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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
4.3 out of 5 stars
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1,616 ratings1,607 reviews
  1. 5 stars64% (1,027)
  2. 4 stars18% (286)
  3. 3 stars9% (149)
  4. 2 stars4% (71)
  5. 1 star5% (83)

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Jun 11, 2026
J4sm1n3
5 out of 5 stars review

Great watch!

I bought this about a month ago, I love it. The available watch faces are all great and I find all the additional bio metrics this watch tracks super interesting!

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Jun 15, 2026
Pattyo
5 out of 5 stars review

Awesome watch

Absolutely love my new Vivoactive 5! Has everything i need to stay on top of my health goals! I love the big screen so easy to see!!! Would definitely recommend!

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Feb 12, 2026
C VT
5 out of 5 stars review

My first and favorite smartwatch

It’s been almost 1-1/2 years since I bought this, and I’m still happy with my purchase! I bought this because I wanted to track my swimming (I’m a biker and love tracking stats, but I needed something that worked in the water). I love how it also tracks my sleep and rest, had many options for sports, and can be paired with my phone )no, thanks; I love being able to disconnect). This watch is much less than many of the other smartwatches out there and has everything (and more) that I need! (Keep in mind my photo is of a watch that has gone through a lot since I bought it, so a few scratches—but I still love it!)

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Dec 23, 2025
Rich2164
3 out of 5 stars review

Écran noir…

Achat il y a deux semaines pour remplacer vivoactive 4 , écran noir subitement, reset impossible, 4 ans d'âge. Ma vivoactive 5, a deux reprises est devenu avec un écran noir, durant 4h la première fois, une nuit complète la deuxième fois, rest impossible puis soudainement, tout redevient normal. Il semble que ce soit fréquent avec la 5

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Mar 29, 2026
WIBruce
5 out of 5 stars review

Versatile Tracker

This is a nice watch for a wide variety of people. I'm not into sports but it works just fine for my focus on health tracking. It gives me enough depth for sleep and daily stats to be very useful. I think it would be useful for people into sports too.

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Dec 10, 2025
SLO David
4 out of 5 stars review

Helping reach my fitness goals

I like my watch and would recommend it to others. It tracks a lot of metrics that were confusing at first, but have grown on me and now I appreciate. Overall high marks, very nice products Issues: It is not great at monitoring heart rate. Some time it reads low values and I move my watch a bit and then reading recovers. Maybe it a problem common to all wrist type measurement, so I understand why some people also buy the chest monitor. I plan to, but they currently have a long lead time. It also seems to have some delays in syncing Active Activity with my iOs health app. Might be an iOS issue. Finally, a second charging cable would be helpfuil. I ended up buying a set on-line, and did buy the older stayle USB A since most of my home chargers are this type. But great product overall, Santa might be bringing my wife one.

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Dec 14, 2025
Fitmom43
5 out of 5 stars review

Love this watch!!

Love this watch!! It’s beautiful and looks in place both at the gym and at the office. The battery life has been awesome and I love that it updates itself without having to be attached to/synced up with a computer like my last one (VenuSq). Metrics track consistently with my prior watch and the face is easy to read and navigate. Love that there are so many options for the watch face, too. Very happy with this purchase!

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Jan 8, 2026
dobsonian
4 out of 5 stars review

long battery life, poor user interface

My second vivoactive with a break in the middle for 2 apple watches. Garmin charges once a week with GPS activity tracking having the greatest toll vs apple where i'd get 36 hours between charges. Decided to go back to Garmin after a multi-day hike with my apple requiring me to drag a battery pack along and never getting more than 10 miles of tracking before battery died. Don't love the garmin user interface and snow sports tracking is questionable having to manually mark runs. I'll use apple for snow sports but garmin for the rest. Fortunately i'm able to share and merge data between the 2 devices.

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Jan 23, 2026
collinsmom
5 out of 5 stars review

Great battery life

I have had my vivoactive 5 for two weeks now. I simply love it. I was looking for a watch that had a longer battery life than my Lily 2 classic. (which I loved). I get 9 days before I have to charge. Still learning how to use all the features. Ony thing I really not keen on is the band. But easy to change.

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Dec 10, 2025
Yana2017
4 out of 5 stars review

Good

The watch looks nice and it's not bulky. It's very similar to the Apple watch just that you can't answer text on the watch. The battery goes low if you are getting all ur notifications. If you're getting it for the training feature it only goes up to a half marathon, so if you're doing a marathon it won't give you suggestions.

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