DONT BUY A GARMIN

So my current VivoActive 5 which I bought in July 2025 is my fourth but seems to be a dud. My heartrate can fall between 40 and 50 bps and this affects the points I get from Discovery. I have sent emails up and down and the solution offered was to reboot the watch weekly, which I say is wrong as none of my previous watches had to be rebooted so much. I will say after a reboot it works better and drops between 5 and 10bps, but something is wrong if you have to keep rebooting.

Then I spoke to a technician who says they can test it but in most cases they will not see a problem as I could be putting the watch on too loose or too tight or Im holding the treadmill rails to tight etc etc. It looks like he is preparing me for getting the watch back and it will still have the same problem. I will sent it in after I return from my holiday as I need it while travelling.

So my summary is DONT BUY A GARMIN as their quality is not what it used to be.