Stay stylish and sporty ready by changing your Vívosmart 5 watch strap with a new colour on the compatible models. Simply remove your current vívosmart 5 from your existing band and place it in your new one. No disassembly tools required. Individual colours sold separately.
Stay stylish and sporty ready by changing your Vívosmart 5 watch strap with a new colour on the compatible models. Simply remove your current vívosmart 5 from your existing band and place it in your new one. No disassembly tools required. Individual colours sold separately.
Garmin Vivosmart 5 Band - Cool Mint (Small-Medium)
Stay stylish and sporty ready by changing your Vívosmart 5 watch strap with a new colour on the compatible models. Simply remove your current vívosmart 5 from your existing band and place it in your new one. No disassembly tools required. Individual colours sold separately.
Stay stylish and sporty ready by changing your Vívosmart 5 watch strap with a new colour on the compatible models. Simply remove your current vívosmart 5 from your existing band and place it in your new one. No disassembly tools required. Individual colours sold separately.
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I bought this and one for my wife to replace very old/no longer reliable Samsung Gear Fit 2s.While they are improved over what we had, they're a bit disappointing when it comes to the primary reason we use fitness trackers: sleep tracking.All of the waking functions are greatly improved over what our old trackers did. Heart rate, steps, pulse ox, respiration etc work very well. The app had a bit of a learning curve but now is familiar and easy to use.With that said, the sleep tracking function is hilariously bad. For example, yesterday, it says I slept for 33 hrs and 27 minutes. Today, is 56 hrs and 41 minutes. Clearly, those times are not possible.I've been in contact with Garmin support and followed their recommendations for correcting this issue when it ... MoreI bought this and one for my wife to replace very old/no longer reliable Samsung Gear Fit 2s.While they are improved over what we had, they're a bit disappointing when it comes to the primary reason we use fitness trackers: sleep tracking.All of the waking functions are greatly improved over what our old trackers did. Heart rate, steps, pulse ox, respiration etc work very well. The app had a bit of a learning curve but now is familiar and easy to use.With that said, the sleep tracking function is hilariously bad. For example, yesterday, it says I slept for 33 hrs and 27 minutes. Today, is 56 hrs and 41 minutes. Clearly, those times are not possible.I've been in contact with Garmin support and followed their recommendations for correcting this issue when it first appeared within a week of getting the device. It was working fine until the last few days but has gone back to displaying impossible sleep times.I'm not sure if it's a basic problem with how the software defines and then displays sleep or if I'm using it in a way that it wasn't designed for. Either way, the main purpose I bought it for has not worked out well for me.
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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 ... MoreThis 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.
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I bought a Vivosmart 4 four and a half years ago and was pretty happy with it, except that the bezel became detached, and the strap was showing signs of wear. I also wanted to have a main watch and a spare, so I bought the Vivosmart 5. I had looked at quite a few similar watches when I bought the 4, and it seemed to offer very good value for money. A friend advised she could wear it even with a nickel allergy if she dried it after it got wet and wore it on a different wrist each day.I miss the altimeter which told me how many 'flights of stairs' I had climbed, but it was never very accurate so can understand why it is not included in the Vivosmart 5. Some people have commented on the battery life. I have found this lasts longer on the Vivosmart 5 than the 4, but ... MoreI bought a Vivosmart 4 four and a half years ago and was pretty happy with it, except that the bezel became detached, and the strap was showing signs of wear. I also wanted to have a main watch and a spare, so I bought the Vivosmart 5. I had looked at quite a few similar watches when I bought the 4, and it