I bought my Vivoactive 5 about a month ago. After owning a Vivoactive 4 for several years, the 4 died when I couldn't get it to charge or download and execute an update. The 5 has been good thus far, I only use the running, music, and other basic features. I don't keep it on 24/7 so I cannot comment on the sleep and other features that require the user to wear the watch all the time. I enjoy the verbal announcement when each lap is completed. It is a good watch that serves its purpose well, at least for me.

My vivoactive 5 is great for activity functions but not for my sleep. My wife goes to bed after me says I'm fast asleep. however in the morning my watch says I didn't fall asleep until hours after she says I was asleep.I have called a few times but noone seems to have a definitive explanation. I would love a solution that works.BTW it's always in the first 3or4 hrs.

These watches have been great. GPS feature is very reliable and battery life remains excellent. I have put this on watch through a decent amount of abuse and have not had any issues. The body battery metric takes some getting used to, but has become a very helpful metric to follow. Sleep tracking is excellent.

Recently purchased this Garmin Smart Watch and the Keeper stretched to the E point that the watch strap is not properly secured, and presents a serious safety issue. The purpose of a watch band keeper is to secure the excess length of the watch strap, preventing it from catching on objects, snagging, or wearing down quickly. The current Keeper is a Complete FAIL ...and I hope Garmin Support will respond properly with free replacement Keepers when I have time to call.

I've been wearing for a month & have been learning something new everyday. Battery life is the best feature as it replaced my much loved Viactve 3 which could no longer hold a charge long enough to complete 4 hour activity. Sleep score/coach & reminders to get active are most useful in addition to body battery score.

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

My old Vivoactive HR broke down and it was time to upgrade. I bought the Vivoactive 5 even though there is a newer version since it was less expensive. The Vivoactive 5 connects to my phone immediately where the HR model took a while to connect after a run or workout. The display is bright and colorful and there are many options for the watch face. The only change I would like to make it to have the time of day on the workout option. Maybe there is a way to add this but I haven't figured it out yet. This model does so much that I can't imagine the Vivoactive 6 having even more features. I'm sure it does but the 5 has plenty of features for me.

I moved from a Fitbit to the Garmin VA5. I do like it, but even after a yr I'm still swiping when I should be pushing a button. The Fitbit was much more user friendly. Easy swipes then taps. Easy pause taps during exercise. This watch still has a way to go to simply things. It should be the way of the our phones, easy taps and swipes.

User interface is not intuitive. Many steps to set up- like two hours to get things dialed in including four different resets. I bought two - one for my wife and one for me. After the amount of time I put into mine I returned my wife's unopened to the store. Figured I would struggle through for a few days, but now the watch face is static, even though there are multiple faces available. Found out in forums this is a known problem to Garmin. They old UI was pretty good from what I've read, but they moved a lot of functionality out of the app and onto the watch face (workout routine set up, tracking, watch faces, etc.) and this has been a disaster. I've got a third email into Garmin now, but will likely return this last one today and just be done with it. I hope others have better luck.

This tracker does what I want to to do. One exception is the sleep tracker. It is too sensitive to movement! If I am not conscience of being awake...why does it say I am awake? I normally am sound asleep with in 10 minutes of lying down. I am asleep about 9:30 every night and wake up about 5 or 5:30. Once or twice a month (like last night) I was asleep about 9:35pm, woke up at 5:30am, my watch said I went to sleep at 12:31am, was awake for 1 hr 6 min. For a 3 hr 53 min of sleep. This is depressing! I am an active 78 year old and will not be tired today because I had a good nights sleep which the watch did not record properly.