Small, cheap and cheerful, the Garmin Venu Sq is a great Fitbit and Apple Watch alternative fitness watch for people on a tight budget. Being able to access premium Garmin sports features for such a friendly price is a real boon.
Decent battery life, Plenty of performance features..., ... As well as smart ones on board, Snappy touchscreen
No AMOLED display, Small screen, Garmin Connect app is geared towards athletes
The Garmin Venu Sq is a great value for those who want an inexpensive fitness tracker, complete with GPS and long battery life. If you’re looking for one of the best fitness trackers for less than $200, you can’t do better than the Garmin Venu Sq.
Great selection of fitness and health features, Accurate, fast GPS, Great battery life, Good price
Poor app selection, Feels cheap
Thanks to Apple and Samsung with their smartwatches sporting vibrant, brilliant touchscreen displays, people have come to look for this type of display on other wearables. Dedicated GPS sports watches tend to focus on data capture accuracy with displays that are visible outside.
Vibrant color LCD display; Responsive touchscreen interface; Low price; Excellent tactile buttons; Advanced health tracking and fitness features
Limited notification support
The arrival of the Venu Sq means you can now pick up a Garmin smartwatch with a color display for less than £200. The problem is that the screen quality and design is inferior to the more expensive Venu. The archaic watch UI and sluggish GPS left us with mixed feelings about the cheaper Venu.
Feature-packed; Light and comfortable to wear; Works with external sensors
Slightly archaic watch UI; Lower quality screen than Venu; Missing altimeter
In an interesting contrast to yesterday’s Fitbit Sense review , the Garmin Venu SQ has actually grown on me slightly since I started using it (whereas I got more confused the more I used the Fitbit Sense).
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