude, and the 44mm would have looked like a sundial on my wrist.

I switched over to Garmin after having an Apple Watch for years!!! I was definitely worried at first that it wouldn’t compare, but boy was I WRONG! I am totally obsessed with my Garmin and wear it religiously! It does everything my Apple Watch could do and MORE! I can even take phone calls from the Garmin Watch. The only thing it can’t do is send texts, but I honestly never used that feature on my Apple Watch since it was majorly inconsistent and not quick to use! The battery life alone on the Garmin is more than enough to make the switch. If you’re thinking about doing it, I would definitely recommend doing it. It’s worth it!

It does not recognize most of my day naps and sleeps. It sometimes misses to even know about night sleep too. It has ghost steps that I realized when I wake up with some 50 or 70 steps. I think hardware at about 90% off the cost would do better job.

Enjoy the different types of exercises it keeps track of. I wish there was an easier way to set an alarm for it or it going off when you set an alarm on your phone. I do love the fact that I don’t need to charge it every night like my Apple Watch that I had before getting this.

I was tired of charging my other watch every night and not recognizing my heart rate during workouts. I have not had issues with battery life or heart rate detection with the Venu 3S. My only complaint after wearing this watch for 2 weeks is the Bluetooth range with my phone. If my phone is in my bedroom and I am in the kitchen with my watch, my watch will not receive notifications.