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Garmin vívoactive HR GPS Smart Watch, Regular fit - Black
Brand | Garmin |
Model Name | vívoactive |
Style | Watch Only |
Color | Black |
Screen Size | 1.5 Inches |
Special Feature | Touchscreen, Bluetooth |
Shape | Heart |
Target Audience | Unisex Adult |
Age Range (Description) | Adult |
Compatible Devices | Smartphone |
About this item
- Regular fits wrist circumferences 5.39" to 7.68" (137 to 195 mm),GPS smartwatch with a sunlight-readable, high-resolution color touchscreen. Display size-28.6 mm x 20.7 mm.Display resolution:205 x 148 pixels
- 24/7 HEART RATE MONITORING - Elevate wrist heart technology gives you heart rate all day and night without an additional strap,Heart rate is not available while swimming
- LONG BATTERY LIFE - Up to 8 days in watch/activity tracking mode. Battery life : GPS mode: Up to 13 hours. Smartwatch mode: Up to 8 days
- SMART NOTIFICATIONS - Set any notification from your mobile device to display when paired with a compatible smartphone.Water rating:5 ATM, Compatible with Android 4.4 OS or Later,Bluetooth 4.0 or Later and AppleiOS 10.0 or Later,iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
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Battery life | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 |
Mobile App | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
Sleep tracking | 3.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
Sold By | — | Amazon.com | Tech-Boutique | Tech-Boutique | Active Trade | Sports-and-Gadgets |
operating system | android, ios | — | — | — | android | GarminOS |
display size | 1.5 inches | 1.2 inches | 1.3 inches | 1.3 inches | 1.41 inches | 1.2 inches |
connectivity tech | Bluetooth | Bluetooth, USB, Wi-Fi | GPS | GPS | Bluetooth, Wireless, USB | Bluetooth |
supported applications | Time Display, GPS, Heart Rate Monitor, Phone, Social Media, Music Player, Email, text messaging, Alarm, distance tracking, Sleep Monitor, Calendar | GPS | GPS, Contacts | GPS | GPS | GPS |
input interface | touch screen | buttons, touch screen | touch screen | touch screen | touch screen, buttons | touch screen, dial |
wireless standard | bluetooth | bluetooth | bluetooth | — | bluetooth | — |
water resistance | water resistant | water resistant | water resistant | — | water resistant | — |
gps navigation | ✓ | — | ✓ | ✓ | GPS Enabled | GPS Enabled |
From the manufacturer
Elevate heart rate technology
Using heart rate data, vívoactive HR provides calories burned information and quantifies the intensity of your fitness activities, providing better credit for your efforts.
vívoactive HR
GPS Smartwatch with Elevate Heart Rate
Play all the sports you love with even more heart. Elevate heart rate technology measures heart rate at the wrist, gauging your efforts without the need to wear a chest strap. Add life and style to your colour touchscreen device by downloading free custom watch faces, apps and more through the Connect IQ online store. It offers an 8 day battery life in watch mode, as well as being water resistant.
Built-in Sports Apps
There are lots of accessories that help you get more from sports, but phones aren’t one of them. With GPS-enabled running, biking, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, golf, rowing, paddle boarding and activity tracking right on your wrist, you can sweat all day with your phone safely tucked away.
Using its built-in accelerometer and GPS, vívoactive HR allows you to run both indoors and out.
Built-in Sports Apps
There are lots of accessories that help you get more from sports, but phones aren’t one of them. With GPS-enabled running, biking, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, golf, rowing, paddle boarding and activity tracking right on your wrist, you can sweat all day with your phone safely tucked away.
The GPS-enabled cycling app measures time, distance, speed and calories.
Built-in Sports Apps
There are lots of accessories that help you get more from sports, but phones aren’t one of them. With GPS-enabled running, biking, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, golf, rowing, paddle boarding and activity tracking right on your wrist, you can sweat all day with your phone safely tucked away.
Play new courses every day by downloading 1 of 40,000 course maps worldwide from our golf course database.
