Customer Reviews for Garmin - Lily 2 Classic Smartwatch 34 mm Anodized Aluminum - Dark Bronze with Mulberry Leather Band - (2024)
Customer Rating
4
Nice features and adaptable.
on June 3, 2025
Posted by: EWB1974
This is my second Lily watch. I find it helpful for counting my steps and keeping track of my heart rate. I am 72 and have limited mobility with Rheumatoid. It helps to keep me moving and challenges me. I don't use many of its features but still feel it is worth the cost.
I got this for Mothers Day after getting rid of the “well known” smartwatch. The prior watch was too big for my arm as I’m very petite and I just didn’t care for the functions. My Lily 2 though!!!! Oh she’s a powerful little thing. She gives so much info, is stylish and doesn’t look ridiculous on my arm. I love the sleep feedback and the body battery (learning my sleep is really awful). I just love everything about her.
Hello. I don’t like the watch for 4 reasons. (1) The user needs to TWIST AND LIFT her wrist to see the time. If the user looks down at the watch when seated, the time is not visible without the wrist and lift motion. (2) More frustrating than that is that there is an ANNOYING DELAY in the watch loading the time once the twist and lift happens. Seems like a malfunction. (3) If the user is laying down, like on a sofa or in bed, THE TIME DOES NOT EASILY LOAD with a twist and lift, I think, because there is not enough of a wrist lift. (4) Last, when the user is outside, because of the screen, it is very, very difficult for the user to start an outside activity (e.g. a walk or a bike rides) and to see notifications. The screen is not visible in sunlight at all. The user presses the watch as instructed but cannot see if the press was successful.
I bought this after a long internet search and visits to stores. I wanted a watch that was an individual statement and not a large square on my thin wrist. I have had Garmin fit watches for some time and like what they offer. It took a little while to discover the many features, but it is well organized and provides lots of data. Everyday starts with a greeting and a summary of my sleep. It synced seamlessly with my phone and offers a wide range of notification sounds. So glad I made this choice.
I bought the Lily 2 Classic a little over a month ago and so far I love it! I am a 66 year old woman and here are the features that are important to me. I like the screen, the functions, and the ability to read the screen. On the first screen it shows the time, my steps, and heart rate. With a swipe I can see my steps, intensity minutes, and sleep score. Another swipe and I see my heart rate, stress level, and body battery. Even though the information isn't 'medical grade,' as a heart attack survivor I like having this information with just a swipe of the screen. Another swipe shows my calendar events and the outside temperature and weather - another handy feature. One more swipe and I can record fluid intake. Although I haven't used the GPS feature very often due to a recent foot surgery, I really like it. All I have to do is be sure and open the app on my phone and then set Lily and away we go! Lily 2's size fits me very well. Last year I bought a Garmin Vivoactive Sport, and while I liked the features this watch had, I found it to be bigger than I wanted on my small wrist. I will continue to use the Vivoactive Sport for outside jobs such as mowing, and farm and yard work, but Lily (as I like to call her) will be my daily friend when I'm doing day to day chores, running errands, and want to look just a little bit 'smarter.'
I’ve had my Lily 2 Classic for a little over a month now. I switched from Apple Watch because I wanted something with longer battery life. So far the Lily 2 has a battery life of 4-5 days which has been really nice. I am able to wear it at night and receive a sleep score every morning. I LOVE the display! I can still track steps, heart rate, and specific workouts but it doesn’t look like a smartwatch. The sensitivity of the screen can be adjusted, I have mine set to low so it only wakes up when I flick my wrist or double tap the screen. It also fits nicely on smaller wrists. For reference, my wrist circumference is 5.5 inches and it doesn’t feel bulky. The nylon strap is stiff at first but I rolled it both directions for a bit during setup and it’s fine now without causing any irritation. I only wish I would have gotten one of these sooner. I’m a Garmin Girly now!
I really like all the different features and it keeps track of all my steps, lets me know how I’ve slept at night, And it even says good morning. I can also put it in a certain mode and if I go for a walk or go somewhere and make sure I take my phone with me if I stumble or fall and need help, it has a feature that will notify my son or my daughter to let them know where I’m at so they can come and help me. Being an older person that is retired this is really a great feature.
I have only had this phone about three or four weeks now and for some reason, it has lost connection with my phone several different times and I’ve had to go in and reset it, So this is just a little frustrating because I don’t know what is causing that. Maybe there should be an update that could fix that. It is just an FYI.
This watch is very lightweight. Not very responsive to turning my wrist to see the time, but if my shirt rubs over sensor it vibrates . It vibrates on its own for several seconds at a time, causing me to charge it daily. Prefer my Garmin venu