Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Bounce 2 GPS Kids Smartwatch 43mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Light Purple - (2025)
Average customer rating
3.8
(33 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 33 reviews
5 Stars
13
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
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1 Star
4
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Bounce 2 GPS Kids Smartwatch 43mm Fiber-reinforced polymer - Light Purple - (2025)
Customer Rating
1
Horrible LTE, horrible battery
on January 8, 2026
Posted by: SamProv
I’ll start with the watch as a unit: it’s nice. It’s nice to look at, has good graphics. But, if you bought it for tracking your kid or communicating with your kid, it’s absolutely useless. I have tried to reach out to Garmin, and yes, the watch does have LTE service and it still won’t function. An absolute waste of money. Had I not given these to my kids for Christmas, I would have returned it so fast. Also, the battery: 100% when they leave the house for school at 745am, down to 4% while my kid is walking up
The driveway from the bus. It’s a miracle if it makes it until he gets home. Absolutely horrendous. Each and every time I have tried to contact my child, it doesn’t work. Even when they have LTE coverage. Sometimes, when in the house on WiFi, it doesn’t even work. In terms of practical application, an absolute failure. I am so disappointed.
The driveway from the bus. It’s a miracle if it makes it until he gets home. Absolutely horrendous. Each and every time I have tried to contact my child, it doesn’t work. Even when they have LTE coverage. Sometimes, when in the house on WiFi, it doesn’t even work. In terms of practical application, an absolute failure. I am so disappointed.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Great features, disappointing quality, overpriced
on January 8, 2026
Posted by: AliceB9
This was a Christmas gift for our son and he loves being able to track his runs and text his friend. However, only 2 weeks after he opened it, it has a couple of scratches despite not being worn daily and no aggressive/ hard use. I would have expected greater durability for watch that is targetd to children and costs as much as this one does.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Great but wish it could text outside of Garmin Jr
on January 6, 2026
Posted by: GordonGoodtimes
This watch is a great size, features are very helpful for parents. I only wish we weren't limited to 9 people being able to text via Garmin Jr. app. Either let more slots be available for texting or open it up outside of the Garmin Jr app for grandparents, etc who will struggle to add another app to their process.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Excellent for Kid Tracking
on January 2, 2026
Posted by: sforsyth01
Bought this for my son after trying a gizmo watch and being highly dissatisfied with how long it took to lock on GPS. This locks on in seconds. And the little guy loves tracking his steps, sleep, and watching the moon phases. Also, battery lasts much longer than the advertised 2 days. Couldn't be happier with my purchase.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
My son loves it!
on December 29, 2025
Posted by: BoboBounce
The multiple features (time, weather, messaging, activity tracking and chores) available on the Bounce 2 are excellent and easy to use for our 10 year old. He recommends this watch to the "whole world!" :-)
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Upgraded from a Bounce
on December 17, 2025
Posted by: sandor
As our 9 year old gains independence, the upgrade to phone calls has been great.
Would absolutely love for whitelist phone numbers - older neighbors and family members without smart phones would be able to engage if the watch had a phone number & their number could be whitelisted.
The necessity of having a smart phone to contact/be contacted by the watch is the biggest drawback by far.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
Disappointed
on December 14, 2025
Posted by: Lmd1987
I can’t view children’s messages with others. Short battery life. Signals horrible
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Battery leaves a lot to be desired.
on November 17, 2025
Posted by: JMack
Garmin has always had amazing battery quality. This product does not. This product maybe lasts a day and a half before needing a charge. Other than that it’s great.
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