I love the Garmin connect feature too as I can see my stats on the bigger screen.

and I love the fact that I can go to the Connect IQ Store and download free watch faces and other cool features

It has a lot of really cool features like step counter, barometer, altimeter, GPS, text viewing (replying for $1.00 one time price), call alerts, heart rate monitor, sleep monitor, bicycle tracking, swimming tracking, etc

The heart rate is a nice feature.

I loved the features but the need was to monitor my bps after recently being in the hospital for a heart issue

I love the features this has in it

TL;DRThe best feature is Garmin's app

Unless you are seriously picky about every activity tracking or you need a full-featured smart watch, this would be a great device to have.

Plenty of good features (altimiter, compass, thermometer, real time pace/distance/etc, multi-sport support, all day activity and heart rate tracking

So far so good, easy to use, many features

I really enjoy features and functionlity of this device

This feature was very important to me as I was tired of wearing a strap around my chest.

I do swim with it and love that feature.

The advertising makes it seem like this is a key feature, it's both workout tool and smartwatch

It has some awesome feature like built-in GPS and heart rate monitor, it is waterproof and can track a lot of activities, like walk, run, bike, row (these four can be indoor or outdoor), swimming, and some others that I do not use

What good are all the wonderful watch features if one can't see them or see them well enough.

So far I love all the features, loved it on my run and am excited to use it in the pool this week.

I enjoy the insight feature and the challenges are actually worth while

Great features and

I would like certain features of one watch, but it would be lacking something I wanted, or I would like the features of another, but it would be lacking something else, or they were just way too expensive for what I was able to afford

Good features

The features of this Garmin Vivoactive HR are what lead me to get this model (it has now been replace with Vivomove HR) - step counter, swim lap tracking, heartrate, sleep rate, weather at a glance, Bluetooth.

It has good features, but some quirks that are just too frustrating to keep me from liking the product

I turned off the vibration aspect because while I like the smart notifications feature, I didn't like the vibrating sound it made

I like the features and having so many options encourages me to try activities I never thought about previous to this purchase

One last comment - being able to track the mileage put on your footwear is critical and an awesome feature

I'd searched hogh & low for a fitness tracker w/this combination of features, but w/o readability, what good are the features

I only replace to upgrade to the next, more updated model when a new cool feature is available.

The vivoactive has much better features, quality materials, and accurate tracking

Very nice watch, many features

All other features work properly

He loved it!Great features, good for swimmers and gym goers!

Great feature

The heart rate reads high on my watch but still a nice feature

I also like the "find my phone" feature as well

Like all the watch's features

One of the best features is the vibration on my wrist when I get a phone call or text message, so I notice it even when my phone is in my purse or another room

I'm only giving it the extra star because it certainly has good underlying features, but I've got a smart phone for that

Very well made watch with excellent features

There are some cool features with this watch, but it was not very easy to sink up & to install the update

I love the GPS feature

This severely limits the advertised features

Great features including the watch face changes

Lots of useful and informative features as indicated in the product description.

I'm still learning the features, but I love this watch

Bought this approx 1 year ago, since I thought it had a nice feature set for me with activity tracking, cycling and golf apps, and also smartwatch features with phone/message notifications

Love all the features

That was a pretty cool feature.

They did an update in February that made my watch lose a lot of the smart watch features that were an additional factor in getting this watch

I loved all the features of this watch

Great features and battery life.

All features work as described.

Easy to use, very simple, love the features.

It's important to keep in mind that this is NOT intended to be a smart watch with activity tracking, but an activity tracker with some smart watch features.

I like the interface and the features.

It is more of a fitness tracker than it is a smart watch, yet it has enough of the smart watch features to get the job done.

24/7 heart rate monitoring was an important feature for me and it seems to work well.

Just give me a decent lock feature.

Recorded 2 when I walked up 10 floors)Because sleep tracking is an extremely important feature for me I ended up returning this and got a FitBit Blaze instead

I love the tracking features, it is more accurate, and the golf app is phenomenal

All the other features have been great and accurate.

Love all the features and possibilities

All features i've used so far work as described.

Good: this watch comes with many desirable features and is capable of sooooo much out of the box.

I love the features and iPhone app, it’s very detailed and tracking is quite accurate compared to other sport watches.

It may not having all the fancy features like smart watches

I do like the other features such as GPS tracking for my outdoor activities, timer, elevation, etc.

