Garmin vivosmart 5, Smart Health and Fitness Activity Tracker with Touchscreen, Mint, Small/Medium

Very happy with my Vivosmart 5. Does everything I need. Gives a bit more detail than the 4, ie more analytical sleep. Strap comfortable. Battery lasts at least five days.

Third time lucky? This is the third watch I've tried after a leading brand whose app died and a brand that matched my phone whose battery died 2months in. In both cases Amazon support fabulous - leading brand helpful but powerless, phone people hopeless. Garmin is the other big name in this sector so I gave it a whirl. I didn't want anything too huge on my wrist so went for vivosmart5.It is similar to bands I've had from the other leading brand. It's a bit more pricey though and a bit less functional - no timer, no choice of face, slightly worse battery life doing about 5 days with autowake off but most other functionality on.No problems with phone connection - both the other brands were temperamental. I really like the app - lots of data, lots to customise.Like all watches it's step counting is a little inaccurate. It does do GPS tracking of walks which is a new thing for me. I've swum a few times. Waterproofing seems fine and you can just about operate it with wet hands. It doesn't autodetect swimming so you have to set it off as you start. Length counts are a bit out but you can pull up a graph in the app and see how many lengths have taken twice or half as long and work it out.I use alerts for texts and calls - you get full message of text on band. I also use the alarm - you can only set this from the app, but it is silent if you need to rise without disturbing partner. I just wish there was an on band timer - handy for cooking. Lots of ways to customise data to view on band but I use app more.Strap is a bit plasticy - I saw a report suggesting we should wear silicone to avoid forever chemicals. It does up comfortably and easily. I've only had irritation when I've got moisture underneath I've failed to dry.It just has a proprietary to C cable supplied. Happily my phone brand dead one had required I buy a C charger (or you can charge from phone) so that was not wasted. Charger plugs into physical port behind watchface - not magnetic like many newer ones.Overall it seems to do most of what I need reliably. It just feels a bit behind the times, especially for the money, so four stars.

Bought this over a month ago as a replacement for a Fitbit charge 5 which only lasted 18 months! Took some getting used to the display and the Garmin app but I’m very happy with it now. Functions well and the Battery life is good, much longer lasting than Fitbit. My sister has had the same model for over two years and the battery still lasts as long as when new.

AMAZING product worth every pennyHas really clear screenEasy to chargeVery accurate on its findingCan tell weather and can do a very accurate sleep score

Just what we wanted

Love the colour of the strap on this - so much nicer than black!Counts steps, heart rate, stress levels, body battery and sleep patterns. Only disappointment is not recording stairs climbed but I can live with that. I do seem to be very stressed though ,🤣.

I've had my watch under a year and it's stopped recording my sleep and pulse, also stopped automatically recording my walks. Not impressed that it didn't last the year. I've deleted and reloaded the app several times, updated the watch and all and still nothing. Not worth it.

Poor battery life, need to recharge every 36 hours. Often will not connect to my phone and the auto functions in tracking activities is hit and miss. When it works it is great, but so far reliability has not been good. Looks good and comfortable to wear. Straightforward to use.