GarminVenu 3 GPS 45mm Smartwatch, AMOLED Touchscreen, All-day Advanced Health & Fitness Features, Voice Functionality, Music Storage, Wellness Smartwatch with up to 14 days battery life, Black

This is a great watch! It is much improved on my previous garmin. It's smoother, easier to navigate and the battery life is amazing.I bought this one for myself, and the smaller version for my wife, and she loves it.Back in 2018 she got an iwatch and I got the Garmin Vivoactive 3. They were life changing at the time, as we were very active in the gym and outside. It was clear that my wife preferred many of the functions on my watch that the iwatch didn't have, although hers did look much better.My Garmin had battery issues back in 2021 and the iwatch screen got a crack in it last year (2024).So, a few years on, we are less active and want to get back to it. But I lacked the motivation. Then I remembered how I used to monitor my sleep, heart rate and training sessions on the watch and thought...maybe a new smart watch will give me the get up off the sofa I need.So I researched the best smart watches of 2024 & 2025...and this one kept coming up.So I bought two (2), the smaller stylish one for my wife and this larger one, for me.They are brilliant, the Garmin App is much improved too, much easier to record my gym sessions.This watch can monitor your HRV, it can provide a sleep coach, it's is sleek and stylish, and is better at dealing with messages and calls.I highly recomment this watch!

I have had a few smart watches , including Apple Watch , the Garmin Venus 3 is the best for battery life and all functions I need

I have been using fitness bands for the last few years to track my daily routine and my occasional outdoor exercises (cycling and hiking mostly).I wanted to have a watch instead of a band and tried some Fitbit devices but they were too buggy. I mulled over this watch for a long time due to the price, but to be honest, once I got it, I can honestly say it's the perfect one for me.I use it all day and night to track my daily routine and sleep. Body battery is accurate since when it shows being close to 0, I really do feel like my energy is gone completely. Morning reports on the watch are a nice touch to get a quick feel of what your sleep quality was and also what's in store for the day ahead.Never had any issues with the watch during exercises, the data it captures is accurate and very detailed. The mobile app is really good and the connection to the watch is seamless, never have I struggled to sync anything (hear this Fitbit?). Battery life is about 1 week when doing 4-5 exercises that use GPS too, so pretty good.You have access to some default watch faces, get some from the store or even design your one.To be honest, I've recommended this watch to friends that wanted a smart watch, since although it's from Garmin, you don't have to be an athlete to use one.

Its been 10 days since I am using the new Venue 3 continuously and the battery is still 24% charged, so that’s quite satisfying for me. Smartwatch is very responsive compared to my previous Fitbit Versa 3, the watch size and display is nice and looks good. Lot of choice on watch faces, yet to explore all options. I like the stress, intensity and body battery features. Only gripe is that it doesn’t record workouts unless I explicitly add that activity. As I said, need to explore the activities options in more detail. Also, the Garmin Pay doesn’t work with my current bank credit cards (Amex, Barclaycard), which is a shame. Overall, quite satisfied so far with this watch.

The oximeter is now more accurate, it matches the readings I get from a fingertip reader. The Venu 2 used to be roughly 4-5% lower all round. Heart rate monitor is accurate but I haven’t yet tested it under gym conditions with cardio or weight training where my HR would vary rapidly. It logs naps pretty accurately though it can be fooled into thinking you’re asleep when you’re simply not moving while watching a movie. The sleep measurement function is better but not perfect, I can be fairly safe in seeing if I have sleep apnea episodes overnight. Older watches used to be affected by pressure on the watch while asleep.Shame it took 3 versions to get it just about right.

OK, I've been wearing the watch for 12 weeks & yes it's smart, very stylish & clever. It records my sleep patterns, naps & all along with heart rate, breathing (BPM) both when I'm awake or asleep plus stress levels, body battery (whatever that is), recovery period, blood oxygen % etc etc & uploads to a Garmin app on my phone but if truth be told it's starting to annoy me. I got a message 'time to get moving ' when I was in the car driving to Cereres in Extremadura and it gave me the same message when I was in a tapas bar eating lunch! Let's say my verbal response wasn't polite but a little corser. I'm coming to the conclusion the watch is part of the wellness management fraternity checking our five a day, 10,000 steps and other such nonsense. Would I buy it now knowing about it what I do? No. Will I give it to one of my sons when I get home so he can have a go & see what he thinks? Yes.Will I sell it for free on eBay? That depends if my son wants to keep it or if he doesn't want it either.

I love its long battery life and brilliance and clarity of its display. It has loads of features, a lot of the which I'm not going to use, but for monitoring my sleep and health and my walks it is such an improvement over my old watch. I agonised for months over its purchase and when I saw its price dip under £400 again I made the move that I should have done months ago. I wanted an altimeter for my walks which ruled out some of the alternatives and I must say that it seems to work better than the one on my Vivoacive 3. It cost a lot more than the old Vivoactive 3 but so far it seems well worth it and I am discovering more features and using them every day (l only had it 5 days ago)