Built-in Sports Apps
There are lots of accessories that help you get more from sports, but phones aren’t one of them. With GPS-enabled running, biking, swimming, skiing, snowboarding, golf, rowing, paddle boarding and activity tracking right on your wrist, you can sweat all day with your phone safely tucked away.
vívoactive HR will keep track of steps and floors climbed as well as monitoring sleep and calculating intensity minutes.
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Golf
Intensity Tracking
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Customer Reviews |
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4.3 out of 5 stars
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4.3 out of 5 stars
3,970
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4.1 out of 5 stars
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Steps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Distance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Auto Step Goal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Battery Life | Over 1 year | Up to 5 days | Up to 3 weeks | Up to 8 days |
Touchscreen | ✓ | Color | Color | |
Smart Notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Connect IQ Apps | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Wrist-based HR | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Move IQ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
GPS Enabled | ✓ | ✓ |
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 2.2 x 1.2 x 0.5 inches |
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Item Weight | 1.6 ounces |
ASIN | B01BKUB6BA |
Item model number | 010-01605-03 |
Batteries | 1 CR2 batteries required. (included) |
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #165,871 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #3,061 in Smartwatches |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
OS | android, ios |
Wireless communication technologies | Bluetooth |
Connectivity technologies | Bluetooth |
GPS | True |
Special features | Touchscreen, Bluetooth |
Other display features | Wireless |
Human Interface Input | Touchscreen |
Scanner Resolution | 205 x 148 |
Color | Black |
Whats in the box | vivoactive HR^charging/data clip^manual |
Department | Electronics |
Manufacturer | Garmin |
Date First Available | February 19, 2016 |
Weight | 1.6 ounces |
Standing screen display size | 1.5 Inches |
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Product Description
Run, bike, swim, golf, ski and more with vivo active HR, the GPS smartwatch with Elevate wrist heart rate technology. Outside of your more active moments, its built-in activity tracker counts steps throughout the day and measures calories burned. The sunlight-readable, high-resolution touchscreen features smart notifications such as call, text, email, social media alerts and more. Customize your watch with more than 1,300 apps, watch face designs, data fields and widgets from our Connect IQ store. Battery charge lasts through all your activities with up to 8 days in watch/activity tracking mode (no GPS) or up to 13 hours using GPS.
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Customers like the battery life of the wearable computer. They say that it has a decent battery charge. Customers are also happy with appearance. However, some customers have mixed opinions on performance, accuracy, tracking, quality, connectivity, and ease of use.
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Customers like the battery life of the wearable computer. They say it has a decent battery charge and keeps up with all their activities. Some mention that the device is low power and doesn't flinch.
"...times a week, running, weights, cycling, and MMA, this thing keeps up with all of it and doesn't even flinch!..." Read more
"...Tracking steps, sleep, et al has all be very good. Battery life has been great! Recharging is FAST!..." Read more
"...tracking, wrist-based heart rate sensor, built-in GPS, and decent battery life. The golf features and touchscreen were added bonuses...." Read more
"...7. The battery lasts for a long time. Over a week, even with GPS usage...." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the wearable computer. They say it's handsome, the strap design fits well, and it'd stand out in sunny situations. The customization of the watch faces is nearly infinite, and the graphical HR display is nice. Customers are also impressed with the custom data screens, saying that they can show the data they want on the watch.
"...2. I found the watch easy to customize to show the data I wanted on the screens I wanted.3. I get the notifications I need...." Read more
"...Watch: Great. Comfortable watch, I wear it all day. Multiple watch faces. I like Pendulum...." Read more
"...isn't the highest resolution thing you'll ever seen, but it still looks nice...." Read more
"...- The customizability of the watch faces is nearly infinite (see my closing comment below) - Customizability of data displays *by..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the wearable computer. Some mention that the trunks on, and while this works pretty well, the turbulence of the water, they still like the functionality of the watch, the heart rate monitor works well, and the watch offers a way to record indoor training, does a decent job on running, treadmill, walking and biking, and that the GPS works well and as long as you're outside it finds the signal. Others say that the heart Rate is absolutely terrible, lags constantly, and it failed because they jumped in a swimming. As with all wrist based, it's not perfect, and is not 100% reliable. Music controls don't work for Spotify.
