Since getting my vivoactive 5 about a month ago, all it ever says is that I am stressed out. My sleep is stressful, my days are stressful. I see this just about every day: High stress today has drained your battery. I also see that I got a good amount of sleep, but it was very stressful - like an average of 36.

I thought it might level off after getting enough info, but it hasn't.

I am not this stressed, but if it keeps saying these things, I might get that way. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

Hey, how long does your vivoactive 5 battery last? Mine lasts about 3 days🤔 can not make past the third day without charging

My Dad has a Fenix 5 with a cool widget called stargazer that shows constellations and planets. I know there is the Skywatch app for the vivoactive, but it's too laggy and runs poorly on my watch. I tried getting the Stargazer widget from the Connect IQ store, but I couldn't find it. Does anyone know where I may be able to find the Stargazer app, or if there is something similar currently on the Connect IQ store?

Hi, can someone tell me what this means? It is listed in the specs for vivoacive 5 in addition to event detection during an activity. Does that mean it will detect a fall at any time, even when not logging an activity? I couldn’t find a definition anywhere. Thanks.

I just got the watch and it seems fine. I am however afraid I will start experiencing disconnection issues tha some people report. I just got update from 10.20 to 11.16. Should I update or not?

I currently have had my VA-5 for about a year and love it. I came from a Fitbit when it just decided to die on me. I love the metrics you get from the Garmin Connect. I recently started a running training through connect. I will start week 5 on Sunday. My question is, am I missing out on anything with the VA5 that I would get if I had the FR255? Thank you.

I got my Vivoactive 5 a few weeks ago and I'm loving it, but it keeps on losing connection to my old Huawei P30 (and waking me up in the night with a glaring verify bluetooth pin code screen)
Since I was considering a phone upgrade anyway I'm in the market for a phone that works well with the watch.

Any recommendations?

I'm looking at a Motorola Edge 50 but I can find any reviews that mention garmin connectivity specifically (it's fairly niche I suppose).

Hi,

Is it possible to select Mountain Bike ride with Vivoactive 5? I can only find normal 'Bike ride', and when it's synced to Strava it is transformed to normal Ride, not Mountain Bike. How can I do it?

Thx

Is there a way to see what's playing on my phone from the workout screen quickly? Or do I really have to swipe out of it and go to the music app or widget. Seems like a massive design flaw?

Can't seem to find a recent post on this on Google.

Vívoactive 5.

Thanks

I have a Google phone and just got the vivoactive 5 few weeks ago. It is really annoying that I need to set up the connection every other day because it disconnects and asks to set up again. Thinking of returning for this reason. Any ideas why thia happens and how to fix ? Thanks !

Hoi, ik heb een Garmin vivoactive5 en sporadisch schakelt mijn watch hartslag en body battery uit. Ik heb nochtans nergens een batterij bespaarmodus of dergelijke aanstaan… iemand een idee waar dit aan ligt? Bedankt!

Yesterday (Friday) I went through a stressful and traumatic event at work, several minutes later my Vivoactive 5 produced a message stating that fact and a reminder to take time to relax. I'm curious to know if anyone knows how it was able detect it , I.e. the tech behind it. Thanks !

I have a Vivoactive 4 and the activity tracking is incorrect. The first mile is always correct, but the second mile always jumps ahead by 0.1 mile. Then the subsequent mileage is correct. This always causes my runs to be 0.1 longer than it should be. I always wait till I have full satellite connection, and keep up to date on software. Has anyone else experienced this? Please leave advice, or send me a message!

Eg. Me 1 My friend 1

Me 2 My friend 1.9

Me 3 My friend 2.9

Me 4 My friend 3.9 …

(This happens with everyone I run with, so I know that it’s my watch)

Hi, my garmin vivoactive 5 sporadically turns off body battery and heartrate tracking without me changing any settings… does anyone else have this problem? Quite annoying 🙃

Anyone know how I can stop getting random body battery notifications on the 5?

My fitbit charge 5 just died after only having it for a year, I am pretty annoyed about it since a year is barely any time at all. Is the Vivoactive 5 reliable? Does it last a good amount of time?

