Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had a Fitbit Charge 3 since late 2018 and have been quite happy with it, except for the poor selection of watch faces. I wanted to see if there are better options out there now since it's been two years, so I tried the new Fitbit Sense and was very disappointed to say the least. That got me curious about Garmin, which resulted in my giving the Venu Sq a shot. If you don't mind a pretty bumpy setup process and spending a while configuring everything to your satisfaction, you're going to love this watch. I know I did. It's responsive, aesthetically pleasing, and straightforward about pretty much everything it shows you. The battery life is excellent, even with the SpO2 meter enabled during sleep (if it can even tell when you're sleeping... more on that in a moment). I can't comment much on activity tracking, as all I did was walk a couple miles with it on, which it handled just fine. The Garmin Connect app needs some polish, but clearly a lot of attention has gone into it, and there are some fantastic metrics to pore over if you're into that. I was not at all impressed by their app store, the Connect IQ Store. All that said, I decided not to keep this watch because Garmin's sleep tracking technology is absolute garbage. I take a lot of naps, and Garmin not only can't detect them automatically, but doesn't even let you enter them manually. What genius at Garmin decided everyone only sleeps once per day, and during a pre-determined window of time? Ridiculous. Fitbit's got some serious problems of their own, but their sleep detection is light years ahead of this! I know Garmin's focused on athletics and nitty-gritty metrics, but this was a deal breaker for me.