This was a replacement for my Vicoactive 4S which stopped working. First thing I noticed about the watch is that the battery life is a significant improvement. I can wear it daily and use gps for three 30+ min activities and it still lasts a week, all the while having much better display. The one downside about the display is that it uses a different technology than several of the other watches, meaning that the always on display emits light (and therefor reduces battery life), while the other models can still show a display without light. Other than that, great watch! Definitely an upgrade.

I am very happy with my Vivoactive 5. It’s a huge upgrade to my old Forerunner 35 and has many more features without being too technical for me to use. I like simplicity and this fits the bill. Still learning all the features but I can get done everything I like.

This is my second Garmin watch, but the vivoactive has exceeded all my expectations. I haven't begun to really explore all the functionality, I inputted the basic and the watch did the rest, it put me to bed and wakes me up. A great piece of technology...

I bought this Vivoactive 5 primarily from the recommendation of a family member. I should have done a little more research. My main desired upgrades (from my apple watch) was the long battery life and the sleep tracking. Total win for these 2 things! I only charge it once a week and the charging takes less than 2 hours. Awesome! The sleep tracking is also fantastic. My disappointments come from a few things: 1. I cant answer texts on my watch. 2. I cant use Siri on the watch. 3. It doesnt have any sound notifications. It only vibrates once for any notification, and ALL notifications (text, email, app, workout, etc) are all the same vibration, so I find myself checking my watch and phone CONSTANTLY. (The apple watch followed the settings of my phone, so if I had a certain sound for a text vs email vs app, the "ding" on the watch was different. So, I could hear the ding and know if I really needed to responding or if I could continue to just do my job. It also only vibrates ONCE, no matter that I have my phone set to notify me 3 times of an unanswered text, so I find that I am missing texts. I also miss calls because it only vibrates one little time (instead of a continual vibration until answered or declined). 4. It doesn't have an altimeter (wont calculate elevation gain, and therefore, no "hiking" activity tracking). I also realize that the Vivoactive is kinda the bottom of the feature list and therefore on the more affordable end. I could have paid more and gotten all the bells and whistles. The fitness part of this is spot on. I like all the details you can get from a workout. My mixed review is just that it is more of a fitness watch than an extension of your phone and that it probably just a "me" problem. Overall, I really do like this watch and do not intend to go back to my apple watch that I had to charge everyday.

I picked this watch out for my birthday and it is doing exactly what I want it to do. At first I had too many things turned on and that battery drained in a day. After figuring out the menu systema and what I actually wanted the battery is lasting a number of days now. I am very happy with this product.

For the most part I like the Vivoactive 5, it’s similar to the Fitbit Versa that I had. I like that the face can be customized for my needs. I DO NOT like that it continually connects and disconnects from my iPhone 15. I sent the first Vivoactive back because of this ISSUE but this 2nd one does the same which must be a Sotware problem. I also wish the face was a little smaller especially for smaller wrists.

absolutely excellent value for what you get love it

I only have to charge it once a week! It tracks my steps and does everything I need it too! Way better than my old Apple Watch

The battery life is amazing. I get 10 days between charges. it tracks my workouts and step counts accurately along with the heartrate.

Does not keep step count right. Will not properly monand show sleep. Definitely not worth the money.