I bought this a few months ago and to be honest I'm quite disappointed. There are some good features, but for me as a runner, it's unsuitable. I have had GPS accuracy issues from the start and the battery in GPS activity tracking mode will not last more than 4/5 hours.

I bought 2 watches, one for me and one for my boyfriend. The watch has all the features we wanted but the heart rate monitor is so off when my boyfriend wears it. Both watches work fine on me but the HR is super high and inaccurate on him and I have read other review about this same problem

In short, I'm impressed – the Garmin Vivoactive 3 really is one special fitness watch. It ticks pretty much all the boxes: it's usable and accurate, has GPS, altimeter and heart rate sensors, it tracks your swims on top of all the regular fitness activities – plus a few extra – and it's a superb...

Lightweight; Great battery life; 24/7 heart rate monitoring

A little ugly; On the pricey side

This is my 4th Garmin wearable. I am an active 64 year old female. Mr previous 2 Garmins were both Vivoactive HRs. I purchased my Garmin Vivoactive 3 two weeks ago. So far I am very happy with the features and improvements to the Vivoactive 3.

The Vivoactive 3 is one of the best fitness-focused smartwatches available, but the Fitbit Ionic has music storage and the Apple Watch Series 3 has more apps.

Always-on watch face; Round design; Advanced workout-tracking

Garmin Pay supports few cards at launch; Inaccurate sleep-tracking; No onboard music storage

Finding the features you want in a fitness tracker or smartwatch is essential, but it's equally important that it checks a few other boxes, too: reliability, ruggedness, accuracy, and solid battery life. Rest assured the Garmin Vivoactive 3 delivers on all of those fronts.

Holds up to 500 songs locally; Measures steps, stairs, sleep, continuous heart rate; Includes advanced fitness metrics: VO2 max, fitness age, stress; Contactless payment and smartwatch features

Can only reply to messages from watch when paired with Android; No women's health tracking

In the end, I think the Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music is the kind of device aimed primarily at athletes and then at smartwatch fans. This is exactly the opposite of the Apple Watch, no matter what Apple says.

Bought this to replace a fenix 5s, and for my needs, it's a better watch. The touchscreen makes the device far more usable, also the design makes the small screen look far better (this is the music variant) the steel bezel on the non-music and fenix range make the screen look silly, and although the...

I bought it a week and a half ago, and it has been very helpful with my runs, and I can't wait to try it for skiing. The customizable watch faces are really although you can't do much. The battery life seems to be not as good as they say, but I have not worn it till it died.

I needed a true running GPS running watch to track my miles and workout intensities. I was using an Apple Watch (which was good, but not exactly what I wanted) prior. The Vivoactive is exactly what I was looking for! It's a great watch and unbelievably light weight.