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Garmin Vívosmart 3

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User ratings:
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3.7 / 5
Editorial reviews:
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Pros

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  • Comfort score View more details
  • Vivosmart 3 scored very well in this metric

Cons

  • No cherry-picked units sent by manufacturers
  • its lack of visibility and finicky touchscreen interface
  • model has a lackluster battery life

Key specs

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  • Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Windows Phone
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Garmin Vívosmart 3 - Pros & Cons

Garmin Vívosmart 3

Pros

  • All nice and simple then
  • Comfort score View more details
  • Vivosmart 3 scored very well in this metric
  • The online community is quite good
  • fitness tracker is quite comfortable
  • The rugged screen also performs well on this front
  • lightweight
  • thin and conformed nicely to my rather tiny wrists
  • Basic step counting is solid
  • The stress counter was another solid added feature
  • the counter worked great

Cons

  • No cherry-picked units sent by manufacturers
  • its lack of visibility and finicky touchscreen interface
  • model has a lackluster battery life
  • method in the Garmin app to track your caloric intake
  • Does not contribute to the overall score
  • band lacked a little stiffness
  • Models without screens convey all information on the accompanying app
  • price drops on this product
  • screen doesn t respond as well when it s wet
  • the screen would be daytime brightness and activation sensitivity
  • it can sometimes take a while to get up to full power

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Garmin Vívosmart 3 - Full Specifications

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General
Braceletyes
Bracelet Thickness0.39 in
Bracelet Width0.73 in
Clipsno
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Dimensions
Weight0.72 oz
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Features
Water resistantyes
Fully Waterproofyes
Accelerometeryes
Altimeteryes
Heart rate monitoryes
Caller IDyes
Calorie counteryes
Distance meteryes
Pedometerno
Sleep readingyes
Stopwatchyes
Touchscreenno
Vibration alarmyes
Watchyes
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Compatibility
Compatible devices
  • Android
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • iPod
  • Windows Phone
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Displayyes
Screen resolution64 x 128
Display typeOLED
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Design
Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Purple
  • Violet
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Connectivity
Bluetoothyes
Bluetooth version4.0
GPSno
NFCno
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Power
Battery life5.0 day
Battery type
Lithium-Ion
Charging via USByes

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Garmin Vívosmart 3 Garmin - Editorial Reviews (8)

3.9
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Garmin Vívosmart 3 Garmin Vivosmart 3 Review
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Published: 13.06.2017
Garmin Vivosmart 3 Review
3.5

Garmin's Vivosmart 3 fitness tracker delivers plenty of accurate, useful health metrics in a ho-hum design.

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Wareable
Published: 29.04.2017
Garmin Vivosmart 3 review
4.0

Garmin is turning its attentions back to the fitness tracker with the Garmin Vivosmart 3, with wellness at its heart. It's slightly less focussed on sport t...

Garmin Vívosmart 3 Garmin Vivosmart 3 Review
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TechGearLab
Published: 23.08.2017
Garmin Vivosmart 3 Review
3.9

The Garmin Vivosmart 3 is Discontinued as of Mid 2019 This middle-of-the-road fitness tracker didn't top our list of favorites by any means, but it's not...

Garmin Vívosmart 3 Garmin Vivosmart 3 Activity Tracker In-Depth Review
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DC Rainmaker
Published: 12.04.2017
Garmin Vivosmart 3 Activity Tracker In-Depth Review

Today Garmin introduced an updated version of its Vivosmart lineup, the Vivosmart 3.  This essentially takes the Vivosmart HR that we saw last year (aka Vivosmart Gen2) and shrinks it down.  Then they layered in a bunch of new heart

Garmin Vívosmart 3 A slim, comfortable activity tracker packed with features
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CNET
Published: 06.08.2017
A slim, comfortable activity tracker packed with features

Garmin's next-generation Vívosmart activity tracker has a built-in heart-rate monitor and new fitness monitoring tools, including VO2 max and all-day stress tracking.

Garmin Vívosmart 3 Garmin Vivosmart 3 review | Stuff
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Garmin Vivosmart 3 review | Stuff

If you don't need GPS, this is one of the best all-round fitness bands out there

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Android Authority
Published: 02.05.2017
Garmin vívosmart 3 review

The Garmin vívosmart 3 has some truly unique features and is a great fitness tracker, though it lacks some key features. Is it for you? Find out in the full review!

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TechRadar
Published: 20.02.2018
Garmin Vivosmart 3 review
4.0

Smarter, fitter, younger

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