Garmin Vivoactive 5 is a watch line designed for professional sports practitioners. The price is not cheap, but with what is equipped, is this a good choice for users? Join us in evaluating the Garmin Vivoactive watch in the article below
1. Evaluation of Garmin Vivoactive 5 smart watch design
First we need to talk about the name, most places that sell it name this line Vivoactive 5however on Garmin’s official website the company names the product as Garmin Vivoactive 5 watch That’s why we will use this name throughout the article.
Garmin Vivoactive 5 is a watch line designed for people who love sports and systematic training, so the product is designed with a streamlined appearance. The product weighs only 25 grams (36 grams including strap) and is only 11.1mm thick, so it feels very comfortable when worn, hugging the wrist without any strain due to the product’s optimal curves.
Garmin Vivoactive 5 smartwatch with streamlined design (Photo: Techradar).
Vivoactive 5’s strap uses high-quality silicon material, has a slight stretch feature and a traditional metal clasp. This helps users easily adjust the width of the wire and ensures stability in all activities. In addition, 5ATM water resistance ensures that the wearer can wash hands, take a shower or swim in the pool comfortably without having to take off the watch.
The watch face design is slightly protruding from the flat surface, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage. This design makes touch operations easier, but is more susceptible to scratches. In return, the use of Gorilla Glass 3 protects the watch face quite well against common impacts.
When worn, it fits tightly and is extremely gentle (Photo: Techradar).
The Garmin Vivoactive 5 watch also has 2 side buttons with 2 different colors to create design highlights. However, for those new to using Garmin watches, it will take about 1-2 days to learn how to use this key because the function of the key is slightly different in different features.
Currently, Garmin Vivoactive 5 is officially distributed in Vietnam with many different colors, however there is only one screen size of 42mm, so if people have very large wrists, it may be a bit “unbalanced”. worthy”.
2. Evaluate the display and user interface
The Garmin Vivoactive 5 smartwatch uses a 1.2-inch AMOLED panel, which is clearly better than the traditional MIP type on other Garmin watches, or its predecessor, Vivoactive 4. With color display Brilliant high screen brightness ensures clear visibility in all conditions.
Along with that, this Garmin smart watch is also integrated with the Always On Display feature, changing different watch face styles, automatically adjusting screen brightness depending on the environment, very convenient.
The Vietnamese display interface is very easy to see (Photo: Thegioididong).
The user interface with Vietnamese display has a very reasonable font and users can completely adjust the font size for their needs. Garmin Vivoactive 5 has a modular interface design so users can completely customize and prioritize the applications they often use.
The Vivoactive 5 watch supports connection to both iPhone or Android phones conveniently. When connected to a smartphone, the watch can display message and call notifications, including application notifications, with full text messages or emoticons, so you don’t need to. Must open on phone to view.
Unfortunately, Garmin Vivoactive 5 does not support answering calls from the watch like many other smart watches in the price segment or cheaper smart watches. In return, the product still fully integrates music control functions, phone search, voice instructions, etc. And with 4G internal memory, users can completely store their favorite music. to listen to music anywhere, anytime (connected to a bluetooth headset) without connecting to a smartphone.
3. Evaluate the health monitoring features of the Garmin Vivoactive 5 smartwatch
The Garmin Vivoactive 5 watch is equipped with the 4th generation Garmin Elevate heart rate monitoring sensor, equivalent to the Forerunner 965 series, providing highly accurate heart rate monitoring compared to specialized medical devices. use. Along with that, the product also has a Pulse OX sensor to measure SPO2 blood oxygen saturation levels.
High-end health monitoring sensor (Photo: Techradar).
Highlights of Garmin Vivoactive 5 compared to other cheap smart watches as well as other brand smart watches in the same segment are:
– HRV feature allows recording heart rate variations during sleep
– Monitor body energy levels Body Battery – treat your body as a device and measure how much energy your body currently has left to know when it’s time to take short breaks, eat and drink to recharge .
– Physical age: Evaluation based on general health data to assess how old your body is
– Record and measure detailed energy intake, water intake and provide detailed analysis
– VO2 Max measurement – a very necessary feature for professional and methodical sports practitioners
In addition, the Garmin Vivoactive 5 watch also still has full functions of monitoring sleep stages, monitoring stress levels, meditation exercises, monitoring women’s cycles… and health reporting features. It will immediately provide an overview report for the wearer to understand his or her body condition.
Features measure oxygen saturation levels in the blood (Photo: Techradar).
4. Evaluate workout tracking features
Garmin Vivoactive 5 comes with a pre-installed tracking mode for 30 different sports and exercises. At the same time, GPS is available for tracking outdoor sports. For each sport, Vivoactive 5 has detailed analysis features of training effectiveness to evaluate each stage as well as overview the entire training process.
Many in-depth workout tracking features (Photo: Techradar).
In addition, Vivoactive 5 also supports Garmin Coach and integrates thousands of development exercises developed by Garmin to help users optimize their health as well as improve their sports performance. me. In addition, users can conveniently download more at Garmin Connect.
5. Battery capacity and price of Garmin Vivoactive 5 smart watch
Battery is always the strong point of Garmin watches, and the Vivoactive 5 is no exception. The device has a usage life of up to 11 days in Always On Display mode and can last even longer with battery saving mode. Obviously, at this time, Apple Watch and Galaxy Watch lines in the same price range still cannot be had.
Currently, the price of the Garmin Vivoactive 5 smartwatch is at 7,870,000 VND – the selling price is not cheap. And with what is equipped, the product is not for general users but is only suitable for serious, methodical or professional sports practitioners who need an accurate measuring device with professional analysis. deep.
Meanwhile, for ordinary users who only use it as a fashion watch, and receive notifications from smartphones, customers can choose cheaper products to save costs.
