Garmin - Venu 3S
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Based on 1 year's data from Jan 25, 2026 How it works
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"It's also absolutely unbreakable ... I have it since 3 years, done ton of afters, street parties, beach parties, etc, with it. Saltwater, beers, dust, sand, falling on the ground, etc, nothing broke or deteriorated it the slightest, and I am a pro for breaking anything technological."
"will last you forever as they are absolute tanks"
"amazed how the quality resembles logitech g pro 1"
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"Oh, and the battery lasts days even when exercising a lot (weeks without excercise)."
"Battery lasts me about a week?"
"my battery lasts about a week while using the oxymeter all the time as well as using it for tracking my workouts for about 7-9 hours a week."
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"I have the venu 3s with small wrists and it’s perfect!"
"for a small wrist, I got my wife a venue 3s and she loves it."
"the Venu is perfect for me in terms of style ... I’m really happy I didn’t listen to my husband and that I got this more stylish watch"
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"with continuous heart rate monitoring ... I need to keep a close eye on my heart rate."
"it tracks my sleep well. ... It's very comfortable to sleep with at night, and though the watch face is bigger than my Fitbit HR, it's never left marks on my face or scratched my mole like the Fitbit ... The Fitbit is not flat like the Venu3 S."
"It tracks all my activities"
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"I got the venu 3s for all of those reasons and love it."
"it has GPS built in, so I no longer need to rely on a connection with my phone as I did the Lily. ... I don't train for marathons or anything like that, so the Venu works very well for my needs."
"For swimming, Garmin has no competition. ... Built-in GPS and the ability to measure underwater signals, not just strokes, but also heart rate, breathing, etc. ... I have a Venus 3 and I'm in love with it."
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"The menu compared to the FR and Fenix feels less thought trough and buggy. It is neither fully touch screen, neither fully button. It is a strange mix of touching and pressing the buttons. Especially during exercise it is a pain to use, my wife often needs to stop, dry her hand and wipe the screen to check something, then restart."
"hate having to decode it each time to use it ... So many settings I need to reprogram ... My wife and I when setting it up always hit the off button and cancel all the setting we just set it to."
"although the 3S has buttons for stopping and starting a run, you do have to use the touch screen to select run and to save it (unless I’m doing something wrong). In the winter, when I’m out running and wearing gloves, that’s a bit of a pain."
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"sleep is a disaster ... I was watching TV and I was already asleep ... when I go to the bathroom in the evening, the venu didn't even notice that I was sleeping, or didn't even recognize that I went to the bathroom."
"Sleep tracking is great if you are an amazing sleeper who doesn’t have interrupted sleep or gets up in the night. I get up to pray and when I go back it doesn’t pick up that sleep again. It is an issue because sleep tracking was a major reason for me buying a fitness tracker."
"I also found the sleep tracking on the GW6 to be much more reliable. ... I have small kids so I wake up every now and then during the night and on the Garmin - it's so frustrating to be told in the morning that I had a great night of sleep with only 10 mins of time awake when I spent 40 mins trying to get my 2yo to fall back asleep."
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"One big con for me: OPW3 doesn’t show training loads (low/high aerobic, anaerobic) — which is huge for me. I split my training into HIIT, Zone 2, sprints, and weight lifting based on those metrics. ... The watch doesn't give you training loads, which is basically how I scheduled my workouts."
"it is absolutely lacking Training metrics. ... not for the serious runner."
"Ability to send training courses or routes directly to the watch."
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"I wish the Garmins had better glass. I had my Venu3 for TWO days (bought it Nov 2024) and I bumped into the edge of our kitchen countertop…scratch right across the face. 😔"
"I returned my Venu 3s after a week because I had mega scratching on the watch face from just daily wear in that time."
"I’ve had the 3s for almost a year and it has two scratches. ... they both happened by accidentally hitting the kitchen counters with my wrist. ... just hate the scratches…"
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"Speaker and mic is useless. Not loud enough, mic needs to be put next to your mouth. We only used it a few times when we bought the watch, and never again. Even for short calls like "When do you get home?", it didn't work as the sound was poor on both ends."
