Garmin Venu 2, GPS Smartwatch with Advanced Health Monitoring and Fitness Features, Slate Bezel with Black Case and Silicone Band

I have (had) many Garmin and Samsung watches over the last 6 years, including the fenix series. I go back and forth on fitness/battery and smartwatch/pretty screen. Venu 2 corrects the pretty screen and battery life is excellent. With 30 minutes of GPS per day and typical settings, text and email notifications, Sp02 turned OFF, I could easily go 6 days. But my typical pattern is use it for 3 to 4 days and charge when it's under 50%. Takes 30 minutes to charge in 50% battery scenario. Battery charging time is around an hour and very fast to 90%. New interface with glances is basically awesome. The old way of swiping through every widget is cumbersome and was one thing I love about Samsung with the physical dial, to quickly scroll through widgets. The glances are more like scrolling a web page and clicking a link and it makes total sense. I exercise regularly. I have used the typical routines many times. Run, Walk, Cardio, Bike, treadmill, they all work about the same as any previous units. I do like pairing to HR monitor for the HIIT, weightlifting, cardio, but not always. Heartrate accuracy is probably a little better than previous units, but it clearly still gets lost and can be slow to respond on cardio, HIIT and for sure on upper body weightlifting. If it makes you mad and it's not recording your Intensity Minutes because of it, pair it with a chest strap. It's the only way. : - ) One thing is for sure, Garmin will ALWAYS be recording something for HR. My Samsung watch will sometimes record HR, stops, starts again, and then estimates the calories based on an algorithm with very little input from intensity or HR. I do love Garmin for the App, the way it tracks calories, and weekly intensity goals. It might overestimate calorie burn a little during workouts, but you won’t get too much extra credit for just being active otherwise during the day. I have taken the “My Day” snapshot a few times. I have been notified my “Fitness Age” is dropping. These are new items on the Venu 2. Probably a little gimmicky, but I am sure it’s a good selling point for some. I do wish Garmin would add the advanced exercise options from the fenix or forerunner series. I don’t like digging through a bunch of menus to find my VO2 Max. That should be a glance! It makes no sense, and the competitors are putting the V02 Max and other advanced running information front and center now. Last, and maybe the most important for many. Smartwatch. I do have an amazon prime account so it's nice to get that music on the unit "for included price". I realize many have Spotify, but I don't, so Amazon Music is nice for me. Although, I don't listen to music while exercising often. The notifications are bare minimum just like what pops up on the phone. It's Garmin, it's how it's always been and it's not the greatest if you want to interact with apps. You can respond with canned responses, but I really like my Samsung and interacting directly with text app and email app from watch. I just get tired of charging the Samsung.

I had a Samsung Gear S3 for 3 years before buying this watch. The S3 was a good watch, but so many of the fitness functions were flawed. It had poor GPS tracking so my runs would come out with shortened distances, and even though it had weights and other workouts, I couldn't build a full workout program. After watching many video reviews, I decided to switch to the Garmin Venu 2. The build quality is great and the watch is actually a little slimmer and lighter than the Samsung. I found that Garmin had several different coaching programs so I started one for a 5k. I've been working through it for 2 months now and I'm really enjoying it. It does a great job of pushing me hard enough, but giving me recovery time to get stronger. I haven't been able to run this well in a long time so it's really a great feeling. On top of that, I built my own custom 3 day split for weights. When starting a weight workout, it shows my first exercise, amount of weight, and how many sets and reps. It counts the reps as best it can although some movements don't involve your watch arm so it will be off. You click a button to end the set and it starts the rest countdown that you set up in your program while also giving you a simple menu to adjust the amount of reps and the amount of weight that you did on that set. Tracking the rest time is awesome and keeps me from getting distracted and off pace. It's a fantastic companion for weight lifting and I'm really enjoying having it. The battery life is simply awesome. I'm tracking either weights or a run almost every day and I'm getting 9 days of battery life between charges. My Samsung watch started at about 3 days of battery life and has decreased over time to about a day and a half. It does have a proprietary plug so I have to be careful not to lose the cord. USB C would have been nice, but Garmin has been using this plug for a long time so it is easy to find replacements online. I've paired wireless headphones to the watch (Samsung Buds) and I listen to Spotify. They work great and don't have any drop outs. I'm a big fan of having a lot of complications on my watch face so I can get a lot of information with a quick glance. The default watch faces were just okay, but Garmin has a store with more options. I'm currently using a free one called "Clear and Powerful" and I'm obsessed with it. It has a nice clean style while still providing a ton of data (in addition to the time I have date, sunrise/sunset, steps, floors, battery, altitude, temp, and moon cycle). Sleep tracking is great and very accurate. It is useful information and they pair it with a body battery meter that shows how rested and ready for workouts you should be. There are lots of other graphs and tracking that it does for heartbeat, oxygen, and breaths per minute. It's all well laid out and not overwhelming. There are a few small drawbacks. There's no speaker or microphone on the watch so you can't take calls directly from it. You also can't activate an assistant. Besides those specific areas, the watch shows me all of my notifications and I can see and use canned replies to texts. I almost always want to use my phone for any real replies so this is fine for my needs. I did have a few times in the past when I took a call on the Samsung watch. It was convenient, but again, not a deal breaker for me to not have it as I'll answer the call on the Buds or on the phone itself. The watch will still show who is calling and allow me to decline or answer from the watch. So over all, a really great watch. The smart watch features are enough to cover making sure you don't miss calls, texts, and notifications, and provide a lot of data on the watch face. The battery life is amazing and it's really nice to know I could go on a trip and not even have to worry about charging it for the entire time. The running coach is very good and the weights workout creator is easy to use, but very rich in features. Anyone serious about fitness should take a strong look at this watch.