seemed to offer very good value for money. A friend advised she could wear it even with a nickel allergy if she dried it after it got wet and wore it on a different wrist each day.I miss the altimeter which told me how many 'flights of stairs' I had climbed, but it was never very accurate so can understand why it is not included in the Vivosmart 5. Some people have commented on the battery life. I have found this lasts longer on the Vivosmart 5 than the 4, but the life depends totally on which functions are enabled. We moved offices recently, so I enabled the new function 24 hour blood oxygen monitoring to test the environment. This ran the battery down in about 4 days, but when I returned to night time monitoring only, the battery lasts longer and I can usually get about a week out of it. Another thing I could disable is linking with my phone for GPS, call alerts and messages, then I reckon it the battery would last even longer. It's a matter of choice.I have had problems after a couple of software updates, when the watch lost the connection with my phone. The first time, I tried lots of things, then uninstalled and reinstalled Garmin Connect, but the second time, it seemed to come back when I shut down both the watch and phone and started them up agaThe strap on the Vivosmart 5 is replaceable, so be careful that you don't 'pop' the watch out of it by accident. It also means that you can wash and dry both watch and strap separately, a great advantage over the 4.Garmin Connect for the Vivosmart 5 has more features than for the 4. For example, there are comments on a dropdown on each type of sleep on the sleep score screen with some text to advise on the quality of your sleep and the effect that might be having on your health.Also, if you do have your watch linked to your phone for walks, clicking on a walk will show it superimposed on a map if you have something like Google Maps loaded. The accuracy of the route will depend on how you have set things up. I never tried this with the 4, so don't know if it had that feature. The 5 is too great an improvement to want to check that out. I have had it for a few months and am still finding out more about what it can do.I was pleased with the Vivosmart 4, but the Vivosmart 5 is a huge improvement, and it is very good value for money for the rich dataset it provides. Also there is no monthly charge. I hope Garmin don't change that. Other devices are available, but this is the one for me.
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I bought this and one for my wife to replace very old/no longer reliable Samsung Gear Fit 2s.While they are improved over what we had, they're a bit disappointing when it comes to the primary reason we use fitness trackers: sleep tracking.All of the waking functions are greatly improved over what our old trackers did. Heart rate, steps, pulse ox, respiration etc work very well. The app had a bit of a learning curve but now is familiar and easy to use.With that said, the sleep tracking function is hilariously bad. For example, yesterday, it says I slept for 33 hrs and 27 minutes. Today, is 56 hrs and 41 minutes. Clearly, those times are not possible.I've been in contact with Garmin support and followed their recommendations for correcting this issue when it ... MoreI bought this and one for my wife to replace very old/no longer reliable Samsung Gear Fit 2s.While they are improved over what we had, they're a bit disappointing when it comes to the primary reason we use fitness trackers: sleep tracking.All of the waking functions are greatly improved over what our old trackers did. Heart rate, steps, pulse ox, respiration etc work very well. The app had a bit of a learning curve but now is familiar and easy to use.With that said, the sleep tracking function is hilariously bad. For example, yesterday, it says I slept for 33 hrs and 27 minutes. Today, is 56 hrs and 41 minutes. Clearly, those times are not possible.I've been in contact with Garmin support and followed their recommendations for correcting this issue when it first appeared within a week of getting the device. It was working fine until the last few days but has gone back to displaying impossible sleep times.I'm not sure if it's a basic problem with how the software defines and then displays sleep or if I'm using it in a way that it wasn't designed for. Either way, the main purpose I bought it for has not worked out well for me.
