Garmin Venu 2 Black

Name: Garmin Venu 2 Black
Brand: Garmin
SKU: 874647
Price: 240.9 EUR
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Rating: 9 (354 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	Decent
	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

Tips for using this product

Included by default

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

Reviews

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227

4 stars

119

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Rating per section

Battery life

Review is 7,2 out of 10.

Wearing comfort

Review is 8,4 out of 10.

Design

Review is 8,0 out of 10.

Options

Review is 8,0 out of 10.

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Review is 8,3 out of 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.

Review by:
Leroy Gerrits
Date:
27 August 2021
Translation:
Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 9,7 out of 10.

Nice size that still fits a wrist circumference of 17.5

Much nicer than the Venu 1
Good sensors
Garmin connect
Strap fits up to wrist circumference 17.5cm

As a successor to the Vivoactive 3, I ordered the Venu two weeks ago. Great item but with limited battery life. Thanks to coolblue I was happy to exchange for the Venu 2! I chose the Venu 2s, the small version. With my wrist circumference of 17.5 cm, I think it looks a bit more chic than the 5 mm larger version. I have to say, it fits just right. I have 1 switch when I wear it loose. and 3 switches in 'sport' position. So just big enough. I would have liked the strap 1 cm longer, but I am also at the max what they indicate. I hope my wrists don't grow in the summer.

The software is a bit newer than the Venu 1. Especially that they have said goodbye to all widgets but have simply put everything together in an orderly fashion is really brilliant. The screen is easy to read in the sun and also indoors. The 'wake' function is clearly better than with the Venu 1, the screen sometimes didn't want to turn when you turned it towards you, that's really no longer an issue here.

Review by:
Tom
Date:
26 April 2021
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Automatically translated from Dutch

Review is 9,0 out of 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.

Review by:
Ken Symons
Date:
19 November 2021
Translation:
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Compare the Garmin Venu 2 to its successor the Venu 2 Plus

The Garmin Venu 2 is the successor of the Garmin Venu. The Venu 2 has a Health Snapshot function you can scan your health with. With the Venu 2 Plus, you can also make calls via the watch. Curious about the similarities and differences? Go to our advice article.

Staat dit grote horloge goed op mijn pols?

Dit horloge heeft een grote horlogekast. We raden het je aan als je een polsomtrek tussen de 17 en 19 centimeter hebt. Meet je polsomtrek 2 vingers boven je polsgewricht, net boven het uitstekende gedeelte. Is jouw polsomtrek kleiner of groter? Dan is dit horloge misschien niet het beste voor jou. Lees welk formaat horlogekast we wel aanraden.

Specifications

Product

Product
	Product number	874647
	Manufacturer code	010-02430-11
	Brand	Garmin
	Warranty	2 years
	Processing of your defect	Carry-in warranty

Operating system

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

Physical properties

Physical properties
	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

Band properties

Band properties
	Watch strap material	Plastic
	Watch strap color	Black
	Closure type	Buckle
	Watch strap connection width	22mm
	Interchangeable watch strap
	Compatibility watch strap	Universal

Screen properties

Screen properties
	Screen type	AMOLED
	Always-on display
	Data display	Digital
	Touchscreen
	Color screen
	Type of glass	Gorilla glass

Battery

Battery
	Battery life in time mode	264 hours
	Battery life in sports mode	22 hours
	Battery/battery capacity	0,18 Ah
	Energy source solar power
	Wireless charging

Connectivity

Connectivity
	Internet connection options	WiFi only
	Bluetooth
	ANT+
	Independent music player
	Music controls
	Built-in microphone
	Built-in speakers
	Spoken directions
	Smart reply
	App installation possible
	Camera operation
	NFC
	Contactless payment
	Contactless payment system	Garmin Pay

Daily activities

Daily activities
	Pedometer
	Measures distance
	Speedometer
	Calorie counter
	Measures stairs climbed

Heart rate measurement

Heart rate measurement
	Heart rate measurement
	Heart rate zones
	Type of heart rate measurement	Optical heart rate measurement
	Heart rate measurement under water

Health properties

Health properties
	Quality of health readings	Good
	Skin temperature sensor
	Oximeter
	Blood pressure monitor
	EDA sensor
	Sleep score
	Average heart rate during sleep
	Measure recovery during sleep
	Menstrual cycle tracking
	Pregnancy monitoring

Sports properties

Sports properties
	Quality of sports readings	Decent
	Recommended for sports	Biking, Fitness, Golf, Mountaineering, Outdoor, Running, Swimming, Tennis, Water sports, Winter sports
	Manual training programs
	Measure fitness age
	Recovery advice
	Interval training
	VO2 max measurement
	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

GPS
	Built-in GPS receiver
	Global satellite navigation system	GLONASS, GPS, Galileo
	GPS application	Navigation, Route registration

Sensors

Sensors
	Compass
	Altimeter
	Barometer
	Thermometer

Other functionalities

Other functionalities
	Fall detection
	Alarm function
	Geofencing

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Garmin Venu 2 Black

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Versatile, intuitive, contains a lot of information

Nice size that still fits a wrist circumference of 17.5

Very suitable sports watch with handy smart functions!

Insure your smartwatch

How do I insure my smartwatch?

Compare the Garmin Venu 2 to its successor the Venu 2 Plus

Staat dit grote horloge goed op mijn pols?

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Health properties

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Versatile, intuitive, contains a lot of information

Nice size that still fits a wrist circumference of 17.5

Very suitable sports watch with handy smart functions!