I bought this because I thought I needed an upgrade from my garmin forerunner 230. This version is fashionable and looks smaller on my wrist, which is one thing I was hoping for. Another thing I was VERY interested in was the music feature. I've used the music feature for races and it worked flawlessly. I didn't have my phone with me on those runs and the downloaded music on my watch was perfect! The battery life so far is great, with a full charge before a 5k - using GPS and the music feature - my watch got down to 90% battery life. I'm very satisfied with that! I love this watch and I am so glad I bought it. It's the perfect combination of smart watch and GPS running watch!
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A great fitness watch!
This is my first garmin.
I have previously owned fitbits and a samsung gear fit2.
I dont usually post reviews but I researched alot to decide on buying this watch so figured I read reviews so much and it helped me so why not do it to help someone eles possibly.
I have only had the watch on for the last few days but so far I'm loving it!
I've used it during multiple workouts including running outside with the GPS and it was accurate!
I love how it fits, it's very light to me. Feels good on my wrist.
It also looks beautiful!!
Which was a big thing for me in purchasing my next fitness watch.
My last one (the fitnit ionic) was definitely not very pretty, so I wanted one I would feel good about wearing 24/7.
It also has the garmin coach feature.
Which Is great because I am going to be doing my first 1/2 marathon and I know it is going to be great at helping me conquer it!
The battery life has been great! That was another big deciding factor for me.
I was looking for a watch that I knew I could put it on gps and go running/walking/hiking for a day and not worry about the battery draining too quickly to make it to the end of my workout.
I wont have to worry about that with this.
(But I also have not listened to music, so maybe with gps and music the battery would drain much faster, I have not tested that yet)
I'm hoping it still stays a 5 star for me.
I will come back in another couple weeks and update my review.
Love it!
I absolutely love this watch! It has amazing features for fitness tracking and just the right amount of phone notifications. I could have easily gone with the Apple watch but really wanted something more when it comes to health and fitness. This watch was it. The battery is far better than the one day battery on the Apple watch and 1.5 day battery on the Galaxy watch. The amoled screen is beautiful but I still prefer longer battery life over the pretty display. I have a photo of the size difference of the Vivoactive 4s and the Venu. I would have preferred the Vivoactive 4s over the Venu but the appearance of the rosegold/lightsand offered in the Venu sold me. This watch does not disappoint.
Highly recommend!
I read so many reviews before I got this watch and I am so happy that I went with this purchase over other products. I had a Garmin vivofit before that lasted about a year and then suddenly died but I wore that thing 24/7 swimming in my hot tub you name it, it took a beating.
I've had this watch now for about 6 months and have had zero problems with it. The charge lasts anywhere from 5 to 7 days depending on your usage of the product and easily plugs in well to the wall and charges from empty to full in about an hour. I have to admit I am 100% sure I'm not using this watch to its fullest capacity as far as it tracking my workouts, I am a moderate activity person who hikes and does HIT workouts and sometimes run and I like it for that. it tracks all my hikes in my calories burned very accurately with the GPS and I love this feature so I can go back and look at maps I've done in the past. I also love the app that goes along with it it breaks down heart rate zones, elevation, it tracks like everything about you it's wonderful.
The sleeping feature I feel is very accurate it can't distinguish between a nap and sleep and sometimes if you're just relaxed on the couch it thinks you're asleep but I don't expect a watch to be able to pick up on small subtleties like that I think that would be unfair to demand in a product of this price.
I have had zero problems with the glass scratching or cracking and I wear this thing as stated before in the hot tub in the pool boating I've had a couple drunk falls in this thing is hardy and has lasted thru it all.
The watch itself is a great color I was really hesitant between the colors but I'm very happy I got the white with sand. The band almost looks white in color and it matches with every single color you could want to wear and there are multiple Amazon products of different wristbands you could get to switch out if you're unhappy but I really like the original product and have stuck with it.
I have no problem with this interfacing with my Google Pixel 2 it is able to send me text alerts phone alerts Snapchat alerts Instagram alerts and my Gmail no problem.
Overall I'm very happy with this product I expect to get another Garmin when this one dies in several years I would recommend this to friends and family and think if you're looking for a good smart watch that will track activities and give you text alerts on your phone this is your answer. I don't need a watch that I have to charge every day like the Apple watch and talk into to answer phone calls and text messages because you need your phone near you anyways and I just find that stupid. This is the smart watch you've been looking for.
An Excellent Fitness Tracker With a Dash of Smartness
'll come right out the gate and say that if you are looking for an excellent fitness tracker and will motivate you to actually exercise this is the ticket.
I've owned products from Fitbit and an Apple Watch, but the Venu has by far been my favorite. Apple Watch certainly had the best smart features, but to be honest after having the thing for 3 years I didn't bother with like 95% of them. Only think I care about is notifications, and the Garmin does just fine with that. What I really cared about was the fitness tracking, and Garmin is on a whole different level. Sure Fitbit is probably more "consumer" friendly and Apple allows for everything to be in one ecosystem, but if you are more into seeing metric like sweat loss, bar charts that can track your heart rate for the entire exercise, and GPS built right into the watch you have to go with the Garmin. The ability to have workouts built in outside of just stuff like walking, running, biking, the basics really, is top notch. Will I ever use ones like the paddle boarding and the cross country skiing? Probably not, but it's there for people who will. The app is also really great, and motivating. Both my parents also use Garmin products, so it's really fun to compete with them on who can be the best. Being able to connect with social media and compete with all my friends is also really fun as well. The app is, for the most part, well laid out. Might take some time to find were some stuff is, but the internet is your best friend and Garmin's website has lots of info on it to answer your questions. Another plus is the battery life. My Fitbit products were decent with maybe 2-4 days depending on what I did. Apple Watch was terrible, usually a day at most and towards the end of its life I sometimes had to charge it twice in a day. The Venu? Well when Garmin says 5-7 days they mean it. That's dependent out course. Workouts that use GPS take more power, and using the built in music paying doubles that. Still I'd say I use it at an average level, and before the first charge I got 5 days, and probably could've got 6. That 's impressive on a device that has an AMOLED screen, and a very good one at that.
