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Last week Garmin launched its latest sports watch that you can buy, the Venu 3. It retails for $449.99 and supports both Android and iOS. Being this is the third-generation of the watch in Garmin’s Venu series, it’s Garmin’s most refined model yet. With tons of improvements and new features. Making it a well-rounded sports watch for those who already live or want to live a more active lifestyle.
Now you might be asking, “why should I buy the Garmin Venu 3?” And that’s a valid question. I mean, there are plenty of smartwatches and sports watches out there. What makes Garmin’s latest a better option or what makes it worth my hard-earned money. At the end of the day, only you can decide if the watch is right for you, but we can tell you why you should at the very least consider the Garmin Venu 3 as your next watch.
With that said, let’s go over some reasons that we think are excellent representations of why this is a watch you definitely want.
You should buy the Garmin Venu 3 because it has better battery life than most smartwatches
The biggest reason you should buy the Garmin Venu 3 is battery life. Most smartwatches, including the Apple Watch, and just about every single Wear OS watch, all have at best, passable battery life. Some, like the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro do last longer and are good for a Wear OS watch. But not necessarily good compared to all smartwatches and sports watches.
With the watches that come from Garmin, it’s rare you won’t find one that lasts for several days in smartwatch mode. The Venu 3 is no different here. It can last for up to 14 days on a single charge. Two whole weeks. In smartwatch mode with access to all or most of the best features the watch has to offer. Like connected apps, smartphone notifications, activity and sleep tracking and much, much more.
You can pull this thing off the charger and not have to worry about the battery for quite a few days. That is unless you’re using things like GPS for extended periods of time. Then you’ll want to at the very least check the battery by the end of the day. But when you aren’t using those features with more heavy battery drain, and that’s likely to be the case most of the time, don’t expect the battery to die until much later. No one needs one more thing to worry about having to charge every or every other night. The Venu 3 gives you peace of mind in that regard.
The wheelchair mode makes this a more inclusive smartwatch
This is a really neat feature that you won’t see everywhere. If honestly, anywhere else at all. For those who happen to be in a wheelchair but are still quite active, the Venu 3 offers a wheelchair mode. Maybe you weren’t aware this was a thing and if not, we’re happy to bring it to your attention.
The wheelchair mode works to track pushes instead of steps. It also supports tracking handcycle movements and gives wheelchair users an animated representation of wheelchair-specific workouts. If you’re in a wheelchair and want a sports watch that is more tailored to you, the Garmin Venu 3 is that watch.
Safety and tracking features if you need help
Hopefully the safety and tracking features are ones you’ll never have to use. But it is nice that they’re there just in case. Because it’s better to be prepared. As they say, it’s better to have and not need, then to need and not have.
With the safety and tracking features on Garmin’s Venu 3 watch, should you need help in a particularly dangerous situation, the watch can alert your emergency contacts. Now you do have to set this feature up. That means adding emergency contacts to the watch through the companion app. The watch also needs to be paired to a smartphone so in the event of needing to alert an emergency contact, it can.
Once set up, emergency contacts will be alerted through message or voice call during certain events, such as incident detection, and be given your location. Your phone does need to have network coverage for this to work. But it could be a lifesaving feature and that’s even more peace of mind.
The nap tracking is a next-level feature
It’s simple. And yet, one of the best features we’ve seen on a watch in a while. Naps are not to be taken for granted. Because a good nap can be just what you need to recharge your body and your mind. With the Garmin Venu 3, you can set up the watch to automatically track naps. The watch can use this feature to log your nap length and that information gets used for even more insightful features. For instance, the watch will tell you how the length of your naps is impacting things like the Body Battery feature. Or how it impacts your energy monitoring.
Since you probably aren’t planning your naps out, the automatic nap tracking ends up being pretty useful. And it’s a great companion feature to the sleep tracking which provides even more insights to how your rests are impacting everything from your workouts to your daily routine.
Coaching by Garmin to help you prepare for your next big race
Another good reason to buy the Garmin Venu 3 is the Garmin Coach. Some people thrive off having a coach to help them through training. And the Garmin Coach can certainly be that if needed.
With this feature, you get assisted coaching in preparing you for your next big 5K, 10K, or half marathon. You can set goals for yourself and then train with one of three Garmin Coaches and get a new dynamic training plan that changes based on the performance of your last training sessions. So the training plans move with you.
There’s also the animated workouts to help you ensure you’re doing everything the way you’re supposed to and motivate you get through your toughest workouts. The animated workouts support cardio training, Pilates, HIIT and yoga, and even strength training.