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 ... MoreThis 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 bought a Vivosmart 4 four and a half years ago and was pretty happy with it, except that the bezel became detached, and the strap was showing signs of wear. I also wanted to have a main watch and a spare, so I bought the Vivosmart 5. I had looked at quite a few similar watches when I bought the 4, and it seemed to offer very good value for money. A friend advised she could wear it even with a nickel allergy if she dried it after it got wet and wore it on a different wrist each day.I miss the altimeter which told me how many 'flights of stairs' I had climbed, but it was never very accurate so can understand why it is not included in the Vivosmart 5. Some people have commented on the battery life. I have found this lasts longer on the Vivosmart 5 than the 4, but ... MoreI bought a Vivosmart 4 four and a half years ago and was pretty happy with it, except that the bezel became detached, and the strap was showing signs of wear. I also wanted to have a main watch and a spare, so I bought the Vivosmart 5. I had looked at quite a few similar watches when I bought the 4, and it seemed to offer very good value for money. A friend advised she could wear it even with a nickel allergy if she dried it after it got wet and wore it on a different wrist each day.I miss the altimeter which told me how many 'flights of stairs' I had climbed, but it was never very accurate so can understand why it is not included in the Vivosmart 5. Some people have commented on the battery life. I have found this lasts longer on the Vivosmart 5 than the 4, but the life depends totally on which functions are enabled. We moved offices recently, so I enabled the new function 24 hour blood oxygen monitoring to test the environment. This ran the battery down in about 4 days, but when I returned to night time monitoring only, the battery lasts longer and I can usually get about a week out of it. Another thing I could disable is linking with my phone for GPS, call alerts and messages, then I reckon it the battery would last even longer. It's a matter of choice.I have had problems after a couple of software updates, when the watch lost the connection with my phone. The first time, I tried lots of things, then uninstalled and reinstalled Garmin Connect, but the second time, it seemed to come back when I shut down both the watch and phone and started them up agaThe strap on the Vivosmart 5 is replaceable, so be careful that you don't 'pop' the watch out of it by accident. It also means that you can wash and dry both watch and strap separately, a great advantage over the 4.Garmin Connect for the Vivosmart 5 has more features than for the 4. For example, there are comments on a dropdown on each type of sleep on the sleep score screen with some text to advise on the quality of your sleep and the effect that might be having on your health.Also, if you do have your watch linked to your phone for walks, clicking on a walk will show it superimposed on a map if you have something like Google Maps loaded. The accuracy of the route will depend on how you have set things up. I never tried this with the 4, so don't know if it had that feature. The 5 is too great an improvement to want to check that out. I have had it for a few months and am still finding out more about what it can do.I was pleased with the Vivosmart 4, but the Vivosmart 5 is a huge improvement, and it is very good value for money for the rich dataset it provides. Also there is no monthly charge. I hope Garmin don't change that. Other devices are available, but this is the one for me.
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 ... MoreI 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.
I am excited about most of the upgrades on the Vivosmart 5. I love that we now have a button to get into the second-level menu or go back to the home screen. It has a nice sleek look. It is a little narrower than the other brands. At first, I disliked reading the scrolling text but after a week I adjusted and it no longer bothers me. So I think the new narrow design is a plus.It holds a charge much better than the other brands that have had in the past I only have to charge it once a week now instead of the beginning and end of the week. And I use the nighttime SPo2 feature.I love the pulse ox. I've seen a lot of reviewers complain about it. Unfortunately, all of the reviews I watched or read about only used the Garmin for two or three days, and at most, a few ... MoreI am excited about most of the upgrades on the Vivosmart 5. I love that we now have a button to get into the second-level menu or go back to the home screen. It has a nice sleek look. It is a little narrower than the other brands. At first, I disliked reading the scrolling text but after a week I adjusted and it no longer bothers me. So I think the new narrow design is a plus.It holds a charge much better than the other brands that have had in the past I only have to charge it once a week now instead of the beginning and end of the week. And I use the nighttime SPo2 feature.I love the pulse ox. I've seen a lot of reviewers complain about it. Unfortunately, all of the reviews I watched or read about only used the Garmin for two or three days, and at most, a few used it for a week. This is not enough time. First, I tested the pulse ox feature against a finger pulse ox monitor. The Garmin is typically read 2% below the finger pulse ox. On a separate occasion when I was cold, it read 4% below the finger pulse ox. It shouldn't be a surprise that a wrist-based pulse Ox doesn't match the doctor's office device. However, it's within an acceptable range for me to use it. Especially, when I see I dropped down to 73 a couple of times during the night. One of the things to note is that you do need to wear this snug to the wrist for the HR and the Pulse Ox to work ideally. When they showed it, many of the reviewers were not wearing it snugly. I can still fit my index finger between my band and wrist so it isn't tight.Another sore point in most reviews is the overnight SPo2 monitoring. This frustrated me for the first week as it had many reviewers. But after that, it worked consistently. I learned that it only runs for about the middle 4 hours of your sleep time. Now, if you are a restless sleeper and move