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Amazon has Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch (Black / Stainless, 010-01769-01) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.

Note: In stock on February 27 from Amazon.

Best Buy via eBay also has Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch (Black / Stainless, 010-01769-01) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy also has Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch (Black / Stainless, 010-01769-01) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is free, otherwise select free curbside pickup where available.

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Features:
  • 1.2" 240x240 Display w/ Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Contactless Payments
  • Heart Rate Monitor
  • Battery Life:
    • GPS Mode: Up to 13 hours
    • Smartwatch Mode: Up to 7 days
  • Water Rating: Swim, 5 ATM
  • Includes 15 preloaded GPS and indoor sports apps
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Vivoactive 3, GPS Smartwatch with Contactless Payments and Built-In Sports Apps, Black with Silver Hardware

Color: Black With Stainless

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KBWL9J In stock on February 25th 26 27, 2021, but can still order
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Great watch. I wear it everyday when i grabbed this for $70 off of GPS Nation. Has almost all the basic functions you could ever ask for. Only thing left wanting is music storage, but certainly not a deal breaker.
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I have had the Vivoactive 3 Music for several years. I like the watch very much, but I love the Music feature. I am able to load music, podcasts and audiobooks on the watch very easily from my PC and don't have to carry my phone with me when I am walking in a nearby park.

It is the best hybrid smart watch I have had. I also like the Garmin app for tracking my steps and other things. However, a few like flights of stairs walked, are inaccurate.
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My Apple Watch disagrees with your definition of bad battery life..
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TiredOfTaxes
02-13-2021 at 09:49 AM.
02-13-2021 at 09:49 AM.
What exactly are the differences between this and Venu?
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blacksuit123
02-13-2021 at 10:20 AM.
02-13-2021 at 10:20 AM.
I've had this watch for over a year. It is good at logging fitness activities and displaying information during the activity. It is good at collecting information to analyze in the Garmin software or third party systems like Strava. It is worse at interaction during activities because it relies on its touchscreen too heavily. Other models like Fenix and cycling GPS units have more physical buttons.

There are lots of custom watch faces and activity display screens you can download. This is a workhorse fitness watch and not really a substitute for something like a Galaxy or Apple watch that integrates closely with your smartphone and lets you text and view your calendar and whatnot.

The design looks nice in person and the stainless steel bezel helps protect the watch from bumps. This watch is compatible with standard-sized watch bands which you can buy on Aliexpress and elsewhere.
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02-13-2021 at 10:51 AM.
02-13-2021 at 10:51 AM.
Quote from FaithfulHamster1779 :
I would say the VA3 then, for sure. The VA4 has an extra sensor if you do repetitive arm motions, like weight lifting. It costs a bit more though. I understand Garmin is supposed to be announcing new models very soon, but I think more on the advanced lines like Fenix. Unless you got a microphone/speaker combo on a VA5, I don't think the VA4 is necessary so a lot of people. If you did a lot of weight type stuff or just desperately wanted music, sure. I think a new VA3 music is pretty close to a VA4 in price... Refurb VA3 music seems to be a more noticeable price difference.

Question for you:

Does this have music feature for me to add mp3 songs? I don't see it in the Best Buy description unless I'm overlooking at it...
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02-13-2021 at 11:05 AM.
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Quote from SpaceMan6969 :
Question for you:

Does this have music feature for me to add mp3 songs? I don't see it in the Best Buy description unless I'm overlooking at it...

I believe you can add your own music, yes. I would look at the Garmin website description. Make sure it is the Vivoactive 3 Music version, not simply Vivoactive 3. The Vivoactive 4 is only available with music. The 4S is a smaller physical size, but 99% identical otherwise (some say the womens size?).

