The Garmin Forerunner 35 is a great choice for runners who want to track their runs and get more serious about running. It offers built-in GPS and heart rate monitoring in a waterproof design, long battery life, push notifications, and the option to control music from your phone. The watch is also cost-effective and provides accurate GPS readings with fast acquisition and no dropouts. However, it does not offer features that are available on other sports watches such as Strava.

Verdict

The Garmin Vivosmart 4 is a great choice for those looking for a reliable fitness tracker. It has a long battery life, is waterproof, and connects easily to the Garmin Connect app. It also works well with MyFitnessPal and provides accurate readings from its pulse oximeter. However, some users have reported that the Garmin Connect app can be difficult to use and that the spot check pulse oximeter takes too long to get an accurate reading.

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Battery Life

Great activity tracker, average smartwatch

While I have found getting these alerts on my wrist pretty useful, this particular feature falls short of what the Pebble offered. There's no queue or timeline for reviewing notifications as there is on the Pebble and I find I miss the ability to simply scroll back through previous alerts. BATTERY LIFE The Forerunner 35's battery life is outstanding. I get between 8 and 10 days between charges, and a full charge takes only a few hours

4/5

7 years ago

amazon.com

Switched to this from a Fitbit Versa. Here's how it compares for me...

After having two Fitbit Versa's die on me, I decided to try something else, and the Vivosmart 4 seemed to fit the bill. First off, the Vivosmart battery life is so much better than the Versa. This is huge, as I was really getting tired of having to charge the Versa every couple of days. The Vivosmart is small and comfortable, but the screen is a pain to use

3/5

5 years ago

amazon.com

Notifications

Like the GPS features, but the stock band "burns" my wrists

What I don't like: ------------------ Phone integration for text and call notifications is spotty. Sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. It's a nice feature when it works. The phone downloads slowly but reliably to my Moto G7 Power

4/5

4 years ago

amazon.com

The Garmin Vivosmart 5 is Deceptively Simple | Full Review

It does have an automatic brightness sensor, and for the most part I could make out all of my stats and work out metrics really, really easily. The on...

Positive

1 year ago

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