around a lot or get up, you will stop reading. For it to take your Pulse Ox your wrist needs to be straight. If you bend it, it will stop reading. If you make a fast move, it will stop, if you get up, it will stop. But, once you settle, the Vivosmart will start back up again. If your band is loose enough to slide around, you will not get a consistent pulse ox at night Especially if you move around.I also tested the Heart rate feature at the doctor's office and it was always dead on. Not once has it strayed from the doctor's reading. I tested both the pulse ox and the HR at five different doctor's offices. So I am fairly confident in the Garmin Pulse Ox and Heart Rate readings. But again, it needs to be snug to your wrist to achieve an accurate reading. When it is loose, it can be off.I did have to work a little to get my custom step size just right before it would take an accurate read of the distance I traveled and the number of steps I've taken during the day. For those who want to put it on and not worry about it, you may or may not have an accurate measure of how far you've walked/run or the number of steps you've taken. I do feel my Vivosmart 3 was a little better there. I'm not sure if it's specific to my band or why it is. But I did get it to work perfectly through the custom step and matching it to a handheld GPS to confirm the distance.The Body Battery is an interesting and unique feature. This one needed time to learn from me. It took a couple of weeks for this one to mesh with my life and activities. Once it did, I found that it has been useful to make decisions on working out or not. At one point I couldn't figure out why my reading was 44 because I felt great. Well, the next day I was sick. If I had looked at the HRV and pulse ox during the day (you have to manually ask it to take the pulse ox), I would have realized I was getting sick and could have adapted my activities for the day. I certainly don't use the body battery often but find it useful.For those who like to auto-count workouts, I've enjoyed that feature quite a bit. I don't run, but I love to walk and I swim, which is why I decided on the Garmin Vivosmart 3, it was waterproof. It misses a stroke or a rep here or there but it hasn't been very often. And if you do find it missed something, you can certainly add it to the App.Yes, it is waterproof. I use it in the pool all the time and don't worry about it in the shower. Garmin says the Vivosmart is waterproof up to 50 meters. And yes, it is! I don't normally scuba dive with it on. During the last trip, I forgot to take it off before climbing into my gear. My husband was about to head below deck so I handed it to tuck it away in our bags. He dropped in his shorts pocket and well, yes, he forgot. So, this wonderful little band survived a thirty-minute, 40-meter dive. It's not a dive computer and I probably won't wear it diving again because I can only handle so many wrist-based devices but I certainly won't be worried if I forget it again.So, whether you want it for the gym, running/walking, swimming, snorkeling, take it scuba diving, or tracking sleep, this little wearable is an excellent choice.
I'm sort of new to the Garmin fitness system — til now I only had a cycling GPS head unit and chest HR sensor, and the only data I ever captured in the app was from bicycle rides. But I recently took up some weight training and decided to dip my toes into the pool of wearables with a system I already sort of understood. IMMEDIATELY the vivosmart5 gave me so many more choices of how to monitor and catalogue my health and fitness. I feel so much more informed now, including factors in my sleep, which I never knew before. The reminders to drink water and stand/move throughout the day have made me aware that, despite cycling almost every day, I'm pretty lazy hahaha. I love the way the captured data is distilled in the app in such a way that I can access suggestions on ... MoreI'm sort of new to the Garmin fitness system — til now I only had a cycling GPS head unit and chest HR sensor, and the only data I ever captured in the app was from bicycle rides. But I recently took up some weight training and decided to dip my toes into the pool of wearables with a system I already sort of understood. IMMEDIATELY the vivosmart5 gave me so many more choices of how to monitor and catalogue my health and fitness. I feel so much more informed now, including factors in my sleep, which I never knew before. The reminders to drink water and stand/move throughout the day have made me aware that, despite cycling almost every day, I'm pretty lazy hahaha. I love the way the captured data is distilled in the app in such a way that I can access suggestions on how to improve my overall health and fitness levels. One of my favorite details is how it records weight training. It's very good at guessing the reps, sets, and the actual exercise you're doing, but if it gets it wrong, you can edit as necessary in the app, including adding the weight amounts you were using. But even more than that, the data capture is shown to you in an illustration of the human body with primary and secondary highlights of the muscles you just worked. It's a little finicky, but once you figure it out, it is AMAZING. The most unexpected thing it can do, and this was pretty big to me, is that by using your phone’s GPS, the vivosmart5 can record a bike ride with a level of detail similar to a proper head unit. I did NOT see that coming and it is a DELIGHT. Prior to now I was only recording dedicated bike rides — now I'm recording commute rides, errand rides, joyrides, the whole bit. I have to be honest that there is one thing I DO NOT LIKE, and that's the band. The little keeper that holds the loose end of the band is DIRECTLY under my wrist bone when I draw, write, or use a computer. I hacked this by popping the device out of the band and turning it around backwards — now when I wear it with the face facing correctly, the keeper is facing UP, and it's not an issue anymore. But I almost returned it because of this, so I recommend Garmin redesign the band, or make a version that's elastic or something, because it is pretty awful. That aside, this is so much more than just a simple pedometer — it is a robust and reliable data capture device that absolutely informs your fitness and health journey in a productive way. I love it.
