Customer Reviews for Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Venu 3 GPS Smartwatch 45 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Stainless Steel and Black - (2023)
Customer Rating
4
Overall excellent device!
on January 6, 2024
Posted by: SteveL
I am pleased overall. Great battery life. The software has a learning curve which is understandable. Hoping to replace the oura ring but sleep data is not on par. I work as an IT architect and happy to help test any software.
I changed my Vivoactive 3 with this watch and I am very happy with this venu 3. Better performance and a lot of new functionalities. Only problem at begging with my local golf course cause Garmin golf app must be updated.
Was difficult at first, it seems Garmin only sends the watch with USB-c when most of the world is still using the standard USB took over a week to be able to use the watch, until then it was an expensive paper weight. once it was properly setup and I had the charging cable I needed it has worked very well. Expensive but worth it.
This watch is exactly what I needed. Even my cardiologist thinks it is great. The EKG is very accurate as well as the oxygen and BPM. I highly recommend this to everyone.
I upgraded from a Venu 2. Particularly loving the HRV insights (especially as I'm already improving them) but many new and improved features and made the upgrade worthwhile for me.
However I'm very disappointed that this watch doesn't show Running Dynamics when paired with an HR Pro Plus chest strap. Time for Garmin to simplify the product/feature matrix and deliver features on all watches that can support them, not segment the product line up as they currently do. It's confusing and frustrating. And I don't think it's good for business.
Bought it about 4 months ago mainly because I read a good reviews about its reliability. I am a very active person: wave surfing, Swimming, etc. After 2 months it’s start not working properly, another 2 weeks Dead!!! So frustrating….