Review on Garmin 010-02174-01 Vivoactive 4: GPS Smartwatch with Music, Body Energy Monitoring, and More by Siu Young ᠌

Name: Garmin 010-02174-01 Vivoactive 4: GPS Smartwatch with Music, Body Energy Monitoring, and More
Item: Garmin 010-02174-01 Vivoactive 4: GPS Smartwatch with Music, Body Energy Monitoring, and More
Rating: 3

October 08, 2022

Not everything is so bad, the average purchase in quality.

In general, of course, an alternative to them is older models, such as Garmin Enduro. Buying watches of other brands that last less than a day is very doubtful)) The transflective screen is VERY convenient. Before that, there were Samsung with an "always black screen", but I don't want them anymore))

For the button interface on a watch with a touchscreen (without swipes and all that) and most importantly - for a terribly implemented lock, I put a three.

PS On Ali there are 3D protective films and if you need to be somewhere with the risk of damaging them - there are covers covering the entire case.

Pros

+ transflective, always-on screen + pulse oximeter. Allows you to identify problems in a dream. + autonomy. 3 days with a night pulse oximeter, a week without it + panic button. Can save a life if something happens and the phone can't be reached, but it's within bluetooth range. Or if there is no way to call (fell, injured, and the phone screen is broken). + you can load a GPX route and move along it without a connection (dwMap), or you can load maps (LoMaps) + certainly sports functions, for this a separate article is needed)) +GarminPay

Cons

- the watch interface with a touchscreen is sharpened for buttons. - The blocking mode is not thought out. Imagine: to answer a call, you have to unlock the watch with a LONG press of the button! Why can't the call be answered without unlocking? Why can't you unlock the touchscreen with a short press? It's two lines in the code to fix!