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

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

Bought this for my teen daughter. She absolutely loves it! The fact that it's waterproof was why we got this one. I love it because it helps her stay active.

Garmin is turning its attentions back to the fitness tracker with the Garmin Vivosmart 3, with wellness at its heart. It's slightly less focussed on sport than the GPS-toting Garmin Vivosport , with stress tracking, guided breathing exercises and sleep monitoring joining exercise detection, rep...

Lots of features on offer; including VO2 Max; Supports some strength activities; Good price

No GPS; Display can be unresponsive sometimes; Heart rate not the best at high intensity

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

The rivalry between today's fitness bands is so fierce that they're cramming in more tech than Inspector Gadget's fedora.

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

The Garmin vivosmart 3 has a lot of features. However, I am finding that sometimes it doesn't always respond as expected. Lifting and turning your wrist to see the time doesn't always work. Sometimes I have to give it a few hard taps to light up.

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.

Acted beyond expectation. Hardly notice that it is sitting there and doing its job. The Garmin app is good and has given me some news about me, a little fun. If you sync to their site too, there are more ways to visualize data. But, I used it around the clock.