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
sleek with and functional
on January 26, 2024
Posted by: Darren G
Has a lot of the same features as the big boys with a smaller sleek design and great screen.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great Apple Watch replacement
on January 25, 2024
Posted by: Josh G
This watch, specifically the 3rd generation, offers so many great features that helps bridge the gap between the Apple Watch and Garmin. Receive and reply to texts, answer calls, all with a reasonable battery life of 5-10 days in full use mode. The new resolution on the screen is a welcomed change as well. I'm pretty anti-bezel. So my only change for the next generation is a smaller bezel.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Nice in-between fitness/smartwatch
on January 25, 2024
Posted by: Valerie B
My other 2 watches are a Fenix 3 and Samsung Galaxy active. The Samsung only lasted 5 yrs while my Fenix is still going strong. I wanted another Garmin but something I could use as a smartwatch and fitness tracker with a low profile to also wear out. This watch does everything Including the compass. I do wish you could speak into the watch and have it transcribe your voice for text replies versus drop menu of replies BUT all in all,very happy with the "best of both worlds" with this watch from Garmin.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
on January 18, 2024
Posted by: Elly R
The watch has a great battery life and super nice trackers. I like that I can see texts and other notifications on it. Having HRV and Blood oxygen monitoring is nice. As a climber, I really love that you can track climbing using the watch. Generally, I like it a lot and am excited to continue exploring the different features (I got the watch 3 weeks ago). Definitely check the features each watch has from Garmin before picking out which one you want.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great even on a very small wrist!
on January 12, 2024
Posted by: Leah R
I've always wanted a Garmin watch, but was very physically uncomfortable with every style I had tried on ( I have a very narrow wrist and the large faces would sit oddly and/ or put pressure on my bones) this watch has been extremely comfortable, low profile and not catching on things during my month-long Wilderness EMT training, and has all the great tech benefits that I am still learning more / better ways to use. Very happy!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Awesome watch!
on December 28, 2023
Posted by: Caden M
I liked this watch a lot! I have a fénix 7 that i am comparing it against and the screen on the venu blows it out of the water! I love the touch screen and the water resistance, I took it swimming and it worked great! I would recommend this watch for anyone. I love all the different activities it has, it even includes pickle ball! Can't wait to keep using it!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Awesome except for FTP?!
on December 28, 2023
Posted by: EvanP
I’ve had the Venu 3s for several weeks and I love almost EVERYTHING about it. It does everything I need it to do. However it doesn’t seem to know my FTP and I cannot find any way to change that number. So while I can use it with my powermeter and it displays the data it’s “analysis” is completely skewed which sort of makes training with power useless with this device. Kind of hard to believe actually…
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Paring
on December 26, 2023
Posted by: Staycelina
I had an Apple Watch since they came out and purchased garmin due to the battery life only to find out it Doesn’t pair easily with apple health app and doesn’t pair at all with peloton.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin