Garmin Vivosmart 5

Reliable fitness tracking for the price ; Week long battery life ; Comfy gym-ready fit

Screen is too small for most notifications ; Limited smartwatch functionality

The Vivosmart 5 is Garmin’s latest answer to the Fitbit Luxe and Charge 5. It’s a slim-form-factor band design wearable designed for runners that want a discreet wearable to track their weekly workouts and 5km runs or cycles. While it’s far from the...

Detailed Garmin Connect platform Comprehensive sensor array Lightweight and comfortable Accurate health and sleep tracking

Disappointing battery life Generic design

“The design of the Garmin Vivosmart 5 won't make you look twice, but the comprehensive Garmin Connect platform makes this a fitness tracker a standout.”

Well designed interface Extremely light and comfortable Auto activity tracking Particularly good sleep tracking

Monochrome display No on-board GPS Polycarbonate lens rather than toughened glass

The Garmin Vivosmart 5 is a lightweight, lean fitness tracker for anyone who values data above looks. It's not as chic as a Fitbit Luxe or Inspire 2, but packs a whole lot more info and insights at your fingertips, with even more available in the...

Affordable. Easy to use. Now with connected GPS. Bigger, brighter, and more reliable OLED touchscreen. Abnormal heart rate detection. Incident detection. Syncs with Strava. Garmin Connect and Move IQ is the best.

No onboard GPS. The field for entry-level, sub-$200 trackers is a lot bigger now than it was four years ago.

I found the Vivosmart 5 to be pretty reasonably priced, and as a nerdier person, I like Garmin’s Connect app much better than Fitbit’s. (Garmin also doesn’t lock most of its best features behind a $10-per-month subscription.) If you’ve been looking for...

All-day heart rate, respiration, SpO2, and stress tracking Good battery life Automatically tracks certain activities Emergency assistance features

Black-and-white screen with no always-on setting Minor accuracy issues in testing No built-in GPS Doesn't track heart rhythm or skin temperature variations Lacks contactless payment support

Garmin's Vivosmart 5 fitness tracker is light on excitement, but makes it easy to keep tabs on your activity, sleep, and other key health metrics.

The button is much improved Menu navigation also improved Comfortable to wear You can now swap out bands

Pricey considering the simple display Hard to read notifications due to small text

Ultimately for me, it was a nice break to wear the Vivosmart 5 after weeks of testing feature-laden fitness smartwatches. The heyday of the fitness band may well be behind us, but there’s something to be said for a gadget that’s not trying to be a mini...

Uncomplicated design ; Great entry point into Garmin Connect ; Packed with advanced tracking features

No GPS ; Relatively pricey ; Poor sleep tracking ; Pulse Ox drains battery life rapidly

Garmin's dive back into the fitness tracker market is a welcome one, offering a simple yet metric-heavy entry point into its ecosystem. At the same price as a Fitbit Charge 5, though, its lack of GPS, as well as sleep tracking inconsistencies and...

Lightweight, comfortable fit ; Streamlined, swappable design ; Comprehensive tracking features ; Seven-day battery life

Underwhelming display ; Slightly fiddly interface ; No built-in GPS tracking

Its lightweight design might be forgettable, but if you can deal with the dinky screen and lack of built-in GPS, the streamlined Vivosmart 5 offers a lot of tracking smarts for a relatively affordable price

Light weight and very comfortable for 24/7 wear ; Advanced sleep tracking and blood oxygen sensor ; Stress tracking and Body Battery support ; Powerful Garmin ecosystem and capability

No integrated GPS ; Monochrome display