In two weeks I’m more motivated than I’ve been in years. There are more features than I’ll ever use. But there are more features I use than ever before. I’ve been wearing a FitBit Sense for nearly three years and I’ve barely used anything other than its watch, SpO2 tracker, smart alarm, move alert, and sleep features. Perhaps because it seemed gimmicky, in spite of its accuracy. And I’ve never felt the desire to figure out and use the other available features. But it seems that my Garmin Venu 3S has added features that compliment the ones I was using on the Sense and its formatting is appealing to me. It challenges me to improve by giving me more detailed explanations and breakdowns of stats. I love the user interface, ConnectIQ, Red Shift, Body Battery, Glances, and too many other things to list. So much of what it offers is a benefit for me and I love the way it looks. I bought the Garmin Index S2 shortly after and I love the added features it brings and the integration with my Venu 3S. I’m taking my older smart scale that merely tracked weight and doesn’t sync to Garmin to my sister’s house for my long visits there. The only feature it lacks is a smart alarm. And because of that, I still wear my Sense to bed for that feature. It’s also enabled me to compare the two devices for accuracy with their SpO2 and sleep tracking. The SpO2 is always within 1%, except for the rarity of them being identical. It appears the Venu could be more sensitive with its newer sensors and tends to put more time sleeping into REM, where the Sense puts it into deep. The Sense puts more into awake, where the Garmin does light sleep. I have also compared the Venu 3S to a finger Pulse Oximeter and they run extremely close, and even more so over a timeline. I love my Venu 3S so much, I’ve even bought several watch bands to dress it up and mirror my mood. I do want to caution, I read that Garmin watches don’t work as well with leather straps, especially darker ones. But I’ve been able to resolve the issue by rolling and flexing the leather bands to loosen them up so they fit properly and allow the sensors to function properly. Without doing so the readings were always very low and didn’t come close to the Sense of finger Oximeter. Overall it appears I’m now as into the Garmin pipeline as I am Apple/MAC. And I’m seriously happy with that. Though I’m deeper into Apple, it’s only because I have more products (sans a watch). But integration, quality, features, representation of the product, user interface, etc … I’m hooked on Garmin. And I love creating watch faces.

I have been team Apple Watch for 6 years, had two different series watches in that time. My husband had always been team garmin and I just didn’t think it would be for me. I’ve had this Venu 3S for two weeks today and I AM OBSESSED! I will NEVER go back! Battery life is outstanding, workouts are so easy to record, and I love the morning report. Apple Watch was more for your phone on your wrist but garmin is less “connected” to the world which is a plus and it’s geared more for health and wellness! Thank you for creating such a phenomenal device! I FREAKING LOVE IT!!

I have always been an Apple girl. I ordered the Garmin Venu3, it has so many always features but not for me. It wasn’t compatible well with the health and wellness app I use. It was delayed and didn’t add steps correctly to the app. I did decide to send it back.

I’ve been using the watch for a few weeks now and love it. I wish I would have gotten it sooner. I was mostly interested in my sleep but it offers ALOT of insights in overall health with details and recommendations. I just recently started using a running plan and love it so far. I’m still getting used to the bells and whistles (coming from ten years of using an Apple Watch) but glad I made the switch!

I’m eating a jar of pickles with my 32 ounces of water to see if I can avoid a headache today from running outside Every Saturday since I got this stupid watch (June, Houston) I have a headache all day bc I have to run outside for VO2Max reading. Without this watch I would never go outside between March-November. Sure, I look cool with the stylish face options and sleep band and I wake up already feeling accomplished by my sleep score. And I am really enjoying the nap feature, morning wake up alarm and tracking all my cardio and strength training in one spot. I should be hiding inside at a safe 72F but the VO2Max reading is such a temptress. Maybe pickles will help.

I got rid of my Fitbit as my daily fitness tracking and am now using my Venu3s. I use my Garmin Edge 840 for cycling and Fenix6 for multisport. The Venu3s is comfortable and does everything that I wanted and does it better than other fitness tracking. I am glad that went this path.

I have issues with Oxygen saturation that no one has been able to diagnose. I had the Vivo watch before, but it only did night-time sats. This one can be set for 24h/day and is showing some additional issues during the daytime that I was not aware of, but explains the strange headaches I get. Between the watch and my Doc's we can figure this out!! Super helpful to be able to "watch" this (no pun intended)

Going from a Polar Running watch to this, was way more than just a lateral move. This watch was a major upgrade. Upgrades to data was just a minor upgrade compared to the beauty and elegance of this watch. Would have been better if it had some diamonds going around the rim of the watch, but it’s fine. 😉My wife couldn’t be happier with this watch.

I enjoy my watch for its sleek style and available features. But as a lifetime Apple Watch user, I miss several features, for example, being able to answer phone calls and text messages from my watch. Apple also has a very convenient feature where you press a button and it makes your phone beep. I know it's silly, but it's super helpful for moms on the go who can't seem to remember where they last put their phone. So, I've found myself lately using the Garmin only at night and reverting back to my Apple Watch during the day, mainly due to the reasons stated above - texting, call answering, and phone finder. Besides those three missing features, I like the Garmin and would recommend it, and would purchase again in the future.

I am obsessed with this watch! Didn’t take me long at all to get used to the interface and personalize it to my needs. I’m pregnant and this has become an incredible tool to help me stay organized and on track with my health. Fantastic product, can’t recommend it enough!