Garmin Venu 3S Soft Gold Stainless Steel Bezel 1.2-Inch AMOLED Touchscreen Display Smart Watch with 41mm Dust Rose Case and Silicone Band

I started off with the vivomove hr a few years ago and finally upgraded back to Garmin after not affording another. Loved the vivomove but the venu has been such a better option and come a long way for health tracking.I really like being able to view the body battery side by side with the visible armband due to chronic illness and the hr tracking is pretty close but can be a bit slow to catch up at times. Once the menstrual cycle side has time to get to know you when logging every time, it will eventually become more accurate. I'm currently having to restart this myself.I have yet to run into any issues battery wise and lasts almost a week before having to recharge. The fit is great for my small wrist and it wasn't too difficult to set up with my android smartphone.The only issue I came across was trying to purchase a watch face through the app. Contacted support after a couple days trying to figure the issue out on my own and they were very responsive with help. Turns out there is a website option to use.Durability hasn't been an issue thus far given I don't have a protector on the screen and compatibility with my Samsung phone, it easily stays connected unless I'm too far away from the phone.Side note: the live tracking feature only works where the emergency contacts can view it if you keep your phone on you.The price might be high but it's well worth it if you can afford it.

I used to be an "All In" Apple fan until the last couple of years when they really started going downhill. My daughter had started doing research on Garmin and told me about all the wonderful selling points on it, and I just couldn't believe it! I went with the Venu 3 in the men's version instead of the women's version because it gave me a bigger watch face. I wear reading glasses and want to be able to see it without having to put my glasses on for the smaller selections that I would need to see. Let me tell you what I found as a new Garmin convert!First of all I wasn't sure if it was going to like the round face as opposed to the square face, but I actually love it more. It took a couple of days to get used to the different ways of doing things, but once I understood how it worked I find I really like it more. The bottom button is kind of like your "go to" button on the right side of your watch. This button is your "back" button that you hit to go back a screen and finally end up at your Home Screen. If you want to record an activity or access one of your apps then you would press the top button. If you want to do an activity, you press the one that you want on the screen, and then you would press the button on the top to start it. To pause the activity or restart it you would press the top button again. If you want to delete the activity for whatever reason then there is a trash can on the top of the screen that you tap, it will take you to the next screen and you can either confirm that you want to delete it with the top side button, or you can go back because that is not what you want to do with the bottom side button.If you want to change your watch face, record an alarm or stop watch, or go to settings then you would long press the bottom button. It will give you the choice of "Watch Face", "Clocks", or "Settings". if you go into one and that is not what you want then you simply press the bottom button again to go back to the previous screen. Garmin gives you some really neat watch faces to choose from, or you even get the option of customizing one of your own.One thing I have to mention is how long the battery lasts! I was used to my battery draining by the end of the day, or way before if I was recording any activity. However, with my watch I can record activity or not and I can still have a ton of battery power left by the end of the day. When I don't record anything I will normally have about 92% left from a full charge. I decided to do a test to see how long I could go before I really needed to recharge my watch. I didn't Not record activity for this little test of mine because I wanted to get a fair assessment of how well it would work for me. By the 5th day I was at like 45% when I finally decided to that the Garmin was going to win in this stand off. I came to the conclusion that if I went on a week's vacation that I wouldn't need to bring my charger with me.I went with the Venu 3 because I wanted the ability to answer calls and read emails, while also being able to record activities. I still need to figure out how to turn up the volume on my watch when I am talking on it so I can better hear when someone is talking to me. Other than the volume thing, it is pretty straightforward on how to answer it.I included a picture of how the watch looks on my wrist as a woman with a small to medium frame. I love it and highly recommend it.I really love this watch and I am super glad that I went with the Venu 3!

I had a fitbit versa 4 before this watch and Garmin outshines it in every way especially since Google took fitbit over and ruined them. The tracking apps a major improvement and highly accurate compared to fitbit. The strength training is really good overall nothing is 100% so when you do like a bench press it might come up in the app that you did a lateral raise or some other workout. Again I dont expect it to be 100% accurate on those. It is nice to be able to log those on the app and edit them for a digital journal instead of a paper one. Battery does pretty good but just remember the more you track activities it does drain the battery quicker even with always on off and battery saver on. The display is is nice and clear bout like looking at my phone clear. Still better than fitbit

I am loving this watch! The battery life is a HUGE win. It was a little bit of an adjustment coming from an Apple Watch and I’m still learning, but I love it! I heard other people upset about the scratch ability of the screen..I’m not sure why they are upset. I hit this on things all the time (wood doors, brick walls, metal doorknobs) and haven’t had an issue yet🤞🏼 but I would recommend this to anyone!