Is the Garmin Vivosmart 5 Worth Buying NOW in 2024?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I try to find out if the Garmin Vivosmart 5 is worth buying in 2024.
0:00 Intro
0:51 Unboxing
01:00 Design
02:06 Colours and straps
02:16 Robustness
03:17 User Interface
04:18 Smart Functionalities
04:40 Activities / Exercise Modes
05:15 Blood Oxygen Levels
06:09 HR sensor accuracy (indoor cycling)
07:59 HR sensor accuracy (running)
08:55 HR sensor accuracy (strength training)
09:41 Sleep tracking
10:39 Battery drain profile
12:17 Garmin Connect App
13:15 Annoying things!
15:16 Cool features!
16:35 Final verdict
Link to Garmin Connect App Tutorial: • MASTER the Garmin Conn...
Link to another fitness tracker with large colour display (and costs much less!): • Is Amazfit Bip 5 the U...
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Which fitness tracker are you using currently? I'm curious to know your experience! Let me know in the comments below 👇🏻
nice, keep it work, bro
Thanks for watching 😀
This video answered my question straightaway! Thanks🎉
Glad you found it helpful 😀
Good review,thanks for your time....
It,s possible to connect to a chest band??
Thank you
Hi thanks for watching. No, the Vivosmart 5 unfortunately can't be paired to a chest strap...
Hello, Thanks for the good review.
I have a question. Can the main menu (Home screen) be customized to show the number of messages/calls?
Hello, thanks for watching!
Sadly, the clock faces on the Home Screen are quite restrictive which was one the annoying things for me..
But you can easily see the Notifications or number of messages/calls in the Controls Menu by swiping right from the Home Screen.
Check out this page of the manual to configure the Notifications to be displayed in the Controls Menu when you swipe right: www.manualslib.com/manual/2569589/Garmin-Vivosmart-5.html?page=26#manual
Hope that helps 😀
Thanks a lot, very helpful@@thewearableist
Thanks for the info. It was very helpful. @@thewearableist
the problem with the fitbit charge 6 is the bluetooth permanently ON, no off mode
Hi. Yes that unfortunately Fitbit doesn't have that setting. It needs the app connected to the Charge 6 all the time so the app is synced 24x7.
Is it good to buy this in 2024? or shoud i go for samsung galaxy watch 4 classic?which one is worth for sleep tracking?
Hello, thanks for watching!
Both are good for sleep tracking. But there are major differences in the type of the devices.
It depends on what you value more: just fitness tracking with good battery or if you want fitness tracking with colour screen and smart features.
The Vivosmart 5 does all the basic fitness tracking with great battery, but doesn't have a large colour touch screen and not much smart capabilities. Its just a plain fitness band.
A "smartwatch" like Galaxy Watch 4 which has a large colour screen, does all the fitness and sleep tracking, lot of smart features but very poor battery life.
You could get a fitness band that still has a colour touch screen, amazing fitness and sleep tracking, great battery and has smart capabilities (Without being categorised as a smartwatch). Check this video out to learn about it: th-cam.com/video/iu1zCqELahk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AewbGKpxOz8GdlDG
You've let me back in a circle to the watch/fitness tracker I already have, the amazefit bip 5. But I wasn't convinced the HRM was very accurate. But maybe I just have a high resting heartrate... I dunno. Still wondering if another one would work better. Maybe I should keep giving it a go. I've really only just started wanting to track my heart rate.
Hi. HRM on the Bip 5 is fine when doing activities - but there's an option to increase the frequency of measurement to make it more accurate. For resting HR, we are relying on the algorithm to smooth out errant HR readings, which in some budget watches like Bip 5 is not that great. Garmins are much better at keeping track of resting HR (and activity/exercise HRs). I have used Garmin Venu 2, Vivosmart 5 and now Forerunner 165 and they are all consistently showing my resting HR in the same range which is a positive indicator of their algorithm being consistently applied across the board.
Hope that helps.
Currently have a Charge5, just cracked the screen. My hesitation with another Fitbit is the move toward Google.
Ah that's a shame Marilyn. May I ask how your screen cracked on the Charge 5?
I agree there are a few issues with the Google integration now like removal of other music apps and stuck with TH-cam Music only! And there are some positves like Google Wallet and Maps. Charge 6 performed really well in the HR accuracy and battery tests which was great, and the materials were better than other trackers now mostly made by budget brands in the sub $100 category.
Have you checked out Garmin yet? They make highly durable trackers and watches and NO PAYWALLS 😀
I use a charge 6 at the moment but have just bought an epix. So why watch this review? Because I just know I'll destroy the epix at work so was wanting something similar to my fitbit to track and sync data to the epix, via the connect app I'm guessing this will work like that?!
Hello! Not a bad idea! If you use 2 Garmins together or even separately (Epix + Vivosmart for example), both devices will sync to Garmin Connect but you need to select 1 primary device in the Garmin Connect app and the app will show stats for that primary device (for example Vivosmart 5 data if you pick that as primary device in the app).
What won't happen is say if you do 10,000 steps on Vivosmart 5 during the day (not using Epix), the Garmin Connect App wont sync the 10,000 steps onto the Epix - but your profile on Garmin Connect will show the 10,000 for you as a user, regardless of what Garmin you use.
I did this when I had Garmin Venu 2 one 1 hand and Vivosmart 5 on another, and at the end of day I think what was important to me was that my user profile on the app was up-to-date regardless of which Garmin was syncing to it.
Hope that helps 😀
@@thewearableist that's a great help, thank you!
Hello 👋🏻
Just an update for you.
I'm currently testing the Garmin Forerunner 165 for my next review and the I've noticed that the latest version of Garmin Connect (version 5.0) released a couple of weeks ago seems to sync activites, sleep, steps, etc, that I recorded on my Garmin Venu 2 straight onto the Forerunner 165 when it is selected as a primary device and synced! So you could still use one Garmin during the day, then let Garmin Connect sync the activities to your other wearable (Epix for example) later on in the evening when it all syncs together.
Hope that helps 😀
@@thewearableist that's interesting, I'll keep an eye out for the video...
This was a great review, thank you! Everyone seems to want to gloss over the blood oxygen level features and whether it can be included in sleep tracking or if it's just an on-demand thing. Thank you so much for addressing that here. One thing I will say is that I went to the Google play store to look at the app reviews, and ALL the most recent reviews are 1's because of a recent update. Like they're all saying what happened, why'd you ruin it, it was fine, now it's harder to read, sucks to use and seems less accurate, etc. So much can change in just a few days! grrrrrr
edit: I see now that you did a review of the update. I'm a little less apprehensive about it now. I imagine it's something that would annoy current users who were used to the old way more than new users.
Hey thanks for watching. Yes the new Garmin Connect app update is a bit divisive for existing users but if you're new to the Garmin world then not a big issue.
not a good looking item tho
100% agree. It's an archaic looking item in 2024. Garmin need to stick a colour OLED screen on the Vivosmart series.