Cons? Well the 3rd party watch face support is pretty abysmal. Most of them require a 3rd party payment outside of the app, which is a no-no in my book. I found that most of the free ones I downloaded, which nice, drained the battery a lot faster and some of them actually messed the with raise to wake feature. I'd recommend just making one using your own photos or use the stock ones from Garmin. The app store is also a completely separate app, also a bummer, and quite frankly I don't see myself ever adding any apps outside of Spotify anyway. I hope maybe Garmin eventually just adds into into the primary ConnectApp.
Really, though, I think there are very few negatives about the device, actually most are just Garmin's software. The device itself is very good, worth the money, and I would recommend to anyone who wants a good competitive product to what Apple and Fitbit offer that wants superior fitness tracking abilities.
Better then I ever imagined!
Photos do not do the quality of this watch justice.
I have been a die hard Garmin person for about 6 years now. My forerunner 230 was a fantastic watch, still works great to this day but that I’d treat myself to a little upgrade.
I went back and forth between the Venu and Vivoactive 4 because they are literally THE EXACT SAME WATCH with the only exception being the screen quality.
GO. WITH. THE. VENU.
The screen is incredible! Bright, detailed, readable, sharp on the wrist, just everything you could want!
Battery life holds true, a good few days taking into account using GPS and activity tracking features regularly.
Awesome watch and definitely an upgrade!!!
Solid build and app. Very engaging! Helped me drop 20 lbs!
Not used to wearing a watch, I made a big jump and I'm super glad that I spent the money on Garmin instead of the fitbit. My Wife and I each bought one. The watch build is excellent. The app is quite good and mostly without glitches. The idea of badges, goals, awards .. works. People like getting a dog biscuit or a star when they accomplish something. It's quite motivating. Using this watch I was able to drop 20 lbs in about two months and increase my cardio and breathing condition immensely. It's become a big part of my life. The water tracking is incredibly helpful, as I have always been chronically dehydrated. Now I drink enough throughout the day. I've managed 20k step days, 30k, 40k and even a 50k day (27 mile hike)! My Wife and I have both experienced times where we weren't credited for stairs, which is annoying. She's experienced several occasions where her watch and iphone are out of agreement about the water, which is also annoying. But not a big deal in the end. Sleep tracking is interesting. Quite addictive at first, but I eventually stopped worrying too much about it. I'd routinely miss the 8 hour "goal" that can't be adjusted ... by less than 5 minutes! One time by just a single minute! Now THAT is annoying! I'm a member of a golf course and since the course just opened during rona was able to try the golf app for the first time. It was quite accurate and helpful. Only shows front, middle and back, but I use a range finder and only need the watch for times when I can't get a line of sight on the pin (in order words, my tee shot was terrible). I checked against the range finder throughout my last round and the watch matched. Surprising, since our course is private. You can also keep score if you want. I feed my garmin activities into Strava, which is nice. Finally, I used the MyFitness app for free calorie tracking and the integration with activities (calories burned) was really good! I stopped worrying about tracking calories once I was exercising and dropping weight. Battery life is my only real complaint. It's a bit slow to charge and has to be charged every few days. I have a charge port built into my island, so it's convenient, but I feel naked without my watch on now!
Does all I want & more
I had a vivofit & wanted to upgrade. I looked at other watches, but decided I like the Garmin features, in particular the webapp that shows the things the device measures. This watch turns out to do all I want & then some. The sleep tracker seems to be accurate at least for the going to sleep & waking (I'm asleep for the rest of the time, so I can't tell you if it gets the REM & all the other stuff right). I checked the step tracker by watching the steps on my phone as I walked (it synches continually) & it counted each one, but not more. I charge it about every other day, though I think it could go 3 days or 4. I wear it to the shower & it continues to work. I can use it to accept or reject phone calls, plus receive other notifications. The web app is great. All in all, the best all around so far as I can tell.
No regrets buying this watch!
I originally cycled through tracking watches costing $50 or less; 2 died within 2 days and the 3rd froze up on day 3. I finally decided that you get what you pay for and bought the Garmin Venu sq and have been pleased with it for nearly 3 months now. It has lived up to its advertised description and its app provides excellent information in both summary and detailed format. It can work of 2 different GPS systems. As I understand it, separate American and European systems, which in my mind makes for greater GPS accuracy. It's ability to display text & email messages, as well as notification of phone calls is excellent. It does not offer communication through the watch for phone calls, just to be clear, but it does offer the ability to press a button for 3-4 seconds and it will notify someone you choose that you need help. Because of the GPS it will send a message and also your exact location so they will know where you are to being help. It's a great smart watch that you will not regret opting for.
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