Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - CIRQA Smart Band, Adjustable Captain Blue, L-XL - Captain Blue - (2026)
Average customer rating
3.5
(175 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 175 reviews
5 Stars
58
4 Stars
37
3 Stars
37
2 Stars
26
1 Star
17
Customer Reviews for Garmin - CIRQA Smart Band, Adjustable Captain Blue, L-XL - Captain Blue - (2026)
Customer Rating
5
CIRQA Smart Band
on August 25, 2026
Posted by: Blane1051
So far I love my Cirqa smart band. It provides all the information I need from health to detailed workout information without the interruptions from notifications. So glad I went to the CIRQA.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Battery Life
on August 25, 2026
Posted by: Deb3
I have been overall happy with the Cirqa-smart back. My one complaint is battery life. It claimed 10 day battery life. I get 3-4 day life before I have to recharge. Went in and turned off all alarms as that is supposed to help, but didn’t make much difference. Do love how it syncs with my Garmin app on my phone and don’t have to pay a fee for the info.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Bye bye Whoop! Hello Garmin
on August 25, 2026
Posted by: Trillium
I bought this to switch out my Whoop of 4 years. So far, it's been amazing. It's spot on with my whoop when it comes to heart rate, and also checks out with my stats when I'm at the hospital. I love the no monthly fee! And it has more in depth features - you get a lot more data with your sleep stats and your work out stats. I switched to a bicep band, and i forget I'm even wearing it. The only downside is needing to take it off every few days to charge it. I needed to buy a usbC to usbA adapter to plug it into a wall jack.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Great when you wear a real watch!
on August 24, 2026
Posted by: DaveinTx
Like it and have been wearing on the weekends. The sensor tends to burn your skin so it gets moved around.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
on August 24, 2026
Posted by: I have no nick name
I bought this smart band about 10 days ago and I think it is useless.
I would very much like to return iy.
I would very much like to return iy.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
4 star product that could easily be 5
on August 24, 2026
Posted by: Laura.Lew
Switched from an Apple Watch to this and I definitely prefer it. More relevant and realistic data for someone that is exercise/training oriented. Also nice not to have a watch face so I can access (or ignore) my data on my terms, whenever I want to. The Garmin Connect app itself could use a bit of a facelift (some of the features aren't as intuitively laid out or accessed, but with enough exploring in the app you can figure it out). My CIRQA still hasn't auto-tracked any activities for me, which is kind of a bummer but I may just be in the calibrating phase still. It's not that hard to manually start/stop an activity anyways. Overall, worth the purchase!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Still on the fence
on August 24, 2026
Posted by: Parker 02
I’ve had mixed experiences so far. Auto-detection for cycling is hit or miss — sometimes it picks up my ride automatically, sometimes it doesn’t register at all. For running, the only metric I can see is heart rate, which is disappointing — I’d really like pace and speed to show up on the app too. I also tried using the elliptical tracking feature, and it just stopped working partway through the workout for no clear reason.
Overall the core idea is solid, but there are enough bugs and inconsistencies right now that I can’t fully recommend it yet. Hoping future updates iron these out.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Nice band,
on August 24, 2026
Posted by: Night Runner 44
I bought the CIRQA, when it was launched, so I have been using it for a month now.
Everything has been fine so far, but the reason a gave it 4 stars is because: the battery life, it only last 7 days at the most, not the 10 days advertised. And I don’t even record activities with it, nor do I have the Pulse Ox, on all the time, only while sleeping. For a device that doesn’t have a screen, the battery life should be longer than 10 days or at the very least, the 10 days it was advertised.
The other thing is that, it must have a bug or something, because it keeps telling me that “my bed time is approaching”, when in reality, my bed time is still 11 hours away.
Those were the cons, now the pros:
-Is very light.
-If the band gets wet, it dries quickly, even if worn.
-It charges very fast, it takes like 20 mins to go from 5% to 100%.
-So far, it has synchronized with the Connect App, with no problems.
-Is very accurate with the steps counting.
-It has been detecting my naps, something my other Garmin watches, struggled with.
Overall I’d say that I’m happy with it, is doing what I intended and purchased for which is, to keep recording my everyday/lifestyle data, without having to wear my beloved but bulky Forerunner or Fenix.
For my hard core workouts, I’m still wearing my Forerunner 965, and all keep doing it until it dies on me.
Everything has been fine so far, but the reason a gave it 4 stars is because: the battery life, it only last 7 days at the most, not the 10 days advertised. And I don’t even record activities with it, nor do I have the Pulse Ox, on all the time, only while sleeping. For a device that doesn’t have a screen, the battery life should be longer than 10 days or at the very least, the 10 days it was advertised.
The other thing is that, it must have a bug or something, because it keeps telling me that “my bed time is approaching”, when in reality, my bed time is still 11 hours away.
Those were the cons, now the pros:
-Is very light.
-If the band gets wet, it dries quickly, even if worn.
-It charges very fast, it takes like 20 mins to go from 5% to 100%.
-So far, it has synchronized with the Connect App, with no problems.
-Is very accurate with the steps counting.
-It has been detecting my naps, something my other Garmin watches, struggled with.
Overall I’d say that I’m happy with it, is doing what I intended and purchased for which is, to keep recording my everyday/lifestyle data, without having to wear my beloved but bulky Forerunner or Fenix.
For my hard core workouts, I’m still wearing my Forerunner 965, and all keep doing it until it dies on me.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin