I bought this to replace a Fitbit Charge 5 which quit working less than years after purchase. Although this was more expensive, it works for my running and golfing and still tracks my fitness information like the Charge. Well worth the upgrade and I am hoping Garmin reliability makes it even a better purchase. I had purchased a 205 and a 310 XT which both still work over a dozen years later

I've had the watch for a couple weeks now. I've used it for Golf, Cycling, and Yoga so far. It works great. For golf, it automatically shows the distance to the green (front, middle, back); just what I want. And it can show the distance to hazards after a few clicks. After a round, you can see on a map exactly where each shot went. That's cool, but I don't expect it will help my game. For everyday use, I was able to select an alternate watch face to show time/date, heart rate, steps, and active minutes for the week. Again, this is what I'm interested in. It takes the watch 3 weeks before it can determine a baseline for heartrate variability, so I haven't seen the fullness of that feature yet, but I do like seeing the graph of nightly HRV on the connect app. Chis watch is a definite step up from my previous fitness tracker.

I've had a vivoactive 4 for ~4years and love it I recently decided to upgrade to the 5 about 2 weeks ago. I wish the size was bigger, like the 4, but I've gotten used to it. The graphics are outstanding and I enjoy many of the other new functions. However, there is a SETIOUS, FATAL flaw. The "Naps" function is GARBAGE. Any time I sit still to work, or rwad or watch TV it registers a nap. I cannot even sit to watch a 30 minute show unless I constantly wave my arm around. There is no way to delete these "naps" and you can't disable it without disabling all of the sleep functionality. I am considering returning the watch if this cannot be fixed.

Exceeds expectations! Both my husband and I are the owners of the Garmin vivoactive 5 watches. We purchased them after researching other watches and their features. Our goal was to get in shape, be healthy and fit till late in life. What we have particularly liked about them, was a possibility of training with a coach for various length runs. I would like to stress, we are not athletes, and at first I was very skeptical with being able to run more than 1 mile without a need to walk at some point. My husband got his watch about 6 months before I did and started training for a 5K. He finished his training and recently even improved his record! I was never a runner; 1 mile was everything I could do, more so when I was younger. 5K? Sounds impossible! Right now I am in my 5th week of training. Though it was tough at the beginning, it gets easier and more fun with each training session. Right now 1 mile or even 5K are easy for me. I even ran 10K: twice already! What's more: I am looking forward to each run! So my age cannot be an excuse to be fit, especially when it gets harder to maintain your weight during perimenopause and one needs to work much harder than in 20s or 30s. The watch can also track your intensity minutes, steps, weight, heart rate, pulse oxygen, and sleep etc. It also offers helpful suggestions on reducing your fitness age. Would definitely recommend.

They moved and changed the controls for no apparent reason. Control buttons are frequently not responsive. No altimeter so it doesn't measure stairs. The best thing about is the charger cable seems improved, so now my old watch charges again. But only on that cable. I like your product overall, but it shouldn't be this hard to charge a watch. And I've cleaned the contacts repeatedly.

Fitness stats very interesting. Body battery, etc. Auto sleep tracking misses first 1 - 3 hours of sleep. I do wake up frequently. I had used a Fitbit Versa 2 whose auto sleep tracking also missed sleep, but let me enter sleep start time and wake up time. Display is great. Lots of on watch stats. Great battery life. 10 days.

I have used for about a month. The battery last a lot longer on GPS mode, 3-18 holes of golf. However there is no longer a Garmin connect activity that shows the map and miles walked during golf. Also annoying is the screen stays black and you have to shake your wrist to wake it up to see the time of day. I'm not sure the sleep metrics are very accurate.

had purchased a Forerunner 55 to replace my Forerunner 235, but was disappointed with the battery life (lasted 2-3 days). Vivo 5 has been lasting 10-11 days. Like the new features (body battery, sleep score) too compared to the 235. Vivo 5 has the ability to store and playback Spotify playlists, but it is hard to operate while running and drains the battery life.

Honestly, if you’re thinking about getting one, stop waiting and just do it. I will preface by saying that I’m an Apple user and it pairs with my phone just fine. Anyways, my family could not stop raving about how great their Garmin was and how I needed to get one, especially because I’ve been training for a half marathon and blah blah blah. So… I finally did it, and I wish I’d done it sooner! This thing tracks everything - steps, body battery, heart rate, sleep score - EVERY.THING. It comes with a Garmin Coach that has been giving me guided workouts. Right now mine is for running. You just go through and pick what you want to train for and they give you several coaches to choose from. Did I mention it was FREE? And I can’t believe how long the battery lasts! I use the features on this watch DAILY, and I charge it once a week. Most times not even to 100% because I don’t want to miss out on my step count. (LOL) Anyways, just get one. I don’t miss my Apple Watch at all.

Bought this after doing a good bit of research as I was in need of once again replacing my Apple Watch so after doing some deep diving I figured the vivoactive 5 would be a great introduction to the Garmin ecosystem. Three weeks in and I’m upset I didn’t do this sooner. Much more in depth then the Apple Watch and I’m still learning all the things Garmin is capable of. Love it so far