I see some people on this subreddit having issues with it and I just want to be sure that I am not going to have to return or replace it too soon. I just want a reliable watch that is worth the money and doesn't die for no reason. Thanks in advance

Looking at buying a Vivoactive 4 and a newb to the whole thing. Does the watch itself make sound from notifications? Ie if you receive a FB message or text message does the watch itself make any sound notification or just vibrate?

Thanks in advance

Hi! Been using Fitbit for the last 8 years but just ordered Vivo 5!! Love the form factor and it appears to offer the relevant features I like most with Fitbit.

Question: anyone ever move from Fitbit app to Garmin app recently? I’ve always loved the Fitbit app and am apprehensive about the move to Garmin. Just curious if anyone was in my boat and can share their experiences.

Thanks!

Hello everyone! Does anyone among you know if we can add mountain biking to the activity list on a vivoactive 5? If yes, how do we do it?

Thank you!

Bonjour à tous! Est ce qu’il y a quelqu’un parmis vous qui sait si on peut ajouter le vélo de montagne dans la liste d’activité sur une vivoactive 5? Si oui, comment fait on ?

Merci!

My Vivoactive 4s stopped working during a long day outdoors in full sunlight at about 90 degrees (F). It had been working fine until then - battery held a great charge, all functions worked, etc. I've tried all the charge/reset options, including the 30-second button press. Once in a great while, the watch will power on briefly while connected to the charging cable - see attached pic - but it won't stay on longer than a few seconds.

I thought the damage might be sweat-related, as I was dripping sweat for hours - but when I opened up the case, the adhesive sealant looked perfect and undisturbed. So I'm thinking the damage was heat-related.

I can't prove that the heat is what killed the watch, but it sure seems possible. If it did, does anyone know what component(s) might have failed and why? Might it just be the battery? If not, what physical/chemical changes likely occurred to the other components to make the watch stop working?

I have a Vivoactive 3 that I bought in part specifically because it had a barometric altimeter instead of strictly using GPS data, because I was really annoyed by having 100' falls and jumps in elevation when I ran across bridges in my area. It seemed to work great for a few months, but for the last several years it's been wildly inaccurate/nonsensical in its tracking during runs.

This is a problem that was discussed by many users when it came up, but to my knowledge Garmin never came up with a software update that fixed it (even though it appeared to have been a software update that broke it). I just revisited a bunch of the discussions (still linked from Google results and showing dates from the last few months) only to find that all of them are from years ago and all have been locked/archived by Garmin. Apparently they have no intention of addressing or acknowledging the issue.

I'm not seeing the same flood of threads on other Garmin products with the issue, but can anyone confirm one way or the other whether the barometric altitude tracking is consistent/reliable on their devices? I'm considering just buying a new watch but I don't want to waste the money if it's just not a reliable feature across the board anyway.

Hi all!

I’m starting to feel like I’m illiterate because I cannot seem to find where to change wrist orientation on the vivoactive 5 for the life of me. Everything I’ve searched up has not been helpful. I feel like I went through every setting and no luck. 😅

Thanks in advance!!

how’s your experience using the free version? do you need your phone on you to use it?

I have started a new coach led strength, conditioning and gymnasitcs programme. For me it is very challenging. I can't find anything on my Vivoactive 3 that can track this. I work myself into absolute bits and whichever activity I select, my watch says I've no vigorous activity and no elevated heart rate -- which is hilarious because it's a genuine effort to e.g. push my car door open from the inside afterwards or plunge my coffee when I get home. Below are two typical sessions. Can anyone help me understand how to track this better?

W/o 1

Phase 1:

• Warm up
• (100m run + 15 down ups) *10

(pause)

Phase 2, no pauses.

• 20 syncho burpees over bar
• 30 synchro single arm dumbell floor to overhead press
• 15 med ball throw to overhead target catch off the bounce
• 25cal row
• 15 hanging clean and jerk Olympic lifts
• 25cal ski
• 15 med ball again
• 30 dumbbell again
• 20 burpees over bar again.

W/o 2

Phase 1

• Warm up
• 4 Olympic lifts, EMOM 20 mins

Phase 2, AMRAP 24 minutes

• Row
• Skipping
• Kettlebell swings
• Burpees with jerkbox over, each rep
• Press ups
• Then some skills work (for which I have nothing left!)

I don't think my watch has a clue what's going on. I'd at least like to track intensity and heart rate.

Any help appreciated.