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Garmin Vivoactive 5 Smart Watch
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1,617 ratings1,608 reviews
  1. 5 stars64% (1,028)
  2. 4 stars18% (286)
  3. 3 stars9% (149)
  4. 2 stars4% (71)
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Oct 31, 2024
Camn
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy to use and wear

Although it is bigger than I like, it is very comfortable and lightweight on my wrist. It is easy to use, once I read the online manual. It keeps me inline. I also appreciate that I can track hydration on the watch instead of going through the app. There is so much to the watch I haven't even begun to use them all.

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Aug 22, 2024
Kaivie
5 out of 5 stars review

The best!

This is my first Garmin and it's the best fitness tracker I've owned! Accurate GPS, multiple activities to track and I love the look of the watch and the screen. I still have to learn more about it and all of it's capabilities but I love everything so far! I wish I would've tried it sooner!

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Dec 7, 2024
jjw@
1 out of 5 stars review

very inaccurate

I counted out 1,000 stepsas i walked. The vivoactive logged 804 of them, my fitbit sense 2 logged 1000. I repeated this test 5 times, and the average count for the Fitbit was 99% accurate. The Vivoactive averaged 82% accuracy Pulse rate wa a little better, vs manual count. The fitbit was 100%, Vivoactive 93% I could go on, there were other tests, but suffice it to say i kept the Sense and returned the Vivoactive

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Jan 14, 2025
Mamak
1 out of 5 stars review

Weak Bluetooth feature

Sadly had to return this watch because the Bluetooth was weak. I walked barely a foot away from my phone and the watch would instantly disconnect. I trouble shooted multiple times and made sure watch and phone were updated. The training feature with a coach never loaded, again trouble shooted multiple times. This was super disappointing because this was the feature I was most excited about.

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Jun 8, 2025
Sylvia
5 out of 5 stars review

Vivoactive 5

I bough this about a month ago & I love it. Very easy to start, does just what I want plus a little more. As a first owner of a smart watch, I wanted something easy to explore and understand and this watch does this. Also, I wanted to receive notices, emails, etc, but did not want the watch to talk to me, notify me-yes, but don’t talk, text- yes,limited responses-ok. I have a phone to use for voice. Also, it’s round and not too large and is comfortable on my wrist, like a watch should be—-in my mind. Very easy to wear and understand. .

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Jan 5, 2024
Mema
4 out of 5 stars review

Great battery life

I have had my watch for about 2 weeks. So far I love it. I like how it gives a great breakdown of my sleep pattern. It is pretty easy to use. There are other little things like asking me in the morning if I am ready to be up (awake) then assist me sleeping, I also like o. The screen before I actually get up it shows me what the weather is doing, like snowing, raining, sunshine…it has been fun so far!

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Dec 20, 2024
kcmacc2000
5 out of 5 stars review

Easy to use with great features

My new Vivoactive 5 replaced a Vivoactive 4 I had for many years. I was so pleased with the incredibly easy set up and data transfer processes. I love all the new features with this new watch, especially the ability to track HRV and VO2. Aesthetically, the dial is SO much easier to read and the wrist band is a significant improvement over the previous version being more flexible and comfortable.

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Jul 31, 2024
ML3156
4 out of 5 stars review

Overall a great watch, too many features!

Bought about a month ago. It works great. There is almost too many features. I came from a Fitbit user for years so learning how to navigate the watch has been part of the fun. It’s crazy how some workouts it automatically knows what movements I’m doing and what muscle groups I am working. I like the weight and size. I have small wrists and it fits great for me. Only thing I would say is I did my research seeing if the screen was scratch resistant or if I needed a screen protector. I found not to use a screen protector. But already within a month there is some minor scratching. It’s kind of driving me nuts but you can only see it in certain lighting. Over all happy with my purchase. Just wish the screen would always look as good as new.

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Jul 3, 2024
Fanoos
5 out of 5 stars review

Apple Watch versus Garmin

I bought this watch as a replacement of my old Apple Watch and I definitely like it a lot more because it holds the charge for at least three days as opposed to running out of a charge in less than 12 hours Also, the watch does not offer a lot of features that are never used by me in the Apple Watch

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Nov 11, 2024
llwright
5 out of 5 stars review

Love it but still learning

I love the features included on the Vivoactive 5. I had been a longtime user of another brand of smartwatch, but felt that brand had been letting be down over the last several months. I love the quality of the Vivoactive 5; all of the different activities included, the GPS connection, the connection to all my other apps is fantastic. The only thing I’m still trying to figure out is how to accurately calculate the distance walked on an indoor track. I’ve tried both indoor track and indoor walk activities and neither seem to be right. I’m sure I’ll eventually figure it out.

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