Garmin Venu 1

I have a Garmin Venu and my GF has an Apple Watch - we used to do these comparisons all the time and this is in line. The Garmin map actually shows where we would criss-cross on the street - the apple watch doesn't have that level of precision.

I came from Google's WearOS ecosystem. I liked my Ticwatch but battery life was too short and fitness and sleep tracking was wildly inaccurate if available. I wanted to track not just steps, but other activities such as running, tennis, etc. On WearOS watches, turning on the GPS would kill the batte...

Also no walkie talkie option. * You see your texts come through on the watch, but you can't really go back and access them on the watch. (personally, these are all features I didn't use on my AW anyway, so I didn't care....phone is in my pocket anyway 90+% of the time). Ultimately, I am very happy with this watch, and am glad I switched over from the AW that barely got me through 1 full day of use.

I've been using fitness trackers for several years now, starting with the Fitbit Flex, then the Microsoft Band, Microsoft Band 2, Fitbit Ionic, and now the Garmin Venu. I always gravitate more towards fitness-focused devices as opposed to app-focused "smartwatches" like the Apple Watch or Samsung Ga...

I upgraded from a Venu 1 to a Fenix 6 Sapphire and the stats are a little much. At first it was cool and it was motivating me to do more. Now I'm tired of seeing "unproductive" for my training load.

Returned this watch to Amazon because it was defective (see below). For some reason I cannot fathom Amazon gave me a gift card rather than return the money to my credit card. They did this even though their order page specifically states (even now) that the money would be returned to the credit card...

Garmin Venu. Garmins are great activity trackers that also do some smartwatch stuff OK. But that's alright for me, I want strong activity tracking. YMMV

I had been using a Fitbit Surge for several years. When the integrated band failed they provided a refurbished replacement unit. I found the Sleep and Movement tracking very motivating, but the proprietary band and unstable synchronization process frustrating. When the second band began to fall, I c...

Go buy a Garmin Venu (the premium version) and throw the Fitbit in a box for 4 months. It will begin to work again after 4 months, with no issues pairing. At least that's why my mother now has a free Fitbit Versa.

The Venu is a beautiful watch but it has been a headache for the week I’ve had it. I called Amazon Product Support twice: once for failure of gestures to look at the time and the second time for the dreaded “IQ!” icon on the screen. Amazon was friendly but not really experts on this watch. They had ...