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Garmin Vivoactive 6, slate with Bone/Gold Band
4.4 out of 5 stars
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  1. 5 stars67% (344)
  2. 4 stars17% (87)
  3. 3 stars7% (38)
  4. 2 stars4% (23)
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May 6, 2026
Reviewer name: dbunch5
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Love it!

I have only had this product for a few weeks but I love it so far! Battery lasts for at least a week even using it to record daily workout/hikes/walks. I am just a casual user (not training for anything, not particularly athletic) so it's great for me! It tells me I have a stressful day nearly every day so I'm not sure what to make of that but I've enjoyed trying to get my sleep score up

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Jun 24, 2026
Reviewer name: Zhala
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Super watch

I'm love my garmin vivoactive 6 watch!! I have been an Apple Watch user previously, and this change has been amazing. Battery health is 7-10 days for me which is a huge improvement compared to my previous watch. I like how I'm able to see all the data for my activities in the app, sleep report and body battery are my fav features!! In love with my super watch-that's how I've named her :)

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Jun 26, 2026
Reviewer name: JPNH
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great purchase!

I turned in my Apple watch and switched to Garmin. So far I am very pleased I did! I based my decision on reviews and current Garmin users and Garmin's reputation. I am very happy with how it is performing. My Apple phone synced flawlessly and I am using the Garmin Connect app. My Apple health app works to record watch data also. The activities data is much enhanced over Apple watch data also. I have not used the watch with All Trails yet but am looking forward to that very soon for hiking. I am very happy with the watch face and all the displays. The extended battery life is just as advertised! I have the watch and band in all rose pink. Great decision!

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Jun 13, 2026
Reviewer name: Bebe15
3 out of 5 stars
3 out of 5 stars review

I bought this a month ago, and it mostly is fine. I am annoyed that the sleep feature will not track if I wake up and fall back asleep to factor that into my sleep score. I often wake up at the same time every day and am able to fall back asleep, but if I am up for more than 5 minutes, the watch will not track the rest of the sleep even if it's more than an hour. This is disappointing to me.

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May 7, 2026
Reviewer name: Cjb2
4 out of 5 stars
4 out of 5 stars review

Love the watch, disappointed with texting/calling

So far I love this watch, but I do wish that you could text back and make calls with iphones. I misread the description where it says something about only available with androids. It still pops up on the watch screen so I can still read the text, but I can't respond back on the watch like I expected to. As for calling, I can answer calls but it goes to my phone speaker, not the watch itself.

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Jun 23, 2026
Reviewer name: Celyn
1 out of 5 stars
1 out of 5 stars review

Inaccurate, doesn't track steps

I got my Garmin after Google ruined Fitbit. The Vivoactive is pretty, but I wore it with my Fitbit on the other wrist for the first week or so, and the Garmin consistently picked up 1000-2000 fewer steps per day. Just now I walked across the room. Started with 5969 steps. After walking 15 steps it read 5944. After walking 15 more steps it read 5944. Wondering if I got a defective one.

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Jun 20, 2026
Reviewer name: KLCO05
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

I'm not thrilled so far...

I haven't been very happy with this watch so far. I haven't even had it a month and had to hard-reset it twice for it to simply register I was wearing it. It has missed entire nights of sleep, and has my heart rate ranges way off (160 BPM is in the 'green zone?') That's when the heart rate tracking works. I'm debating returning it.

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Apr 18, 2026
Reviewer name: Julian3
2 out of 5 stars
2 out of 5 stars review

Vivoactive 6

This watch is the most consistently inconsistent watch in regards to heart rate, resting and active! I expected more this product, and yes I have tried different fits as far as tightness and distance from wrist! Nothing works! It literally says my resting heart rate is 48-50 bpm which unrealistic and when im running or strength training it never goes above 145 bpm!

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Jul 11, 2026
Reviewer name: Marc G.
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Bang for the buck !!

This is watch is truly amazing. Always been a bigger watch guy— have had the Fenix line for some time, Instinct as well. This watch has the most bang for the buck out of all the lines. It's a bit small for my wrist but the Amoled display makes up for the small face with my aging eyes. This is the way.

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Apr 19, 2026
Reviewer name: Loco Nova
5 out of 5 stars
5 out of 5 stars review

Great lifestyle appliance, expect setup focus

Summary: great upgrade to my Vivo 4S, feels like a major new design experience. The various features are now better placed to get same old "Intensity Minutes" and "Body Battery" upgraded and better placed. Sleep and stress integration are better positioned to be helpful. The physical watch weighs less but has bigger diameter with more display area. The band and watch feel better. Integration with Garmin Express, since I already had it for my Vivo 4S, was seamless but had new information data. Caveats: setup and use training is challenging, and the alleged documentation makes it necessary to use CoPilot or Gemini to answer how to do setup and operation, step by step. Perhaps investigate fast setup help at a local running store. I recommend sticking with the product despite a complex focus time to begin with. Good products take time to understand and provision to individual lifestyle, but now that I've been in process for a month, I feel the joy of a major helpful lifestyle appliance on my wrist.

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