Garmin vivoactive 3 Review – RIZKNOWS GPS Smartwatch Reviews
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Garmin vivoactive 3 Review – RIZKNOWS GPS Smartwatch Reviews. Back with another Garmin GPS Watch review. This time we are talking about the new Garmin vivoactive 3 Smartwatch. This is a mid-range GPS sportwatch that compretes directly with the Fitbit Ionic and Apple Watch. The VA3 is lightweight and has a sleek design with a full-color display. Plus, it’s fully waterproof, which is nice. The new vivoactive fitness watch will of course track all your standard activity and sleep metrics but it also a number of smart features and sport tracking. It also features a new Garmin Pay feature for mobile payments. This new fitness tracker also had an ambidextrous design for a right or left wrist. Lastly, it has increased training features and VO2 max estimates. On the downside, it’s expensive at $300 and there’s no native storage for music. There’s also limited app support in ConnectIQ and the side swipe feature is not very helpful. There’s also no open water swimming feature. Still, we like this watch. We’ll see if it ends up on the list for Best GPS Watch 2019 or Best GPS Sportswatch 2019. Hope you enjoyed the video.
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Hey Rizknows,
I am new in the Garmin world. Currently looking to buy my first watch. I am thinking between Forerunner 235 or 735XT and the Vivoactive 3, which seems quite cool. Can you let me know what you think – I will mainly use it for daily activities, fitness, running, cycling in the gym etc. Vivoactive is at £170 in the UK Amazon and the Forerunners 235 and 735 are at £160 and £230 respectively.
Really appreciate if you reply.
Thank you!
What is the name of the watch face that you use in your vidéo ?
Great! thanks
why is nobody make watch os smartwatches anymore?
This hurts lol
Some said vivo active 3 is good for gym and weight and then some said it's not… This happens for every smartwatch fitness and I can't decide what to take -_-
Do you have to switch it to swim mode whenever you go into water
Thanks! is it good for paddling in the ocean? surf skis and oc1 or oc6?
Great Review ! Thanks
I got it fit 199$ well worth it!
1 min before review starts, need to work on making that smaller..
I have tried 3 (three) different units of this model since April (2018) and been very pleased with everything about it, apart from the GPS distance reported being 15% off the actual distance. I have enabled glonass, data every second but with no improvement. (The garmin forerunner 305 on my right wrist reported correct distance.)
It is a nice smart watch, but for recording running distance it does not work.
Just wanted to put this out there. I've had the VivoActive 3 since March. I woke up this morning and my VivoActive 3 won't even turn on.
When I woke up the heart rate sensor was on but the screen wasn't.
Even though I knew the battery should be charged I thought I would connect the watch to my computer and charge it and see if there was an update. Within seconds the watch became incredibly hot to where it was uncomfortable to actually touch it.
I immediately unplugged the watch and the heart rate sensor turned off. The watch took about 10 minutes to cool off. Now the watch won't turn back on. I tried plugging back into computer and the watch doesn't get hot and also doesn't get recognized by the computer and won't turn on.
Can you reply to text messages on the watch? Can you read the entire text message or E-mail on the watch when it comes in as an alert? On the vivoactive HR you can't respond to any messages and you can't see the entire text message on the alert sent to the watch.
Can you control music from the watch when tracking a workout? I have the Vivo active and that has been my biggest complaint…
I love your honesty
Since it has no native storage, does that mean we still have to have our phone next to us as we are running to hear the music or can we leave our phones at home? I am looking for a watch that is great for running 5ks, color screen, preferable music, GPS tracking (in an emergency my hubby can see where the last place I was running), cost effective and has basic features such as sleep, heart rate etc. Right now I have the Fitbit charge 2 and within a couple months I accidentally cracked the screen :/
Will it support Google pay?
Can you play music on speaker?
Read the Amazon reviews …. scores only 50% 5 stars lots one star reviews… broken Bluetooth connection, music not working apps, naff payment nor supported, freezing screen
Garmin Pay уже работает. Нужно дополнить видео
Am I the only one for which the calorie count does not work?
Would you recommend this watch for MTB trails? Thanks.
4:56 i think if you want to become that better hand modle u need a better lotion …? use maybe when doing cardio??
Bettwen this watch and the forerunner 235, which one is better for meassuring SUP, i mean by strokes per minute and all os that stuff
Looks good. But I've had so many problems with this watch. Had it for about 6 months.
Sync-problems, showing the correct time and the touch screen that always
triggers. The touchscreen triggers all the time. A slight touch or a
drop of water. If I don't lock the screen the watch is doing something
different every time I look at it.
It's vibrating all the time and says "GOAL!" even if I'm just home cleaning. Its driving me mad!
I will not buy a Garmin again.
thanks
What fitness tracker can track mph
Hey I just wanted to let you know that the subtitles are in Russian.
Is it waterproof?
Just purchased and the cost at the local Walmart was $169.00. At my age of 73 has everything I need
Would the snowboarding activity be useful for skateboarding instead?
I always get so much disappointed when most all "smart" manufacturers of watches don't give a damn for open water training.
China and west countries are so much focused on land training and "civilized" closed pools, gym and cross-fit stuff, while in the Med sea , winter or summer, open sea swimming is our MASTER of all SPORTS and ACTIVITIES…
So unreal… People of another planet for us…
Will any 20mm quick release bands fit onto my vivoactive 3?
Eg, ones made for Samsung Galaxy gear s2
Hi Jeff, have you ever got burn marks from using the garmin products, especially vivoactive 3,,, I have got like red marks around my wrist and mainly where the heart rate led's are blinking all the time, not sure if its got to do with material used, or could it be from sweating, not sure, but I always keep my wrist clean, if I wash my hands, i take off the watch, etc. i don't use it in shower at all. I am just curious to ask other peoples opinion,, if its normal or should i be worried?
Sorry I forgot to mention that I have vivoactive 3 white with its original silicon straps. I have used it for 6 months only, and before this I never wore a wrist watch…
Is it good for horseriding? And to use the GPS for trails? I'm between this and the Samsung galaxy watch 42mm rose gold .. which do u recommend?
This or FITBIT IONIC or GEAR S3 FRONTIER ?
Gps on = battery life is approx 6hrs. Rubbish. Why can't they bu charged with a powerbank whilst on the go?
What camera and mic did you use to record this video? It looks and sounds excellent.
Hey, you mention connecting to Bluetooth HR. Does that include polar h7/polar h10?
Cheers
Can you test the Amazfit Stratos?
Does the Vivoactive 3 provide stand up paddle (SUP) sport mode? Has anyone tested this mode? Thanks
What is the difference between open water and just swimming? Is it a different algorithm?? Can you talk more about that pls
Thank you
Will
his palms at 4:50 .. no one else going to comment on the hard cracked skin? 😀
@rizknows I’m looking at the vivoactive3 and the Samsung gear s3 watch. Which one of these do you think is more rugged? Currently have vivosmart 3 Have gone through 2 in less than 8 months. Like the features on the device, but band stinks.
Thank you.