Vivoactive 5

Garmin

Vivoactive 5

61 positive 0 neutral 13 negative

Based on 74 Reddit mentions

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Filtered by featureheart rate monitoringClear feature

Visible band worth it?

I have a garmin vivoactive 5 and it is such a perfect, useful tool for me. Real time continuous HR monitoring, overnight HRV monitoring, stress tracking, sleep tracking, and a “body battery” tool that is very accurate for me. No subscription necessary. Edited to add: I do not like the idea of having

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undertheevergreen in r/POTS

April 1, 2026 7:19 PM

5

Garmin watch

I have the vivoactive 5 and I can’t speak more highly of it! I use the body battery, heart rate readings and HRV scores daily.

GelWpod97 in r/cfs

April 7, 2026 1:59 PM

5

Saved 500€ with the GT 6 Pro… but now I understand where it went

If you care about exercise and do sports, Garmin is the way to go. You can get Venu 3 or Vivoactive 5/6 or Forerunner 255/965 for not too much money. Or maybe the Instinct 3. For Huawei, it looks nice, and it's enough, but for nothing serious. I was a user of Huawei Watch GT3 and I was happy, until

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Clean-Parsnip9816 in r/HuaweiWatchGT

March 17, 2026 11:50 AM

4

Is it always best to have the lowest heart rate possible?

I recently (2 months ago) got a Garmin Vivoactive 5 smartwatch, and the Stress and Body Battery functions, as well as sleep and heart rate, have been really helpful to me in tracking that kind of mental or sensory overload. Like I might “think” I’m resting, but the stress tracker shows that I’m in l

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Ok_Screen4328 in r/cfs

March 30, 2026 9:54 PM

3

Wearable devices for pacing

Garmin vivoactive 5, + a free pacing watchface from the garmin connect IQ store (called Pacing (watchface) by jenshansen. There's also another by Fitigued). A lot of people in US/UK use Visible though that requires a subscription. P.S. heart rate pacing was impossible for me until I got POTS relativ

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Constant_5298 in r/cfs

April 5, 2026 11:19 PM

3

How many of you are using fitness trackers?

I use a Garmin Vivoactive 5. The heart rate it records sometimes lags behind my actual heart rate (or at least as displayed on the ascent trainer I use). Buuuuut, I'm not looking for ultra-precise tracking, so as long as it gets a good ballfield I won't gripe too loud.

PackageDelicious2457 in r/PlanetFitnessMembers

April 4, 2026 6:14 PM

1

Should I wait for helio strap 2 or go with first gen?

I’m also very satisfied with my Garmin. But I’ve noticed that their prices keep climbing, and older watches lose support pretty quickly. The Vivoactive 6, for example, is almost identical to the Vivoactive 5 in terms of hardware but has better software. Instead of updating the Vivoactive 5 and provi

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Poh_teh_toh in r/amazfit

April 4, 2026 7:29 PM

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