I like most of its features, particularly the sleep and stress tracking. But it has skipped tracking my sleep once or twice for no apparent reason, refused to save several workouts, and sometimes refuses to sync with my phone. Additionally, the info the app shows me on the home page (like my body battery score and readiness score) is often different from what it tells me on the actually page for the metric, so I'm not sure which score is correct. Is my readiness 35 or 70 today? Who knows. I realize that's more about the app than the cirqa itself, but it's still a part of the user experience of owning a cirqa and kind of defeats the purpose of owning it if I'm getting conflicting info. In short, this thing has potential but still needs a lot of work.

The Garmin Cirqa fills a gap that some of us have in our Garmin ecosystem and fits some use cases. For me, sometimes I want to wear a normal watch for some reason and still want my health data and sleep monitored, or I am working on something physical that puts my forerunner at risk of damage. Now I can wear the Cirqa on my dominant wrist and not worry about damaging my 970 or have to only wear my Garmin watch and not the rest of my cool watches. Negatives - The thickness is off putting and it is actually less comfortable than wearing your full sized Garmin watch. The auto detection for exercise is almost never recording at the right time. I am not sure if it is delaying the start or not. It accurately detected cycling and hiking but started about 15 minutes into the activity. The band collects sweat and seems to be too tight in warm conditions if it was snug when you started, due to the elasticity. I have since swapped out the band for a non garmin silicone band to make the whole watch less obtrusive, as out of the box, it is too thick and ugly. I have found the Cirqa to be closer to a Garmin HR strap for BPM when I wore all three devices to test them out on the trainer. The Circa also seems to have better connectivity to my 1040 cycling computer for broadcast heartrate, I have had the 970 disconnect on a ride for no reason and not reconnect, where the Cirqa stays connected so far tested on a 7 hour ride. Overall, I am planning to keep the Cirqa as it fills the gap of a fitbit with broadcast HR and I wear it 24x7.

Bought this thinking it would be minimal and barely noticeable on the wrist. But it is the feels like I have a watch on my wrist, and I am a large wrist man It gives you good metrics but not as much as a watch Should have bought a watch as it feels like I'm wearing one and I would like the extra metrics a watch gives

It's ok. I expected more. Not a serious athlete but I work out a lot and find some of the features and the app presentation of data quirky and not overly informative. Like during an activity, there is nothing on the screen telling me live time performance. The only thing there is a black screen and the option to stop the work out. And when I open the app and see all these activities that it detected, I can't go in and code what they were (like walking, or working out, etc). The only way to do that is to start the activity in the app. And I'd like to have easier, more intuitive statistics about my day with recommendations more like a whoop or an apple watch. So overall, the unit is nice but the app interface is sort of clunky and should be updated. Lastly, I would have liked if it came with a back up band.

I recently purchased the Garmin Cirqa Smart Band in black, and overall, I really like the product. However, I have been experiencing an issue with the band material. The band takes a very long time to dry after getting wet, even from normal activities such as showering or washing my hands. Because of this, I often have to remove the band and wait for it to dry completely, which defeats the purpose of wearing a fitness and health-tracking band throughout the day. Unfortunately, when the band remains wet for an extended period, it also develops an unpleasant odor. This is currently an issue with my band, and I have tried washing it with soap, but the odor remains. I really enjoyed the Cirqa itself, but I believe the band could benefit from some improvements. It would be great to see Garmin offer alternative band materials that dry more quickly, such as a material similar to the WHOOP band, or provide a silicone band option. Unfortunately, I had to return the product.

Battery life is way lower than advertised. 3-4 days. Software ok, not great. It's a practical tool for it doesn't feel that's it was deeply cared for and engineered more hastily put together. Hopefully second gen would correct some pretty significant flaws. Thank

So far I really like the product. It gives the data that I like, comfortable to wear. I wish the Garmin Connect app was better layed out. Some of the leading competitors have a much better and intuitive app. My biggest complaint is switching from a wrist strap to and armband strap. The small pins are truly a pain to get back in which changing bands. Garmin should find a better solution for those who like going between bands to give you skin a little rest from wearing the device 24/7.

After 3 weeks, I enjoy having the option of a screen less wearable vs a watch. It doesn't always pick up every movement but you're given the option to review, which is helpful. The device is a bit thicker than I expected, it can get stuck on my long sleeve shirts. I appreciate the device for passive monitoring but shift to my watches for workout use. I will keep using it and hope that a few updates on activity monitoring come along.

Purchased and used for the past month, love the fact that it has a smaller footprint and no screen as compared to my fenix. However, there is a big drop off in measurement accuracy, especially with the HRV readings. After doing some reading it appears that the hardware is on the inferior side. The only way to get similar HRV readings is with a armband strap, that is currently backordered through garmin for months.

This device is treacherous. Operating it is difficult at best and Garmin support is terrible. Currently, I'm going to pursue sending it back. I was using it recently and while riding my heart rate kept going blank and I would have to reconnect and restart the device.