“Battery time is enough for me to change from Samsung/ Apple.”

69% of 256 verified owners recommend the Garmin Venu 3, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
Affiliate blogs here say 67% recommend, while the owner-based score is 69%. They earn a commission on every sale — so we show them for transparency but never let them move the score.
The headline score reflects owners (Reddit, enthusiast forums), independent lab tests, blogs with no affiliate links, and YouTube owner-comments when they line up with owners. YouTube and Affiliate blogs are shown for perspective but kept out here — hover the i for why.
Synthesized from what Garmin Venu 3 owners say — not a spec sheet.
Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.
“Battery time is enough for me to change from Samsung/ Apple.”
“Garmin's pricing is insane to me. $450 for plastic watch.”
“I like the Venu 3, because it is not that bulky looks „normal“ for everyday use. It also does everything I need as a casual athlete (cycling, running).”
“"The display is very responsive" *proceeds to show a laggy UI with delays*”
“Great watch even if I'm 80 years old. I still love my gadgets, like my Venu 3. Very comfortable and easy to use.”
“Venue 3 and vivoactive 5 does not show active calories during a workout on any data screen. Tried the connectiq data screens as well. The forerunner 265 and 965 has this option.”
“All I miss is Google Pay and that would be it for me.”
“I had my Venu 3 for about 4 days now, it´s amazing in every way, everything you want from a smartwatch and a training watch, its down to 74% battery after 4 days of use, very good”
“You can't buy a normal garmin watch under $500. Insane!”
“I've this watch for over 5 months and coming from the VivoActive 4, it's a HUGE upgrade, battery life is freaking insane, super accurate, great display and not laggy like many other watches considering battery life.”
“I’ve had the Garmin Venu 3 for about six months. It tracks a lot of cool things, none of which appear to relate to any of my symptoms or help predict a crash. Useful as a HR monitor for pacing though.”
“the only concern about this device is the launch price: 500 euros is a bit too much considering other brands...”
“I retired my GTR 4 for a Garmin Venu 3 as I have a desire to use the tools they offer to analyze my data”
“Absolutely I will use this watch. It will actually be my next activity watch”
“500$ for plastic watch with great features what you cant find in other brands is still to much . 325 is the max”
“It honestly is the best lifestyle tracking+fitness watch that I've had and it's also the best looking one.”
“I love my Venu 3”
“These are a year old and the forums say they have had problems from day 1.”
“My Venu 3 is actually quitea accurate at sleep monitoring, but then again my sleep schedule is fixed daily 23:00-07:00. Regular but off course it’s impossible to make it spot-on.”
“I can’t believe that the UI looks 10x better than in top models that are 2x more expensive!! And it also have more features!”
“imho the software and the build quality are not worth the initial release price of 500€. Loved the fitness tracking and so but the software and build quality were a no go for me.”
“Although I am sure all the stats are on the Garmin app, the UI is horrible. It just doesn't surface and display the data in a quick informative way like the Whoop app.”
“I love my Venu3, just an average cyclist using the venu3 to supplement my bike computer. I like the health features to see what's going on with HRV, etc.”
“I've owned a Garmin Venu and just got a Garmin Venu 3. Bother purchases have been rooted almost entirely in regards to fitness, but I do prefer to receive notifications through my watch”
Practical notes owners raise — setup, quirks, and issues to watch for. They don't say whether the person likes the product, so they're not counted in the score, but they inform the pros, cons, and who it's for.
“Heart rate and oxygen sensors are as accurate as my Garmin.”
“The Fitbit and Venu would register between 500-1000 steps before I even got out of bed and a lot even washing dishes while the Amazfit shows about 70 steps before getting out of bed.”
“I have a Garmin venu 3 and since the day I got the watch I’ve used a screen protector. I wouldn’t advise using a smartwatch without, because you can scratch it so easily.”
“I use my Garmin Venu 3 turned off every notification except calls.”
“GPS lock slower, well same as Garmin venu 3.”
“It works with my Spotify, I'm able to download albums/playlists and such to my watch and connect my earpiece so I don't need to walk with my phone on my walks/runs.”
“My Venu 3 voice assist just shows "Connecting to voice assistant" when I trigger it but voice commands work after waiting for 1-2 seconds.”
“it doesn't seem very accurate to me. When compared to a finger pulse oximeter, V3 was more inconsistent and gave me lower values.”
“I also found it confusing to use three (or at least two) apps”