Customer Reviews for Garmin - Venu 4 GPS Smartwatch 45 mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Silver - (2025)
Customer Rating
5
Great features and data
on November 27, 2025
Posted by: W!ndyK
I bought this watch just 2 weeks ago and I love it! I moved over from a different smart watch that had terrible battery life and I am very impressed with the battery life of the Venu 4! I appreciate so many of the stats I’m able to glean from my watch around the quality of my sleep as well as info related to my overall cardio / aerobic fitness - I can clearly see I am out of shape but look forward to working towards bettering my overall fitness health with the assistance of my Venu 4.
I've made many electronic purchases in the past, and my Garmin watch is the best one yet. I'm generally a sitter, and the Garmen gets me out of my chair and encourages me to exercise. For that I am grateful.
I transitioned from the Apple Watch to the Venu 4 due to the better battery with the Venu 4 and also better activity tracking. I debated getting it for months but glad I did it. Well worth the buy.
I bought this as a Christmas present to myself. I ultra run, hike, yoga, mountain climb, etc.. I love the stats it provides as well as the functions of a ¨smart¨ watch!
I've been using this watch for ~ 1 month and it's a very good fitness watch. I like the morning and evening reports.The new speaker/call function makes it easy to rely just on the watch. It looks nice & sleek, perfect for work and for exercise as well (no need to change watches!). I love the motivation alerts as well as using the app and reviewing my workouts when I use the watch to record my activities.
Coming from an Instinct 2S, this was a great upgrade. Right from turning it on, the Venu 4 impressed me. The screen is SO vivid and easy to read. There is a learning curve coming from the 5-button mindset to the touch screen + 2 buttons, but it's not as bad as I feared. It's still all of the Garmin info you love, just in vivid color, sleeker and lighter weight, and easier to read in the dark or while moving. The improved GPS is really helping to record my indoor track runs with greater accuracy than the Instinct 2s ever could. The 41 mm size + small band fits me perfectly and I have truly tiny wrists (113 mm). If there are any cons, it's that Garmin gives you no set-up information - you gotta find the Venu 4 manual online and DIY it. Also, I've had to learn to use the screenlock while exercising, as my hoodie sleeve would change screens as I moved. My husband had a Garmin 255 model that he was happy with...until he saw my Venu 4. Now he has a Venu 4, too.
Purchased my new Venu 4 as an upgrade from my VivoActive 4, what an upgrade this has turned out to be! Killer display, features and battery life! Could not be more pleased with the upgrade and my purchase.