Love features from steps, sleeping and BP

Another nice feature is the sleep function (measures deep & light sleep) & watch functions

I love all the features that reside on the watch and apps that are available through Garmin Express.

A new watch is $140.The features on the watch were nice.

Love the golf course feature, although it does drain the battery pretty fast

Some features do not work well.

One last comment - being able to track the mileage put on your footwear is critical and an awesome feature

So with all the waterproofing and technology, those features became useless to me

After that encounter, I set out to find the right mixture of an activity/fitness tracker with independent GPS, smart notification features, and reliable waterproofing

The watch has many great features, but if you can't read it, it is worthless!

The GPS also works without having to have a phone with you, which is a great feature!

First off I really love the features of this watch

Lots of great features, but watch and band are quite large for my wrist.

it didn't have all these fancy features, but it did one thing right

This watch has a great feature list and I was really happy with it until the screen broke about a month in.

I really enjoy the other features this watch has to offer

I really enjoy the features of this watch.

Coming from a fitbit and love the features this provides.

Good battery life, good software, good stats, good features

’s maddeing which is sad because it has some really cool features

It has many great features.

The other features work on the watch all day, but not the sync/connection part.

The timer and stopwatch features are also far too contrived to use easily (compared to umpteenth Timex Ironman I've owned for $34.99).You can get texts and phone call alerts while you are in an activity which is ok

do I want a smart watch that can track fitness, or a fitness watch that can have some smart watch features.

I really want to like this watch - all the features and apps are great.

Great features

Excellent tracker smart watch, I like the GPS and Heart Rate features which are pretty accurate

So for customer service I have increased the stars from 1 star to 4 stars .........original review: I love the features, but they have not held up.

I tried the Swimmovate ( a British) watch and seemed to have some good swim features, but the functioning was about as un-intuititive as possible, but the killer was its inaccuracy

It like the features and functionality of this

I love the features

Really like the features on this watch, especially waterproof for swimming if he wants to use it for that

if you want a feature rich watch that you can talk to and can impress on the wrist, shop elsewhere

The watch has some cool features for a decent price but the screen has issues

The style and overall fit of the watch it great for a sport watch and the features are great when they work

Super cool feature to help find your phone

Garmin has decided to restrict the VO2 max and recovery estimation features to its (much more expensive line of) running watches

Love the watch, love the features

Tonight while uninstalling the garmin connect app and re-installing it and then connecting the Vivoactive HR to my PC to attempt to get this feature to work the watch went completely unresponsive

Finally, the feature that I believe is most important, the built in gps feature, stopped working

My favorite feature is that it vibrates every

This band has very cool features but has lots of updates and technology glitches that need to be sorted out

It is great for all outdoor activities, has a ton of cool features and best of all you don't have to be feathered to a phone!

It also has the very nice feature of being able to find her phone

This watch has great features

I basically like all the features it

Love the features in the watch and loved the battery life before it died

The running feature on the Vivoactive works really well when used with the GPS.

Love all the features.

I don't care about the smart watch features but the small data I use is convenient

The Garmin Connect app is probably one of the best features

I have had it for 3 months now and am still learning a bit about how to work all the features, but that is mostly my fault

For the price, you get a great color display (ish), cool features,

Great features and battery life

so I can run without my phone, have excellent battery life, and have some smart features

The first feature that stopped working was the music controls which I found to be really using when running or cycling but that feature hasn't worked for about 3 weeks

If the syncing and smart watch features were a bit more

OVERALL, if you want an office watch with smart features, fashion statement and does not mind charging every single night, APPLEWATCH is awesome

My favorite feature is that it vibrates every

It has a few really cool features but the cons are quickly starting to outweigh the pros in my mind

Intensity Minutes are a pretty nice feature

The "smart watch" features aren't great

Still learning to use all the great features

The app for the smart phone completes the package as it adds many useful features including maps of your runs.

Awesome features

Now there’s other waterproof devices but my 2nd most important feature was price and this was very reasonable

Configurable data pages etc and extra apps from the IQ Connect store are great features, you can spend a lot of time getting things the way you want them

and it stopped working as if maybe some wear and

Ugly app interface on mobile as well as on the watch itselfInaccurate move data collectionCompletely dead and unusable after 1 year and 2 months period

The app and interface were not as clean as I was accustomed to from another company

” it - lost a

I would only suggest you consider that the watch might not work as long as you think.