Absolutely love my garmin fitness tracker! Great price and super easy to set up. I love the design as its very sleek and not bulky. It gives great indepth information like heartrate and stress levels and when you download the app you can set targets for the step counter manually.

Garmin has taken an inconspicuous approach to the Vivosmart 3 with a slim, seamless design. This does mean that any form of customisation goes out the window. Unlike the Fitbit Charge 2, the bands here aren't detachable, meaning you're stuck with whatever colour choice you opt for.

Discreet and comfortable design; Good battery life; Touch interface is easy to use; Water-resistant

Garmin Connect app is still messy; Can't respond to notifications; Rep counting feels tacked on

If you're a data nerd or an athlete with a casual interest in stats, the Vivosmart 3 is a solid choice. For $140, you get comprehensive metrics, lots of notification options, and good battery life. The downsides are a cloudy display, a lack of interchangeable bands, and a clunky interface.

Comprehensive fitness tracking, including heart rate; Good battery life; Safe for swimming; Comfortable

Cloudy screen; Hard to read in direct sunlight; Finicky interface; No GPS; No interchangeable bands

Wish I had brought a Fitbit. Thought this would be better, but boy was I wrong. Does not count floors anywhere near accurately. I wake up and shower and it says I reached my intensity minute target for the week. Never buying Garmin again

Easy to use and what i want in a watch

The Garmin Vivosmart 3 might not look like much but it's packed full of fitness tracking features, from rep counts to a fitness age. It's good value too, but more aimed at gym-goers than runners.

Rep counting; Auto activity tracking; Smart notifications

No GPS; Hit and miss wake movement sensing; Plain design

Works as described. As usual, the stairs counter is useless and complaints about the screen being unsharp are true. Icons are rather cryptic as well. Not sure anything out there is much better though.

New fitbands seem to be a dime a dozen but if a brand wants to set themselves apart from the pack they need to come with something different. With the Vivosmart 3, Garmin are attempting to do just that. Any old device can measure steps these days but how many can count reps for you?

Does everything it says on the tin

None

The Garmin vivosmart 3 is essentially a sleeker vivosmart HR with support for strength training. Unfortunately, this new strength training feature mostly disappoints us. In theory, the VS3 is supposed to quantify your reps, sets, and rest times as well as automatically recognize exercises.

Comfortable and water resistant; Thin; sleek design; Built-in wrist heart rate monitor; Smartphone notifications + control for music and VIRB action camera; Moderate price point

Strength training feature is disappointing; Does not connect with external HRM; Display is average at best