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User experience is complicated and unintuitive. The YouTube tutorial was incomprehensible - am returning the product and going back to my previous device.

Display problem on vivosmart 5, 2.5 years old, support offered refurbished replacement for £88!!

Wish I had read reviews about Garmin before I bought Forerunner 55 watch. It does seem more complicated to use than it needs to be. I've spent ages trying to synch it to my phone as I inadvertently let the battery run down and after charging it came up with wrong time. Absolutely nothing will make it synch - have tried all the sugggestions on trouble shooting and now giving up. Won't be buying another

When I attempted to update my Satnav maps I realised that I had been sold the wrong cable five years ago. Thomas at Garmin was very helpful and arranged for me to receive the correct cable free of charge.

I received a £130 smart scale as a gift. I tried to set it up and it wouldn't recognise me as a user. After much contact we support they said they would do an exchange. I happened to note the exchange was for a refurbished model. I went back to them and said that wasn't acceptable. They then said they would exchange for new as a gesture of goodwill given the product was so new. So basically they sold us a faulty product and wanted to palm us off with a £78 replacement. This amounts to theft IMO.

I bought this December your Garmin Vivosmart 5 for my son for his Christmas present. He has been using it since and been very happy with it with its function on his sport activities.
Unfortunately doing surf, that he does 4/5 times a week, looking at the smartwatch he realised it was not there anymore, it just popped out from the wristband. The wristband still there but no watch!,How is it possible? I find it quite unreasonable that a sport watch is not secured to the wristband.

My experience with Garmin has been nothing but frustration. Their products are overly complicated, unreliable, and fail at basic functionality. Connecting a simple device should not require endless troubleshooting, yet it repeatedly does.

For a company that positions itself as premium, the quality and usability are shockingly poor. If a product cannot perform its most basic functions properly, it simply isn’t fit for purpose. I would not recommend Garmin based on my experience.

Sadly a poor experience. They flagged(?) my login details as suspect? So I couldn't buy from them anymore it seems. Im putting question marks in as even with a different card/wife logged in it glitches. Im guessing its a commonality like the delivery address.

Ive had a Instinct 1 & 2 Tactical along with a Oled smartwatch. No issues.

Their response sadly is 'ok go elsewhere'.

Bought a Garmin Vevo active 6. They use UPS to deliver 14 days later UPS still have the Garmin! They say they have tried to deliver it every day but there is no sign of them on my motion activated CCTV. Garmin say it’s a UPS problem!

Waste of time limited 1 year warranty on £700 pound watch that developed a hardware issue and end result is to palm me off with a refurb and subsequent reviews of those don’t look good
The main cons of refurbished products include potential cosmetic flaws, shorter lifespans, missing original accessories, limited availability of specific models, and potentially shorter warranties,

Useless customer service. Watch still hadn’t been dispatched after 3 days, contacted customer service chat who said it’s not in stock and it might be next week. No email to notify me. I asked what happens if it doesn’t come in next week, they said I need to contact them again asking about delivery. Guy I spoke to was unhelpful and just said I can cancel the order?

Purchased a Garmin Bounce 2. Watch does not make or receive calls. Garmin are aware of this and continue to sell working on a solution in the meantime, however will not refund as bought over 30 days ago for a Christmas present. Solution from Garmin is no refund, they will refund the monthly subscription but I am stuck with a £269 smart (dumb) watch.

Bought a Fenix 7 watch, was told it would be 3 days for delivery. Bought on the 21/12 so it would be in time for Xmas. Today (2/1) watch still not dispatched.
I chased customer sevrice which was shut all over Xmas and finally a chat was available today. Told the order was not dispatched as the security on the card had blocked payment. Nowhere was this stated at point of sale, and if I logged in the order was confirmed but not dispatched. Alll looked good and nowghere did it state there was a failed payment. Now it is too late and the present is spoiled.

Terrible systems and shocking availability of customer service.

In my opinion Garmin is total junk.I have owned three Forerunner watches, all of them are completely inaccurate. Mileage is inaccurate, sleep is inaccurate, you name it…it’s inaccurate. I also owned a motorcycle GPS from Garmin….it took me 100 miles in the wrong direction at night on a mountain road. It tells me to go through THREE neighborhoods to to get to a main highway..although I live two blocks from the highway in a straight line, Would NEVER recommend their products to anyone.

bought a garmin and after 2 weeks of use despite normal, careful use, the watch has already developed a noticeable scratch on the screen.
I emailed garmin about and they came back to me with the stupided option to send me a refurbished replacements for 135aud. This is so ridiculos, they mention warranty but it does not cover anything.
I expected a higher level of durability from a Garmin product, particularly given its price

I bought vivoactive-5 model has rounded glass edges, so the glass cracks at the slightest impact. I bought the watch three months ago and the glass cracked immediately after a minor impact. As it was not a manufacturing defect, it was not covered by the warranty. Definitely do not buy it for everyday use; if you accidentally knock your watch even slightly, the glass could crack.

Appalling customer service. Never received watch. Ordered on Black Friday received tracking info from UPS. Then it all went wrong. UPS made up excuses on a daily basis as to why they hadn’t delivered. All lies. Contacted Garmin? They were utterly ineffectual and Then Garmin customer service refused to intervene or help. They seemed to have r forgotten that the sales contract was with them as I had made the purchase from them. They were completely unbothered. In the end I had to reclaim a refund through the PayPal resolution centre which of course found in my favour. Will never buy another product from Garmin. Utterly awful.

Love the hybrid design but there is absolutely no longevity with this watch. Mine failed outside of the warranty period (warranty 12 months, started having issues at approximately 18 months) with hands consistently not keeping time accurately. I would expect longer use from a $300 watch. Garmin have offered an exchange where I can purchase a new watch for ~$170 given its outside of the warranty period. I decided to give this a go, given I love the aesthetic of the traditional looking watch hands combined with basic sports tracking. I've organised this via express post as I want the watch before travelling. 4 business days later and it still hasn't even been dispatched. Really poor service

1 star review so you know it's not good. Have had significant issues with the altimeter and HR monitor on my watch. The screen halfway burned out pretty early into ownership, but I could still see what was important to me so I never contacted warranty. I emailed customer service, sent them what they required to prove the screen and the data I was getting from the health sensors was bad, and the options they gave me were absolutely abysmal. Tried to elevate the claim to a supervisor and was rudely pushed aside by my original contact. Had to reach out multiple times and get a little hot under the collar to speak to ANYONE but the person I originally exchanged emails with. They make cool products, but after a little research (and all the terrible online reviews) I've decided never to purchase their stuff again. They don't stand behind their products, and there are A TON of other options out there that might not have the name recognition, but come with the same features and significantly better warranties. If you're the kinda person that buys a luxury car just for the badge then this is the brand for you. If not, do yourself a favor and just avoid them.