Vivoactive 5

Garmin

Vivoactive 5

61 positive 0 neutral 13 negative

Based on 74 Reddit mentions

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Amazfit Cheetah and the new updates. Life cycle too short?

In my opinion, this is pretty standard for sports watches. I have the Garmin Vivoactive 5 myself, and in the 2.5 years I've owned it, I've maybe received two small feature updates. The new Vivoactive 6 is almost identical to the Vivoactive 5 in terms of hardware but has a lot of new software, instea

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Poh_teh_toh in r/amazfit

March 23, 2026 5:05 PM

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COROS Pace 4, Garmin Forerunner, or Garmin Vivoactive 5?

Kung ang focus mo is running, go for COROS Pace 4. It's more comparable to FR 265 than the 165 in terms of features. The Vivoactive line is more of a lifestyle watch than a sports watch.

rho57 in r/PHRunners

April 4, 2026 4:00 AM

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Why do Garmin users constantly look down on Amazfit's health tracking accuracy?

Maybe it is because they look for anything that uplifts the sense behind them buying this super expensive Garmin Hardware. Like "Hey I paid three to five times the money you did, my gadget must be sicnificantly better!". Anyways, my boyfriend wears a Garmin Watch, Vivoactive 5. We talk about our dat

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Decent-Can-604 in r/amazfit

March 19, 2026 7:34 AM

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What’s everyone’s sleep schedules like? [Writing an article for Garmin & M.E]

I have had Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder all my life (since at least 5yo), ME/CFS for 6 years, Garmin Vivoactive 5 for two months. I've had lifelong insomnia, but I now take 1mg non-time-release melatonin which helps massively. I fall asleep anytime between 1:30am and 6:00am and usually sleep 7 to 10

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Left-Pop4928 in r/cfs

April 20, 2026 12:03 PM

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Active 3 Premium

The Fenix 8 and an Active 3 are quite a big difference. The Fenix 8 is the flagship of Garmin and is their most premium product. ​That being said, I am very satisfied with the Active 3 myself. It offers me everything I need: offline maps, 4 buttons for use during workouts, and sapphire glass. I'm al

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Poh_teh_toh in r/amazfit

March 31, 2026 5:41 AM

2

Show me your watch faces

Garmin Vivoactive 5. 'CGM Connect Watchface digital' is the name of the watchface, and then It uses dexcom clarity to grab my numbers. Only thing that sucks is I can't get direct numbers to it from my CGM, but only apple watches have approved functionality for that.

keezy88 in r/diabetes_t1

March 24, 2026 5:53 PM

2

Not satisfied

How to do you find your actual burn per day? I have a garmin vivoactive 5 but I feel it is wildly inaccurate.

Guicy-g in r/BodyHackGuide

April 23, 2026 7:18 PM

1

Thanks all - goodbye Charge 5, hello Garmin Vivoactive 5!

After 2 years of vivoactive I am switching back to fitbit. Vivoactive is legit crap.

Expensive_Outside_70 in r/fitbit

April 28, 2026 8:54 PM

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Retro Watt

Unfortunately, some AMOLED watches, such as the FR 165 and Vivoactive 5, have certain limitations that I didn’t realize until it was too late. I’ll keep that in mind for future projects.

jirdus in r/GarminWatchFaces

April 18, 2026 7:52 PM

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Garmin swim calorie burn doesn't make sense. I just don't understand this. On my "rest day" I burn more calories going slow then the next day working on pace and speeding up. Any ideas?

I had a 4s before and they made me switch to vivoactive 5 because they don’t make the 4s anymore but in my opinion the 4s was good for swimming and vivoactive 5 sucks.

Professional-Wait496 in r/Swimming

April 13, 2026 4:28 PM

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