Garmin
Vivoactive 5
Based on 95 Reddit mentions
$189.99
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COROS Pace 4, Garmin Forerunner, or Garmin Vivoactive 5?
Kung ang focus mo is running, go for COROS Pace 4. It's more comparable to FR 265 than the 165 in terms of features. The Vivoactive line is more of a lifestyle watch than a sports watch.
rho57 in r/PHRunners
April 4, 2026 4:00 AM
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Garmin watch
yes, please switch to the vivoactive 5 or 6 or Venu 3 or 4.. it's a LOT better with pacing.. a friend with ME made a wonderful guide for Garmin, and it works best for vivoactive 5+ or Venu 3+ https://levenmetmecvsenpots.wixsite.com/blog/smartwatchpacing
gompstar in r/cfs
April 7, 2026 1:36 PM
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Why do Garmin users constantly look down on Amazfit's health tracking accuracy?
Maybe it is because they look for anything that uplifts the sense behind them buying this super expensive Garmin Hardware. Like "Hey I paid three to five times the money you did, my gadget must be sicnificantly better!". Anyways, my boyfriend wears a Garmin Watch, Vivoactive 5. We talk about our dat
...Decent-Can-604 in r/amazfit
March 19, 2026 7:34 AM
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Saved 500€ with the GT 6 Pro… but now I understand where it went
If you care about exercise and do sports, Garmin is the way to go. You can get Venu 3 or Vivoactive 5/6 or Forerunner 255/965 for not too much money. Or maybe the Instinct 3. For Huawei, it looks nice, and it's enough, but for nothing serious. I was a user of Huawei Watch GT3 and I was happy, until
...Clean-Parsnip9816 in r/HuaweiWatchGT
March 17, 2026 11:50 AM
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What are your experiences with wearable health trackers?
I use both visible and Garmin vivoactive 5 on the daily. I like visible because of the pace points system. It gives me a snapshot of how much I've done in a day, rather than just a HR graph. I also like that it's waterproof and I can shower with it. The symptom tracker is nice as well. The Garmin ha
...plantyplant559 in r/POTS
April 22, 2026 5:19 PM
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COROS Pace 4, Garmin Forerunner, or Garmin Vivoactive 5?
I have garmin vivoactive 5 i like the UI and pwede for other sports, may sleep data, hrv, etc. however my only con is wala silang race prediction feature ng garmin. I heard coros is good for runners tho
iHersheyy in r/PHRunners
April 4, 2026 3:53 AM
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Wearable devices for pacing
Garmin vivoactive 5, + a free pacing watchface from the garmin connect IQ store (called Pacing (watchface) by jenshansen. There's also another by Fitigued). A lot of people in US/UK use Visible though that requires a subscription. P.S. heart rate pacing was impossible for me until I got POTS relativ
...Constant_5298 in r/cfs
April 5, 2026 11:19 PM
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My fastest 100k yet. By almost 20 mins. Was hoping to be a bit faster, but the sun had other plans during the return leg.
I sweat a lot. Much more than average men my age. So a lot of water during long rides. Whenever I plan on doing a long 75k+ ride, I carry 2 bottles with me so I don't have to look for places to refill too often. One 1L bottle on the bike (that you can see in the image) and one 750 ml one in my backp
...C0smicPunchingBag in r/india_cycling
May 17, 2026 10:43 AM
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Which watch would you recommend?
I have a Garmin Vivoactive 5 (still offered for sale but it's now a slightly older model). It is not cheap, but it is one of the cheaper Garmin options ($250 USD) and you can do pretty much everything you need for beginner/casual running. For C25k, I use it to program my run/walk intervals and colle
...saturdayselkie in r/C25K
May 7, 2026 2:16 AM
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Thoughts on Garmin Vivoactive 5
I use a vivoactive 5, im a female it is quite big on me but regarding sa training useful naman features and all downside lang wala si race / finish time prediction in this model which i wish i knew before i got it otherwise naman everything else is ok if di siya big deal
iHersheyy in r/PHRunners
April 29, 2026 2:49 PM
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