Garmin Venu, GPS Smartwatch with Bright Touchscreen Display, Features Music, Body Energy Monitoring, Workouts, Pulse Ox Sensors and More, Granite Blue with Silver Hardware, Granite Blue and Silver

After going through 6 fitbits I decided enough was enough, they never lasted more than 6 months. I switched to Garmin and bought the Venu in Sept 2020. It truly is the best gadget I've ever bought. The battery life is amazing, it has Garmin pay and Spotify which I use almost daily. It syncs with the app effortlessly whereas my Fitbit was always returning errors.The app is very good, I mainly use it to track my treadmill and strength workouts. I would highly recommended the Venu to anyone looking for a reliable smart watch that can track your exercise, play your favourite playlists and offer NFC.

I am in love with my Garmin Venu! Came from a Vivoactive 3 to Venu and was a "big step"!I researched a lot because I was looking for a wearable with music built-in and since I was gonna spend some money went for the Venu instead of Vivoactive 4 because of its incredible AMOLED screen.No regrets at all!!It is gorgeous, great battery life!I struggled a little bit of how to increase the battery life and the settings but there are many reviews and step by step on Youtube.I am not a pro runner so it fits me perfectly.Garmin is ready to beat Apple devices!

Love it tracks my exercise and basics for a smart watch ,bad that can't really text back but it's fine . absolutely loving it!!

Garmin Venu (posh version review)This is a great watch with a couple of problems. The display is a big improvement on the always on but pretty dull Vivoactive HR, The way it gets round the extra power draw of the OLED is by activating it when you turn it to your face or if there is a notification. There is a pronounced delay when it does this making it impossible to just glance at it like you would with a normal watch. The buttons aren't that well thought out. I've triggered the activity stop button mid workout when the edge of my glove pushes up my wrist. You can mitigate this by loosening it and pushing it up your arm a bit before you get going.However, the functionality is very good. Much better sensors, it can track breathing and blood oxygen. It communicates much better over bluetooth than the Vivioactive HR. The GPS seems more accurate and I get much better altitude change precision with it.Battery life is good unless you engage the PulseOX blood oxygen level tracking at which point you'll be lucky if you get two days out of it.Overall, great watch, well worth it. Get plugs for the charger port though or it will clog.

Really happy with the Venu, easy to scroll through different info and there is lots to monitor. Good strap and good value for money 👍

Battery life and charge time are brilliant; love the fact you can listen to music through it by syncing Spotify playlists so you don't have to carry your phone with you whilst out on a run; loads of different features which are very detailed and helpful - particularly love the body battery measure, it has really made me think about when to go out for a run in connection with my body battery.

The media could not be loaded. Almost like brand new not a minute mark I had a right good look. Was worried buying refurbished in case got some sweat from previous owner but no looks brand new now under test re battery but so far all is good. Highly recommend

The watch has a lovely Amoled screen and is really nice and when everything works, then it is also a great watch. BUT! Activity tracking - mine is set to kick in after 3 minutes of walking activity but it is very hit and miss. Many a time the activity does not start, even if I have been our for extended periods of time. Other times it starts and stops after a few minutes but decides there was no activity. Floor climbing - I have a 5 floor climb every day at work. Sometimes it catches 1, or2, or 3, you get the picture. Even during the day when going down and back up floors it is hit and miss. At home it records maybe 60% of my going up and down stairs. On the good side, when I go cycling and turn it on manually it gives great info and stats. This is pleasing but I don't want to have to be manually turning on my activity tracker every time. Overall, a 3 to 3.5 rating for me and a bit disappointed.