I had a forerunner 45 and honestly I saw this watch and I really wanted it. I was also doubting to buy it because of the price. But once I bought it I didn’t regret it was the best upgrade I’ve done and it had help me with my personal fitness. Really like this both for going out and doing my activities. Yet there is tiny issues here and is sometimes you swipe and screen slows down like if the fps dropped. Kind of annoying. Also one cool feature to make this watch feel complete is when you gesture to turn the watch. It has like screen wake animation and a fade when turning off. Makes the watch more alive and more like a daily activity watch
The venu 4 provides the running statistics I wanted but also doesn’t look super sporty or clunky making it a watch I wear everyday with everything. I bought my first garmin when I was 19 (now 35) I’ve never had a bad product yet
Been using about 6 weeks. I like the exercise prompt suggestions. Overall I preferred vivoactive line and switched to venu only because some of vivos functionality moved to venu. While I have the smaller watch face, the watch and band dig into my wrist because the watch is heavier and the band seems cheaper. I wish Garmin would've maintained the floor counting feature in newer models of vivoactive.