Why We Like The Garmin Venu 3
Whether we are looking to improve our health or just training for the local race, the Garmin Venu 3 is the perfect tool to get the job done. Made for all types of indoor and outdoor physical exercises, the Venu 3 features 30 built-in sports apps for sport-based training, on-screen workouts for a more interactive workout, and comprehensive data monitoring to keep track of our stats and health. The Garmin Venu 3 lets us stay connected with smart notifications and wrist-based calling and texting when paired with our smartphone, and the 1.4-inch touchscreen display makes it super easy to take control from our wrists. Whether we are trying to train for our specific sport, better monitor our health, or prepare for our upcoming race, the Garmin Venu 3 is the answer to reaching our goals.
Details
- Feature-loaded training and fitness smartwatch
- 1.4-inch touchscreen Corning Gorilla Glass is durable and responsive
- Various smart features to keep us connected
- 30 different sports apps allow us to train at our specific sport
- Numerous health and wellness features monitor our health
- Fitness-based animated on-screen workouts for interactive training
- Durable and submersible construction is suited for any workout
- GPS and tracking features record our workouts
- Item #GRMF078
- Housing Material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Strap Material
- silicone
- Face Material
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3, stainless steel bezel
- Movement
- digital
- Pedometer
- yes
- Odometer
- yes
- Altimeter
- yes
- Barometer
- yes
- Heart Rate Monitor
- yes
- Submersible
- 5 ATM
- Technical Features
- GPS, bluetooth, smart notifications, live track, health and wellness, fitness workouts, comprehensive data monitoring
- Dual Times
- yes
- Date Indicator
- yes
- Weekday Indicator
- yes
- Alarms
- yes
- Battery Type
- li-ion
- Battery Life
- [Smartwatch mode] Up to 10 days (5 days display always-on), [Battery Saver Smartwatch mode] up to 20 days [GPS-Only GNSS mode] up to 21 hours
- Includes
- Venu 3, USB-C charging/data cable, documentation
- Face Size
- 1.77in
- Claimed Weight
- 1.05oz
- Activity
- training, running, biking, swimming, golf, ski, snowboard, hike
- Manufacturer Warranty
- limited 1 year
Reviews
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Overall Rating
4.5 based on 255 ratings
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Selecting an option will reload the available reviews on the pageApril 25, 2024
Solid upgrade, but lack of software upgrades
No matter how good Garmin watches are on release, the fact that they don't get feature upgrades will always hold them back. Most every platform improves the experience of their devices throughout their lifespan -- except Garmin. Although they do release some (presumably) bug fixes -- I never saw a changelog. I noticed one weird inconsistency on my Venu 1 that never got fixed. Otherwise, a solid improvement over my Venu, although a more modern design would be appreciated.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 22, 2024
Easy to use
Very good watch everthing is easy and perfect everyday watch
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 18, 2024
Great features
I love all the features available on the watch. It’s my first Garmin watch as I previously used Polar and Apple Watch to track my activities. Both watches allowed me to see messages and pause activities. The Garmin watch allows me to see my text message at the expense that I have to disable privacy settings. Hopefully this can be fixed in the future.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 17, 2024
lots of good info with good battery life
I wanted a do-it-all watch to that could function like my Fitbit Charge 5 as well as my Garmin Approach S42. The smartwatch functionality is great for my needs and I didn't want an Apple/Pixel watch that I had to charge every day. The quoted 14 day battery life is probably a bit optimistic, but if I could get a week as I do with my Fitbit, I'd be happy. This is probably 10 days and that's enough for me. It provides much more info than the Fitbit does with no subscription required, and the golf functionality is as good as the S42 (minus having to download courses). Overall I'm extremely happy with this watch.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 13, 2024
Game Changer
I bought my Garmin Venus 3 about a month ago. I am speechless on what to say. I'm still learning the options and functional buttons. Having the ability to stay active and restful with the monitoring a healthy life. Get this watch and monitor your health better with me and many more Smart Watch users.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 12, 2024
Not good for Swimming
Apenas 1 ecrã no modo Natação em piscina. Não tem modo Drill. O contador de tempo não mostra os décimos/centesimos de segundos.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 12, 2024
Great overall watch
I bought this a month ago and I'm so glad I did I'm loving everything about this watch
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 11, 2024
I love it
I love the venu3. It's a great little smartwatch/fitness tracker. It gives me motivation throughout the day if I've been sitting down for too long. It's got an onscreen keyboard like old cellphone keyboards. My only complaint is that the speaker while taking calls is very low and almost impossible to hear unless you're in a dead quiet place.
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 10, 2024
Perfect for all types of users
Having been a long time Fitbit user, I became frustrated with the lack of accuracy of my Versa 3 and the software and lack of support was increasingly frustrating. Having owned an Edge Explore I knew already the great Garmin potential so it took just a few minutes thought to move to the Venu 3 and drop the Fitbit in the bottom drawer. The quality of “free” reporting and the integration across devices and platforms as well as with Komoot is amazing. I committed to a personal fitness change with this purchase and the smartwatch has helped me every step of the way. Thanks Garmin
Originally reviewed on Garmin
April 4, 2024
ECG
Love my watch wish it had a ECG monitor system already on it. There are apps but they cost more and not sure what one to install
Originally reviewed on Garmin
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