Garmin Venu 3S - Sage Gray

After two weeks it tracks all the important info to track and improve!!!

I love my Garmin and the features that I use but wish I knew how to use other features

I made the switch from an apple watch and haven’t regretted it! While an apple watch is a a little more user friendly and to learn, the venu 3s made up for it with all of its features. The battery life is amazing and I love being able to download my music so I can workout without my phone. Plus I can still get all the same notifications I had with my apple watch, so I haven’t looked back

Had thus watch 3 weeks now and I am liking many of the features and monitoring my health and fitness. There is still much to learn about and features I am unsure how to use.

The only reason I thought this watch was that I wanted accurate accounts. When I received the watch, there were no instructions. After lunch research, I figured out about half of the functions on the watch, but the others were elusive. The watch would not count my steps on the treadmill. They sell it as stamps, but it doesn’t count steps. I returned it.

I’m eating a jar of pickles with my 32 ounces of water to see if I can avoid a headache today from running outside Every Saturday since I got this stupid watch (June, Houston) I have a headache all day bc I have to run outside for VO2Max reading. Without this watch I would never go outside between March-November. Sure, I look cool with the stylish face options and sleep band and I wake up already feeling accomplished by my sleep score. And I am really enjoying the nap feature, morning wake up alarm and tracking all my cardio and strength training in one spot. I should be hiding inside at a safe 72F but the VO2Max reading is such a temptress. Maybe pickles will help.

Super love the functionality and the fact that the battery last for days I love my garmin

I have always been an Apple girl. I ordered the Garmin Venu3, it has so many always features but not for me. It wasn’t compatible well with the health and wellness app I use. It was delayed and didn’t add steps correctly to the app. I did decide to send it back.

There are some very nice features, including a crisper screen that I can read better without bifocals. But, the golf app, my primary use, is much worse than my Vivo Active 4S. The distances often don't update as you move away from the tee box. It may even show the entire length of the hole as you are near the green. Shot tracking is terrible. Drives appear to go all the way to the green, despite second and third shots being recorded from the correct place. When distances do show correctly, they are usually 5 yds long. Also disappointing that it's not compatible with the CT1 sensors. Swimming seems OK, but doesn't recognize breast stroke. I'm hoping software updates will improve the apps, but at this point I miss my old Vivo Active 4S.

I bought this about 6 weeks ago and find it hard to get around the features

I bought it over the Father’s Day sale. Worth every penny. My husband got the forerunner 265s we talk about our stats multiple times a day.

I am happy with the features and functionality of the watch. I wish there was an easier way to handle notifications and messages. I wish I could connect straight to my iMessages. Cases are also harder to come by. Overall pretty good!

I love all the exercise features. I would never go back to an Apple Watch.

Have been using the venu 3 for a while now. Has everything that you need to track workouts/sleep/steps etc. Battery life is exceptional as well. Compared to the Apple watch I used to own this one is miles ahead and has a better look to it. Watch is easy to use once its set up.

In two weeks I’m more motivated than I’ve been in years. There are more features than I’ll ever use. But there are more features I use than ever before. I’ve been wearing a FitBit Sense for nearly three years and I’ve barely used anything other than its watch, SpO2 tracker, smart alarm, move alert, and sleep features. Perhaps because it seemed gimmicky, in spite of its accuracy. And I’ve never felt the desire to figure out and use the other available features. But it seems that my Garmin Venu 3S has added features that compliment the ones I was using on the Sense and its formatting is appealing to me. It challenges me to improve by giving me more detailed explanations and breakdowns of stats. I love the user interface, ConnectIQ, Red Shift, Body Battery, Glances, and too many other things to list. So much of what it offers is a benefit for me and I love the way it looks. I bought the Garmin Index S2 shortly after and I love the added features it brings and the integration with my Venu 3S. I’m taking my older smart scale that merely tracked weight and doesn’t sync to Garmin to my sister’s house for my long visits there. The only feature it lacks is a smart alarm. And because of that, I still wear my Sense to bed for that feature. It’s also enabled me to compare the two devices for accuracy with their SpO2 and sleep tracking. The SpO2 is always within 1%, except for the rarity of them being identical. It appears the Venu could be more sensitive with its newer sensors and tends to put more time sleeping into REM, where the Sense puts it into deep. The Sense puts more into awake, where the Garmin does light sleep. I have also compared the Venu 3S to a finger Pulse Oximeter and they run extremely close, and even more so over a timeline. I love my Venu 3S so much, I’ve even bought several watch bands to dress it up and mirror my mood. I do want to caution, I read that Garmin watches don’t work as well with leather straps, especially darker ones. But I’ve been able to resolve the issue by rolling and flexing the leather bands to loosen them up so they fit properly and allow the sensors to function properly. Without doing so the readings were always very low and didn’t come close to the Sense of finger Oximeter. Overall it appears I’m now as into the Garmin pipeline as I am Apple/MAC. And I’m seriously happy with that. Though I’m deeper into Apple, it’s only because I have more products (sans a watch). But integration, quality, features, representation of the product, user interface, etc … I’m hooked on Garmin. And I love creating watch faces.

This Garmin 3S is a game changer. I love everything about it. I am so impressed by the features & how it tracks my daily health stats & my exercise stats. Highly recommended. Just love it so much.

I love the way it looks but the connection to Garmin Golf is poor. Thinking about returning device.

My son got me this watch for Mother's Day and I love it. I'm still learning what all I can do, but so far I've been really impressed. I love the fact that I can get calls and texts and notifications right on the watch. And, I can make calls and send texts. It's great. I'm really enjoying it.

I bought the Venu 3S to replace the watch I lost. love it so much. I used it to track my steps and water intake while at work.

I love the fitness features of the watch and how easy it is to review your daily challenges. I also like how easy it is to change watch faces with lot of free options to choose from. I love the battery life which is now about 9 days. What I don’t like is the short watch band and it’s uncomfortable! I also don’t like the plastic case.

My gf bought it for me about 2 weeks ago but i need a longer strap. The strap that comes with it , it’s too small and can’t really wear it.

Watch is great I just wished I didn’t have to download a separate app to track my food. That was one good features of having a fibit that kept me with them for 10 years

6 Months in and still loving this watch. The lengthy battery life and multi-function capability are everything I wanted.

I bought this watch a month ago and it’s exceeded my expectations! Lots of amazing features and very accurate readings.

I got this during the father's day sale with the Forerunner 265S for my husband. It has changed our lives. Get it! It is totally worth it. I will never buy or recommend a different watch.

I absolutely LOVE my Venu S3! There are so many amazing functions to this watch that my Apple Watch didn’t offer. The battery life is AMAZING!! They aren’t kidding when they say it last 10 days! The sleep tracking is wonderful and so accurate. Best purchase I have made in a long time. 100% worth the price.

Although I am still earning the features, this is a big step up, particularly when it comes to health and performance features. Plus, i became convinced that my Apple watch was not accurate - and that why I trie the Garmin - Venu 3s perfect size for me. I getting about 5 days on charge though, not the two weeks they talk about in marketing materials, likely as I have number of apps running. Either way, is great battery life. Lightweight. Like it.

I bought this watch just so I can actually monitor my sleep and not worry about charging it throughout the night! This watch ‘yells’ at me to get up a move which is funny and does help even though I sit at work and get up whenever I have a patient(phlebotomist). I unfortunately had to buy a new bad because I think i’m allergic to it same as the apple ones. there’s so many things I haven’t used yet for this watch. that i’m excited for. like to get back into my swimming, trying to start back running, just move my body in general. the price isn’t bad either especially since I bought it on sale. the size is perfect, I do wish we had more customization for the watch faces and that they didn’t cost money too. other than that I wish I can make a widget for the garmin sucks I can’t do that. sometimes the pairing cuts off too but not that often. however the find my phone doesn’t always work when I need it.

I have had a different smartwatch for the past 7 years. I was questioning buying the Venu 3S, but the big selling point for me was the difference in battery life. Little did I know, it blew away the other competitor in so many aspects. I was tired of charging my watch every night and I am so happy to finally be able to track my sleep and wear my watch for 2 weeks without having to recharge. I was SHOCKED by the stats provided on running. As a healthcare worker, I am amazed at the detail of heart rate and sleep data provided by this watch compared to my last one. This is well worth the money! I questioned this purchase for months, and the only thing I can say is I wish I had bought it sooner. It is amazing!

Have already spoke with your help center and have not heard back. Giving it 2 more days then sending back.