vívoactive® 4S

My VA4 seems to do a great job.

My Garmin Vivoactive4 has never let me down!

People dragging 1k+ device through stuff “it’s made for” is so damn small I think we can all agree it’s basically a toy for looks. (As someone who dragged Vivoactive 4 through all kinds of shit for 4 years and now wearing Tactix 8)

Mir ging es ähnlich. Ich hatte lange Zeit die Vivoactive 4 und schon seit längerem auf die Enduro 3 geschielt. Mit Solar und Offline-Karten sah ich mich gedanklich auf langen, abenteuerlichen Touren. Aber ich bin Vater von zwei Kindern. Wenn, dann machen wir was zusammen. Radtouren, wo mein Garmin Edge dabei ist oder kurze Trips durch die Eifel oder die sächsische Schweiz - schön, aber nichts Abenteuerliches. Selbst im Urlaub, wo wir mal fremde Umgebungen auskundschaften, reicht mir die Vivoactive um damit wieder zum Auto zu kommen. Also Enduro 3, die schon bestellt war, wieder abbestellt und die Vivoactive 6 geordert. Bin gespannt auf den intelligenten Wecker und die 'Brotkrumen'-Navigation. Eine Unsicherheit bleibt allerdings: Grund für die Neuanschaffung war, dass mir meine Vivoactive 4 beim Schwimmen abgesoffen ist; also vielmehr bei einem Sprung vom 5m-Brett um fair zu bleiben. Die Uhr zeigte beim dritten Sprung einen Unfall an, den ich stoppen wollte und dabei ist sie komplett schwarz geworden und lässt sich auch nicht mehr reanimieren. Da hatte ich die Hoffnung, dass die Enduro etwas robuster ist und ich weiß jetzt schon, dass ich die Vivoactive 6 bei solchen Aktivitäten lieber ausziehen werde.

I just bought it a few days ago, and have been loving it so far! Upgraded from Vivoactive 4

I have Ignite 3 and Garmin vivioactive 4. Garmin is much more accurate. Ignite 3 at the distance 1200m is loosing 150m. In both cases there is no problem with Strava.

I'll stick with my Garmin Vivoactive 4

nope, apple watches will tell you things like "well done, your a legend" for moving. my garmin vioactive 4 told me a few moments after a half marathon that it was "time get up and move"

Sounds like a settings issue. I averaged 2wks with my vivoactive 5. Do you use always on display?  I used the 4 for a few months and thought it was a nice/inexpensive to Garmin watches. Worked fine but I upgraded to a Fenix for its larger display and extra features. 

I've owned a Vivoactive 4s for 5 years. I've picked up running this year and am training for a half marathon, so I wanted to treat myself to a new watch. Two weeks ago, I bought the Forerunner 570, and then four days after, the Venu 4 was announced. I was gutted! Venu 4 has everything the Forerunner 570 has, and it is prettier for an office job. So I bought both, compared, and am sticking with the Venu 4. This was a much needed upgrade for me for the training status and progress. I sweat a lot and am in humid MN, and I've not had issues with only touchscreen. My vivoactive 4s didn't have five buttons, so I'm also used to the two buttons and prefer it. The GPS is a little slower than the Forerunner because of the different tech, but I'm not running trails/a super serious runner, so this is fine for me. I thought the light was going to be a feature I didn't use, but I actually use it a lot. I run in the dark, and it's great there. I search for items at night without turning on lights. The lifestyle tracking is fine. Nothing other apps don't already track. I also LOVE the smaller size. My wrist is just under 6 inches, and even the 42mm Forerunner looked too big. All in all, I'm happy with the purchase and plan to have this for another 5 years, so the price was fine for me.