Garmin needs to work on uniform naming schemes moving forward. It sounds like they are done with music/nonmusic, just regular size and S or Fenix has some larger sizes.
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02-13-2021 at 11:20 AM.
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Quote from FaithfulHamster1779 :
I believe you can add your own music, yes. I would look at the Garmin website description. Make sure it is the Vivoactive 3 Music version, not simply Vivoactive 3. The Vivoactive 4 is only available with music. The 4S is a smaller physical size, but 99% identical otherwise (some say the womens size?).

Garmin needs to work on uniform naming schemes moving forward. It sounds like they are done with music/nonmusic, just regular size and S or Fenix has some larger sizes.

Totally agree!

Man, pay $100 for this non music or $350 for the vivoactive 4. Decision, decision, decision....

Guess $100 isn't bad for a starter and not worry about 4's being cheaper for months to come. I just don't want to get burned financially as I know delay gratification don't always work as far as saving $...
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02-13-2021 at 11:46 AM.
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Quote from SpaceMan6969 :
Totally agree!

Man, pay $100 for this non music or $350 for the vivoactive 4. Decision, decision, decision....

Guess $100 isn't bad for a starter and not worry about 4's being cheaper for months to come. I just don't want to get burned financially as I know delay gratification don't always work as far as saving $...

I am very happy with my VA3. If I run outside, I have my phone in case of an injury and need assistance. Indoors, I watch movies with my home theater on so the music part is worthless to me.
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02-13-2021 at 01:33 PM.
02-13-2021 at 01:33 PM.
Have had the VA3 music for 2+ years. Trained and ran a marathon with it, and have also swam and biked with it. I load audiobooks on it and listen to them via my Trekz Titaniums on all my runs. The combination of GPS + music does wear the battery down much more quickly, but it charges very quickly so it doesn't bother me. The Garmin ecosystem is great and I also link it to Strava to keep track of everything. There are a ton of watch faces and apps you can load on it with many helpful display features. Also wears very well. I bang it around a lot and haven't noticed any marks.
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02-13-2021 at 02:32 PM.
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Quote from FaithfulHamster1779 :
I am very happy with my VA3. If I run outside, I have my phone in case of an injury and need assistance. Indoors, I watch movies with my home theater on so the music part is worthless to me.

I went to best buy to double check and they said it the non music model Frown
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madjammin
02-13-2021 at 02:49 PM.
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Anyone know if a Golf App can be downloaded to this watch?
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02-13-2021 at 02:50 PM.
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Quote from SpaceMan6969 :
I went to best buy to double check and they said it the non music model Frown

Well, there ya go. $100 and use your phone for music 😁 Best of all, you can save like $150 and use that to buy other things.
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Well, there ya go. $100 and use your phone for music 😁 Best of all, you can save like $150 and use that to buy other things.

True. I'm still deciding at the moment.

Now, what your takes on the link below:

https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/fp/625192
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02-13-2021 at 04:04 PM.
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I also got the refurb Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch from GPS Nation. Unfortunately, I have a love / hate relationship with this watch. The advertised functions were exactly what I wanted and the watch had a good appearance (in my opinion), but I cannot for the life of me figure out why I can only get text notifications from certain people. I know text notifications work because I have gotten them, but the majority of my family members texts are never received. I have looked online and tried a few options with no success. If anyone has a suggestion for corrective action please let me know. I have an Android phone.
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02-13-2021 at 05:45 PM.
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Can I sync up with my underarmour fitness on my iPhone?
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02-13-2021 at 06:44 PM.
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I want their vivosmart 4 watch if it drops under $100.

Anyone have it? OR just rate Garmin in general. I know they went offline after a hack awhile back so hopefully things got better.

I like the small face watches. Only care about the heart monitor and sleep vibrate alarm.

Battery lasting long would be great too
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02-13-2021 at 08:06 PM.
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Not sure if anyone mentioned this but get Crystal watch face from the Connect IQ store and your battery life will improve about 15%.i usually charge every 4 to 5 days, if i have a GPS activity in between, it will drain much faster

Hands down my fav smart watch, i personally loathe other smart watches that require daily/almost daily charging like apple or samsumg...
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