Customer Reviews for Garmin - Venu 4 GPS Smartwatch 45 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Silver - (2025)
Customer Rating
5
Highly recommend
on May 22, 2026
Posted by: Runner Girl 56
I have worms a Garmin since 2014 while running because of the accuracy. i used my Apple Watch for everyday use. I just recently purchased the Venu 4 because my daughter moved from the Apple Watch to the Venu and loves it. I have moved to my Venu 4 for everyday use. It’s nice to just have 1 watch for everything! I love this watch and would highly recommend it!
I got tired of charging my Apple Watch once or more per day. Just finished an 11 day trip with 9 days of all day hiking using the hiking activity function and only charged the Venu 4 twice. Heck yeah.
I’m so happy to say that my first Garmin watch has exceeded my expectations and I’m really enjoying the change from my Apple Watch. I particularly appreciate the built-in features, the body battery, the sleep coach, the training readiness status and the fact that I can create workout plans without any extra costs, and many more features. Overall, I’m very happy with the features on my Venu 4.
I bought it 2 weeks ago, and it’s a bit hard to control it mainly from the screen, I’d like it to be better controlled by the buttons, additionally it runs a bit slow when interacting while working working out in progress.
Overall, I’m very pleased with the device. I only have two issues. First, once I finish a training activity, it immediately gives me a recovery time (72 hours for example), but the next day suggests another strenuous activity before I’ve had sufficient time to recover. So there’s some mismatch going on there. Second, buy a protective screen cover, as my original screen cracked after a relatively minor contact.
I’ve had this watch for a few weeks. I needed to replace my Swim2. For swimming, it is about like the Swim 2, mostly hits, some misses, but overall I get the information I need. It is the only Garmin watch that fits my small wrists. (I’ve tried Apple, but found limitations for swimming.). Overall, I’m still finding my way..there are WAY more functions than the Swim 2.
I am enjoying my Venu 4. I really like not having to charge it every day. It does take a bit of time to figure out where to go for all the applications, but that hasn’t been a problem for me. I love the health features.