Garmin Vivoactive 3's predecessor - the Vivoactive HR - was a great multisport watch; so good, in fact, that I went out and bought myself one. It isn't the prettiest-looking thing, but it excels at tracking a range of activities, it supports external sensors, including external heart-rate monitors...

The Garmin Vivoactive 3 is following a bit of a trend this year in wearable tech, especially in the realm of fitness watches. Although it's primarily a multi-sport watch like the Garmin Fenix 5 or the TomTom Adventurer, Garmin wants you to wear the Vivoactive all day, every day – and that's why it's...

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

A little ugly; On the pricey side

The Vivoactive series has given us some of the most interesting, and least appreciated, fitness watches going.

It is a really awesome watch with so many good functions and is a big step from my previous watch which was the forerunner 35 but it has one problem, it gets scratched very easily because the glass curves off the side like the Apple watch so mine got scratched 3 days after I got it, besides from...

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.

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 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.

My first Garmin watch and definitely rates above average. The Garmin pay feature is super handy (if your bank is supported) and the amount of customisation is limitless. The wrist based heart rate can be a little erratic at times (74bpm while doing a 5km run, I don't think so) but it seems to...

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

The Garmin Vivoactive 3 is one of the tastiest fitness watches we've seen so far. It looks good, isn’t a wrist-dominator, outlasts just about all normal smartwatches and gets you tracking similar to a Fenix 5 at almost half the price. What’s not to like? True offload warriors may want the extra ruggedness of the Fenix 5, and it’s best not to expect too much from the Vivoactive 3’s smartwatch side. It's also a shame that it doesn't store music for you to play during runs. But for sport lovers, the Vivoactive 3's great fitness tracking and battery life will eclipse the lack of smartwatch fluff.

Great exercise tracking; Very good battery life; Contender for smartest Garmin watch yet;

Software not as slick as Wear or Watch OS; Garmin Pay not ready yet; No standalone music playback;