I have had my Garmin Vivoactive 5 for about two weeks now, and I am loving it. Although I've ran into the issue of it not holing a charge. I will charge it to 100% all night, and put it on in the morning. By the time it's 6:00 PM, my watch is at 10%. I truly love the product, I just wish it would stay true to holding a charge for 11 days.

I bought this Vivoactive 5 to replace my Vivoactive 3. I was looking for more battery life. I am disappointed with the battery life. If I turn off all the nice features, battery life is outstanding. With features on, battery life is on par with my Vivoactive 3, which is many years older than the new model. The display is much nicer and there are additional features.

Love the garmin watch in comparison to my old Apple Watch. Has a lot more features including the sleep tracking which is very helpful and nice to have. Great fitness tracking that is fairly accurate. Battery life has been fluctuating, sometimes lasts for almost a week, other times it dies at the end of the day. Not sure why. Lots of software updates.

I hate the look of the Apple Watches, so I was excited to try this. It does what it says. My complaint is that when I lost it, I cannot ping it- like an Apple Watch. No tracking if lost or stolen. Can’t shut the watch down. No pin to protect it, etc. So whoever finds your watch has access to the information stored on it. Paying extra for security and peace of mind is worth it- as I found out the hard way.

Would definitely purchase again!! I’m trying to get used to it after having an Apple Watch for so long but I cannot get over how long the battery lasts!!!! It’s amazing!! I got it on a Monday, and it’s Friday and it’s still at 41%! That’s with me wearing it at night as well!! I’m so impressed!!

OOooo my I am loving my Garmin Vivoactive5 which has so much to offer and I am still learning about it today Sept. 30 2026 and I love the videos on particular functions that I am needing to learn about. It was on sale so I was able to afford and I do a lot of exercise from golfing, peddling and walking residential areas. So I am very pleased with my new Garmin.

Great watch, easy to work.

Doesn't always sync and charging doesn't always show but this is far more reliable than my previous Fitbit

I've had this watch for eight months now and still absolutely love it. Battery life is every bit of 12-14 days, and I use it hard (12 workouts a week). Reading text messages with responses is very effective. I find the heart rate monitor and steps tracking is far more accurate than the Fitbit. Creating a custom watch face is simple and fun.

So far I like my new Vivoactive 5 BUT I bought it mainly for sleep monitoring. I was disappointed that the sleep score algorithm will not assign a goal below 7 hrs, and it can't be set manually. Since I began using a CPAP for sleep apena about 20 yrs ago, I have never slept that long unless sick or using soporific medications. Six hours is more typical for me. Seven hours of sleep is "sleeping in". Unfortunately this goal restriction will negatively affect my sleep score and "body battery" values when, if fact, there is no reason to. I don't know if a reduced score due to shorter than goal sleep will mask the effects of other sleep quality parameters (REM/Deep/light ratios, HRV etc) or if the score reductions are linear with the actual goal -time difference. I can live with the latter by simply changing my definition of what a "good sleep" score is, but if masking occurs (sleep duration effects change non-linearly) those scores are pretty useless to me and that is why o switched to Garmin. I am disappointed that Garmin does not recognise that some people do not require as much sleep as others while some require a lot more. Seven hours may be a "typical" limit for avoiding sleep deprivation, but denying that there are people that have perfectly healthy sleep less than that seems a bit presumptive. All populations have statistical outliers.