"...I still like the functionality of the watch, so on that score I will leave it with 4 stars. Great GPS sync. Excellent accuracy when running...." Read more
"...The watch is a great fitness device. It has lots of features which should be very useful to the average athlete. The software is very good...." Read more
"...It tracks my lap swims, and much more. It's not perfect, but GOOD ENOUGH. That's the summary. If you want more details, read on...." Read more
"...By far this is the most useful and user friendly purchase I have made.Pros;Easy set up...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the quality of the wearable computer. Some mention that the band is high quality, it doesn't feel cheap, and it's a very nice piece of hardware. Others say that it lacks in every aspect of a fitness tracker, and leaves a big dent in their wrist.
"...It tracks my lap swims, and much more. It's not perfect, but GOOD ENOUGH. That's the summary. If you want more details, read on...." Read more
"...Great company.The Apple Watch is a very nice piece of hardware. No complaints. Beautiful screen. Great integration with iphone...." Read more
"...I put a screen protector on it day one, the protector has some decent scratches but nothing has transferred to the watch...." Read more
"...(I've struggled to find something that was easy to use, reliable, and didn't irritate my skin.)..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the tracking of the wearable computer. Some mention that it really desired health and fitness tracking, information easily uploaded to a computer. However, others say that it does not track heart rate while swimming, the tracking started going nuts, and the heart rate sensor is not as good as the Scosche RHYTHM plus Heart.
"...Besides counting laps, it counts strokes by accelerometer, length time, and SWOLF score. Let me just put this out there first: it's not perfect...." Read more
"...It's collecting all of the data that I would like to see from a run.3...." Read more
"...This device does not track blood pressure (duh), so don't think your device is crazy off after lifting a heavy set and only seeing a HR of 100!..." Read more
"...The watch is a great fitness device. It has lots of features which should be very useful to the average athlete. The software is very good...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the wearable computer. Some mention that the built-in GPS, and an easy to use watch and app work together. The usability of the supporting apps on Android and IOS is amazing. However, some say that the interface is much less intuitive than the FitBit's, and the device is a bit complex with apps and widgets. The first impression is that the device can be a little complicated and cumbersome, so plan to spend some time with the 30 page manual.
"...app probably isn't as bad as I perceive it and there are so many tools and data available!..." Read more
"...7. The App is AMAZING. I love it. It shows me everything that I would possibly want to know for my fitness program.What I wish..." Read more
"...The reason I gave it 4 stars is because of the bugs in the golf app...." Read more
"...The Garmin worked well, without a hitch. Tracking steps, sleep, et al has all be very good. Battery life has been great! Recharging is FAST!..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the accuracy of the wearable computer. Some mention that the GPS is accurate, the heartrate monitoring is sufficiently accurate, and the laps and yards swam are accurate. The statistics are mostly accurate, but some say that the out of the box it is not very accurate and the flights of stairs climbed is not accurate.
"...Connects to GPS in 2 or 3 seconds. The GPS-generated map is the most accurate of any of the devices I've used (Apple Watch and Microsoft Band)...." Read more
"...HR monitor is generally accurate. As good as I think you are likely to get without a chest band...." Read more
"...other than the feel of my own pulse, but I think their inaccuracy claim is overblown...." Read more
"...Disappointing. The lap count seems mostly accurate, but the stroke identification wasn't great for me- it identified freestyle and backstroke well,..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the connectivity of the wearable computer. Some mention that it syncs well with their phone and the additional MyFitnessPal app, while others say that sometimes the sync will not go through and they have to sync manually. The connectivity seems strong, and it quickly pairs with their phones. However, some customers say that the GPS takes a while to synch and maintaining connection is iffy.
