I've had a Garmin before and absolutely love them. They provide wonderful insight into your health and fitness and are perfect for anyone who's looking to be more health/fitness oriented on a daily basis. I run and swim frequently and this watch is perfect for these sports, I'm excited to use it for snowboarding this winter! I love the feedback and analysis I get after each workout.

I was very excited to get this smartwatch. Four days after I started wearing it, I got a 1/4 inch scratch at the 12 o'clock mark. I'm a private duty nurse, and I barely bumped a smooth wood corner on my patient's bed. Every time I notice the scratch, it makes me sad. I've had multiple devices with Gorilla Glass, and have never had an experience like this before. Otherwise, it's a great watch so far.

The Garmin Vívoactive 6 has all the health, fitness, and sleep tracking features I was looking for in a smartwatch. The smartwatch features, including notifications from your smartphone, are not intrusive and integrate well into the overall experience. This watch is perfect for those with an active lifestyle who are looking for great health, fitness, and sleep data along with a suite of helpful smartwatch features.

I like the V6 as a general, and not so much as a run-centered, fitness watch. This watch is a nice complement to my Apple watch. I enjoy V6's multi-day run time after charging the battery to 100%. And I use it with full-brightness and action settings. This cuts down on its full potential run-time. But I charge after my workouts while cleaning up. I have to charge my Apple watch daily, so it's not always charged to track my sleep overnight. The V6 has some functions I probably won't use since I have them on my iWatch. I enjoy my fitness and workout events going directly into the Garmin Connect app, which is my app of record. I immediately loaded a few watch faces on the V6 after I got it. I don't care for the default watch face that comes with it. I wanted ones that look like a watch. I also like specific ones to use during various activities. Afterwards, I return to a regular watch face. GPS tracking seems accurate to me. It's nice to see my workout data upload to other fitness sites, especially Chronometer, where I can see energy offsets to my daily food intake.

Replaced my Vivoactive 4 with a 6. First 6's crystal developed multiple craze cracks in the crystal after 3 days and normal wear. Garmin stood behind its product and replaced it. 5 days later my new Vivoactive 6 developed a small crack at the 5 o'clock position. I was hard on my Vivoactive 4 for 4 years and never had an issue. Love the new features on the 6. Durability or quality control issues concern me. No abuse on my part. Normal wear and tear. Disappointed.

I upgraded my Vivoactive 4 to the Viviactive 6 and am diappointed. The watch is smaller and the features are much mor difficult to get to than on the 4. Also, it doesn't turn on very good when I move my wrist as required. I wish I had not bought it.

I got this to help track my activity and monitor my health. This paired with using MacroFactor has been huge in helping me understand my body and activity more. It's incredibly easy to use and has encouraged me to get moving more. I workout daily, but never realized how little I walked so I've been much more mindful about my steps and cardiovascular health in addition to building muscle. It's so easy to turn on to track my walks, Pilates, tennis and other things. Simple design. I got this one because I'm not a runner and it's been perfect for me.

I was really excited to get my first Garmin. I do strength training and a bit of running. I like to use the timer for clients as well as build and test workouts When I need my Garmin at important times it shuts down or the screen freezes. I tried updating it through my laptop but kept giving me the same problem. I will be returning it and looking for either another Garmin watch that is not defected or another sports watch.

Really enjoy my vivoactive 6 after an upgrade for my vivoactive 3 that lasted over 4 years. This watch is a great hybrid of a running watch, multi fitness watch and a smartwatch. Does just enough in each category to make it a good investment without going too crazy

My real rating for the Vivoactive 6 is 3½ stars, but half stars are not allowed. Let me get the bad stuff out of the way, right up front. My primary activity is Road Bicycling, with General Gym Exercise , and Tai Chi filling in the rest of my lifestyle activities. For Cycling, I have an Edge 540 that gives me most of what I want to see. I bought this because I wanted to add Heart Rate data from my rides, but I did not want anything strapped to my chest. The Vivoactive records that data that, but I can't get output to show in my 540 stats. I now have two versions of any ride showing in Garmin Connect, one from each device, and they are slightly different. I have found a way to integrate the two reports in my personal data file, so that problem has been dealt with. My exercise routine is a combination of stretching, some machines, and some free weights. I want a "set and record until I'm done" setting and there isn't one. I am just not going to take the time to start and stop after each rep or set. My time is more valuable than that. I've managed to develop a custom Exercise to somewhat meet the need, but it does not use GPS, so now steps while exercising is not recorded Tai Chi is not Yoga, it is not practiced as a Martial Art, and does not fall into any other category. I am using that custom Exercise previously mentioned, but with the same shortcomings as above. Now the good points. The Heart Rate tracking 24/7. That is very useful for my lifestyle. The device itself is very comfortable for wearing until it needs recharging. Battery life will depend on how many "always on" functions you use and how many are "broadcast". For Cycling it is now my device of choice for my short (3 - 15 KM) errands, despite not recording temperature info. That last is invaluable here in Southern Arizona! All in all, until you feel the need to spend a considerable amount more, this is a good product. If you are a runner, you may find it works better for you and a cyclist would.