I got this to help pace myself with my long covid and it does more than I could’ve imagined! It catches my unique (and poor) sleep patterns, counts my steps (and adjusted the goal when it realized the original goal was impossible for me, keeps track of heart rate and heart variability which is important with long covid. I also appreciate the body battery, although I’m not sure I really “get it” yet. It looks great, has all sorts of things like weather and notifications at my wrist, and the battery life and recharging is AMAZING-especially after the Apple Watch I had that needed to be charged every day. I highly recommend!!

This watch is great, health metrics are good, gps is okay (it doesn't really work indoors). The coach plan doesn't seem to be very good, it's more robotic. The heart rate chart on the phone is okay, but doesn't show the zones as well as the watch does. It's an easy fix since they already do it on the watch, but they probably won't. The injury part comes from the coaches plan not telling a person they need to stretch, how to stretch, or that it's even a thing. They have the capacity to show exercises and how to do them with videos but not stretching for some reason. There isn't even an activity for stretching. So you have to make custom ones for each stretch, which if you dont stretch right you could easily hurt yourself. They should definitely change that. Otherwise it might be an issue if someone hurts themselves. Watch is great though, it's just let down by the software around it, and a person can hurt themselves just blindly following the coach plans suggested workouts.

Bought Garmin specifically for Body Battery information. Only 1 month in and still learning all possibilities of tracking - Sleep and Body Battery info very informative. Syncing with MyFitnessPal and seems seem less thus far. Would purchase again.

The watch has some fantastic features for all sorts of activities and does a great job of tracking your progress. I like that I can simply add my music to it and carry it along for those long runs. Battery life is very good, as well. However, the watch has one major flaw. When I select an activity while listening to music, the watch will immediately disconnect all Bluetooth devices (e.g., phone, headphones, etc.) as it tries to geolocate using GPS. Changing the setting from "All Systems" to "GPS Only" works sometimes but I have still encountered the issue. Reconnecting to Bluetooth devices takes a few minutes, which is tedious and annoying.

It's not as user friendly like a fitbit, but keeps a good charge on it. Still trying to get to know more about it. The watch faces are clear and good. When I change the watch face it should automatically change but there is another step to do. Easier steps to change watch face. Watch bands are very hard to change, and my watch has a purple cover around it. Would love to change that and easier watch bands to change out.

After months of researching which brand of fitness tracker was right for me, I finally decided on Garmin. I wanted a device that was user friendly and informative in regards to my activity. The Vivoactive 5 was reasonably priced and had the features I was looking for. The battery life lasts for 4 to 5 days depending on usage which is ideal.

I wear the watch for almost a month. I really like the user interface. It is easy to navigate and customizable enough. Display has vivid colours and it is easily readable during the day. I was considering this watch and more expensive Venu 3. Venu is according to my taste better lookin, features are very similar, but price is almost double. I bought this watch beause I did not want a bigger watch on my wrist. This watch is very light weight. I appreciate that over some heavier smart watch. I have no intention to make phone calls from a watch, but I already experienced several times around the house and in cold outside. Someone is calling, you look at the watch anyway and it would be just so seamless to pick up a quick phone call (which you could do on Venu 3). Overall it is a great watch and I think it scores very high in performance for the money you paid for it.

Where is the serial number? After I'm done running and press the A button to stop and save my data, it doesn't recognize that I pressed the button. How do I fix it? Also, it takes a long time to get the GPS signal. My very old Vivo watch was much faster. How do I fix it?

I bought this watch as I am trying to be more mindful of my walking. I opened it on a Friday, set it up and straight out of the box it was up to 85%, I did not charge it until 9 day later, that next Sunday as it was 3% and I had worknon Monday. IMPRESSIVE! Also during the day it tells me if I am stressed if I need to get up a walk a bit, my body battery levels. Still letting it learn my sleep patterns and all the other functions. I love this! Already recommended a coworker to get one as well ❤️

The watch performs well for the price point. The heart rate is within 1-3 bpm on average and the sleep score is very close as well. The display is vibrant and easy to read, although some apps are cut off on the edges as they were designed for larger watches in mind, but scaled back to work for this model. Where the watch lacks though is the distance algorithm for non gps runs. Sometimes it is dead on, other times, like on an indoor track, it will jump around from a 25 minute mile, to a 4 minute mile randomly. The watch display is great, but the physical glass is soft. I have multiple scratches on it after a few months of daily use. Not a big deal for me, but for those who would be bothered by it, I'm sure it's a deal breaker. Tldr; solid watch that performs well 80% of the time; build quality is lacking and a screen protector is recommended.