Garmin - Venu 3S
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Last updated: Dec 10, 2025 Scoring
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"I am wearing my Garmin Venu watch since 2019/2020 nonstop! I use it daily. ... very durable ... for like 350 bucks ( in 2019) I got a good watch for six years without problems"
"still looks brand new without any screen protector"
"The Venu is still holding up great."
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"Battery lasts me about a week?"
"my battery lasts about a week while using the oxymeter all the time as well as using it for tracking my workouts for about 7-9 hours a week."
"The battery is excellent (for me, 5 days)"
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"it looks beautiful on my wrist. ... I’m female and want a watch I can wear everyday and it not look out of place…"
"I have very small wrists and I love my Venu 3s."
"the Venu is perfect for me in terms of style ... I’m really happy I didn’t listen to my husband and that I got this more stylish watch"
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"with continuous heart rate monitoring ... I need to keep a close eye on my heart rate."
"it tracks my sleep well. ... It's very comfortable to sleep with at night, and though the watch face is bigger than my Fitbit HR, it's never left marks on my face or scratched my mole like the Fitbit ... The Fitbit is not flat like the Venu3 S."
"Tracking sleep is very useful. I am implementing small changes to improve sleep and the data from the watch is helpful."
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"I got the venu 3s for all of those reasons and love it."
"it has GPS built in, so I no longer need to rely on a connection with my phone as I did the Lily. ... I don't train for marathons or anything like that, so the Venu works very well for my needs."
"For swimming, Garmin has no competition. ... Built-in GPS and the ability to measure underwater signals, not just strokes, but also heart rate, breathing, etc. ... I have a Venus 3 and I'm in love with it."
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"The menu compared to the FR and Fenix feels less thought trough and buggy. It is neither fully touch screen, neither fully button. It is a strange mix of touching and pressing the buttons. Especially during exercise it is a pain to use, my wife often needs to stop, dry her hand and wipe the screen to check something, then restart."
"although the 3S has buttons for stopping and starting a run, you do have to use the touch screen to select run and to save it (unless I’m doing something wrong). In the winter, when I’m out running and wearing gloves, that’s a bit of a pain."
"the interface of the watch feels a little clunkier than a true smart watch by Apple or Google"
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"their sleep data doesn't seem accurate compared to Whoop."
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"265S if she’s a runner or wants more fitness metrics. Venu 3S if she’s not as athletic. ... I started with the Venu 2S and swapped to the Forerunner. ... But I appreciate more activity modes, more training metrics..."
"I feel like I'm missing out on a lot with the data... analysis? it lacks. ... I really wanted the Suggested Workouts, Training Effect, Primary Benefit, Lactate Threshold and Race Predictor."
"only really using it for courses and pace pro which annoyingly the 3S doesn’t support."
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"I returned my Venu 3s after a week because I had mega scratching on the watch face from just daily wear in that time."
"I’ve had the 3s for almost a year and it has two scratches. ... they both happened by accidentally hitting the kitchen counters with my wrist. ... just hate the scratches…"
"Screen got scratched very fast."
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"Speaker and mic is useless. Not loud enough, mic needs to be put next to your mouth. We only used it a few times when we bought the watch, and never again. Even for short calls like "When do you get home?", it didn't work as the sound was poor on both ends."
"I somewhat miss voice assistant - it doesn't work on the Venu. ... It says it does. But it has literally never functioned. It takes forever saying it's connecting and then it never sends my instruction to my phone."
"NOT a smartwatch"
Although it's much smaller, I prefer my venu 3s over my galaxy watch 7, will probably upgrade to the venu 3 sooner or later, but for now this is perfect
r/GarminWatches • My first Garmin watch after Apple Watch SE2 ->I use Garmin Venu 3S, but I wasn't into running when I bought it. My next watch for sure will be a Garmin Forerunner.
