Garmin vivomove Style, Hybrid Smartwatch with Real Watch Hands and Hidden Color Touchscreen Displays,Sleep Monitor, Graphite with Black Woven Nylon Band

I was a Fitbit user for years. Not a daily runner or athlete, so have been satisfied with the Fitbit app and tracking. Have not been happy with the quality or appearance of their devices. Add in the data slurping Google buy-out and the arrival of the next vivomove meant it was time to move on (well, and my ugly Ionic breaking, again). My review is based on my priorities for the device which are watch first, tracker second, and smart device last.As a watch I love it. I love the clean and simple style. I love that's it not a chunky/heavy slab on my wrist. It's surprisingly small actually. The face and body are almost perfect for my tastes, and being made of aluminum makes it half the weight of the stainless steel models. The minute hand silently ticks every 10 seconds. Now for the bad. The strap itself is ugly, stiff, and just all around crap. I expected that though, and planned to order some watch straps. I wasn't expecting just how bad it is though. It has zero give, so it either cuts in to your skin since it so thin and stiff, or it just dangles and slips. I have smaller wrists and only have 2 holes left in the strap, so it seems short. If buying this model (nylon strap) I would highly recommend buying some 20mm straps at the same time. The only real (unexpected) disappointment for me is the white tipped hands. I assumed they would be visible in the dark, but they are not. It's difficult to read in minimal darkness without activating the display. Since I'm not interested in wasting space by having a digital watch on top of an analog watch, I've set it so that my 2nd widget displayed when swiping is the clock/battery level. Not something I am happy about, but it seems a compromise for easiest way to check the time in the dark.As a tracker I am still getting used to it. I have only had it a few days. It definitely seems to be either less sensitive or more accurate than the Fitbit. It logs less steps in a day, but right now I'm assuming that is just because the Fitbit tended to log some hand movements. I like the app, but it will definitely take some getting used to coming from the Fitbit. I would like to see more customizable goal tracking included (weight management, calorie intake, distance, etc.), but I may just not have found those features yet. I love the calendar piece. I wish that could be exported/synced to a private xcal though. The HR monitor seems equivalent to the Fitbit. I have not yet used the website.As a smart watch it works fine. I don't want interactive features (such as replying to texts/emails or answering phone calls). For me, I mainly want to see notifications. Half the alerts I get I need to know about but don't need to respond to immediately so my phone can stay in my pocket or I don't have to exit media/game apps. My only current issue is that it won't let me setup Garmin Pay. The app says it is connected, but then when I try to setup Garmin Pay it says not connected. I'll have to contact support to see what's going on.Other than a few minor details, so far I am pleased with the device. Again, I haven't had it long so my opinion may change based on things like customer support or durability. The daily "please write a review" emails from Garmin are a bit annoying though.UPDATE:OK, after rebooting my phone the Garmin app setup Garmin Pay no problems.One of the things I was concerned about was the glass. The more expensive models have the Sapphire glass and I wasn't sure if I was going to regret not paying for it. So far I have bumped into enough things to think I'll be OK. My Fitbit Ionic was scratched on day 1, and seemed to acquire a new scratch weekly. So far my Garmin glass looks brand new.I have noticed that the auto activity detect is not nearly as accurate as the Ionic. I've had it start and stop anywhere from 30 seconds to 12 minutes after the schedule (detect after 10 minutes). Was testing this for a week on a treadmill, so it was very regular movement which should have increased it's detection accuracy. At this point I don't rely on auto activities at all. Minor annoyance, but probably should be starting/stopping manually anyway.The biggest complaint I've had so far is that it was VERY insensitive to double-taps on the watch face to wake it. I usually have to double-tap two or three times. SUPER annoying. I dealt with it for a month before finally contacting support (who were fantastic BTW). A reset seemed to resolve the insensitivity, and I was happy. Until after I customized the appearance and the issue returned. Anyway, got it narrowed down to the weather complication. I had that set on the top. When I switched to the day/date complication on the top the double-tap began to work on the first try again. Submitted the issue to support, so hopefully resolved in the future. At this point I'm just glad to have found the problem and gotten it working better using a different complication.I really liked the appearance when I first got the watch and it has only grown on me since. Definitely satisfied with the purchase. Upping from 4 to 5 stars. Now I just hope it lasts longer than the 1 to 2 year average of my previous Fitbit devices.

After ordering the new Garmin Fenix 6 I was really excited, but had to see that this is a great piece of hardware (man I liked it as a watch just as my Omega) but found out that the GPS accuracy is really bad compared to an iPhone and the UI is form the 90s with the 5 button menu, a guessing around. Returned it. So 90% of people have their phone with them, for them GPS watches are not necessary at all. What we need is a simple displaying device which uses the smartphone capabilities. Due to these tests I found out that the iPhone's offline capabilities with apps like alltrails, viewranger or MTB project are so accurate and fun, great for hiking, city exploring and MTB. I also tested the ugly Apple Watch which didn't display the maps from Viewranger once you leave your home wifi, only the gray grid is visible. Disappointing as well. So bottom line I found the Garmin vivomove is a great, beautifully designed, very light fitness watch which you can wear to a black tie event since it looks like a real watch especially with all the metal band options available (standard 20mm quick exchange). Accurate heart-rate, sleep tracking, move reminders, water intake tracking and more ... and the right smartphone extension for notifications - 5 stars. Apple should have made such device long time ago.

I got this watch almost a year ago and it still works great. I wanted a watch that always displays time, doesn't need to be charged every 24 or 48 hours and notify me when I get messages and calls. And most importantly, it has to allow me to refuse calls: for some reason most hybrid watches don't do that but what's the point of being notified of a call if you still need to get your phone if you want to do anything about it?I found two watches that checked every point above. The Fossil Collider and this one. I first bought the Fossil and liked it but I had to return it after a couple of weeks because it was missing calls all the time. So I replaced it with the Garmin and despite some flaws it's really good.If I turn off everything I don't need (heart beat monitor and motion sensor) the battery lasts for 7-9 days. It never misses calls and I can reject them easily. The touch screen looks very good and the customizable colors and wigdet are really nice features. The band is also very confortable without the usual rubbery material that irritates the skin.Of course it's not perfect. As compared to other hybrid watches the battery life is not great and the touch screen can be frustratingly unresponsive, although it gets better with some practice. Also, message notifications often dissappear in less than a second (I don't even have time to lift my arm before they go away) and it's the same whatever the display time I set.But overall it's a really great watch and I still like it a lot after a year.

This is a great lightweight design and the always on watch face looks great. It does everything a smart watch should and the Garmin app is excellent. All was good except this watch will not stay connected to the iPhone. Every day it would lose connection and having to toggle the Bluetooth on/off gets old. I tried leaving the app open on the iPhone but that did not work. Tried factory reset, reboot iPhone, and still the connection between the phone and watch would be lost just about everyday. Big Garmin fan but I gave up and went back to the Apple Watch.