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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
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1,674 ratings1,664 reviews
  1. 5 stars63% (1,062)
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  3. 3 stars9% (156)
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Mar 1, 2025
Reviewer name: VRodz
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

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Great battery life

I was looking for smartwatch with good battery life. Battery last about week awesome and charges quickly. I like all feature it has such as sleep tracker , steps, add workouts , and battery of course. It has stylish design and modern features. I ordered colored watch bands on Amazon.

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Dec 14, 2025
Reviewer name: Hanah
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Low battery life

I decided to reward my self at the end of this year by getting a Garmin Vivo 5 but I was disappointed because the battery life was one day. I recharged it and again it lasted for two days. I returned it back. But still I planning to have a new Garmin in the future with long battery life.

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Dec 6, 2025
Reviewer name: Robert Madson
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Much Improvement on an Already Excellent Model

My third iteration of this product line. Purchased to replace aging Vivoactive 3. Significant upgrade with much more health data and improved accuracy, particularly in sleep measurements. Much better in my lap swimming. Hats off to Garmin for making it affordable and significantly improving its usefulness and performance.

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Oct 21, 2025
Reviewer name: Faro P
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

The watch is intuitive, easy to customize and simple to integrate into daily life and planning. Great fit for walking, running, lifting and cycling. I refer to it often and it's helped a great deal in working towards my health goals. It's easy enough for a beginner to use, but has enough info that a seasoned athlete would benefit from it. Battery life is great, especially if you aren't using the gps feature.

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Jan 30, 2026
Reviewer name: KDH0717
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Wonderful

I bought this watch after having the Venu 3. This one seemed to be a better fit for me. I am a health and PE teacher and I enjoy running. This watch is perfect for me and my daily needs. Love the size and display. This watch is much thinner than the Venu which I prefer. Additionally, the band on this watch does not irritate my skin. The Venu band severely irritated my skin.

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Jan 25, 2026
Reviewer name: MarVic
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

I love Garmin so much that I bought another!

I bought my vivoactive 5 the end of December as a Christmas gift to me. I had a venue square which I had gotten December of 2021. The venue square was not giving me any issues, I just wanted the vivoactive 5 for some features that the venue didn't have. I'm still learning the features of the vivoactive but I'm very happy with my new watch. I gave my daughter the venue square, she's enjoying it as much as i did.

Review from Garmin
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Feb 5, 2026
Reviewer name: Nails
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

Battery Issues

I received this tracker for Christmas from my son. I like all the features, but I had to shut most of them off because my battery only lasts a day. Even with things shut off, like pairing to my phone, the Pulse Ox, notifications and others, I have to charge it every day. It is not convenient if I have to spend time charging it, instead of using it.

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Oct 18, 2025
Reviewer name: Taylor S
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

THE BEST THING EVER

This product has changed my overall health and pushes me to be better everyday!! I've already recommended to so many people and have already had two people get one!!!! I love this watch! I use it for stress tracking, running (training for a half marathon), hydration, steps and so much more!! I love how it is also waterproof and the battery life is amazing. I used to have an Apple Watch and it always died on me but not this watch!

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Oct 18, 2025
Reviewer name: AshATL
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Love it but…

I bought the VivoActive5 a few weeks ago. I was looking for a vast improvement from my previous FitBit devices, most especially when it comes to being water resistant. I paddle board, kayak and go to water parks. My previous FitBits over the past decade could just not hold up at the water parks. After some searching I found the Vivoactive 5. I've loved the additional features and that I can log my paddle board trips as I do it mainly for the workout. However, this week I went to a water park and have mixed opinions on its performance. Several times it got hung up and wouldn't clear a screen. At one point it just kept bouncing back and forth between screens without returning to the “Home Screen”. I finally had to Google how to hard reset the watch to get it to start working again. In the hours it took to get my watch working again I missed countless steps and also had a pretty bad panic attack as I had flashbacks to my past FitBits. Luckily I bought an extended warranty because if it happens again I'll likely return it. Otherwise I've really enjoyed the upgrade to Garmin.

Review from Garmin
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Good thinking with restarting the device! If the issue persists I would recommend to reach out to our Product Support team to see what other troubleshooting can be done. Our phone number for North America is 1-800-800-1020. The office is opened Monday through Friday, between 7am - 7pm Central Time.

Mar 17, 2025
Reviewer name: anonymous
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Verified Purchase

You won’t regret it

As a full Apple product user I was skeptical to switch to Garmin. My Apple Watch wasn’t lasting during long runs so I wanted something more dependable and decided to go with Garmin. It looks nice with most of the features from Apple. It connects to my iPhone you just can’t respond to a text or answer a call which most of the time is fine cause my phone is nearby. I’m still discovering all the features this watch can do! Great price for a great watch! Glad I switched. I only have to charge the watch about every other week!

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