Customer Reviews for Garmin vívoactive 6 Fitness-Tracking AMOLED Smartwatch with Silicone Band, Slate Black (010-02985-00)
Garmin vívoactive 6 Fitness-Tracking AMOLED Smartwatch with Silicone Band, Slate Black (010-02985-00) is New at Staples
Item # : 24653951
Model # : GRM0298500
- Designed with a bright, 1.2-in. AMOLED display, get a more complete picture of your health, thanks to battery life of up to 11 days in smartwatch mode
- Body Battery energy monitoring helps you understand when you're charged up or need to rest, with even more personalized insights based on sleep, naps, stress levels, workouts and more (data presented is intended to be a close estimation of metrics tracked)
Price is $349.99
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243 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Jan 2, 2026
Beautiful display, long battery life!
Recently upgraded from the Vivoactive 4 and was blown away with the improvements. The display is gorgeous, the battery lasts more than double what it ever did on my 4, and it does ALMOST everything I need. I miss the barometric altimeter for elevation. Otherwise it's been awesome!
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Nov 2, 2025
Ugly, awkward and befuddling
Returned. Crude choice of watchfaces, physically bulky and operationally overwhelmlng.
Ryan S.
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Posted Jan 2, 2026
Beautiful display, long battery life!
Recently upgraded from the Vivoactive 4 and was blown away with the improvements. The display is gorgeous, the battery lasts more than double what it ever did on my 4, and it does ALMOST everything I need. I miss the barometric altimeter for elevation. Otherwise it's been awesome!
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MWAnderson53
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Posted Jan 1, 2026
Seems to have been the right choice for me.
I have owned Garmin cyclometers for many, many years to measure my effort when cycling. My age (low 70s) has pushed me more into the gym than on the open road for workouts. I wasn’t pleased with the type of information Fitbit was providing me. I moved to a Garmin watch and I’ve been very happy with it thus far. It pairs with all of my Garmin sensors and gives me useful ...
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Mark R
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Posted Dec 30, 2025
The Garmin Vívoactive 6 is a great value for what it offers. Not super complicated, great all around entry level sport / smartwatch.
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Missy W
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Posted Dec 28, 2025
I really like this I use it everyday for work, snowboarding, kayaking, hiking and tracking my sleep and cycle. The only issue that I have with it is the white band gets pretty dirty just from dirt and grime and if wearing it everyday the band is rubber so it can kind of irritate sensitive skin. Other than that though it’s great!
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Sarah P
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Posted Dec 27, 2025
Great
Purchased this after a little research finding it was one of the smallest on the market. So far it’s been great. Band is comfortable and battery lasts. Screen appears durable, but I did go ahead and put a screen protector on it because I am rough with things on my hands/wrists due to work.
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SpiKar
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Posted Dec 26, 2025
Works great with my Glucose monitor
So far this is the only Garmin watch that I can see at a glance my glucose readings with out changing screens.
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Cameron C
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Posted Dec 25, 2025
Excellent watch. Very comfy and tracks everything you can think of. I use it for making custom workouts and tracking my sleep. I also use it for tracking my vitals while snowboarding and mtb. Theres so much more you can do with it. Anyone could enjoy this watch. Battery life is over 5 days for me.
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Brandon Q
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Posted Dec 24, 2025
the lightweight and slim profile makes it easy to forget when working out to running errands around town
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Tayag
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Posted Dec 23, 2025
Ty
I had a venu2 I love that one! I had a venu3 and4 I did not like it. I sent it back. I love my vivo 6 easy to operate. You don't need all that feature I am very happy with mine
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Mike MIke
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Posted Dec 23, 2025
Great watch
I have had this watch for about three weeks .I had a 3 for years more than 8 and the battery started to give out, so sad.But I like the new 6,does everything I want,bicycle tracking and all the health I need , so far into an 8 day charge and still have 52 percent change left.I like Garmin watches they look good and do as advertised.
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Dean999
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Posted Dec 20, 2025
Love the battery life!
I’m an active user, working out 3 times or more a week. I’ve had both an Apple watch and a Fitbit. The heart rate is my primary feature with GPS tracking secondary. This watch does both accurately and I don’t need to recharge it twice a day or have it go dead in the middle of a trail. That said, getting up to speed on how to use the Garmin was far from easy. I was disap...
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Julio N
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Posted Dec 19, 2025
Great watch for my day to day walks and runs
Coming from the fenix 3, i miss the map functoriality. But for the price point it exceeds expectations . Perhaps in the future I would hold off for the do-it-all fenix, but for daily wear., it a more "stylish" fit and look
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Khoff34
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Posted Dec 17, 2025
Not bad; not great
After 5 years of being an apply watch user I switched to garmin and am not very impressed. I do like the sleep statistics, but feel that the vivoactive is missing a lot of activities that I used to track all the time on my Apple Watch. If they added rock climbing/ bouldering, dancing, and barre I would be more impressed. It also has a lot of glitches.
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kagicre
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Posted Dec 16, 2025
Great smartwatch
I bought it about 2 weeks ago and it is really great, especially the blood oxygen reading, what is important to me. It has tons of exercise on the watch, sleep monitor ist the best i ever had. The only thing is, that the face of the watch changes oder dissappear suddenly. NO idea why, but I will find it out. Otherwise a wonderful smartwatch!
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MikeF828
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Posted Dec 16, 2025
Doesnt live up to its predecessor
For close to 5 years i had the Vivoactive 4. this watch came in two sizes, the 4 and the 4s. unfortunately the 6 only comes in 1 size and its smaller than the 4 that i had. additionally, the 4 and the 5 both have a barometric altometer which is used for counting floors, however the 6 just doesnt have it. so now there is no credit given for floors/flights earned. how do ...
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KPcyclist
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Posted Dec 14, 2025
stylish and full of info
I have had this watch for about 3 weeks and I'm still getting used to it and all the info it provides about my sleep and health in general
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Rusty L
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Posted Dec 13, 2025
Nice Upgrade
I had a VivoFit 3 and just recently received my VivoFit 6. I love the features displayed on the watch face and how long it stays charged.
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Boo67
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Posted Dec 13, 2025
Buy it!
The balance of the functions-just enough & not too many to be overwhelming. Fit of watch-just the right size & not too big. As well, it is light! Just do it! It’s helped me up my game.
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KSpam
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Posted Dec 12, 2025
Great Features
I bought this to replace my Apple Watch. At this time, everything is working and doing what I need it for. I am still learning some of the features but easy to navigate.
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RHONDAKC
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Posted Dec 8, 2025
Love it
I am a lap swimmer and wanted to upgrade from Garmin Swim 2. The features on this watch are amazing. Sleep information, o2 monitor, stress, so many more. Bright display I can see while swimming. Highly recommend
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