Garmin Venu 3S Review: Best Watch for Lifestyle & Fitness?

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

I’m learning so much from you guys! I’ve gotten some pretty awesome tips from viewers, so make sure to read down the comments to learn about some things I missed in the video! I’m pretty new to tech reviews and am always looking to improve my content, I realized I missed a few things here. Thanks for helping me learn as I work on making even better content!🫶🏼

[@Lizabtha1]

Very helpful! My Venu 3s arrives tomorrow, and I am so excited!

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Awesome! Welcome to the club!

[@hannahtoriumi-frageman8323]

This is so helpful! Found this while researching a bit before buying on Black Friday. Also love that you’re filming in the nursery 😅

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Glad it helped you! Haha with a 3mo old it’s the only spot in the house that’s semi-clean😅

[@Kunza-s3j]

You can ping your phone! Press and hold top right button and there’s a ‘find my phone’ I have an iPhone and use this feature all the time! Lol

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

You literally saved my life!! Now it’s confirmed, this watch IS the BEST!! My husband says a big thank you!

[@lizab3377]

What a great review and good timing as I am about to purchase a garmin venu 3s after having an iWatch for several years but decided to leave the Apple eco system and already bought a samsung phone...now need a new watch with long battery life and great fitness features so hope this will be the one 😊 thanks again, very useful video

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Welcome to the Garmin club! Glad I could help!

[@ryanlindsaymusic]

Thanks for doing this review! Very helpful.

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

You bet, glad it helped!

[@lisavarekamp8009]

thanks so much for covering all the nice features of this product - i too, am on the fence about whether to purchase an iwatch or garmin. lots to consider

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

No problem! Either way they’re both great!

[@VarshaJaikumar]

Loved the review. Well regarding the last point (under Cons), this watch is supposed to have Find my phone feature which when connected to your phone via bluetooth is supposed to make your phone ring. You probably have figured it out on your own, or if not, maybe give it a try :) Btw, I am patiently waiting for my Venu 3S which probably will arrive tonight.

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

No problem! Yeah, I found the “find my phone” after uploading this, although it is kind of finicky and only works some of the time. Exciting! Hope you enjoy it!

[@ladedalounge]

I use the watch mainly to find my iPhone....it rings my phone so I can find it in my home

[@marianagonzalez8351]

I have the apple watch series 6 and only really use it for exercising (& I’d use it for sleep if it weren’t for battery and I am now convinced the Garmin would be so much better for me. Thank you!

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Happy to help!

[@TomCTown]

Thank you for doing this, a couple things to note for people who are making a potential purchase. You can control music and it has offline Spotify. Secondly it does have an app Store, albeit it's more sports focused than Apple's app Store.

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Awesome! Thanks for pointing those out!

[@amyfreeze9772]

Thank you! I'm trying to find one that will send text. In case of emergency and I can't get to my phone. Now I know this doesn't.

[@eunicetorres4848]

Also I have no issue with voice dictation on my iPhone for text messages while connected with my watch. Maybe try adding voice assistant on their Garmin connect App. After setting it up I had to turn my devices off and turn it back on to be able to use it

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

That did the trick! Inconvenient that you have to jump through an extra hoop to make it work, but glad to be able to voice dictate again! Thanks for the tip!

[@Haifa.e]

I have both AW 10 and Garmin venu 3s and I prefer garmin am looking for health and fitness tracker not into all notifications and such so Garmin it is

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

That’s awesome! Apple was convenient, but kept me constantly checking notifications, I like that I’m not constantly glued to my watch too👌🏼

[@MijkaK]

I'm debating getting this watch, but use my apple watch to control podcasts and music playing from my phone so it's a key feature for me. I did some googling and apparently you CAN control your phone playing from your watch? Using the music widget and changing music provider to phone. Are you able to test that out and see if its true?

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Sure thing & I stand corrected! Press the middle button and find the music icon, once you start music or a pod from your phone you can pause, play, go forward/back 5sec, or skip! The only catch is it must be in Bluetooth range.

[@MijkaK]

@@katiegarrisonfitness omg yay thank you!!! It was such small/big thing in trying to decide which watch to go with! I'm looking between the Instinct 2S and this one

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Happy to help! Ooh hard choice, both are fantastic options!

[@MijkaK]

@@katiegarrisonfitnessI decided to try out the instinct 2S since I climb. Also wanted to see if I would like more old school feeling watch. We’ll see how it goes 😅

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Awesome! My hubs loves his Instinct solar, hope you enjoy yours too!

[@francisverhelst9375]

You can place calls from the watch but you first have to define the contactpersons

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Neat, I’ll have to look into that

[@francisverhelst9375]

@katiegarrisonfitness i checked: you can also dial a number on the Venu 3. So you don't really need even to choose contact persons

[@Nightwolf1972]

Do you need to pay a monthly fee for this?

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Nope! Once you own the watch, the app is all yours!

[@Буркова-л6ч]

Thanks for sharing such valuable information! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Not sure what you mean friend, try asking someone else. Thanks for the engagement!

[@cindyvanlenthe650]

You can also make phone calls with 3s, not just receive them

[@Vespyr_]

That proprietary cable sucks. Close to being a deal breaker but, we shall see. I don't have a pocket husband with his own accessories to complement my gear 😂. (Life goals lol.)

[@katiene4225]

2 to 3 weeks of battery life?? What a bunch of lies. 5 to 6 days is a max for this watch!! And it’s not only mine experience of the watch

[@katiegarrisonfitness]

Thanks for pointing that out! I forgot to add the asterisk there, I misspoke and meant to say 1-3 weeks depending on which mode you have it set to. If the GPS is off & you have battery saver on, it lasts 3 weeks. If it’s in normal mode then it’s around 1. But I have taken it to 3 weeks before. We had a 2 week trip to the UK and I forgot to bring our charger, I took mine to 3 weeks before we finally found another charger. So it can be done!

[@Vespyr_]

That's still soooo much better than most smartwatches. The Galaxy Watch barely lasts a day. Apple watch like 2-3 days max.