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Review on Garmin 010-01769-09 Vívoactive 3 by Somchai Promsombat ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The goods are normal, money is not wasted!

I was looking for a smart watch according to the following parameters: a round screen (not cut off from the bottom), a life time of 4 days or more, waterproof. According to these parameters, this is almost the only watch for a more or less acceptable price (about the price a little lower). The nice thing is that if the notification (Android phone) has buttons with no follow-up actions (for example, "Read" in the mail, "Done" in the task manager, and so on, but not "Reply" in WhatsApp, where a pop-up window will appear), then they are also in the notification on the device. Thus, for example, you can mark a task as completed immediately from the clock. You can answer SMS with pre-prepared answers, just like resetting a call by answering SMS. You can control the music on your phone - pause, switch tracks, volume. The overall impression is positive: the functionality of the device is wide, it looks and feels great, if it weren’t for small flaws, I wouldn’t have a soul in them. As for the price, if you are just looking for a smart watch, the price will be quite high, especially considering the disadvantages. If the question is about watches for professional training, then everything falls into place: Garmin’s tracking algorithms for certain sports are at their best and it is on them that the creators focus, this can be seen both in the quality of the algorithms and in the endless number of features around. sports: from creating competitions to a calendar with your achievements. Again, this can be seen from the store with dials: full of nondescript, but with a bunch of additional information, really stylish and beautiful - nothing at all. So the choice is yours.

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Pros
  • - Cool work of fitness features. This includes everything from workout tracking to step tracking and heart rate monitoring, everything works great. Graphs can be plotted for each parameter - Waterproof: I do it in the pool, no problem - Battery: quietly hold 4-6 days - Screen: perfectly visible in daylight without backlighting, if there is not enough lighting, the backlighting is also very bright - set to 10%, enough "for the eyes". When set to full, you can use it as a weak flashlight (this functionality is even available in the watch) - Notifications and calls: everything is fine, I have never noticed that some message was "undelivered" to the device. Moreover, I was pleased with the additional functionality (see comment) - Appearance and the possibility of independent replacement of straps. The size of a regular watch, absolutely no weight is felt. I bought the "black and white" version, they look great. I bought a replacement strap on Ali for 300r - they began to look like an ordinary classic watch. The strap is the usual 20mm, the watch immediately has a quick release, that is, when buying with this, you can change the strap yourself at home in 30 seconds. So I do when I go to the pool - I change to silicone. - Integration with the calendar. You can set it up, and events from the calendar will be stored in the watch itself, so the current schedule will be at hand, even if the connection to the device is suddenly lost. - A separate point about training: training can be done by leaving the phone at home, they will then be pulled up automatically. There are a huge number of types of classes, plus you can add some specific ones. You can independently compose a workout with time intervals (alas, only with a PC) - for example, 5 minutes of running, 30 seconds of rest, etc. Tracked cool - that running (both a pedometer and GPS helps), that swimming (determines the number of strokes, their frequency, by pushes from the side determines the pools, with the entered size of the pool writes the swim distance)
Cons
  • - The general impression of the interface of the application on the phone: the first time it is quite difficult to understand what is where. At first, in search of any function, I decently climbed through the settings and tabs. I’ll also include the app store and widgets here: it looks artisanal and not very pleasant, a kind of hello from the beginning of the decade. - Connection problem: periodically it cannot connect back when out of sync, you have to restart the bluetooth on the phone, then it picks up right away. The phone is usually always near the clock, so I can’t estimate the frequency of the problem, it happened several times during use. In general, the radius is quite large: it catches at the other end of the apartment through a couple of walls - Logs with messages. A couple of times the following error occurred: if you delete a notification on the phone, and then try to open it on the watch, the device will give an error, while the notification will remain in the list. Since the last ate, this error has not occurred yet. - The screen itself under the glass is shifted to the left by a fraction of a millimeter. Absolutely imperceptible, discovered only a couple of months later, looking at the pixels out of boredom

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November 16, 2022
I was expecting something like this, but very disappointed.
November 16, 2022
Different pros: Appearance. Thin and light watch. With its cons. Low resolution display.
November 16, 2022
Great watch for running. Upon purchase, you must immediately ate your watch using Garmin Express, perform a factory reset, and connect your watch to your mobile phone and the Garmin Connect app. Those. Garmin support, by the way, promptly responds to all requests. The first time they helped to deal with all the questions that arose.

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