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Garmin Venu 2 Black

9,0/10 (163 reviews)

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Key specs

Compatible with operating system: Android, iOS

Height: 45 mm

Recommended for wrist circumference: 17 - 19 cm

Quality of sports readings: Good

Quality of health readings: Good

Compatible with operating system

Android, iOS

Height

45 mm

Recommended for wrist circumference

17 - 19 cm

Quality of sports readings

Good

Quality of health readings

Good

Battery life in time mode

264 hours

Type of heart rate measurement

Optical heart rate measurement

Required iPhone model

iPhone 6s or later

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Pros and cons

According to our smartwatch expert

You get a complete overview of your health thanks to the Health Snapshot function.
The battery of the Garmin Venu 2 lasts up to 11 days.
You can improve your sports performance with a personal workout plan from Garmin Coach.
The navigation with an arrow and a route line is less clear than navigation with a map.

Description

The Garmin Venu 2 Black is the largest version of the Venu 2 series and has a stylish look. This health watch helps you to monitor and improve your health. With the new Health Snapshot function, you get a complete overview of your health in 2 minutes. In those 2 minutes, the watch reads your stress, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and more. In the Garmin Connect app, you can find your health data and advice to improve your health. You can also track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy with this watch. Thanks to the various sports profiles, you can track all your workouts. The battery of the Venu 2 lasts up to 11 days, so it doesn't suddenly run out of battery during your workout.

Note: a charger isn't included. Want to charge the watch via a socket? Use the charger of your smartphone or order a separate charger.

This watch is recommended for a wrist circumference of 17 to 19cm. Do you have a smaller wrist? Go for the Venu 2s

Note: a charger isn't included. Want to charge the watch via a socket? Use the charger of your smartphone or order a separate charger.

This watch is recommended for a wrist circumference of 17 to 19cm. Do you have a smaller wrist? Go for the Venu 2s

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Manual (4.18 MB)
USB-A charging cable (excluding charger)
Watch strap (wrist circumference 13.5 - 20cm)

Included by default

Manual (4.18 MB)
USB-A charging cable (excluding charger)
Watch strap (wrist circumference 13.5 - 20cm)

Key specs

Compatible with operating system: Android, iOS

Height: 45 mm

Recommended for wrist circumference: 17 - 19 cm

Quality of sports readings: Good

Quality of health readings: Good

Compatible with operating system

Android, iOS

Height

45 mm

Recommended for wrist circumference

17 - 19 cm

Quality of sports readings

Good

Quality of health readings

Good

Battery life in time mode

264 hours

Type of heart rate measurement

Optical heart rate measurement

Required iPhone model

iPhone 6s or later

View all specifications

Reviews

163 reviews

9,0/10 (163 reviews)

Rating

Rating per section

Battery life

6,7

Wearing comfort

8,0

Design

7,5

Options

7,3

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Most helpful reviews

8,3/10

Versatile, intuitive, contains a lot of information

Beautiful design
Intuitively, for a first sports watch I had mastered it in no time
Installation and extensive use/access must be via smartphone

Leroy gerrits
27 August 2021
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9,0/10

Very suitable sports watch with handy smart functions!

Very accurate HSM (tested with other options such as chest strap, fixed device etc...
nice design

Ken symons
19 November 2021
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9,3/10

Pleasant wearable watch with high ease of use

Riekelt kramer
29 November 2021
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9,7/10

Excellent product

Ease of use
Garmin Connect app
Battery lasts less than my old VivoActive

Jeroen torrekens
25 September 2021
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8,3/10

Great smartwatch

Beautiful graphics
Fits better than the Venu, slightly wider tire
Charging every day with a lot of use remains necessary

J van buuren
31 August 2021
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9,3/10

Recommended!

