Our Overall Score:
8.7/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our GARMIN vivoactive 3 review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if GARMIN vivoactive 3 is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Smart watches category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £149
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like GARMIN vivoactive 3. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Garmin or alternative products in the Smart watches category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of GARMIN vivoactive 3
GARMIN vivoactive 3 scores 8.1/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Smart watches. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of GARMIN vivoactive 3, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for GARMIN vivoactive 3 and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Smart watches, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Smart watches? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
GARMIN vivoactive 3 scores 8.2/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Smart watches category was £599.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £69.97 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of GARMIN vivoactive 3 down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Smart watches category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Smart watches category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for GARMIN vivoactive 3.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Smart watches category. This was £250.37 from the 125 products we found in that category. So GARMIN vivoactive 3 actually comes in below average at £149.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £599.00 and the least expensive, which was £69.97. In total we found that of the 125, 101 were more expensive and 23 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as GARMIN vivoactive 3.
Prices of products from Garmin
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Garmin. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Garmin, which was £171.15 of the 45 products we found. So GARMIN vivoactive 3 price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Garmin was £12.99 with the most expensive coming in at £599.00.
Prices of products from Garmin and in the Smart watches category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Garmin that sit specifically within the Smart watches category.
For this we found that the average price was £310.82, making GARMIN vivoactive 3 at £149 actually below average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £599.00 with the lowest priced item being £149.00. In total there were 10 items that were more expensive and 0 that was less expensive.
Reviews of GARMIN vivoactive 3
GARMIN vivoactive 3 scores 9.9/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good GARMIN vivoactive 3 is.
Overall score
GARMIN vivoactive 3 scores 8.7/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Garmin so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for GARMIN vivoactive 3 by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: GARMIN vivoactive 3
- Brand: Garmin
- Model Number: 10169872
- Smartphone notificationsHealth & fitness tracking with heart rate monitor & GPSBattery life: Up to 7 daysCompatible with iOS / Android
- EAN: 753759173258
- Description: Top features: – Smartwatch connects to your smartphone for notifications, messages and more – Preloaded health trackers and sports apps help you keep active – Download apps, faces and widgets to personalise your smartwatch Smartwatch connectsConnect your Garmin vivoactive 3 to your compatible Android or iOS smartphone to get social media notifications, messages and emails direct to your wrist. You can even control your music and find your phone if you’ve misplaced it.The extra durable full colour Chroma display is always clear – even in direct sunlight. The simple Slide Swipe makes scrolling through your menus, apps and widgets a breeze, and the Garmin is designed to be used on either left or right wrist for your convenience.Pay Your Wayvivoactive 3 is the first Garmin wearable that is Garmin Pay ready, so you can leave your wallet at home and make purchases with your watch. That way, if you’re out for a run, and don’t have cash on you, you can still use your digital wallet to make purchases.Preloaded health trackersThe Garmin vivoactive 3 has over 15 preloaded sport apps for you to use, so whatever you enjoy doing your smartphone will help you stay active. Golf, cycling, swimming, yoga – there’s even an app for paddle boarding. Built-in GPS tracks your activities with no need for a phone connection.For general exercise the Garmin lets you set customized workouts and store them on your watch. It’ll also monitor your heartrate, sleep and stress levels.Download appsPersonalise your Garmin vivoactive 3 smartwatch by downloading faces, apps and widgets. Head to the Garmin Connect IQ store to find a wide array of apps. Download the free Garmin Connect app to find an online community where you can connect with other Garmin users for games, challenges and social media sharing.____________________________________________Please note: Garmin Pay works with NFC-enabled terminals. It is available for supported cards from participating banks and in selected countries.
- Product ID: 18761078193
