Vivoactive HR

Currently have a Fenix 6, since June 2021. I had a vivoactive HR for 3.5 years before that.

Yep, I agree. I've been using Garmin devices since 2006 from the Forerunner 101 (where I had to manually input my data into an Excel spreadsheet) to the Forerunner 935 that I currently have and the Garmin fitness ecosystem is really good. I can tack mileage on my shoes and gear, use ANT+ devices on my bike, etc... The Apple Watch Ultra 2 I have gets closer to the Garmin (especially with Precision Start) but its still way behind. The only Garmin I've had that died was the Vivoactive HR. I think it was one too many OCR's that did it in.

Thanks!. I'm not an apple person but love my garmin vivoactive 2, 10 years old and going strong. I can get notifications but can't respond. I'll look into the venu 3 later this year.

This. I got mine two days ago. I love what it can do, the sizing, the weight, the price etc. I HATE the screen. I used to wear Garmin Vivoactive HR way back and it kinda reminded me of that dim screen. I returned it. I couldn’t justify having a watch that I would hate looking at.

I wear the discontinued Garmin Vivoactive HR (https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/538374/) with a screen protector over it. (Broke the screen of my first one mowing or weedeating when I threw a rock up) It's pretty resilient otherwise and can get wet with no extra attention needed. I've used it swimming, etc. My only complaint is that when pumping chest, I tend to hit a combination of buttons that enters me into recording some sort of workout (so it's buzzing at me). Battery isn't what it used to be (it's years old!), but it lasts a week or more. (Off duty, I wear an old Apple Watch Series 6 that I'm not comfortable wearing on duty. I can't even get 20 hours without recharging.)