"...I'm using GLONASS. On all of my devices I've noticed that GPS takes a while to sync the first time or when I go to a new city.5...." Read more
"...I believe that they were. The watch connected to my iphone quickly. The software is quite good...." Read more
"...This made the screen work again but still will not pair. The absolute capper was that after all that the battery went to 50% in just a couple hours...." Read more
"...with the phone, but far more often than not that disturbed connection becomes semi-permanent...." Read more
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1. Swim tracking: A lot of people ask about this. Yes, it's water resistant and that's good enough for normal swimming not diving. That was the main reason why I bought it in the first place. I do lap swims regularly, and wanted something to 1) count my laps, because I ALWAYS lose count after about 7 or 8 laps. You lap swimmers out there can probably relate. Besides counting laps, it counts strokes by accelerometer, length time, and SWOLF score. Let me just put this out there first: it's not perfect. It has shown to 1) under-count my lengths sometimes if I pause it right at the end of a length; 2) over-count sometimes if I don't pause it AND sit at the end of the length for too long. But, it all tend to even out in the end. It's definitely got room for improvement as far as its sensing capability. But it's still better than me losing count in my head, and at least this way I have some good approximation of how many laps I've done. I WISH Garmin would let the swim app track heart rates during a swim. I understand the accuracy issue due to muscle flexing, but at least let it be an option with the understanding that it may or may not be 100% accurate. Interestingly, one time I purposely started my session without running the swim app, the watch's move-IQ was able to detect the activity being a swim, AND it recorded my heart rates for the whole session. It didn't record my laps or strokes. The heart rates were "reasonable" for what it is. I got nothing to compare it against other than the feel of my own pulse, but I think their inaccuracy claim is overblown. They should really let people decide to track heart rates for swimming. So, as it is right now, it's either tracking your laps, strokes and time but no heart rates, or the opposite. A little disappointing but not a deal breaker. Like I said, it's good enough. Tips: use the left button for pause when trying to catch a breather; use the right button to stop the session. The touch screen would not work properly when wet, but will once dried (finger must be dried too).
2. General activity tracking: to me, these come as a bonus. And they are great. I can track my walks, elliptical sessions, bicycling, etc. The step sensor is GREAT. It's far better than any other that I've seen. It tracks my steps pretty accurately, even under the following conditions: 1) in bumpy vehicles (no false positives), 2) with my watch hand holding on stuff (does not depend on my arm swinging), 3) GPS or no GPS signal. The stairs detection is hit and miss. I would say that it tracks my going down better than my going up, but for the most part, it's good enough. It probably misses 1 or 2 floors going up per day (I go up about 10 to 15 floors on an average day). Bicycling it's fine, but I'm not a serious cyclist. For those who are more serious about cycling, you should get the extra sensors for your bike. It detects my bike speed using GPS well enough as far as I know.
3. Heart rate tracking: I track my heart rate 24/7 with this device. It gives you good insight to your activity levels, resting heart rates, and helps with sleep detection and tracking (I'll elaborate on this in the next section). On dry land, comparing it with my other heart rate sensors, this watch's optical HR sensor seems to be excellent. I'd say it's well within plus or minus 2 bpm. Why you'd need anything more accurate than that, unless in a medical necessity, is beyond me. The great thing is, it's always there. My only wish is for Garmin to let me track HR during a swim (see above).
4. Sleep tracking: You tell it about your normal sleep hours, and it tries to keep track how many hours of deep or light sleep you get during, based on your movement or heart rate (?). Now, I've recently connected it to the Android Sleep app, and it offers more functions. I haven't dug deep into that, yet, but it looks pretty promising. But simply being able to set near silent vibrating alarms without waking up everybody in the house is very beneficial.
5. Other "smart watch" functions: It's important to keep in mind that this is NOT intended to be a smart watch with activity tracking, but an activity tracker with some smart watch features. It has rudimentary smart watch functions like getting notifications for your incoming calls, emails, text, calendar events etc. You can't take a call with it. You can't do anything to the messages other than reading the cut-off version. But, I find myself looking at my phone far less than before (besides the checking the time part), because now at a quick glance I can decide whether I really need to whip out my phone to begin with. It's not as distracting as a phone. Bottom line about this is, set your expectation accordingly. It's not a fruit watch, but its limited smart phone functionality is just good enough as a supplement to my phone.
