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Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 review

We want to ensure that whether you’re spending £10K on a new lightweight race bike, £2 on a cycling water bottle or £198.99 on Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018, that you’re getting the very best you can get for your money. In today’s Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 review we’re going to look at why it scores 8.8/10 in our review and why we recommend it over many of the other 116 products in the GPS category. We’ve started by giving you a top level score for each of the key areas when it comes to reviewing these products, these scores include a quality score, price score, review score and an overall score.






Quality

8.2

Price

8.6

Reviews

9.7

Overall

8.8

 

Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 reviews

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Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 Specification

Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 specs

Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018
Feature 1

Up to 7 days of battery life

Other GPS found with this feature: 9

Feature 2

Comes with all new Garmin Pay

Other GPS found with this feature: 4

Feature 3

Connected features such as smart notifications

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 4

Automatic uploads to Garmin Connect

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 5

Personalised watch faces

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 6

Integrated wrist based heart monitor

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 7

15 preloaded GPS and indoor sport apps

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 8

240×240 display screen

Other GPS found with this feature: 2

Feature 9

Weighs 43g

Other GPS found with this feature: 5

Spec 1

Colour: Black – Slate

Other GPS found with this spec: 9

Price

£198.99

Number of Reviews
Review Score

/ 5

Average score in category: 4.3

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  • Garmin Vivoactive 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate). A smartwatch that allows you to receive smart notifications from your phone, make contactless payments on the go, tracks your activity using GPS with an integrated heart rate monitor and comes preloaded with 15 different sporting activities Heart Rate Monitor. Unlike other activity trackers that incorporate heart rate monitors the Vivoactive comes with a heart rate monitor fully integrated into the design of the watch. This saves you the hassle of having to deal with annoying and often uncomfortable chest or arm based heart rate monitoring bands. The Vivoactive has the monitor built into the back of the wrist of the watch so that it can accurately record your heart rate throughout the day. Your heart rate is a vital source of information and can tell you a great deal about your general fitness Sport. The Vivoactive is built for the true athlete and comes with 15 different preloaded sports from swimming to golfing. Each sport comes with a different mode which features a different display screen with sport-specific metrics. The modes use GPS to track your movements with no phone connection required Ready For Any Occasion. Whether you‚Äôre walking round the office or your competing in a triathlon the Vivoactive is prepared for every occasion. The watch is supper stylish and the band can easily be changed over to with a quick release system. The Vivoactive is also completely waterproof to 5ATM standard which means you can swim and shower while wearing the watch without fear. The Corning Gorilla glass display is super durable and both impact and shatter protected plus the display has been specially designed so that it‚Äôs still visible even in direct sunlight Connectivity. In syncing the Vivoactive to your smartphone you unlock a huge range of advanced features and abilities. Firstly you can gain access to Garmin connect that your performance data will then automatically upload to. This allows you to keep track of your performance across a range of sports and also keep track of your day-to-day activity. The app can also be used to share your performance with others and allows you to create customisable workouts and upload customised watch faces to your Vivoactive. Once connected you can also receive your phone‚Äôs notifications to your watch face allowing you to stay connected while on the go Garmin Pay. The first watch to have the new Garmin feature ‚Äì you can now pay for things using your watch. Streamlining your devices the Vivoactive can be used to make contactless card payments while on the go In the Box. Vivoactive 3Charging CableManualsFeatures. Up to 7 days of battery lifeComes with all new Garmin PayConnected features such as smart notificationsAutomatic uploads to Garmin ConnectPersonalised watch facesIntegrated wrist based heart monitor15 preloaded GPS and indoor sport apps240x240 display screenWeighs 43gBuy Garmin Watches from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World‚Äôs Largest Online Bike Store.
  • Product codes: 753759173203
  • 010-01769-10

No matter what type of bike product your buying, from the simple accessories through to the full setup of your custom built road bike, there are lots of important considerations that you should take into account, especially when you’re shopping online and unable to test the product first. This is especially true when you’re buying products like GPS.

Our aim is simple, help you get the very best products for your budget. Whether that’s Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 or an alternative, we’ll do our best to find you unbiased, genuine customer reviews to help you make your decision. We’ve found 116 different products in the GPS category at Chain Reaction Cycles and we’ve also managed to find 88 products from Garmin (although only 54 of the 88 are in the GPS category).

Our first piece of advice is for you to spend some time really getting to know what it is you’re looking for. An important feature for one person might be totally pointless and irrelevant to you, so get a good idea of what you want and need from your GPS. Note down this list of key features that your product must have, that way when you’re comparing alternatives you have a starting point to decide whether one product meets your needs or not.

Price is the next and probably one of the most important factors of a purchase, so it’s really worthwhile spending a bit of time analysing the price of Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 and seeing how it stacks up against those offered by different brands or even other alternatives from Garmin. Below we’re going to get into the detail of Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 to help you see how the prices stack up.

We start this price analysis by looking at the price you can expect to pay for GPS. There are 116 different products available at Chain Reaction Cycles, and of those 116, the average price is £204.13. There’s quite a variance in price in this category too with the lowest priced product we found at £1.5 and most expensive was £759.99.

The next stage we went on to, was to look at the price of products from the brand: Garmin. The average price was £232.29 and we found that the price varies right from as little as £8.99 up to £764.99 with Garmin products.

And finally we thought it would be good to give you an idea of Garmin products that appear specifically in the GPS category. So you can see that the price of Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 at £198.99 is great value considering the average price of Garmin GPS is £243.71 and the price varies from £8.99.

It’s also worth bearing in mind that we managed to find Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 during our price scan of several cycle retailers, for the amazing price of £198.99 which represents a £21.00 or 10% saving against RRP. If you think Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 ticks all of your boxes in terms of quality and features then it’s more than likely going to be a winner bearing in mind the price.

Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 Reviews

Reviews are obviously a key part of the buying process when buying any cycle gear, and that goes for GPS too. Reading reviews if going to be the closest insight you get into how good Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 is, without actually trying or buying it. Over at Chain Reaction Cycles we managed to find reviews scoring it out of 5. That’s a great result considering the price and quality and the fact that it’s a product made by Garmin. In fact when you consider those points and combine it with the fact that the average review score in the GPS category is 4.3 and the average score of products from Garmin is 4.4 it’s a steal. And actually, if you look specifically at products from Garmin in the GPS category the average review score is 4.3.

That’s why you can see it was easy for us to give Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 such a high overall score of 8.8 / 10. It seems to have the perfect combination of features, quality and price making it a great all-rounder.

So our last piece of advice that we can offer is to take your time reading plenty of reviews now, you can see that there are reviews for Garmin V√≠voactive¬Æ 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 which score it , so it’s really worth spending a few minutes reading through lots of these to see what the key advantages or dislikes are. It will really reassure you when you come to buying online.

If you do go on to buy Garmin Vívoactive® 3 GPS Smartwatch (Slate) 2018 or in fact any of the other GPS, we would love to hear from you. Sharing your views will really help us to write more comprehensive reviews and we will share these thoughts with customers just like you that are looking to read reviews before they commit to buying.