Garmin
Vivosmart 5

It is pretty simple and does what I want it to do.

Love how it tracks my hybrid training, but connectivity is horrible, it will constantly connect and disconnect even if my phone is next to me, kinda sucks when im in a long run and disconnect. Messing up gps signal since it uses my phone gps to track my running. Other than that its a still a great watch

First month and have adapted well to the features. The step and pulse ox dont seem particularly accurate but good information comparing reading against each other. Wish they had one with a color oled display, an always on option, and more ways to customize what appears on the screen.

Replace my old vivosmart4 and glad I did. More functionality

It is not as user friendly as my old original Vivasmart which is probably over 10 years old. I am getting used to it and as time goes on I will utilize more and more features. I basically use the steps daily.

I bought first one through Amazon. Stoped working less than a year. Had to contact company, and finally able to get a replacement. Due to there timing had already ordered another from Amazon, and rather than return kept both. Good thing I did, because the second one stopped working less than a month! So now using the Garmin replacement that was sent without a band, so using the band from the Amazon 2nd order. Will see how long the 3rd one lasts. Chances are I will never buy another. Consider other brands before Garmin!

I bought this activity tracker as a replacement for my aging Vivosport that had been serving me well until the HR monitor became inaccurate. The Vivosmart is certainly an improvement, although it lacks a built-in GPS like the Vivosport. You might think that connecting to a phone's GPS would be just as accurate, but actually the Vivosmart, connected to my Samsung S23+, consistently showed a distance of 1.12 miles for a verified 1.02 mile route. My old Vivosport always reported the 1.02 mile distance correctly.

I do greatly appreciate the improved and customizable activities menu, especially the addition of a Yoga activity, which was not available to the Vivosport. The moving graphics for the activities are pretty cool and make it easy to recognize each activity.

People have reported that the small graphics are difficult to read. I disagree; even without my glasses I can read the display just fine.

Perhaps the most significant glitch is how difficult it is to tap the tracker face just right to select what is on the screen sometimes I have to tap 5 or 6 times before the tracker responds. I have gotten a little better at this, but it should not be so hard to execute a fundamental function like this.

It's been a couple of weeks and I've been pretty happy. I love the battery life I've been making it about 7 days. I do not have the pulse ox function turned on.

I've learned a lot with the sleep tracking. It gives helpful tips and I found that it was pretty accurate about how I was feeling in the morning. I haven't been able to fully test out the suggestions but I'm making a lot of personal changes at the same time so it's been harder to start a general routine.

I like the size. It isn't too large and bulky like a smart watch tends to be.

I've taken showers with it on with no issues. I haven't tested it for swimming yet. I will soon as I am adding more to my workouts.

Not too happy. Text is too small to read on the watch, and many of the countables like steps and heart rate are not accurate

This is a perfect companion to my Vivoactive 4. I use the watch for my run and the Vivosmart for the day. I like its features and its light weight. My only suggestion would be to develop a better strap. I find it somewhat clunky. A nylon strap would be great.

I like it except it digs into the side of my wrist because I have big wrists

I wear mine all the time. Battery only lasts 2 days. Great tool for monitoring calories burned and activity. Love the respiration and heart data

Fortunately I did not have to purchase it myself. I got it with no cost to me.

The face of the Vivio is not wide enough; the size of lettering/numbers too small. ( with the exception of the time). Battery life is less than 24 hours. I would have returned it had I paid for it

This is a very nice fitness tracker with numerous features beyond the Vivosport that I have enjoyed using for many years, but which Garmin apparently refuses to update since 2017. It lacks the built-in GPS of the Vivosport, and I have been avoiding trackers that depend on the GPS of my phone in case I want to track distance without my phone. But, hey, I always seem to have my phone, so what does it matter? Maybe a little bit: I have a frequently used walking route that my Vivosport and Google Maps say is exactly a mile. But when I use the Vivosmart with my phone GPS, it consistently says it is 1.12 miles. There is something to be said about having built-in GPS. The Vivosmart makes up for that with many features my Vivosport lacked. Like a dedicated Yoga tracker. No more do I have to edit my daily Yoga in Garmin Connect to change "other" to "yoga." The heart rate is accurate, at least for now. It had been in my Vivosport, but failed 2 years ago, requiring me to purchase a replacement, and recently the HR readings were much too low, which encouraged my purchase of the Vivosmart 5. Sleep tracking is much more detailed, which I greatly appreciate. The only thing I struggle with is tapping sensitivity. I often have to tap on the tracker many times before it responds, and this never happened on the Vivosport. So, I would not call the Vivosmart 5 perfect, but I am satisfied with it and happy to be able continuing to track my activities and statistics with Garmin Connect.

I purchased this product when my Vivosmart 4 band cracked off the watch. I love my Vivosmart 4 and I really wanted to like this, but it looks huge and clunky on my small wrist. It reminds me of my first Garmin HR which always got scratched and caught on things because it was so tall. The 5 does appear to have many advanced features accessible from the device.

I have been using it two weeks now and it has been a great tool. Highly recommended

This Trolling Motor was very easy to install and get setup and updated. It's seems to be very well built and a lot of thought put into the features and use of the unit. Well done Garmin!

I bought my Force trolling 2 yrs. ago along with two 9" chart plotters and now it needs a connectivity software update which is a convoluted mess to attempt to do. Customer service told me I didn't really need to do it. I don't like the trolling motor. It's continually doing weird things without my command. I won't buy another Garmin product.

I like old I have. I would like to return but don't have original box. Don't like

When I follow the directions to add a widget to display on my watch, it never works. Very frustrated with this watch.

