GarminGarmin vívosmart® 5, Fitness Tracker, Long-Lasting Battery, Simple Design, White

I love that I can easily count my steps and jumps on my trampolines (my spring one counts each bounce as one step, and my bungee trampoline counts each bounce as two steps). Plus, I can easily track my time bouncing. It motivates me to get more movement in each day.I chose this one specifically because I can "turn off" Bluetooth, which I didn't want connected for health reasons. I also love how small this watch is!It's been fun to monitor my sleep as well.Mine stopped working after 6 months. Even with a reset and charged battery, the screen kept going black and wouldn't revive without another reset. I contacted Garmin through their live chat, and within 10 minutes, they had sent me an email with a prepaid label to send mine back with so they can send a replacement. Excellent customer service!!

I usuarlly don't write reviews but given how happy I am with my Garmin I feel compelled to do so, I tried fitbit and steps tend to overcount it didn't work for me for swim the app is good but you will need a suscription to get the fullness of so screw it, then I tried apple watch I must say it is good but I just can't stop wearing my regular watches... it is in me call me old hag or whatever but it is what it is... so after reviews, talking with people I went for this Gadget and OMG I love App is awesome and you get everything and I meant all metrics without a subscription, steps are more accurate, swim and train works perfect and it is not a bulky gadget so I can wear my regular watches in one wrist and this baby in the other and changing the band is so easy that I can match everything.I fully recommend this to this point I don't think I can live without it.P.D- Battery is a monster it can't last for 4 days in my case.

I find the step, heart rate and sleep tracking useful. I recommend it overall.But... The sleep tracking suffers in that it only tracks within the set sleep hours. Naps are not tracked. If you travel to a different time zone it takes a day to get the sleep tracking to starts to again.The battery level is not shown on the app. Serious omission. It would also be good to have an alarm when the battery level drops to say 15%.

I was looking for a new fitness tracker when mine died. A friend told me she liked Garmin and I was quite pleased with the design of the Vivosmart 5. Most trackers have a large face and they just look huge on my smallish wrist. This one fits well, it looks smart, it was a breeze to set up and it does everything I wanted a tracker to do. My only complaint is the battery life is way less than what I expected. But overall, I’m happy with my purchase.

UPDATE*** TRASH. My previous review was 5 stars. They had a perfect product that they ruined with an entire app redesign. Read the app reviews before purchasing, it’s a dumpster fire of issues. Most of the key tracking features (for me anyway) like exercise activities, sleep and steps no long work. Readings saying I walked 57 miles in 30 minutes, I apparently haven’t slept since the update, and my stress levels are through the roof 24/7. 2 months later and they have made no effort to fix the issues or comment on what their plans are. Chucked it and bought the Apple Watch SE. ******was very frustrated with my vivosmart 4 and was looking for a new activity tracker when I saw the vivosmart 5 was out. I love everything about the Garmin app, it was the watch itself I didn't like. Despite Amazon warning me this had a high return rate, I decided to give V5 a chance and I am so glad I did! They have improved every single complaint I had with V4!!DISPLAY. The screen has been enlarged so it is much easier to read and the messages stay on the screen longer, giving you the time to view them if you are mid-workout. There are many more watch display options on this version.NOTIFICATIONS. You can now scroll through and read messages on your vivosmart5 , V4 only displayed a headline so you had to head over to your phone to read the whole thing. Now you can read and delete the notice on the watch itself, leaving your phone in your pocket!LOGGING ACTIVITIES. The biggest improvement is how you end the recording of your activity. With the V4 you just tapped the screen to end it, which was easily done accidently with brush of a sleeve or bumping the watch against your leg, EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING!! Now it is very intentional, you hold the button for a few seconds while it counts down that is about to end your activity. Going hand in hand with this, because it is no longer easy to end your activity accidently, it is easier to check the time without worry. Also mileage tracking has vastly improved. V4 would alert you when you reached a mile, but you were blind in between. With V5 You can see how many miles you have walked/ran/cycled while the activity is being recorded. Example 2.49 miles is displayed. This is very motivational for me to push to reach the next mile!ACTIVITY RESULTS. Your mappable activity is now displayed on a map on the app in iPhone. I enjoy this feature so I can compare routes and see which one helps me hit the most goals.CHARGING. The charge time is much longer and displays as a percentage, not a battery icon which I find more helpful. The charger itself is much easier to attach as it is now a snap in.THE WATCH ITSELF. The watch is now far more comfortable for everyday wear. On the V4 the band always slipped out and flapped around, this one stays in place. They eliminated the trim around the watch face which in my opinion was a great call. I owned 3 of the v4 watches and they all ended up having that trim fall out leaving a gap around the screen. I also think the increase in size makes it more attractive. I bought mine in white and I love it!!SUMMARY I have had this over a week so far, working out everyday using primarily the walking and cardio actives. I wear mine 24/7 to record steps, heartrate, sleep, pulse, ox etc. They have in my opinion perfected this activity tracker, I couldn't be happier. Will update if anything negative comes up in the future!

Does great holding a charge and alerts me when I have a call or text. The O2 tracking showed me I have sleep apnea and I went to the dr to get it checked out.

Watch is much bigger than Vivosmart 4. I feel like I’m wearing a man’s watch. If I wanted something this big, I would have bought an Apple Watch.

The red lights under the screen are very bright and since the bracelet is slim the light shows through it was very bright at night and could always see the red and green lights flicker. I returned this mainly for the reason.