Garmin

vívoactive

Name: Garmin vívoactive
Brand: Garmin
Price: 329.98 CAD
Availability: InStock

#22 in Smartwatches

59.3/100

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Looking for health/fitness wearables other than oura or visible

VivoActive 6 chiming in here! Honestly, it's something I wish I got sooner. While not perfect, if it does make the very rare wonky data claim, you can fix it (like manually adjusting when you actually woke up, for example.) I use mine for tracking steps, rough calories, sleep, HR, menstrual, and HRV

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AnaphylacticHippo in r/ehlersdanlos

May 12, 2026 at 4:02 a.m.

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Laufuhr mit gutem Preis-Leistungsverhältnis gesucht

Ich hatte einige Garmin Modelle (auch teurere wie ne Fenix) und ne zeitlang auch eine Apple Watch, aber Coros bietet für mich das mit Abstand beste Erlebnis. Meine Pace 4 für unter 300€ ist besser als jede Smartwatch/Sportuhr, die ich je besessen habe. Die passt also perfekt in dein Budget und ist m

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DerGigantAusDemAll in r/laufen

April 14, 2026 at 7:26 p.m.

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Fitness tracker

Don't know about best but I have a vivoactive 6 and it works great for all that

spiceybadger in r/Rowing

August 2, 2026 at 7:43 p.m.

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Visible armbands?

Yeah I really like my Garmin. I got a used vivoactive 6 for $200. It gives you more info than a visible band and I think it’s cheaper in the long run because you aren’t required to get a subscription.

Realistic_R00ster in r/ehlersdanlos

August 5, 2026 at 2:23 p.m.

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Switching to a Garmin

I just recently got the Vivoactive 6 on the recommendation of my head coach and I really like it. It's very close to my HRM I weat at OTF too.

hereforthegifrecipes in r/orangetheory

August 9, 2026 at 11:09 p.m.

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Ut2 splits way slower than my peers with similar / same 2k times

First of all, I suppose you have measured your heart rate multiple times and for longer pieces? My vivoactive 6 is at times wildly inaccurate while erging: sometimes it jumps for a few minutes to 170 or 180 when I know I am doing about 120), and then comes back on its own to the correct values.

Few_Wallaby_9128 in r/Rowing

April 20, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

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Visible armbands?

I also run a vivoactive 6 after my 5 had a small accident with a tyre and I can't complain about either of them, both are work horses and the data is reasonably accurate. All wearable need taken with a pinch of salt but all the sports modes and running info is why I have them and they're great

Bellebaby97 in r/ehlersdanlos

August 5, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

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Switching to a Garmin

I just switched from the Apple Watch to the Vivoactive 6, and it does everything I want it too!

ExcellentSpecialist in r/orangetheory

August 9, 2026 at 11:22 p.m.

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PSA the Visible app and band are worth it for heart rate tracking alone

Seconding Garmin, I have the vivoactive 6 and it's really nice. The only issue I have with it is that I'm allergic to the metal used on the back of the watch face, but I've reacted to every watch I've had over the years so.. not really a Garmin issue lol

TheUltimateKaren in r/cfs

July 3, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.

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