This watch was an exchange after my Vivoactive 4s died. It is not as responsive as the 4s. I find myself having to tap the screen to see the time, whereas the 4s was responsive to just the movement on my wrist. The crystal also seems thinner. I already have a chip in it. Overall, I preferred the 4s.

Loving my Vivoactive 5. So many amazing features. It is so refreshing not having to recharge my watch every day! The only thing I’m not a fan of is the setting for strength training. Hard to keep track of reps. I like setting my watch and moving forward with the workout. It’s a distraction figuring out the reps.

I absolutely love this watch, I would give it 5 stars but the screen locks up frequently. I had one prior and it was doing it so we sent it back and I got a new one on the 9th. It locked up 3x in the first 24 hrs. It has done it 3 more times since. Once for well over an hour. The watch still counts steps while it's locked up but vibrates a lot so I have no clue what it is doing. It once sent out the emergency alert while locked up and I couldn't shut it off. Other than this I love the watch. I wish it had a hike function. I love the stats it gives me after a run and how it breaks them down. I love the night time mode.

I absolutely love my vivoactive 5. I have been a Fitbit user for 15 years. I can honestly say now that I have converted to Garmin and will stay. I love all the features, it is accurate and feel the accuracy is better. If you are on the fence between Garmin and Fitbit, go Garmin!! Forgot to mention the battery life is Amazing!!!

I have been a long time Vivoactive watch user. I have had a Vivoactive 3 since they were new to the market. It is still working well except that the battery no longer holds a charge for more than a few days. So, I decided to upgrade. I have all of the features I loved from the Vivoactive 3 plus some really nice additions (pulse ox and respiration are a couple that come to mind). I like the way the v5 organizes the apps and allows for quick access to recently used apps. The screen is a lot more vivid than the v3 (which was pretty good too). The Vivoactive watch series are great, light weight, and reasonably priced.

As a prior Fitbit owner, I switched to Garmin, as I was tired of replacing Fitbit devices annually, and I believe Google will eliminate them and move people to their watch. I am looking to Garmin to fill my tracking needs, eliminate constant replacements, and provide more data. At this point, they have exceeded my expectations. They provide more information and add more features. It is double the price, but having to replace a Fitbit every year, this Garmin tracker has to make it two years, and I am ahead.

I started with another watch to track my weight loss journey and began to run/ walk 5K's and I needed accuracy of my miles.The watch I had never gave me the correct miles. I joined a running group and asked what watch would be best for my 5K training and everyone said Garmin. I began my research and found the Vivoactive 5. I must say I love everything about this watch from the body battery to the naps. I have never had a fitness watch that was like a buddy. Vivoactive 5 is a must have and I will be using Garmin for the rest of my life.

I really like this upgrade from the vivoactive 3 and well worth the cost. The sensors work a lot better and all the colors make it easier to read. I feel it has a better connection to my phone for alerts than my vivoactive 3. I like the additional feature of O2 level, respirations, and health snapshot.

I absolutely love this watch! I started looking at Garmin after my apple watch died after 4 years. I was hesitant to make the switch but I'm so glad I did! This watch is extremely lightweight, user friendly and I love the round face vs square. My absolutely FAVORITE thing about this watch is the battery life. I've had it for 1 month and have only charged it 2x. I use it to track walking workouts mostly and recently just started doing the 5K training program.

I’ve been an avid Apple Watch user and wanted a change to help track my sleep with longer battery life! Needless to say, I love the watch and only wish I would have made the switch earlier. I never used my Apple Watch for anything but the time, date, weather, and exercise tracking. - but if you use your Apple Watch for more things like app utilization, calls and replying to texts (that is something you don’t get with Garmin). I will be a Garmin user from now on!