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Run, bike, swim, golf, ski and more with vivoactive HR, the GPS smartwatch with wrist-based heart rate3. Outside of your more active moments, its built-in activity tracker3 counts steps, floors climbed and intensity minutes and measures calories burned throughout the day. The always-on, touchscreen, sunlight-readable Garmin Chroma Display shows your activity details as well as smart notifications such as call, text, email, social media alerts and more. Customize your watch with more than 1,300 apps, widgets, watch faces and data fields from our Connect IQ store. Battery charge2 lasts through all your activities with up to 8 days in watch/activity tracking mode (no GPS) or up to 13 hours using GPS.
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She may not be the prettiest but she's awesome!!
on May 4, 2016
Posted by: JShelt21
I was extremely hesitant to buy this watch mainly because of the looks. I wanted something that I could wear all the time. Church, business, work, everywhere. That's why I considered the Apple Watch or a Fitbit. But I love swimming and I perspire more on areas where I have something against my skin (I.e a watch on my wrist) when I work out and run, so I decided that a not water-resistant smart watch was not the way to go.
After doing a ton of research I went ahead and bought it. And man, am I satisfied! She may not look as good as an Apple Watch, but the amount of data and how smooth it runs is unbeatable. It has more features and collects more data than I know what to do with. Sleep, calories, steps, distance, HR, time, cadence, everything. I would recommend this to anyone and everyone who is choosing fitness features over how it looks. It's incredibly comfortable, extremely accurate, and very user-friendly. This is my first smart watch / fitness watch purchase and I believe I bought the best one, especially considering the price tag. If you're on the fence, buy it. You won't regret it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Run, bike, swim, golf, ski and more with vivoactive HR, the GPS smartwatch with wrist-based heart rate3. Outside of your more active moments, its built-in activity tracker3 counts steps, floors climbed and intensity minutes and measures calories burned throughout the day. The always-on, touchscreen, sunlight-readable Garmin Chroma Display shows your activity details as well as smart notifications such as call, text, email, social media alerts and more. Customize your watch with more than 1,300 apps, widgets, watch faces and data fields from our Connect IQ store. Battery charge2 lasts through all your activities with up to 8 days in watch/activity tracking mode (no GPS) or up to 13 hours using GPS.
Overall5 out of 5
5 out of 5The Vivoactive HR is a beast!
By Nate
Since Garmin revealed the Vivoactive HR a few months back I was sold as I wanted a good fitness and activity tracker that could keep up with my busy lifestyle. Fitbit was not going to cut it, I wanted something that had GPS, Heart rate monitering, smart watch features, and could go with me along for a swim and this device so far has really impressed me.
After a 5k run, 10 mile bike ride and walking all day it tracked everything without breaking a sweat even though I was! Having both a touch screen and buttons together make easy navigation. Everything is intuitive, very little instructions needed.
Garmin has really stepped up their game with their Garmin connect app and Connect IQ, a must in order to make a fitness/activity/smart watch really benefit it's owner. You get nice graphs, progress, and tons of data, I mean tons. If you are a data and analysis Geek you will be happy.
-Display is super sharp, sunlight readable, and a very good back light. Also very responsive to touch and swipes.
-Band is very comfy, using a soft and flexible material, I think it is silicone.
-Can track your sleep and is a comfortable watch to wear 24/7
-Good battery life. Based on my usage I would rate it about 5 days. Using GPS takes the most juice.
-Lots of watch faces, apps, widgets, etc from the Garmin store for free. Their software is open source so many people have developed their own cool apps.
-Wrist based heart rate sensor is very responsive, with the option to include ANT+ HRM and sensors like the Virb camera, bike sensors.
So what do I not like? It is basically a block on your wrist. It lacks any style, with the exception of a few color bands, however it looks like a activity tracker, not a watch like the Fenix 3 or Fitbit Blaze. What makes it look nice however is the watch faces you can customize with color, data screens. Also I am a bit concerned about the screen and bezel getting marked up and scratched. I would recommend a screen protector
Overall for the price this device is packed full of features, and Garmin has really impressed me.
JShelt21
May 4, 2016
How did you get the face to look like that in the second picture? I can't figure it out on mine.
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