I decided to quit my FitBit after years of being a constantly satisfied customer because the new FiBt are unusable worked for a few weeks then went black. and their CS response was an absolute joke trying to get them to honor their warranty went something like this, Me: "I'd like a replacement for the Fitbit I just purchased." Them: "No Coke, Pepsi." over and over and over again...same canned responses. So I happily went back to Garmin as I had before FB. I wanted a simple no-fuss affordable fitness tracker mainly for counting steps, heart rates, oxygen levels and sleep tracker. I had such a hard time trying to pair this with my phone and computer and this one is totally on me but I can barely read the info on the screen, and it is confusing to navigate through the ... MoreI decided to quit my FitBit after years of being a constantly satisfied customer because the new FiBt are unusable worked for a few weeks then went black. and their CS response was an absolute joke trying to get them to honor their warranty went something like this, Me: "I'd like a replacement for the Fitbit I just purchased." Them: "No Coke, Pepsi." over and over and over again...same canned responses. So I happily went back to Garmin as I had before FB. I wanted a simple no-fuss affordable fitness tracker mainly for counting steps, heart rates, oxygen levels and sleep tracker. I had such a hard time trying to pair this with my phone and computer and this one is totally on me but I can barely read the info on the screen, and it is confusing to navigate through the options it provides. Inevitably I just don't wear it anymore because the only benefit I was getting was the steps I could barely read. I bought my daughter one and she sometimes uses hers but she was having issues with it pairing with mine and it doesn't keep a charge very long. But I do realize this is a very basic model so perhaps I need to look investing in a upgraded one to purchase because I am not going back to FB
It does what it says but I wish I had paid a little more attention to the details before I bought it. I have an edge 840 which I love but I wanted something that could track my other activities, namely playing hockey and hiking and climbing. Without gps it's pretty useless if you don't have you're phone on you (not happening with hockey) and without a barometric altimeter it really can't judge the difficulty of an activity such as climbing a mountain or rock climbing. As examples I climbed a mountain, eight miles round trip about 4,000 vertical feet of ascent. A seven hour effort! It rated the activity as not much more difficult than a walk around the block. Also, it said that I had walked 15 miles, so not at all accurate.When I went bouldering for two hours a ... MoreIt does what it says but I wish I had paid a little more attention to the details before I bought it. I have an edge 840 which I love but I wanted something that could track my other activities, namely playing hockey and hiking and climbing. Without gps it's pretty useless if you don't have you're phone on you (not happening with hockey) and without a barometric altimeter it really can't judge the difficulty of an activity such as climbing a mountain or rock climbing. As examples I climbed a mountain, eight miles round trip about 4,000 vertical feet of ascent. A seven hour effort! It rated the activity as not much more difficult than a walk around the block. Also, it said that I had walked 15 miles, so not at all accurate.When I went bouldering for two hours a pretty strenuous work out the only data it really recorded was my approach.It's probably good for someone who wants to record steps but of course my phone does that.Things I liked; heart rate and pulse ox seems very accurate, I liked the vo2 max and fitness age feature as well as the emergency contact and tracking, but then again it still requires your phoneUltimately, it didn't do what bought it for, so I guess it will mostly sit in my drawer
I use mine mainly for monitoring my sleep. Even though I can spend 9 hours in bed, My Garmin tells me that only 4-6 hours of that was actual sleep. Even though I've changed my daily habits that effect my sleep soooo much in the past few years, we can never actually control how well we sleep. In school I always tried for A+, was content with B's but felt crushed by C-. I have to keep in perspective that I have never received a sleep score above 75. I am sleeping better than I did 4 years ago, way healthier. Semi-awake cycles happen. My 2-3 bathroom trips are usually a few minutes off from the time I write them down but I guess it is based on my heart rate rising with the motion of rolling out of bed & walking. I wish that I could add labels to some of the highs & ... MoreI use mine mainly for monitoring my sleep. Even though I can spend 9 hours in bed, My Garmin tells me that only 4-6 hours of that was actual sleep. Even though I've changed my daily habits that effect my sleep soooo much in the past few years, we can never actually control how well we sleep. In school I always tried for A+, was content with B's but felt crushed by C-. I have to keep in perspective that I have never received a sleep score above 75. I am sleeping better than I did 4 years ago, way healthier. Semi-awake cycles happen. My 2-3 bathroom trips are usually a few minutes off from the time I write them down but I guess it is based on my heart rate rising with the motion of rolling out of bed & walking. I wish that I could add labels to some of the highs & lows on the chart to help me keep track of what helps & what was just an anomaly. Some nights, I take a sleep-aid pill, and I can see that it increases the amount of deep sleep with less waking moments between cycles. Some nights I choose to stay up late (concert, watching a meteor shower, out dancing, diner with friends...) Some nights things interrupt my sleep (stomach bug, extreme thunderstorm, car alarm). I wish I could add labels to explain these outliers. Also, when I get a bad night of sleep, I try to squeeze in a nap during my day. I wish this could be added as an extra "snack" of sleep instead of editing/replacing a whole night. Sometimes I get extra exercise like going to a festival, then I sleep hard the night after. If I could add labels (like a little text box or thought bubble) that showed on the chart it would help me analyze what helps or disrupts my good habits.
I bought this unit a month ago and have given up on it. Not because it does not work - it works very well for all of the functions it preforms and the associate app is fairly easy to use - but because it insists on doing too much for my needs. I recently had a pacemaker installed and wanted a unit to give me real-time information on my pulse rate and blood oxygen levels. I thought this unit would be great as it was priced reasonably and I have used other Garmin products which I have been very happy with in their design and performance.The problem is that, while it will do these, this unit will not JUST do these. It insists on a minimum of 5 functions like weather, sleep #'s, steps, etc. I didn't need or want these but could not turn them off. Frankly, I could not ... MoreI bought this unit a month ago and have given up on it. Not because it does not work - it works very well for all of the functions it preforms and the associate app is fairly easy to use - but because it insists on doing too much for my needs. I recently had a pacemaker installed and wanted a unit to give me real-time information on my pulse rate and blood oxygen levels. I thought this unit would be great as it was priced reasonably and I have used other Garmin products which I have been very happy with in their design and performance.The problem is that, while it will do these, this unit will not JUST do these. It insists on a minimum of 5 functions like weather, sleep #'s, steps, etc. I didn't need or want these but could not turn them off. Frankly, I could not put up with the constant displays and 'helpful reminders' of stuff I had no intention of responding to (for instance, while I had turned off 'weather' information in the app, an empty-of-information 'weather' icon continued to display in the watch face and I kept getting app reminders that I needed to do more steps - even though I do stationary bike CV for 50 minutes each day).If it had allowed me to pare down to just those 2 functions, I'd have given it 5 stars.For someone who wants these functions (which I admit is probably the majority) this would be a great purchase! For me, I'm going to gift it to a friend who will be very happy for it, I'm sure.
| Brand | GARMIN |
| Type | Band |
