Vivoactive 5

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Vivoactive 5

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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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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

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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

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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

3

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

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Constant_5298 in r/cfs

April 5, 2026 11:19 PM

3

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

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C0smicPunchingBag in r/india_cycling

May 17, 2026 10:43 AM

2

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

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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

2

Does silver suit me?

Thank you! It’s the Garmin vivoactive 5. I love it because it’s the only good activity watch that is cute enough for daily wear lol.

mustard_sux in r/Moissanite

April 9, 2026 7:22 PM

2

Coros or Garmin? I am into running, but not pro.

Coros rlly good sa running i like the app or program itsura i wish i got it but i got garmin di ko naman regret. Siguro if u have other sports or activities mas nakaka help si garmin din which i like. Garmin has rlly good features din kaya im happy with it naman. Just research sa features for both b

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iHersheyy in r/PHRunners

April 2, 2026 9:53 AM

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