I've had this a week now and I really enjoy using it, I got it from cotswold for £168 and got £10.80 cashback. However you can't get that deal now and this is a good price. In a few months it'll probably go a bit cheaper but I'm happy for the price I paid.
For anyone struggling to connect the device... Download the Garmin Connect app first, do not try and pair the watch without the software. Load the app and click you want to add a device, make sure bluetooth is switched on. Then switch the watch on for the first time and run through the wizard it will get to a screen with a spinning circle then it will pair in a few seconds.
Do it in that order and all will be well!

Some points to note, don't expect and OLED screen with huge brightness because you won't get it, this is more like an ebook screen with colour. When you go outside you'll appreciate that screen because you can see it at its best in full sunlight.
I charged the watch at 8pm last thursday and it is now on 16% battery, I cycle 30 mins each way to work and use the GPS for this. I have done a couple of walks and used it for two sessions at the gym for 2 hours each (doesn't use GPS to monitor strength training or cardio. Also played badminton for two hours and set it to cardio, it monitored the heart rate pretty well, the graphs look similar to the chest strap I have (3 year old garmin one) however there is the odd spike when it has a hissy fit but overall it offers a reasonable insight.
As odd as this sounds what I always wanted was something that worked as a watch that was always on, and reasonable battery life. This has ticked most of the boxes so far, for what I need.

Hope this helps if you're thinking of getting the watch!

Best price known to man, heat!

It may be cheap for this model, but you are paying a lot for the build in heart rate monitor. And those wrist types are not (apparently) very accurate anyway.

Thanks for this. I had an order with cotswold Outdoor from last week that got messed up and they are still trying to fix. Cancelled that now and ordered this instead. Still had the tenner off on prime now aswell.

This would be my upgrade from the Vivosmart HR. Garmin are great at updating and these have excellent battery life and proper waterproofing (5ATM which is 50 meters). Heat for this price, but a little bit above my budget still.

Biggest problem is that you can't setup workouts which makes it pretty useless for any kind of interval training.

I was going to buy one of these on my way home from work yesterday but they were out of stock. Just bought this. I did post the deal as well but you got there first :smiley:

I've had this a week now and I really enjoy using it, I got it from cotswold for £168 and got £10.80 cashback. However you can't get that deal now and this is a good price. In a few months it'll probably go a bit cheaper but I'm happy for the price I paid.
For anyone struggling to connect the device... Download the Garmin Connect app first, do not try and pair the watch without the software. Load the app and click you want to add a device, make sure bluetooth is switched on. Then switch the watch on for the first time and run through the wizard it will get to a screen with a spinning circle then it will pair in a few seconds.
Do it in that order and all will be well!

Some points to note, don't expect and OLED screen with huge brightness because you won't get it, this is more like an ebook screen with colour. When you go outside you'll appreciate that screen because you can see it at its best in full sunlight.
I charged the watch at 8pm last thursday and it is now on 16% battery, I cycle 30 mins each way to work and use the GPS for this. I have done a couple of walks and used it for two sessions at the gym for 2 hours each (doesn't use GPS to monitor strength training or cardio. Also played badminton for two hours and set it to cardio, it monitored the heart rate pretty well, the graphs look similar to the chest strap I have (3 year old garmin one) however there is the odd spike when it has a hissy fit but overall it offers a reasonable insight.
As odd as this sounds what I always wanted was something that worked as a watch that was always on, and reasonable battery life. This has ticked most of the boxes so far, for what I need.

Hope this helps if you're thinking of getting the watch!

I got the vivoactive @ £99 too, does everything really well and the best bit is the battery last 2-3 weeks. Would be interested in HR monitoring but am waiting until it gets more accurate.