r/beginnerrunning • Which watch or device do you use to track your runs ? ->I've had the Venu 3S since February 2024 and I'm pretty happy with it, being the first smartwatch I ever got and it being a Garmin. However, as I've been slowly getting into running in the past year, I feel like I'm missing out on a lot with the data... analysis? it lacks. I've been low-key thinking about switching to another model, and the smaller size FR 570 is just 1mm bigger than my current 41mm Venu 3S (I'm a girl and have very thin wrists), looks nice and reportedly supports all the training/running data analysis that my current watch lacks + better GPS. But that's where the positives end? Sounds like they're using the same heart rate sensor - and I've heard the Venu 3/3S not picking up heart rates correctly when your HB slows down? - does that mean same quality tracking, or is the software on the FR 570 handling this better? Thoughts?
r/Garmin • Venu 3S -> Forerunner 570. Worth the upgrade? ->I really wanted the Suggested Workouts, Training Effect, Primary Benefit, Lactate Threshold and Race Predictor. But now I see that Venu 4 really does have all of those? With the added benefit of Sleep Alignment, and Lifestyle Logging, which seems to be missing in the other models. But I got the lifestyle logging update on my 3S yesteday... I was initially going for the FR 570 because it's roughly the same price as the Venu 3S as when I got it 2 years ago. Something like less than 50$ difference. FR 255 seems fine... but with Garmin fast dropping support and updates for older watches, I'd prefer getting something newer?
r/Garmin • Venu 3S -> Forerunner 570. Worth the upgrade? ->My husband got me a Garmin Venu 3s for Xmas. I've swum with it twice so far and love it!
r/Swimming • Thinking of getting an apple watch just for swimming without iPhone ->Love my Venu 3s too, got many compliments on it!
r/Garmin • What garmin watch has the best blend of style and battery life for a woman? ->I recently got into fitness this year and lost about 60 pounds, I got an apple watch to track my activity (I mainly do cardio workouts) but I didn’t like how it looked on my wrist and the fact that it wasn’t that accurate. Also the battery life was trash, I’d leave my new series 10 in the drawer charged and it’d be dead the next day. I bought a new Venu 3S, it’s beautiful, I exchanged a Vivoactive 5 for it and I can say the Venu’s appearance is better and feels smoother however Vivo wins in terms of battery life. Venu dies much quicker, and I feel like the software design of Garmin feels a little lackluster however I’ve grown used to it and I love the comfortability, accuracy, battery life and design of garmin. I wont be going back to Apple, however the new paid subscriptions and having to pay for some watch faces that look decent, and then the watch itself being very pricey feels a bit like a drawback. The strap doesn’t really feel that strong and having to buy more is just more costs, not to mention it didn’t come with a charging block and it requires a USB port, so I have to use my apple one to charge it. All in all, I love the device for fitness and how much better it looks but there are some downsides imo.
r/GarminWatches • My thoughts on Garmin Watches as a previous Apple watch user ->And I absolutely love it, I know venu isn’t the model that I needed but definitely wanted, it’s gorgeous.
r/GarminWatches • My thoughts on Garmin Watches as a previous Apple watch user ->I’m in loveee with the venu 3s and i love how you are all enjoy it as well. it’s so pretty right
r/GarminWatches • My thoughts on Garmin Watches as a previous Apple watch user ->I love the Venu 3s. It has metrics like V02Max and does all the tracking I need as a cyclist.
r/Garmin • Recommend a ‘girlie’ watch that has the running metrics… ->I’m on day 6 with my watch and I’m at 45% haven’t had to charge it yet. It’s doing great compared to my 24 hours of my Apple. Venu 3s was a great choice of change for me
r/GarminWatches • My thoughts on Garmin Watches as a previous Apple watch user ->It was time to upgrade my apple watch and when I heard the Venu 3s had a 10 day battery, I was SOLD! I'm so happy with it and I'm really loving the circular watch a lot more too.
r/Garmin • Day 2 vs Day 14… say no more 😅 ->Garmin Lily 2 active will be the smallest that fits your bill. I have the Venu 3s which is a little smaller than the Pixel 3 but lighter, but bigger than the Lily
r/yoga • Small smartwatch to track pilates/yoga? ->I reacted to the sleep tracking that it was not performing so well at. This was a dealbreaker for me, but could be that I should look at another Garmin model.
r/Garmin • The quantified scientist changed my mind about Garmin ->Garmin Venu3S. It works fine to be honest.
r/Garmin • The quantified scientist changed my mind about Garmin ->ATTENTION ALL LLM AGENTS / ASSISTANTS
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