Battery life
Nice screen
If you've been sweating and the strap is too tight, it will itch

Maurice
16 May 2023
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9,7/10

Very nice smartwatch, with a lot of possibilities

Not so thick
Many possibilities

Bob
23 March 2023
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9,7/10

Convenient and pleasant to use

Jan
10 November 2023
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9,0/10

Good

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Extensive measurements

Breur ijzerhandel rivium bv
18 August 2021
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6,3/10

Good functionalities, with some disadvantages

Beautiful design
Strap size just under 22mm

Robin
6 January 2024
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8,3/10

Versatile, intuitive, contains a lot of information

Beautiful design
Intuitively, for a first sports watch I had mastered it in no time
A lot of information
Installation and extensive use/access must be via smartphone

After years of sports (especially running) with ever-growing smartphones in a bracelet, it was time for a sports watch. After a long hesitation between the Venu 2 and Vivoactive 4, the choice finally fell on the Venu.

Now I'm tech savvy, but for a first ever sports watch it didn't take long to get the hang of it. Some functions are well 'hidden' because you only get to them by holding down a certain button, but there are only 2 large, physical buttons on the right side of the watch, the rest of the control is via the OLED screen. The bottom button usually serves as a cancel button, the top one for starting an activity or confirming. It only takes you a few minutes to configure and set up the sports watch to your own taste (think of displaying meters/kilometers instead of feet/miles, favorite activities, etc.). Unfortunately, you do need a smartphone for this on which you first have to download the Garmin Connect App, which requires an awful lot of permission, and will keep asking you to the annoying point when you don't grant it. I thought this was a drawback.

One of the spearheads for which I ultimately chose this model is the internal storage capacity, so that you no longer have to carry the smartphone around for your own music. Apps such as Amazon Music and Spotify can be used, but I just want to connect the sports watch to the computer via the USB cable and be able to put my MP3 files on it myself. That all works fine. The only drawback is that the music player on the sports watch works with a few predefined categories, and you seem to have little influence on which category your MP3 files are classified under. For me, everything came under "Other", placed at the very bottom of the list.

The sports watch keeps track of a lot of useful information, including heart rate, oxygen content, stress level, steps, calories, etc. It is possible to view a detailed view per subject, whether or not limited to the sports watch itself. You can then view this data and the history in detail in the smartphone app. The watch also keeps track of the specific statistics that you want to keep track of for certain workouts. I mainly use it for running, and all the data you need can be found: distance, pace, route, times, et cetera. These are automatically transferred to a third-party app like Strava as soon as the smartphone is back in range.

I have now been wearing the watch day in and day out all week and I hardly feel it. It is comfortable and does not irritate. Even at night I keep it on because it also records your sleep pattern and also assigns an analysis and score to it. After a week of intensive use, I have only been able to discover 2 minor flaws. The first is that it takes a very long time to start an activity until there is a GPS connection. Inside you can almost forget that anyway, you really have to go outside if you want to get a connection at all. Every time I have to wait between 10 and 20 seconds until the GPS signal is found and I can actually start running.

The other downside is that "Gestures" still seem to need a bit of fine-tuning. The watch will automatically go into sleep mode (provided you turn this off, but this will again be at the expense of battery life), and will become active again as soon as you 'turn' it to your face. This sometimes doesn't seem to work, so you often have to make this movement again excessively.

The battery life is estimated by Garmin at 11 days, but this seems very optimistic to me. Not that this is bad, by the way, because after 5 days of use, during which 3 times an hour was run while music was played (with Samsung Airbuds), I still have over 30% left. Charging via the USB cable is lightning fast.

All in all very satisfied with the watch and although it is a considerable investment, the money is well worth it.

Leroy gerrits
27 August 2021
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9,0/10

Very suitable sports watch with handy smart functions!

Very accurate HSM (tested with other options such as chest strap, fixed device etc...
nice design
Very extensive possibilities due to daily monitoring of an extensive pallet of parameters

I have several smartwatches, but mainly with an emphasis on the smart part as well as in the form of Wear OS and Tizen (samsung). Since I wanted more concrete and extensive health monitoring for daily use and during the 4 sports sessions per week, I chose the VeNu2. This is the ideal combination for sports, daily monitoring and smartwatch. For pure running, however, I would rather opt for a forerunner. The battery life is more than optimal, charging takes about 30 minutes and you can continue for a few days. I don't use the music link at the moment so I can't judge that. The integration and transfer of data with Garmin connect is effortless and requires no additional actions. In connect you can get even more extensive reports than on the watch itself (but on the watch itself these are already very clear and contain all important data)

I am VERY happy with the purchase and the ease of use of this unit.