The Vivosmart 5 is very comfortable to wear. The features are wonderful and very helpful in helping me monitor my health after finding out I need heart help.

I had purchased a different brand which was much too big for my tiny wrist… In fact, it looked like a man's watch. My Garmin fits perfectly with Notches left over. I really like knowing how many steps I have taken in a day, and the fact that it notifies me when my phone has received a message. Also, I love the mint green band!

I was unhappy times 100 with my NEW Fitbit which broke after two months. So. Ordered a Garmin under advice from lifer! It's easy to install and I can use just the features I want- which aren't many. I love that the bands are attached to the device. Stuty material and easy to east to wear. Battery charges quickly and the charge lasts a long time. So far- all's great.

Got the Vivosmart 5 because my Vivosmart 4's battery was running short, the screen was scratched and it would not automatically sleep. The Vivosmart 5's battery runs a couple of days longer which is nice. It has a bigger, brighter screen. Screen sensitivity is somewhat of an issue but not bad.

Recently my wife and I each bought a Vivosmart 5. Both work well. However while the battery in mine lasts 6-7 days my wife's identical one lasts approximately 4 days. We are still checking battery life. I have reset the lenght of display to shortest and if it lasts 5 days will post a 5 star review. On both devices.

I lost the sleep viewing on the watch and can't get it back on

Been helpful tracking steps and movements. Also has helped with breathing exercises and tracking my sleep.

Pros: simple to use & synced easily; basic features which was what I wanted; insight into energy levels, sleep patterns, heart rate and intensity minutes; calorie output & stress levels. ; charge about 1x weekly.

Cons: This is a big one for me- doesn't count steps when cycling.

Like it so far very helpful. Shows me how poor my sleep is

I like the older models.--------------------------

I've been using Garmin's smart bands since the 2012 and every generation keep getting better with new and useful features and functions. I love the hydration feature, it's very easy to keep tracking of the water you have during the day.

Very happy so far can't what to use the remote for trolling cranks

I bought this to replace a vivosmart HR many of the same features

Overall, this is a good watch. My only complaint is that the display time in reading data on the watch is too short. When downloaded to my phone, there are no issues in viewing the data statistics.

I use vivosmart though I wear Apple Watch as well. This is a replacement from vivosmart 4. All the benefits stay the same from 4 for my use with good activity and sleep tracking, and great app. Bigger size was not a draw back as I thought, but wider wrist band provides more comfort. Garmin sleep tracking provides better sleep analysis than Apple Watch apps.

Very happy with the purchase and recommend highly even to Apple Watch users.

It's a great idea. But to supply the elderly with any health products. Make sure it's ergonomically compatible with something that allows them to read instructions.

I bought this for health reasons, and got more than I thought it was going to be. I love that I could add emergency contacts, plus I can use GPS via my iPhone.

Dose what it says it will do but falls a little short in some cases. Battery life is poor after charge each day. Sleep sensor does not work well registers Only a short time sleep.

Goes great with the Twin Health program I'm enrolled in under my insurance plan. I love it!

I am learning about the features of the watch all the time. Love the watch.

I got this watch as a gift back and July and it works wonderfully. It is an awesome watch works very well.

I bought this product a month ago. The store set it up for me. Has been a motivator and inspires me to move.

It not all that great. I have to wear both my apple watch because its just easier to work with and the Garmin is not much of a touch screen and you have to push the button a few times just to get the screen to appear and it doesn't stay connected and it will not read my pulse ox, I have to look at my apple watch for that and use my apple for all my alarms. I was looking at the other Garmins and the Vivoactive 4S would suite me best. Is there a way we and exchange it?

I had he Vivosmart 4 and upgraded to the 5. I like the larger display. I can swim with the 5 also. Features I liked with the 4 and the 5 has great features.

It's good, just need a bigger screen for us blind ppl.

I wanted a tracker that could give me information without being overwhelming. This has all the basic information I was looking for. I find the user manual a little hard to follow, but was able to find better information on YouTube. and, best of all, no monthly fee for the information I wanted. Happy

Yesterday I set my Vivosmart 5 for a Walk and walked for 2 miles. When I got home I forgot to stop it. In fact, I only remembered it when I woke up this morning and it was STILL GOING after a full night's sleep! Now my Body Battery is 5. FIVE! My 1.4 mile walk took over 14 hours. My Vivosmart 4 would give me a gentle reminder that I should stop my "Walk" after I had been obviously done with my walk. Strange. Also, my Body Battery is super low ever since I got this one. This one doesn't seem to be registering all of the good sleep I get. The hours are correct (8-9 hours a night) but my stress levels are through the roof. I'm excited because my kids are visiting from out of town, but I'm not stressed. Just super happy. I can't imagine I should have a Body Battery of 5, but maybe it's me? I always had 100 after a good night's sleep with my Vivosmart 4.So I'm not as happy with this version.

Not Happy with the battery life. It does just after a couple of days

Purchased for me. I own the Luxe and wanted to compare the two.

Fitbit stays charged for 3.5 days, vivosmart only for 24 hours. I wear them at the same time and the steps are always way higher on the vivosmart.

I'm on my second vivosmart 5 after the first had to be replaced after less than 6 months because it started giving nonsense numbers for walk distances. For example, saying that my 1.5 mile walk was actually 50 miles in length. I'd love to be able to walk 100 mph, but believe me, I'm not. Today, the replacement, which I've had for a month, started doing the same thing. And just now the display won't even turn on. Really regret this purchase.