Venu 2 is a really decent sports watch with not great but reasonable smart watch features. Music, notifications, quick text reply, all work quite well on Venu 2 but no speakers and mic is kinda a bummer given the price tag. Garmin has one of the very best biometrics tracking algorithms so no real complaints there. Sleep scores and body battery features seem accurate as I do feel more tired after a bad night sleep and that reflects on the sleep score and body battery recharge. The screen is gorgeous and the touch control is perfect, but gorilla glass is definitely not as scratch resistant as sapphire. I waited a while before purchasing because I was hoping Garmin would launch a sapphire version. Battery life is decent. I get 4 days out of it with adaptive brightness, all day heart rate, sleep tracking, total of ~2 hours of GPS tracking exercises, and total of 3 to 5 hours of indoor exercises like weight lifting or basketball. And when I recharge there usually is abt 20% battery left. This of course is not as good as coros watches but to me it's totally acceptable. The Garmin connect app is OK but can definitely use some tweaks. For example I found it really confusing to have 2 different "user setting" tabs. One is for gender, age, height, weight etc, the other has the same stuffs with extras like hydration targets, daily activity levels, weather locations, first day of the week... Why can't these all be under one "user setting" tab? Nonetheless, I think it's a damn good watch and I truely enjoy using it.

Ya tengo una semana usando el reloj y me ha parecido un muy buen producto, llegó un día después de que lo pedí y con el 49% de descuento me pareció una buena oferta. Ha funconado muy bien, al inicio lo puse con visualización permanente del reloj pero la batería se baja en 3 días, en cambio con la opción de visualizar con el movimiento ha durando 8 días. Antes tenía un Vivoactive 3 pero este me parece un mejor producto.

I was looking at Fitbit and Samsung. Fitbits look kind of cheap but all else is solid, Samsung Galaxy is a flashy looking watch but the battery life is terrible (less than a day). Garmin is a great middle ground. I got the Venu 2 and I love the style, has a bright OLED screen, decent selection of watch faces, solid features including fitness tracking, and most importantly a battery life of 5+ days. Syncs well with my Android. Edit Aug 2022: Scratched my watch, apparently glass doesn't react well to granite counter tops. Contacted Garmin to see if I could pay to replace the screen, customer service said the watch would need to be replaced and it's not covered under warranty BUT THEY'LL REPLACE IT FOR FREE ANYWAYS! Amazing customer service. I've been really happy with this watch as it's comparable to Samsung/Apple but specs are way better like the 5+ day battery life, and now incredible their customer service has earned them a life long customer. Came straight here to update my review as I'm still in a bit of awe, especially after being so disappointed that I scratched the beautiful black display. I now highly recommend Garmin.

Yo en general corro y dudaba en comprarlo pero esa las mismas funciones , la batería me dura una semana aproximadamente, creo q si uso la opción de Music dura un poco menos , es mi perspectiva, funciona muy bien , también me gusta que los ejercicio de fuerza vienen detallados por zonas trabajadas , me ha gustado mucho

A pesar de tener un detalle con amazon en el pago llego antes de lo esperado, su funcionalidad es perfecta, exacto en ciertas funciones y de materiales resistentes. Si lo tomas en oferta es una buena compra, sumando que la marca es una que agrega calidad a sus productos.

DO NOT BUY IF YOU SUFFER OF ANXIETY OR EXTREME STRESS, IT WILL STRESS YOU MORE. I want to start by stating that this is not my first smart watch and this review is not a comparison. I own the Samsung Galaxy Gear S3 Classic for more than 6 years. I know that is a required calibration time for the watch but now I am using it for 4 weeks that should be more then enough. Pros: 1. Looks nice and feels good on the hand 2. Battery life is exceptional reaching 11 days if not monitoring oxygen and with light use of GPS. If Oxygen is tracked overnight will drop to 6-7 days, that is still amazing. 3. Charging time is also relatively good, being under 1.5h. 4. Very versatile in the features selections and setup. 5. GPS impressively accurate. Cons: 1. The biggest one for me is the health option that I was looking for and that is Sleep Quality, Oxygen and body energy. The body energy is calculated based on Heart Rate Variations (HRV) which has good values only if your heart rate is under 80 while resting and under 60 if you are sleeping. Since I have a resting heart rate that osculating between 80 and 105 the Stress levels are very high all the time because HRV cannot be measured accurately at those rates. So because my HR while sleeping is between 62 and 76 the body battery never charging well because of that. Also for the first 2 hours shows that is flat, like is not charging at all.This will give you a false indication of your energy in the morning and during the day. At this point for me is useless as it shows me that I am flat at 5% in the evening when I still have the energy to go out for a 3km walk. (See Picture attached) 2. Sleep tracking glitch. Every night shows that I am awake either at 11:00 or 12:00 for a couple of minutes witch I am not. 3. Gyroscope does not count steps correctly if your arm is not bent at 90 degree and motion is horizontally back and forth. I am using a treadmill to speed walk at home and if I just swing my arms down along the body will pick up 1 out of 10 steps. Conclusion: For me personally it is not what I expected and does not help me much. If you are going outdoor a lot and you are very active I think would be good for you.