Garmin - Venu 4

I had the Venu 4 for exactly 10 days. They didn’t deduct any amount at all, I just paid the difference. If you don’t feel 100% satisfied with Venu, I’d recommend you go for a Fenix too, life’s too short for what-ifs. I know it’s twice the amount but you’ll probably keep it for a few years so it’s all worth it in the end. Venu is good option, don’t get me wrong, and it will do the work it needs to. BUT you’ll not really enjoy it

Tbh for my use there’s not a lot of additional features in the Fenix that weren’t there in the Venu. The sapphire vs gorilla glass is a big difference, so is the screen size. Venu has a more vibrant screen though. Battery life is similar. Presence of buttons on Fenix helps but it’s not a game changer. There’s no comparison in looks, this looks way better. Had Venu got a sapphire screen I probably wouldn’t have traded it. I think if you want a premium feel then Fenix is the way to go.

I switched from an Apple Watch Series 8 to Venu 4. I miss certain aspects of the Apple Watch but I have grown to really appreciate the garmin. Things I miss: - Apple Pay (Garmin pay doesn’t work well in Canada) - answering quick texts from my wrist - ping my phone feature (garmin has this but doesn’t work all the time) - fitness rings - integration with peloton app Things I love about the garmin: - golf gps built into watch (need separate app for AW) I am an avid golfer and any app thru AW would kill battery incredibly fast - battery life - looks far better - health metrics are amazing - sleep metrics are amazing For me the positive outweigh the negatives. I can see why people hate the garmin ecosystem, but after switching for past 2 months I am truly happy with my choice. I wore Apple Watch daily for previous 3 years and never wore it at night due to needing to charge it. -

The Venue 4 everyone was waiting for it you all seem disappointed but you want more metric and a flashlight you have it I think it's an incredible versatile watch I don't qualify it at all as Life style

Well after that it depends on what you are looking for in a watch, I was at Apple for years whether it was watches, phones, tablets etc. I think he's ripping us off a lot from year to year but hey it's my humble opinion now I switched to Garmin with the Epix Pro which I still have which I should sell I bought the Ven 4 in dhestetic thermal and lighter and all the features that I need see more after these true that the Apple Watch is better in terms of health but Garmin is doing not too bad today in terms of battery let's not even talk about it 😂😂😂with  I was in an ecosystem that wasn't too disgusting but today I decided to leave maybe one day I'll come back but not for the watches the Garmins have a less new design although I find the Venu 4 nice so I advise you to take all the pros and cons and make your own opinion on which ones you really need and the budget too

I have the same poor battery, I am at 44 hours and 8% - I charged to 100% when I took it out the box and eta was 12d...

I have the smallest wrists and just got a 41 mm Venu 4. The fit is great, and it has pretty much the same running features as the FR 570 without the bulky look!

I love my Venu 4 so far. It sounds perfect for what you need. I got the lunar gold and leather strap (it also comes with the silicone one). I got the smaller one (41mm). Let me know if you have any questions. I use it for HRV, training readiness, body battery, and getting back into running, but wanted something pretty. It was the best value for money (if you can afford it) for what I needed.

Yes! I never want or feel like I need to take it off. It works for workout straight to work straight to date night. And I was worried it would be clunky size wise, but it's perfect.

I absolutely love my Venu 4. It's aesthetic and has nice running/training features for what it is. My only wishes are that for the price Garmin gets its REM sleep tracking more reliable. It's pretty accurate for me, but my Sense 2 Fitbit was better. Integrated maps would be nice but I don't need them. The list to scroll to get to the widgets is a bit long- wish they managed that better. But all those things are minor wishes for me.

I looked into those and I fucking hate garmin smartwatches

1. The lineup and feature set is the most muddled and bullshit I've ever seen. Before the Venue 4 came out just trying to look for what woud be the right watch for me gave me an aneurysm 2. Design and Responsiveness feels like from fifteen years ago, I think the original LG GWatch I had was better than the venue 3 3. Notification management and options are horrible 4. Sports tracking is super confusing and mostly for runners in venue to forerunner series, its just not a nice streamlined design 5. misses most smartwatch features I expect from my Wear watch, for example a tile for train tracking that is fantastic on wear. Quick effortless google maps navigation, stuff like that. I'm not saying if you like to spend a lot of money and love just training for an iron man, have the uniniutive bike computers as well (which are still so much worse than wahoos in my opinion) its all fine. But for a regular smart watch? I don't think its the right fit for most people. I sport a lot and its still not worth it for me.

I really like my Garmin watch, though the model I have (Vivoactive 6) doesn't have an altimeter. The Venu 4 has one though.

My venu 4 launched like a month ago for $550 and has 10 days of battery life. They have cheaper watches as well that completely blow any tier1 phone brand smartwatch out of the water when it comes to battery life.

I've actually used the middle button to bring up my voice assistant. Very handy because I'm a cyclist. So unless there's a way to map that to one of the other buttons, I would miss it. One of the reasons I'm really not interested in the Venu 4 is that the extra metrics all seem to be running based and I don't run.