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
3
Wrist Dr
on March 25, 2025
Posted by: KMcJ
I love my Garmin Venu 3s. Am a bit disappointed in that it loses the pairing with my cell phone often…which keeps me from access info on the watch.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Great watch
on March 25, 2025
Posted by: Karie82
Love the watch and features, just wish that it had easy talk to text like my Samsung watch did.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Super sleek
on March 24, 2025
Posted by: Jenisme
I love my Venu 3S. I bought it just over a year ago. Suddenly had problems charging it and Ibrwached out to Garmin for help. They were great in trouble shooting and even eventually sent me a new one. Came to find out it was the charger that was bad, not the watch! Garmin is very helpful and we’re great through it all!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Stylish
on March 22, 2025
Posted by: Gjones11
I bought this to replace an Apple Watch, and it is so much better. It is stylish and has way more fitness features, however I wish it told me more about my sleep/recovery like if i should train hard today or rest.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
great features
on March 22, 2025
Posted by: kevin23
best watch ever... i like all the features and easy to use.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Mixed bag
on March 22, 2025
Posted by: Meli61
I bought my Garmin Venu 3s to replace a Fitbit that I had become frustrated with. There are things I like and things that I don’t like because they don’t make sense or are not useful to me.
The watch synchs flawlessly (so far) with the app—that’s great.
There’s lots of good information to dig into and use for fitness/heath improvement.
The bad:
Sleep scores do not take individual sleep needs into account. I have never slept more than 7 hours in my entire life, but Garmin arbitrarily decided I need 8 hours 40 minutes sleep and consistently downgrades my sleep score and tells me I slept poorly, despite excellent ratings for deep, light and REM sleep, along with waking up feeling refreshed and energetic after 6.5-7 hours. I practice good sleep hygiene and already engage in all the recommendations to “improve” my sleep quality. On fitbit with similar metrics, I consistently earned scores in the high 80s and low 90s. My Venu scores are in the mid 60s to low 70s with ratings of poor or fair.
Despite claiming to track multiple types of exercise, tracking for yoga, strength training or barre classes is useless, because you have to hit start and stop after each pose, set or exercise and enter what you did, which disrupts the flow of your workout. It is only useful for tracking cardio.
It is unclear what metrics it uses to determine your “stress” level, as it indicates high stress at times when I am calm, peaceful and relaxed.
I have not decided if it is a good fit for me. Overall the Fitbit charge model seems like the better product.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love
on March 21, 2025
Posted by: Coll27
I’ve had this watch for a month now and it’s safe to say I love it. I switched from an Apple Watch to this so it took some getting used to but overall, would never turn back. The interface is beautiful, works smoothly and I love how customizable the watch faces are. I only wish they had more “fancy” looking watch band options!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love everything it tracks
on March 20, 2025
Posted by: dcgundog
I bought this a month ago mainly for the ECG App to track my heart rhythm but I’m truly amazed at all of the great features it has.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin