Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Venu 3S GPS Smartwatch 41 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Stainless Steel and French Gray - (2023)
Average customer rating
4.4
(701 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 701 reviews
5 Stars
462
4 Stars
118
3 Stars
70
2 Stars
27
1 Star
24
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Venu 3S GPS Smartwatch 41 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Stainless Steel and French Gray - (2023)
Customer Rating
5
Features I love!
on May 21, 2025
Posted by: A little disappointed in
I love my new watch. I love that I do not have to plug it in every day. Heck, I don't have to plug it in every 7 days, it lasts 10 days! That is amazing! I also love that the step counter is showing my steps as I am walking without a lag or having to open the app on my cell phone. It is a great watch and I am so glad I made the purchase!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Looks great, does the job!
on May 21, 2025
Posted by: SherriG
Great watch with tons of cool features. My favorite pros: battery lasts a week or more, classy round screen, tons and tons of activity modes plus the option to create your own, lots of great sleep details, ECG app and fall detection with emergency calls. My least favorite cons: random reminders to move (unable to set up reminders at preferred times), must be within a few feet of phone in order to use Bluetooth, no reminders for updates, and not as user friendly as apple products (though it’s very refreshing to break away from apple empire).
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Amazing Battery
on May 20, 2025
Posted by: Sandy318
I have this for about a month now and it's must say, I did have a Galaxy watch and I would NEVER go back I love this watch so much.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Excellent data
on May 19, 2025
Posted by: Chellebelle
I have used my venu 3s for about 3 weeks now. I love the data that it stores. It is easy to read. I love the sleep suggestions and body battery, it helps me understand why I didn't perform as well as I thought I SHOULD. It helps me set goals to try to continue to improve my health and performance. I am quite disappointed with the text messaging capability (or lack thereof) with iPhone users. I am not going to make all of my family and friends download a messaging app and create accounts. We need an update to where it can talk to iPhones and we can use the watch to text back. That is my only issue with this watch.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
So far so good!
on May 19, 2025
Posted by: Run&Stuff
Bought this for battery life and better gps accuracy than my Apple Watch. Only have had it for a few weeks, but so far it’s lasting and seems more accurate! Also am loving the easy to use intervals settings for training.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love so much!!
on May 18, 2025
Posted by: Ash8583
I love this watch! So much better than the Apple Watch. I’ve had the Apple Watch for 5 plus years and this one has so many more options and I use it much more! Battery lasts much longer so I can sleep with this one and get those benefits as well!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Love the features
on May 18, 2025
Posted by: Doxyldy
I switched from an Apple watch to a Garmin Venu 3S watch a month ago and love it. What impresses me the most is that I can view my activities and sleep with a tap and swipe on my watch or the Garmin Connect app on my phone. What challenges me the most is my watch disconnects from my phone if out of range, which is just a feet away! I don’t ever remember this challenge with the iwatch. On the bright side, I've only had the Garmin for a month, and I'm still learning to navigate around these challenges that hopefully will smooth out the more I become accustomed to my Garmin.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Love the features!
on May 12, 2025
Posted by: Lizzzz
Watch has lots of glitches! If you have a pacemaker or ICD, it struggles to track sleep. It goes into sleep mode way before sleep mode should be on. Doesn’t go into sleep mode when it should at times. Other than that I love it. It’s comfortable, chic, light weight, does good with all other tracking features!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin