expirediconian | Staff posted Nov 04, 2021 03:35 AM
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expirediconian | Staff posted Nov 04, 2021 03:35 AM
Garmin Smartwatches: Instinct GPS $170, Venu Sq Music Edition $180, Venu Sq
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Been researching fitness trackers to replace my Charge 3. Sense has bad/mixed reviews and Fitbit has had quality issues with every tracker I've bought over the years.
I have heard great things about Garmin products and my research convinced me to buy this one over Charge/Versa/Sense. I didn't want a big, round watch but there's some great Garmin round watches too (Vivoactive 4 and Venu were on my shortlist).
Plus I don't want to pay Fitbit a monthly subscription to get access to my own advanced fitness data. Garmin makes it all available for free - that's the way it should be.
Apple watch is fully blown smartwatch, essentially your iPhone on the wrist. Yes, it has basic fitness tracking functionality, but that's exactly what it is: basic.
Garmin is first and foremost fitness tracker, designed and optimized for this purpose. Yes, it has some basic smartwatch functionality, but it it's a few very basic things.
Don't get me wrong: both are great products, they are just designed for different purposes.
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GREAT deal, but look and buy elsewhere if you can (yet this deal seems to have initiated the price-matches, so maybe if not in a rush, give this post link credit?). It's like a 5 star and 1 star at the same time...so I'm just not gonna rate and choose to be patient as buydig sends my watch.
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Been researching fitness trackers to replace my Charge 3. Sense has bad/mixed reviews and Fitbit has had quality issues with every tracker I've bought over the years.
I have heard great things about Garmin products and my research convinced me to buy this one over Charge/Versa/Sense. I didn't want a big, round watch but there's some great Garmin round watches too (Vivoactive 4 and Venu were on my shortlist).
Plus I don't want to pay Fitbit a monthly subscription to get access to my own advanced fitness data. Garmin makes it all available for free - that's the way it should be.
I've had my Garmin Vivoactive for 3 years.
Never a problem, tracks all my workouts, connects to my heart rate monitor strap via bluetooth, connects to my Galaxy S21 Ultra via bluetooth, battery lasts for 1 week and GPS is built in, basic notifications of phone calls and texts... and this is a 3 year old watch.
Definitely going to buy another Garmin watch soon, maybe even this one.
I personally think Garmin Instinct fit me well and here are my pro-cons :
Instinct :
+ more rugged use and expected to live longer than Venu for a rough usage
+ more battery life
+ more masculine looks
+ has ultratrac for hiking in the woods
- black and white
- can't be used on formal occasions
Venu Sq :
+ better design, can be used for formal occasions
+ cheaper
+ newer (released in 2020 vs instinct in 2018)
+ has VO2 max reading
- doesn't seem as robust
- less battery life
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If you want the most accurate wrist HRM, you're going to want one of the watches with the new Elevate V4 sensor though, and at the moment that's only the Venu 2 and the 945 LTE. These ones have the older version which is a bit less accurate but still pretty OK.
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