The design may turn you off, but don't dismiss the Vivosmart5 because the software is absolutely top-notch.
Garmin Vivosmart 5 review: Aces the software, fails design MSRP $150.00 Score Details DT Recommended Product “The design of the Garmin Vivosmart 5 won't make you look twice, but the comprehensive Garmin Connect platform makes this a fitness tracker a standout.” Pros Cons I’m usually the first to call out companies that seem to ignore design, or put it way down the list of importance when making a new wearable.
Garmin offers the Vivosmart 5 tracker in two different sizes, one for small-to-medium wrists and the other for large wrists. There’s a slight variation in weight, but at 26 grams at its heaviest, there’s no fatigue from wearing it all the time. For reference, I’m wearing the large size on my 6.5-inch wrist and have the buckle on the sixth hole, leaving 14 available, so there’s tons of adjustment.
Tracking a 50-minute walk provides pace, speed, timing, and heart rate data, plus calories burned, average temperature, and workout intensity information. The Vivosmart 5 does not have its own GPS and relies on your phone’s GPS for location data. It connected to my iPhone, but it requires opening the app first if you don’t allow it to have access to your location all the time. Once the GPS connected, I could put my phone back in my pocket.
The only downside is there isn’t much motivational feedback, and while there is a lot of explanatory text about what all the data means, you do have to actively go looking for it. The Garmin gave my 7-hour, 42-minute sleep a 95/100 sleep score, while the Oura measured 7-hours, 21-minutes for an 83/100 score. The heart rate estimate was very different from the Oura, with the lowest recorded being 9 beats per minute, which seems unlikely, as the Oura Ring didn’t see anything lower than 47brpm. The sleep-tracking discrepancy would almost certainly be cured by wearing the band more tightly, but I find this uncomfortable.
This is a problem because the Body Battery feature, which I really like and consider a big part of the Vivosmart 5’s appeal, takes your sleep into account. Also, blood oxygen levels are helpful for many different aspects of health tracking. Not using either or both of them feels like a bit of a waste. Put simply, Garmin’s seven-day battery estimate just doesn’t apply to anyone actually planning to use the Vivosmart 5 in the way it’s intended.
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