Garmin Venu 2 PLUS (45 mm), AMOLED GPS Smartwatch with All-day Advanced Health and Fitness Features, Voice Functionality, Music Storage, Wellness Smartwatch with up to 9 days battery life, Powder Grey

Easy to set up easy to use with excellent functions.another top class garmin.

I have had this watch for about 2 weeks and it has been excellent, the battery is very good and the quality of the watch is great, all about it seems very good, I had two Fitbit's previously each one of them lasted approx 15 months so would never buy or recommend another Fitbit.

I purchased this and a Samsung Watch 5 pro within a month of each other so is easy to make comparisons, I also had a Google pixel watch so will compare all three.Battery Life - The garmin wins this hands down, 9 days battery life easily compared to an average of 4 days for the Samsung and 1 day with the Pixel watch.Display - all three have a very good display and would be extremely difficult to pick my favourite, however if you are comparing the display size as well, my preference would be the Samsung, then the Garmin and the Pixel comes last.Ease of use - in terms of how intuitive the three watches are this would go to the Pixel watch followed by the Samsung and then the Garmin, once you start looking at the apps required to use the watches, it makes it more difficult, as all three need at least two companion apps, which shouldn't need to be the case, this garmin needs the connect app and the separate store app BUT if you're not interested in new faces and apps, the garmin is the best as it only needs the connect app.Tracking - all three have various issues when it comes to accuracy, however without anything that is calibrated to compare them to, I wouldn't want to pick which is the most/ least accurate.Set up - Having a Google Pixel phone, the Pixel watch was the easiest to set up, the Samsung and Garmin were very similar to each other and there have been no issues with WiFi or losing connection with either.I sold the Pixel watch within a few days (it was a free gift) as the battery life and size of the screen were major issues for me, out of the Samsung and Garmin, I would say they are very closely matched and maybe the Garmin just edges it due to the very good battery life

Large clear bright screen, quick response to messages and notifications, Grey and Silver design is smart inappearance,. Very satisfied so far

I have this watch less than month , but I'm impressed, I like a lot the Garmin connect app , stimulate me to exercise

No dislikes if only apple watches had a good battery life

Absolute joke.Constantly having over 25h sleep a day(Don't knw how is it possible) .Last drop making me decide return was having deep sleep while on bike with 150hr and 14mh speed. See pictures.As well watch wr very slow to operate and vibration was sooo weak to almost no existed. Charging is finicky as cable didn't stay properly plugged in, basically couldn't play with the watch while on charger as getting disconnected notification.Absolutely not worth what they asking.This was last Garmin I bought.Get samsung galaxy watch 6 clsk instead only downside is having to charge every 3 days instead 9,otherwise galaxy r better in EVERY OTHER WAY.Stay a way.

In a period of 7 days I bought this watch twice. The first watch was returned using the handy Amazon returns service, being an expensive item UPS collected straight from my door. After which the second arrived.So, I've experienced the Quick-start setup twice. And have the following advice.The first watch, the initial bluetooth pairing refused 3 times, then managed to pair. Then the watch said my Samsung S21 was incompatible for most of the watch features! Fortunately prior to purchase had spent 3 weeks watching various video reviews online, and remembered that there is a Garmin Express PC application that you use to manage a range of Garmin devices.I downloaded Garmin Express, to my Windows 10 PC. Connected the watch via the supplied 54cm USB charging cable. Garmin Express stated there were dozens and dozens of firmware updates. I allowed it to install them, which took 8mins in which time the watch restarted itself 3 times.Once updated, I retried the quick start process, and it worked seamlessly. So, if out of the box you experience setup issues then download Garmin Express and check for firmware updates.Seven days later the second watch arrived, out of the box this paired easily with my phone and gave me the functionality I expected of it. Nonetheless I connected it to Garmin Express and it found several updates, which installed in 2 minutes, with one automatic restart.USB cable intermittency:The cable with the first watch showed no issues, but the second watch's cable has/had intermittency issue, whether charging from a power outlet or connected to the PC updating firmware. Randomly and quite frequently, it dropped the connection. So, while charging it would stop charging, and updating it would be invisible to Garmin Express.I always made sure the USB port was secure, and the pin connector in the watch was seated securely.However, over the weeks the intermittency has disappeared, and the watch now remains connected. Perhaps it's thanks to firmware updates or perhaps the pin connector has bedded in. I'm unsure which.I've only had this watch for 2 months so far. And only used it for seeing Android app notifications on my watch, sleep tracking and gym activities (rowing, running and strength)I previously had a Fitbit Inspire HR, but go fed up of that losing heart rate detection during exercise, or sometimes when my heart was 150bpm the fitbit would record 62bpm. This Garmin doesn't have the problem, which was my primary motivation for upgrading to Garmin.The Garmin "strength" exercise setting has impressed me a little. I do circuits of different exercises, so each set is a different exercise. The Garmin is pretty good at guessing what exercise you are doing. Sometimes it gets it wrong for example it can confuse shoulder press with bench press, but the smartphone app Garmin Connect allows the user to edit/correct the exercise names.The sleep tracker is quite good, compared to the Fitbit. Sometimes I wake up at my normal time, visit the bathroom then fall back into bed for another hour (or two). The Garmin sleep tracker does add this extra sleep time to your nights sleeping period, with an awake period for the bathroom visit. Though once or twice it hasn't done so.Overall I am happy with this purchase.I will update this review, as and when I use any other features.