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3Garmin Venu Sq

Garmin Venu Sq

 VerifiedMPNs: 010-02427-00, 010-02427-01 and 010-02427-02
3Garmin Venu Sq
2.2

12 reviews

Positive vs Negative
33%67%
Value for Money
2.5
Build Quality
2.5
Ease of Use
2.5
Battery Life
3.7
12 reviews
Helen T.
Helen T.2 posts
  Fair Incentive

Garmin is great – Does everything I need it to. Got this for my husband who has early Alzheimer's and wanted to be able to locate him if required. Show details

Ekaterina S.
Ekaterina S.2 posts
 

Waste of money – Such a regret. Bought for my elderly mother and It won’t receive calls/msg at all times, just occasionally. I had to reinstall app twice and still same problem. Spent day in YouTube searching for the possible issues. But what worse, there is no refund. I have been contacting Customer service for months and they are trying to get away with any… Read more

way, saying it’s my phone is the issue not the watch or get another phone and try again. Seriously guys!? I reported them to Fair Trading.

Vicky
Vicky4 posts
 

No wonder it is discontinued – This was a total waste of money. The settings are not intuitive and require hours of searching on Youtube to even use. The activities are limited. It is impossible to set the date even if you can manage to manually set the time. The buttons require deep pressure to even register on the device. Worse purchase. Should have bought an apple watch instead. Show details

Never A.
Never A.10 posts
 

Absolute Nightmare – This would be my least favourite so-called smartwatch, it disconnects from my phone weekly for no reason that I'm able to find and will not reconnect. Turn off the phone turn off the watch, turn them back on, nothing tried it all. All I managed to achieve was to lose my settings Show details

TDTD
TDTD9 posts
 
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Poor user controls and poor for hikers – I had a Fitbit ionic and when recalled thought I would try this compact and supposedly good smart watch. Unfortunately the user controls aren’t intuitive and function of the touch screen erratic. There also doesn’t appear to be a dedicated hiking exercise mode and using walking mode instead doesn’t seem to provide for the practical differences… Read more

that the Fitbit did.

I have had times when the reported data for the same walk and same level of effort varies by over 20%? The Fitbit was always more intuitively correct and consistent.

Unfortunately I won’t go for a Garmin again - waiting for it to die so I can return to Fitbit…

lisa Boyle lisa Boyle
lisa Boyle lisa Boyle2 posts
 

Broke twice – Got my garmin venu sq not even a year ago first one stopped working 1 month of me having it sent it back they told me it was faulty gave me a new one 3 months later same thing never got it wet just went dead so I sent it back again they r sending out a new one to replace it again there saying the same thing it has a fault in it how many of these… Read more

watches r going to do the iam thinking of going to a new brand wouldn't recommend any on buy one if I could I would give it no stars

Angus P.
Angus P.QLD2 posts
 

Amazing smartwatch – I got this watch for Christmas last year and have been extremely satisfied with it. The health features are amazing coming from an Apple Watch Series 3. The stress levels, body battery, blood oxygen, advanced sleep tracking, hydration tracking are all excellent. I also love being able to do challenges with a family member who has a vivóactive 4S.… Read more

Notifications, music, and weather are all great as well. Being able to reply is Android exclusive though, but luckily I am using a Samsung phone. Also price for features is amazingly good. 10/10.

Stephane R.
Stephane R.2 posts
 

Good for user under 40 years old with good eyes – Font is too small and cannot be increase. Garmin Ingeneers have been refusing to update the software since 2018 to do so. (Source Garmin forums). Show details

Stephen S.
Stephen S.3 posts
 
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Sent False Incident Report to Loved Ones – This watch does what its meant to and has not missed a beat. One morning whilst cycling my watch decided to send incident warnings to my emergency contacts, when they were unable to contact me they then phoned the 3 nearest hospitals and started searching for where the incident may have occurred. After 40mins we spoke and I confirmed I was OK. … Read more

So the Incident system can be effective shame it is activated without cause, not a great feeling for your loved ones. Garmin Australia can only be contacted by phone during weekday business hours, no facility to leave details of fault

Reviewer
ReviewerVIC32 posts
  Verified

Garmin Venu Sq Review: Not worth it! – Garmin Venu Sq smartwatch came out in September 2020, two years ago, but it feels very outdated after two years. The smartwatch's accuracy was excellent. The exercise and heart rate monitoring were all wonderful, but the ease of using the watch was annoying. The software experience in the smartwatch felt very outdated and was laggy when you put a… Read more

fancy background. This smartwatch has Garmin Pay and all the additional benefits you get when using a Garmin Watch (in the Garmin app) I would recommend this smartwatch for people who only need it for monitoring their fitness and another way of paying.

EmJay
EmJayQLD3 posts
 

Great product with minor drawback – I purchased the Garmin Venu sq music edition so that I could track my run without having to carry my phone. With a very comfortable fit, the watch is great for all workouts and doesn’t limit my wrist when doing movements such as push ups. The watch does all of the basic smart watch functions well and is easy to learn for new users. I payed… Read more

extra and purchased the music edition so that I could connect my headphones and “leave the phone at home” while still having the ability to listen to music while I run. However, it is apparent across other reviews that this edition has many troubles with connecting to wifi to download the music. Unfortunately I ran into the same issue and have to hotspot my watch from my phone to download the songs. Sadly, even hotspotting only works occasionally.

Although this is a great watch, forking out the extra $100 to have the music edition is not worth it and if I were to purchase another Garmin, I would get the basic edition that does all of the same functions excluding the music

Dan
DanQLD3 posts
 

Good entry level Garmin watch – Had this watch for a couple of weeks and used it to track a number of activities, heart rate, sleep, etc. and found it good to use so far. No issues with connectivity, and very smooth setup to get all notifications on my watch which I was surprised to find, as I mainly bought this for the fitness aspects. Good for tracking a range of different activities and the heart rate monitor is pretty accurate for a wrist based device. Show details

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