![]() ![]() Obviously, this impacts battery life, and Garmin also warns the ‘always on’ mode may affect the lifespan of the screen. However, dig around in the Settings menu and you’ll find options to keep the screen lit during exercise, and all day long. You simply whip the watch around to your face to make it light up, as is the case with most other OLED watches. More on that later.Īs standard, the Venu 2 screen doesn’t stay on all the time. The Venu 2 screen looks shaper, which does wonders for the stacks of graphs you can view on the watch itself. Compare that to the 240 x 240-pixel Forerunner 745 and you start to see the appeal. The 45mm Venu 2 I have features a 416 x 416-pixel, 1.3-inch screen. The Venu 2’s OLED offers far greater image pop, bringing the same sort of gloss you get with an Apple Watch. However, such screens are relatively low-resolution and their colour and contrast aren’t very strong. This is perfect for exercise outdoors, and ‘stays on’ 24/7 while using very little battery power. The majority of Garmin watches have a transflective screen, one that becomes brighter and clearer the more ambient light there is. Screen and battery lifeĪn OLED screen defines the Venu 2’s place in the wider Garmin range. It feels far less weightier on your wrist as you run, and it’s just about light and petite enough to wear for sleep tracking without a sense you’re turning into a Mark Zuckerberg-adjacent tech acolyte. I like the Venu 2 for all-day wear far more than the Garmin Fenix 6 Solar. A bunch of Chinese companies such as Huawei, Honor, Amazfit and Oppo pump out watches of similar contraction at around a third of the price. The Venu 2’s underside is plastic and the strap a functional-not-fancy silicone. It’s clear here that Garmin’s intentions with the Venu 2 have been to make a ‘lifestyle’ watch, not a chunky, ultra-rugged device. A ring of stainless still sits around the glass, only partially protecting the screen because its top lip sits just a fraction of a millimetre above the glass itself. The top layer of the device is toughened glass, but not of the expensive Sapphire type. But the Garmin Venu 2 is pleasant enough. I don’t think anyone should come to Garmin’s higher-end watches expecting bags of style. ![]() The pair look more-or-less like smartwatches – and more like cheaper units such as the OnePlus Watch or Amazfit GTR 2e than the Samsung Galaxy Watch 3. It has a 45mm diameter – and if that seems too big, just buy the Venu 2S instead, which is 40mm wide. ![]() What you see here is the standard version. The Garmin Venu 2 range comes in two sizes. The battery life alone makes it one of the best smartwatches around. If you’re not in this stat-obsessed crowd but are still more interested in exercise tracking than smartwatch apps, I’d recommend the Garmin Venu 2 over an Apple Watch 6 or Samsung Galaxy Watch 3. I’ll look at what these actually mean in this review, but they’re handy if you want to use tech to see how your fitness progresses over the months. The Garmin Venu 2 doesn’t offer insights about training effect, recovery and training status. However, some will still be better opting for the less glitzy Forerunner 745 instead. It’s a great watch for regular run tracking, the smartwatch basics, and has a very good heart rate sensor. You get more gloss and a touchscreen, rather than having to pilot the thing only with buttons. It swaps the highly practical but quite dull-looking screens of the Fenix and Forerunner watches in favour of an OLED. The Garmin Venu 2 is a higher-end running and fitness watch with more of a smartwatch flavour than other Garmin devices. Sensors: GPS, Compass, Blood oxygen and more. ![]() Two sizes: The Venu 2 comes in 40mm and 45m sizes.Battery life: The endurance here is good. ![]()
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