"I somewhat miss voice assistant - it doesn't work on the Venu. ... It says it does. But it has literally never functioned. It takes forever saying it's connecting and then it never sends my instruction to my phone."
"NOT a smartwatch"
90sBurnoutKing 1.0Although it's much smaller, I prefer my venu 3s over my galaxy watch 7, will probably upgrade to the venu 3 sooner or later, but for now this is perfect
aftr_hrs 1.0I've had the Venu 3S since February 2024 and I'm pretty happy with it, being the first smartwatch I ever got and it being a Garmin. However, as I've been slowly getting into running in the past year, I feel like I'm missing out on a lot with the data... analysis? it lacks. I've been low-key thinking about switching to another model, and the smaller size FR 570 is just 1mm bigger than my current 41mm Venu 3S (I'm a girl and have very thin wrists), looks nice and reportedly supports all the training/running data analysis that my current watch lacks + better GPS. But that's where the positives end? Sounds like they're using the same heart rate sensor - and I've heard the Venu 3/3S not picking up heart rates correctly when your HB slows down? - does that mean same quality tracking, or is the software on the FR 570 handling this better? Thoughts?
I really wanted the Suggested Workouts, Training Effect, Primary Benefit, Lactate Threshold and Race Predictor. But now I see that Venu 4 really does have all of those? With the added benefit of Sleep Alignment, and Lifestyle Logging, which seems to be missing in the other models. But I got the lifestyle logging update on my 3S yesteday... I was initially going for the FR 570 because it's roughly the same price as the Venu 3S as when I got it 2 years ago. Something like less than 50$ difference. FR 255 seems fine... but with Garmin fast dropping support and updates for older watches, I'd prefer getting something newer?
ameliiii 1.0I recently got into fitness this year and lost about 60 pounds, I got an apple watch to track my activity (I mainly do cardio workouts) but I didn’t like how it looked on my wrist and the fact that it wasn’t that accurate. Also the battery life was trash, I’d leave my new series 10 in the drawer charged and it’d be dead the next day. I bought a new Venu 3S, it’s beautiful, I exchanged a Vivoactive 5 for it and I can say the Venu’s appearance is better and feels smoother however Vivo wins in terms of battery life. Venu dies much quicker, and I feel like the software design of Garmin feels a little lackluster however I’ve grown used to it and I love the comfortability, accuracy, battery life and design of garmin. I wont be going back to Apple, however the new paid subscriptions and having to pay for some watch faces that look decent, and then the watch itself being very pricey feels a bit like a drawback. The strap doesn’t really feel that strong and having to buy more is just more costs, not to mention it didn’t come with a charging block and it requires a USB port, so I have to use my apple one to charge it. All in all, I love the device for fitness and how much better it looks but there are some downsides imo.
And I absolutely love it, I know venu isn’t the model that I needed but definitely wanted, it’s gorgeous.
I’m in loveee with the venu 3s and i love how you are all enjoy it as well. it’s so pretty right
arcoventry 1.0I love the Venu 3s. It has metrics like V02Max and does all the tracking I need as a cyclist.
Ashe7808 1.0I’m on day 6 with my watch and I’m at 45% haven’t had to charge it yet. It’s doing great compared to my 24 hours of my Apple. Venu 3s was a great choice of change for me
awc137 1.0It was time to upgrade my apple watch and when I heard the Venu 3s had a 10 day battery, I was SOLD! I'm so happy with it and I'm really loving the circular watch a lot more too.
Barzoa 1.0I reacted to the sleep tracking that it was not performing so well at. This was a dealbreaker for me, but could be that I should look at another Garmin model.
Garmin Venu3S. It works fine to be honest.
Beetle_527 1.0I recently bought Garmin Venu 3s, and love it so far. It tracks all my activities and I like that it has so many activities to choose from.
Beowulf2080 1.0I just got a Garmin Venu3s a couple of weeks ago, and I like it a lot. I didn't feel like I needed a full blown smartwatch because I already have a smart phone. Just seems redundant to me to have two smart devices. The Garmin does all the things I want, without feeling like I paid for unnecessary features.
blondeboilermaker 1.0Garmin venu 3s can track intervals and the run.
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