Garmin - Lily 2
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Based on 1 year's data from Feb 24, 2026 How it works
Liked most:
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"Just track my routes, my pace and heart rate, etc. Basic stuff. Anyway, I love it."
"tracks heartrate ... I've only really used the heartrate/activity tracker for both."
"It tracks the basics heart rate, step, workouts."
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"it's smaller than the chunky masculine watches that have more capacity."
"I also have small wrists."
"I wanted something that looked more like a conventional watch."
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"The battery still lasts 4-5 days"
"About a week without the O2 saturation monitoring, 3 days ish with."
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"I like the Garmin app"
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"reasonable low price"
"When I chose the Lily, I wanted to go with a lower cost option to try out the brand."
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"the Lily does not unless you look at the Lily Active 2."
"I decided to switch to the Venu because it has GPS built in, so I no longer need to rely on a connection with my phone as I did the Lily."
"It does not have built in GPS so you do have to carry a phone if you want your location recorded."
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"I personally didn't find Elevate 5 more precise nor accurate than the 4. ... Actually the main purpose of this switch was to improve the accuracy of hr tracing. ... I also was convinced that results of chest strap and elevate sensor are very different from each other."
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"It barely registers climbing,swimming,or yoga as an exercise automatically."
LukasKhan_UK 1.0My wife has the Lily 2 (non GPS version). I bought it so she can check her SP0² - which has now vanished from the watch I get the appeal, but as a fitness watch, it just doesn't do anything very well
Kitchen-Ad6860 0.2Do not even consider the Lily - insult to women. The Venu3 is a good choice if you insist on going wth Garmin but the Apple Watch is a better choice. Maybe you should ask her what she would prefer.
The Lily is what Garmin thinks women want - they put GPS into the Lily 2 Active - still an insult to women. I don't count steps lol I understand that many find it a valuable metric but personally I see no meaningful value in it.
Garmin lacks watches that are designed for woman that provide rich data sets and instead makes the Lily which lacks robust training data - it is a Fashion watch. Women train just like men and want robust training data on a watch that does not look cheap and in the tackiest of colours. The Lily 2 Active is a step up from the Lily 2 but is still as what one other poster said - a watch you take to the office so your step count stays accurate, it isn't a watch you train with. It is dainty and feminine of course but it fails on so many level to be an actually viable fitness watch. Garmin designs and makes watches to suit men.
Saying that the Lily is an insult to women is not an insult to you or anyone who uses that watch personally it is a statement about how Garmin views women. You are correct in that not all women train like men but they can train like men so why shouldn't they have a watch that is designed for them that has all those features? The Lily is clearly designed for women and Garmin purposely chooses to give it basic fitness features. There are no aesthetically pleasing small watches with all the training features that are designed with women in mind. Garmin has made a pretty watch but failed to give it the more robust features that many women want and to get the data they want they are stuck with ugly oversized watches with tacky colours. That is what makes the Lily an insult to women.
Actually not all Garmin's have built in GPS which is quite shocking actually, the Lily does not unless you look at the Lily Active 2. The Vivomove watches and the Vivosmart 4 and 5 also do not have built in GPS.
anasv7 0.1Surprised no one said lily 2. I have it and its very feminine
ArtsyGrlBi 0.1I went this route. They have different watches with different styles and for different needs. I use the Lily 2 because I have a tiny wrist. I love it.
Automaton_Willow 0.1I don’t know why, but my Garmin was bad at tracking sleep compared to my Fitbit and now my AW Se 3. I had the Lily 2, so maybe it was because it’s a cheaper model idk. It could never get my sleep times right and would say I was sleeping 9 hours every night and falling asleep at 10pm when that wasn’t even close.
dmkemi1027 0.1I have the Lily 2, and while I like it because it's smaller and more stylish, I've found I'm already outgrowing it. You have to carry your phone with you to connect to GPS. (UNLESS I'm doing this wrong and I'm happy to be educated!!) I've decided I want to get back into running, and being able to ditch my phone but still have GPS is really the main reason I'm buying a Forerunner. I'll still wear my Lily for daily wear, as it's small and pretty. But I'll be swapping to the Forerunner for outdoor stuff.
drphil07734 0.1I have a garmin lily 2 and love it. It was around $300. I'm able to alert up to 3 contacts if I press a certain button. It has a feature called "body battery" that helps me pace myself. The sleep tracker is nice too. It does what I need it to do, since I wasn't interested in all the other things that Apple Watches can do. I just use it purely for pots tracking. It does show me my text messages though. And the battery life is up to 11 days which is awesome.
Flashy_Lab222 0.1I have the Lily 2 as well and like it, especially for the body battery feature.
Humble-Lab-3950 0.1Definitely don’t get the Lily or Lily 2. The Lily 2 Active does have built in GPS so it might be okay for your needs. However, I had it for about 7 months and changed to the Venu 3s which is 100% better. The Lily series is a basic fitness watch that is not worth the price when there are other watches at the same price point that give you way more features. I also have small wrists and the slightly larger size of the Venu 3s if just fine for me and honestly not noticeable when wearing it. I’ve been using Garmin Pay on my watches over the years and it works great. (Saw someone said it doesn’t work for them, but I’ve never had an issue) If you haven’t already, you can compare watches side by side on Garmin’s website which is very helpful! But I’d recommend a watch in the Vivoactive, Forerunner or Venu series.
Definitely don’t get the Lily or Lily 2. The Lily 2 Active does have built in GPS so it might be okay for your needs. However, I had it for about 7 months and changed to the Venu 3s which is 100% better. The Lily series is a basic fitness watch that is not worth the price when there are other watches at the same price point that give you way more features. I also have small wrists and the slightly larger size of the Venu 3s if just fine for me and honestly not noticeable when wearing it. I’ve been using Garmin Pay on my watches over the years and it works great. (Saw someone said it doesn’t work for them, but I’ve never had an issue) If you haven’t already, you can compare watches side by side on Garmin’s website which is very helpful! But I’d recommend a watch in the Vivoactive, Forerunner or Venu series.
mintpandas 0.1I personally think the battery life alone makes the lily 2 a better option than the AW!
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