Garmin Venu, GPS Smartwatch with Bright Touchscreen Display, Features Music, Body Energy Monitoring, Animated Workouts, Pulse Ox Sensors and More, Light Sand with Rose Gold Hardware

Fab product. Looks super smart and have one spare hole left on strap for my small wrist.Love the choice of watch faces you can download or create from the app. Yet to master how to get the downloaded running / swimming apps onto the watch - early days.Easy to use and having been used to a Fitbit a it’s sleep tracking is similar but defo different in how long I’ve been awake etc.Steps are literally actually steps. Cycling with a Fitbit would generate steps to overall daily total…. Bike handle vibrations. This watch - nope - proper actual tracking!It does auto track a walk / cycle / run etc - but it doesn’t give you any further data like a Fitbit would- which is a shame.You therefore have to actually track / start the watch for the activity of you want to look into distance etc.As a runner - I’m working on my cadence - this is easily viewed now on my chosen running screen.Great for swimming too as I no longer have to count lengths - which would hurt my brain in every session 😬Lights in the dark - sometimes disturb me if my wrist and angle shows the watch trying to scan. Guess the round face makes it easier to see / for light to escape.So - Just a few couple of things I miss from the fitbit world - plus the step networks / challenges etc but I will learn to live without it and judge my own progress with the garmin and Strava app. Defo counts exercise calories far more accurately. Fitbit always over estimate!!Price fluctuates - paid 207£ - wouldn’t pay much more for it - but a £200 price tag for it is a fair deal!!I love my watch and feel like this is more negative than positive - but it shouldn’t be. Oh and one other down side - battery life - lasts 3’days max if using to track about 90min of exercise a day.

I had had several smartwatches from other manufacturers which I enjoyed using. However, I wanted a watch with a colour screen and one which looked more like a conventional watch. The Garmin Venu was the one I chose and I’m not disappointed. It’s a lovely looking watch and isn’t too heavy to wear. I have to say I’m also impressed with the sand-coloured silicon wristband as after two months continuous wear, it still looks as clean as the day it arrived.The watch is easy to use and navigate. I really love the fact it displays blood oxygen levels as well as showing stress levels. The app supplies you with loads of data each day. It has helped to motivate me to become more active and to aware of my water intake as well as keeping tabs on my sleep.Like others, I have experienced some irritation from the back of the watch if I wear it too tight for too long. I now only have it tight on my wrist when exercising to alleviate the issue. Swapping wrists and wearing it with enough space between your skin and the watch really helps. Garmin were keen to help out when I reported the issue and they encourage you not too wear the watch tight unless exercising. They also recommend cleaning the watch regularly. Having followed their guidance I no longer have any issues. I’m now looking forward to receiving a new screen protector as I mistakenly ordered a matte finish which makes the beautiful OLED screen look dull. Hopefully I’ll be able to place the new protector on without bubbles!

I bought this watch for my wife as part of her birthday present. She previously had a Samsung watch which needed charging every other day and it died during swimming in the sea.This Garmin seemed much better with good water resistance, able to sync up with Strava, and much better battery life. It also looked better than most "sports" watches as it looked a bit more feminine.After looking around for a bit I bought it here during a sale and I'm glad to say my wife is very pleased with it. Battery life is a big improvement and it still tracks her runs just as well as her phone did.

Great product, bought for myself as previously had a fit bit but found it uncomfortable to wear. The garmin is very comfortable and battery life lasts approx 5 days. Maybe more. Very quick to charge, takes about an hour from empty. Lovely user interface.Does support Spotify playback once you have downloaded playlists to your watch and use of wireless earphones is very easy to set up!Very impressed and worth the money. I will never go back to fitbit!

Looks great and keeps me motivated to workout. I can choose my exercise as well as monitor my calories, steps ,heart rate, sleep patterns and oxygen levels in my blood. Easy to access different functions on wrist as well as read text/messages.

Was looking at so many smart watches and decided to try the garmin venu watch and so glad I did easy set up and connected to my Samsung galaxy s21fe phone straight away get all my notifications and messages on my watch and tracks all my steps and sleep would highly recommend the garmin venu watch couldn't fault it in anyway.

The battery life on this watch is fantastic.From someone who has had Fitbit's all her life this watch is 100X better.This watch syncs so much easier with my phone and no problems with notifications, calls and messages coming through.Smart design and love the feature where you can customise your own watch face showing what you want to be shown steps, heart rate etc...

Received the item yesterday. I am a Garmin supporter and have been using their kit for more than five years now. This watch was purchased for my daughter who wanted the watch to be able to play music without having to carry an ipod with her during runs.The watch is sturdy, just like all other Garmin devices but the execution is a notch over norm. Flawless.It has been just a day so cannot say much about battery life - feature wise is pretty much like a Forerunner 945 (maybe some high end features are not there), again did not play with it too much. Will write another review in six months after we get to see how it works.