Garmin vívosmart 5, smart health & fitness activity tracker with touchscreen, Large, Black

Great product! Really useful and accurate feedback. I bought this product to monitor my stress levels which it does really well but also has lots of other really useful features, such as body battery and sleep score. Better than many of the more expensive similar products on the market.

It is easy to set up and seems to be fairly accurate with its readings. The battery life is nowhere near 7 days if you have all of the monitoring on, at best 3 days! My only real disappointment is with the poor delivery from Amazon. The driver just threw the package over my 5 bar gate at the top of my garden. The package got wet from the rain and was there until we found it. I expect more from Amazon, as a prime customer.

After my Fitbit health tracker band finally gave up the ghost, I decided to look for the closest equivalent I could find. The Garmin Vivosmart 5 seemed the best fit for me regarding size and function. In fact, this device exceeded my requirements for trackers for Heart Rate, Blood Oxygen, Step count, Sleep monitoring, etc. I wanted a band size similar to my old FitBit and a sub £150 price tag. So far so good. I am pleasantly surprised at the Vivosmart 5. Functionality outstrips my old FitBit, and the companion Garmin App actually gives me most (if not all) what I would have to pay extra for by having to subscribe to FitBit’s premium subscription. Battery life can be quite short (approximately 2 days) if the Blood Oxygen readings are set to constant (Pulse), but I get approximately 4 days use (permanently on my wrist) without charging if this function is turned off. I can of course switch this on again if I require a check, so I know it’s available. My only minor niggle so far is that if I want to use non-metric weights and distances, the weather temperature (synced from the app on my phone) displays in fahrenheit rather than celsius. Even though it's celciius on my phone. It seems this cannot be changed unless I select metric weights and distances. Not a major issue for me, as the weather apps on my phone suffice for this data. So, in conclusion, after a few days of ownership, so far I’m impressed. If I could score 4.5 stars I would.

This is great for basic health monitoring, heart rate and sleep - excellent feature for strength training with counting reps which is accurate most of the time, the pulse ox meter is also useful for checking your oxygen levels. It obviously does not have GPS function, so you must carry your phone with you if you wanting to map and record distance for an activity. I bought this watch because I already own an Edge 540 for my bike rides and therefore didn't want the GPS function. I do wish that it would read a Heart rate strap for more accurate results when running. All in all a good watch for the price.

Really good for what I need, although I’m not an athlete so can’t comment on some of the features.

This is the first 'smartwatch' I've bought so didn't know what to expect. Having used it for 6 weeks I can now say it is absolutely useless for measuring your heart rate when running. It grossly overestemates the heart rate. For example, I have an old Nike chest heart rate monitor which tells me my my running heart rate is between 90 and 110bpm. The Vivosmart 5 says 130 to 150bpm. If that were true I'd be coughing up blood. In fact I'm not even breathing heavy. I think the device is picking up my cadence rhythm rather than heart rate. I've also compared it to a blood pressure monitor after a run. Again it was off by 40bpm! I've tried wearing the watch on the left and right arms, tight and loose. It still over estimates the heart rate. When walking or using the exercise bike the Vivosmart 5 works ok, the values match the chest band monitor (although one 4k walk had me down as walking faster than Roger Bannister's four minute mile! But sadly when running I have no idea what it's doing. How it measures your sleep quality is beyond me also. After a poor night's sleep it tells me my sleep score is 92. After a great sleep it gives me a score of 41 explaining my late night activity (running I hasten to add) impacted my sleep quality... Having had a triple heart bypass last year is my excuse for being somewhat over critical of it's poor performance when measure running heart rate. In Garmin's favour, the Connect app is a good motivator although at times it can increase your stress levels with some of its bugs.

didnt like it, the fit, the look. shame

Nice simple smart watch bought this as a replacement for my wife see finds very comfortable to wear easy to use good battery life good watch