Review on 🌟 Renewed Garmin Vivomove Style: Hybrid Smartwatch with Real Watch Hands, Gold & Pink Woven Nylon Band by Athit Samatiyadekul ᠌

Name: 🌟 Renewed Garmin Vivomove Style: Hybrid Smartwatch with Real Watch Hands, Gold & Pink Woven Nylon Band
Item: 🌟 Renewed Garmin Vivomove Style: Hybrid Smartwatch with Real Watch Hands, Gold & Pink Woven Nylon Band
Rating: 5

February 14, 2023

I'm amazed! It was definitely worth the money!

1. There are 2 versions of this watch - with a silicone strap (like my wife has) and with a nylon one, the difference in price is about 5 So the difference is not only in the strap, but also in the dial - on the more expensive version, convex numbers 3-6-12 are affixed and the hands are coated to make them more visible. On the silicone version, there are only risks on the dial without numbers. In general, I liked the nylon strap - the hand does not sweat, it is adequately elastic, it does not rub. Plus, the strap fasteners are standard, you can buy another one not from garmin. the price tag of the latter on the straps is not humane.
2. Before you start paying from the watch, you must enter a 4-digit "digital" password on them. It seemed inconvenient, but you need to enter it once a day and then if you do not take off the watch - entering the password is no longer required. He took off his watch - enter it again. Those. if you lose a watch, they won’t pay you, but poking 4 numbers on such a screen is still a pleasure.

In general, the watch was bought so as not to keep the phone at hand all the time, but not to miss calls / messages, but not to have a bracelet and always-on. With this, everything is OK at 146%. The only competitor so far is the Fossil Hybrid HR.

Pros

1. Appearance. Compared to conventional non-hybrid OLED watches (I put various competitors on my arm before buying) - they look like a stylish classic watch and not a tribute to gadgets. There is also a certain wow effect for unprepared observers - "progressive" people perceive you as a retrograde with an ordinary watch. When a message arrives and you read / answer from the clock, they ask questions about what kind of animal it is on your hand. 2. The decisive factor for me is weight. Very light, slightly heavier than a bracelet. At the same time, the functionality and appearance are not at all a bracelet. 3. Time is always visible, but the arrows! The peculiarity of Hong Kong is to work on a scooter - earlier to see if I'm late - you have to stop and poke into the bracelet / get the phone. Here it is simply enough to glance at the hand without twisting the wrist, etc. 3. Battery (here +/-) - with my active use, the promised week, of course, does not live, but given that I do not take them off at night, they keep them for four days. You also need to keep in mind that after the battery is discharged to the level of switching off smart functions (in ~ 4 days) - for about a week they will work just like clockwork. On a trip somewhere, if you forgot your charger, it saves. That's the fact that charging has a proprietary connector - no longer a plus. 4. Liked the app and the badge system. Stimulates to move. There is a feeling that it adapts well to your rhythm of life - it corrects the rate of steps per day, etc. and this is quite in line with expectations. 5. The function of a quick response to messages directly from the watch (there are prepared options like OK / No / Thank you / On the road). Works even in slack. 6. Personally, my music control from the clock works flawlessly. As a player I use google play music. You really can’t steer the volume (I envy this function on Apple Watches), only forward / backward / pause / see what is playing. 7. Garmin Pay - works in the 2022, the card was tied in 2 minutes, all major banks are represented. If your card is not issued by a mainstream bank, it is better to check on the official site whether it is supported.

Cons

1. Rather, a nitpick - in the dark, the hands are not visible, they could have been coated with phosphorus, like on many ordinary watches. On these - there is a coating on the arrows, but without a phosphor effect. It is solved simply - on the main screen (which is displayed by double-tap) you can display incl. and time - at night I poked at the clock and everything is visible. In general, by the way, a lot of things can be displayed on it even taking into account the small screen size and it looks good, i. E. for the appearance of the "dials" - a separate thank you to Garmin. Well, on all the photos of these watches, the color of the dials is blue + white - this can be customized by choosing your color, etc. 2. An unpleasant feature of the phone software (Garmin Connect) is that it is more of a web browser and not a self-contained application. With any manipulation of the clock, it climbs into the Internet. As a result - with a bad network it can be stupid, and if you are on a trip where you do not have wifi / 3g - you will not even be able to change the alarm time. (You can turn on / off the alarm clock from the clock itself, you can prepare several of them in advance. But it will not work to change the time of one of the pre-set alarm clocks). It’s also strange that you can’t start a workout from the application, only from the watch. 3. Not quite a bug-free clock software, although it itself is periodically ated. Once I caught a glitch - I can’t start the workout on the watch, they just silently overloaded. It helped through the application to turn off unnecessary types of workouts a la cardio and then add them back, it no longer appeared. Given that you can’t start training from the application, the bug was unpleasant. 4. There are no controls other than the touchscreen. The button on the side, like that of the same Fossil Hybrid HR, would be appropriate in winter with gloves. On the other hand, the appearance is concise, without protruding parts.