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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)
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Sep 22, 2025
Anonymous
3 out of 5 stars review

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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.

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That is great that it is tracking your activities! For the sleep tracking function, here is a link that will walk through some troubleshooting steps that may help with it not tracking properly the first few hours of sleep! http://ms.spr.ly/6425sqcCf

Sep 28, 2025
Charlie C
5 out of 5 stars review

How did I ever get along without this!

I bought this for my wife. She's a teacher. She doesn't allow phones in her classroom, so she doesn't look at hers. This watch keeps her in communication, even at work. It's been very convenient on multiple occasions. She has also used our a a game. She keeps trying to get the best sleep score she can. 87 is her best. What's yours? The watch looks good. It's stylish. It's sleek and doesn't snag on things like a bulky watch can.

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Nov 19, 2025
Heather13
1 out of 5 stars review

Not great

I've owned a few Garmin watches and this one has been the worst. With only 2 lasers on the back it often times won't track, well anything. It's pretty and smaller, which is great, but definitely needs to have the 4 lasers like all of my other watches.

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Thanks for taking the time to leave your review! We recommend using the following Garmin Support Center article to help improve the accuracy of the optical HR data: http://ms.spr.ly/6426tTbgs If you continue to have any issues, use the Contact Us for More Help link at the bottom of that article to reach out to our Product Support team.

Oct 27, 2025
Zackary R
5 out of 5 stars review

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.

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Aug 12, 2025
Jr12341111
3 out of 5 stars review

My first Vivoactive 5 was great.

My first Vivoactive 5 was great! Unfortunately I broke the screen and Garmin offered me a discounted replacement if I sent the old one back. The replacement one is complete garbage and won’t stay connected to my phone. I think it may have been a refurbished watch with existing issues.

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Sep 4, 2025
Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars review

Love the vivid active

I have had this watch for a little over 2 weeks, and I am so impressed with it!! It has a great display and I love the touchscreen feature! I have also really enjoyed the morning wake up feature where it goes over my sleep and the weather for the day!!

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Sep 1, 2025
jackie1988
5 out of 5 stars review

love it!

Still learning all the things this can do, it's a LOT! I'm a convert from Fitbit, and am now wondering what took me so long. I mainly do yoga, Pilates, walk/jog/hike, kayaking, and bicycling, and I've JUST started with the coach workouts. Outside of the fitness features, the wellness features like stress levels and body battery have led me to discover that broken sleep is taking a LOT larger toll on me than I realized, so what once didn't seem that important has become a priority. I wouldn't have known otherwise.

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Dec 6, 2025
Robert Madson
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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Aug 12, 2025
Blueberry
2 out of 5 stars review

Disappointing

Well - it does keep time. And step count seems good. HRV is okay I think. It is very poor at detecting heart rate when exercising. I could be 15 minutes into 120BPM (Garmin chest strap) and it still reads 72. The sleep scores often bear little relationship to reality - like says I woke at 4:30 when I slept soundly until 6:30. Battery life, on the other hand, is excellent. My first one would not charge after a 18 months. Replacement is charging fine so far.

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Sep 1, 2025
Jrush5150
5 out of 5 stars review

Why I chose Garmin

I received this as a birthday gift from my family after inquiring about one because my son purchased one. This watch is amazing. I had an Apple Watch and was frustrated with the battery life as well as the measurements being off during work outs(even after calibration). The Garmin is everything the Apple watch isn't plus more. Great watch and I appreciate the phenomenal battery life as well as all the features and being able to sync the data up to Strava and other apps make it a great choice for a smart watch. Keep doing what you do Garmin cause you have a great product.

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