I Switched My Apple Watch to a Garmin Vivomove Trend. Here Are My Initial Impressions

I have been an Apple Watch girly for the last four years. I thought that I would never change and be one for life.

Well, things change.

Four years later, I have grown tired of the watch. On my series 6, the battery life has quickly changed, and I barely could get through a full day of use without having to charge it. I also fell while running, and needless to say, she had some blemishes. I also craved the feel and look of a classic analog watch.

Furthermore, I began to find the Apple health app very confusing. I wanted to focus on my steps. I wanted to be able to keep track of my cycle, and when I got my period.

I considered getting a FitBit, but I have had the worst luck in the world when it comes to those devices. So, I decided to purchase a Garmin from Amazon, and so far, I’m in love. I’ve only used it for a week, but I wanted to share my initial impressions on the watch and the Garmin Connect App.

Garmin has a wide selection of watches for women. The Vivomove series is no exception, and comes in four different varieties: the sport, the trend, the style, and the lux. The lux is only available on Garmin’s website by customization only.

The Garmin Trend comes in a few different colors and cases including the black on black, the gold and gray, the rose gold and the white, and the silver with mist gray. I decided to get the rose gold and white option.

The Vivomove trend is a typical health-focused smart watch. It offers a count on steps, can track your sleep, reminds you to get moving if you’re stagnant for a while, and shows your notifications. The watch also offers music control as well, something that I have yet to try. Unlike my previous device, this one works with both iPhone and Androids. Some other features include Garmin Pay, something else I have yet to use as well.

What I love about this watch (other than the battery life) is the fact how health focused it is. This watch focuses on activity, which is a huge motivation for getting me moving. Something that I didn’t like about the Apple Watch that I love about the Garmin is that it focuses on ensuring on getting a certain amount of steps today. Furthermore, the Garmin allows you to customize the activities that best suit your lifestyle. Mine include yoga, Pilates, and cardio — but the options are limitless. You can program it to cycling, and to various gym equipment.

That being said, it expands to be much further than that. The Garmin Connect app gives you an extensive reading on your sleep cycle, and provides you with the Body Battery, which is a gauge to see how fully charged you are. I love that, because it’s been really cool to see how your body needs rest so you don’t “bottom out.” Garmin does an amazing job keeping track of your stress score, which is something that I love.

I also love the menstrual cycle app, as well as the hydration part of the app. I love having that as a goal, because your girl has a hard time getting motivated to drink water. I can assure you that I definitely do not drink enough water.

Overall, I can say that I am happy with the switch as of now. The only thing I do miss? The fact that I am unable to respond to my text messages from my wrist. But, that’s a small price to pay at the moment.

I will have to keep you updated with my thoughts as I have the device longer, but these are my initial thoughts.