Garmin Vivomove Sport - Black - Silicone

It seems to be a good quality build with good sensors as I did not notice any issues in reading vital signs and performance markers even with wet skin or while under intensive activity. Battery performance is quite bad. It lasts around 2 days if you enable some of the more interesting features like activity tracking so that it knows when you go to sleep (otherwise it doesn't) or if you use the connected GPS while running for example. Battery is extremely poor if you enable everything. Good part is that is charges quite fast. The watch itself is really nice but the digital screen becomes very hard to see in sunlight and completely disappears if you are using polarised glasses.

I’m glad I chose Garmin when I needed to replace my tracker. I was happy to hear that the battery would last up to 5 days, but decided to turn on the sleep tracking option - which brought that claim of 5 days between charges down to about 2. So that’s fine, I can charge it every couple days. I really like the look of an analog watch with the hidden screen. I do find that the screen sometimes doesn’t respond right away, especially if my hands are dirty, so turning off an alarm or looking at an alert or starting an activity isn’t always frustration free, but what do you want, if there were a single button I wouldn’t be able to dive with it on to check my spo2 and the like. Speaking of getting it wet, I’ve noticed that when I do get it wet sometimes it recognizes water ... MoreI’m glad I chose Garmin when I needed to replace my tracker. I was happy to hear that the battery would last up to 5 days, but decided to turn on the sleep tracking option - which brought that claim of 5 days between charges down to about 2. So that’s fine, I can charge it every couple days. I really like the look of an analog watch with the hidden screen. I do find that the screen sometimes doesn’t respond right away, especially if my hands are dirty, so turning off an alarm or looking at an alert or starting an activity isn’t always frustration free, but what do you want, if there were a single button I wouldn’t be able to dive with it on to check my spo2 and the like. Speaking of getting it wet, I’ve noticed that when I do get it wet sometimes it recognizes water as a touch and starts moving through menus as if I were interacting with the touch screen, that’s fine, I was being sarcastic about diving above, I don’t swim often and can use shower time to charge it! No big deal. Overall, I’m very pleased with the purchase and the customer service - despite anything I’ve said, for the price point is it WAY better than what I switched from in almost every way. That almost is because on the other one I could reliably dismiss alarms when my hands are dirty, which is often.

I have a small Garmin vivosport and wanted to upgrade to more features and longer battery. I got the brown vivomove sport with the clock face and it is very attractive. But there are a few things about the mechanics that I do not like. Perhaps it is my inability to make it work right. First, if I register my sleep time so the watch is “inactive” during that time it really shuts everything down. I can’t even see the time in the middle of the night or dark because it won’t light up or turn on.so I had to un-register that part and now I can see the time in the dark but I also get watch activity(buzzes) all night. The little vivosport did not have that problem. Also I am not happy with the handling of the widgets….so many and not always what I want. When set to ... MoreI have a small Garmin vivosport and wanted to upgrade to more features and longer battery. I got the brown vivomove sport with the clock face and it is very attractive. But there are a few things about the mechanics that I do not like. Perhaps it is my inability to make it work right. First, if I register my sleep time so the watch is “inactive” during that time it really shuts everything down. I can’t even see the time in the middle of the night or dark because it won’t light up or turn on.so I had to un-register that part and now I can see the time in the dark but I also get watch activity(buzzes) all night. The little vivosport did not have that problem. Also I am not happy with the handling of the widgets….so many and not always what I want. When set to activity, like walking, it shows the time but not the distance as you go. Setting to watch GPS or phone GPS? Very confusing because it doesn’t work in all situations and I’m not sure the advantage of each way. Hiking in sparce GPS area (mountains) my vivosport did just fine, except I’d run out of battery before the hike was over. I like Garmin and expected more from this watch. I will be returning it if they’ll take it back. It’s taken me awhile to try it out in different situations to see if my problems were human error.