6. Other observations and tips. 1) About the screen's brightness and readability. A lot of people seem to be concerned about this. Under bright conditions, especially under sunlight, this device is SUPER readable. The brighter the better. So don't worry about that. It's under darker conditions that you might have a problem seeing it. My tip is to change the screen's background color to white instead of the default black. On an LCD, this should even provide slight battery saving as well. It's more readable with black letters on white background. They should've made this the default setting. With this, I even turn down my backlight brightness from default 3 to 2, and the timeout from 10 sec to 5. 2) Battery life. It's good. While I've never let it drop below 20% before recharging, my estimate is that even with constant HR monitoring, Bluetooth and sleep tracking, I can easily go 5 days on a single charge. It depends on how many activity apps you run, of course. The other factor being how many vibrating alerts I get during the day for stuff like incoming (and outgoing) emails. I wish they tweak the notifications to not vibrate on outgoing emails. The vibration uses a lot of battery I'd imagine. On a busy work day, the watch's battery can probably last for more than 3 days on a single charge.
In all, even with the minor issues I mentioned above, I love this little device. Unless you are seriously picky about every activity tracking or you need a full-featured smart watch, this would be a great device to have.
The Apple Watch is a very nice piece of hardware. No complaints. Beautiful screen. Great integration with iphone. But, it needed an upgrade, and out came the Series 2. Looks good. Improved performance and stuff like waterproofing etc. However, with taxes and Applecare the product will cost close to $475. Lovely device, but pricey for what you get.
Enter the Garmin vivoactive HR. Got the device during black friday weekend for $169. $169! 1/3 of the price of an Applewatch. Thought I would try it out and see if some of the reviews around the net were correct. I believe that they were. The watch connected to my iphone quickly. The software is quite good. That is to be expected, given that they have been doing this for some time and have a number of high-end devices for runners, triathletes et al. (cf the Fenix, could have gotten the Fenix for the same price as the Apple Watch with a Sapphire watch face, open swimming and heartrate collection during the swim, but I am not that involved).
The Garmin worked well, without a hitch. Tracking steps, sleep, et al has all be very good. Battery life has been great! Recharging is FAST! I have not had the opportunity to do a lot of workouts with the unit, but I will be using it with a external heart rate monitor for strength training. Going to do some biking and swimming. I have no complaints about the watch.
When I first started using it, comparing it to the AppleWatch, the screen was very disappointing. In a dimly lit room it was plain hard to see. However, the backlight will give you enough light, when you use it, to see the time etc. I was a bit frustrated, but then started to check the watch, under a variety of conditions and found that the screen was just fine if there was any light in the room. No, it is not bright, but when there is light in the room, it is good. I like it. So, I remember when watches did not have lights, (you actually had to turn the light on to see the watch), and this is also true of the Withings Steel. The point of this is that this is not really a problem unless you are in the dark. Then you have to use the backlight and that is only fair. But I do not find this to be much of a problem.
The watch is a great fitness device. It has lots of features which should be very useful to the average athlete. The software is very good. The battery life is great. The screen is more like a regular watch, not a lovely OLED screen, so do not buy this if you think it will look like a apple watch, or other smartwatch which has an oled or backlit screen. It is meant to be used in the light, outside, gym, and it will work just fine. The good friday price made this a great deal!
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Les SMS et Courriels sont notifiés sur la montre et peuvent être lus.
Le cardio au poignet est top. Cela évite le port d'une ceinture qui peut gêner suivant le sport.
La montre ne compte pas les pas au volant, logique mais d'autres produits le font pourtant.
C'est du Garmin avec la qualité qui va avec. jamais déçu de cette marque que je connais depuis 20 ans au travers de différents produits.
Es muy interesante competir en pasos día a día contra uno mismo, y ver que se puede mejorar, Garmin IQ lo complemente con varias apps para ayudar a aprovechar aun mas actividades como navegación asistida, etc..
En resumen si deseas tener algo de calidad en tus manos con una amplia variedad de opciones de soporte para multiples deportes, sin gastar tanto es una opción muy adecuada.
Reviewed in Mexico on December 19, 2016
Es muy interesante competir en pasos día a día contra uno mismo, y ver que se puede mejorar, Garmin IQ lo complemente con varias apps para ayudar a aprovechar aun mas actividades como navegación asistida, etc..
En resumen si deseas tener algo de calidad en tus manos con una amplia variedad de opciones de soporte para multiples deportes, sin gastar tanto es una opción muy adecuada.
El servicio de amazon como siempre excelente, llegando un par de día antes de lo esperado.