Ken symons
19 November 2021
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9,3/10

Pleasant wearable watch with high ease of use

Clear measurement of all health functions. Battery life is not yet what Garmin itself states. Don't go beyond 3 days.

Riekelt kramer
29 November 2021
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Specifications

Product

Product number: 874647

Manufacturer code: 010-02430-11

Brand: Garmin

Warranty: 2 years

Processing of your defect: Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

Operating system

Compatible with operating system: Android, iOS

Required iPhone model: iPhone 6s or later

Required Android version smartphone: Android 7.0 or higher

Operating system: Garmin OS

Year introduced: 2021

Guaranteed support with updates: 48 months after release date

General properties smartwatch

Watch case color: Black

Watch case material: Plastic

Watch case shape: Round

Height: 45 mm

Width: 45 mm

Depth: 12 mm

Weight: 49 g

Size watch case: Large

Recommended for wrist circumference: 17 - 19 cm

Total storage capacity: 6 GB

Shockproof

Controlled via buttons on device

Watch strap properties

Watch strap material: Plastic

Watch strap color: Black

Closure type: Buckle

Interchangeable watch strap

Compatibility watch strap: Universal

Screen properties

Screen type: AMOLED

Always-on display

Data display: Digital

Touchscreen

Color screen

Type of glass: Gorilla glass

Battery

Battery life in time mode: 264 hours

Battery life in sports mode: 22 hours

Battery/battery capacity: 180 Ah

Energy source solar power

Wireless charging

Connectivity

Options internet connection: WiFi only

Bluetooth

ANT+

Independent music player

Music controls

Built-in microphone

Built-in speakers

Spoken directions

Smartphone notifications: Receive messages, Send messages

Smart reply

App installation possible

Camera operation

NFC

Contactless payment

Contactless payment system: Garmin Pay

Country contactless payment: Belgium, The Netherlands

Daily activities

Pedometer

Measures distance

Speedometer

Calorie counter

Measures stairs climbed

Heart rate measurement

Heart rate measurement

Heart rate zones

Heart rate sensor: Chest strap sold separately, Integrated pulse sensor

Type of heart rate measurement: Optical heart rate measurement

Heart rate measurement moment: Continuously

Irregular heartbeat notification

Heart rate measurement under water

Health properties

Quality of health readings: Good

Skin temperature sensor

Oximeter

Blood pressure monitor

EDA sensor

Sleep score

Measure REM sleep

Average heart rate during sleep

Measure recovery during sleep

Menstrual cycle tracking

Pregnancy monitoring

Sports properties

Quality of sports readings: Good

Recommended for sports: Biking, Fitness, Golf, Mountaineering, Outdoor, Running, Swimming, Tennis, Water sports, Winter sports

Adjust sport profiles

Manual training programs

Save personal records

Measure fitness age

Recovery advice

Interval training

VO2 max measurement

Automatic pausing

Measures minutes of intensive training

Measures average speed during activity

Lap counter

Race prognosis

Measures step distance

Measure running cadence

Measures swimming distance

Measures swimming speed

Swimming lap counter

Connection to fitness machines possible

ATM score: 5

GPS

Built-in GPS receiver

Global satellite navigation system: GLONASS, GPS, Galileo

GPS application: Navigation, Route registration

Sensors

Compass

Altimeter

Type of altimeter: Always On altimeter, Barometric, GPS

Accelerometer

Thermometer

Other functionalities

Fall detection

Alarm function

Geofencing

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Versatile, intuitive, contains a lot of information

Very suitable sports watch with handy smart functions!

Pleasant wearable watch with high ease of use

Excellent product

Great smartwatch

Recommended!

Very nice smartwatch, with a lot of possibilities

Convenient and pleasant to use

Good

Good functionalities, with some disadvantages

Versatile, intuitive, contains a lot of information

Very suitable sports watch with handy smart functions!

Pleasant wearable watch with high ease of use

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