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Venu 2 stress about 10 to 20 points lower than Venu 3 and Fenix 7s?

SportyGirl
over 1 year ago

Hi,

My Fenix 6 pro broke recently unfortunately, so I am looking for a new watch.

I am trying out the Venu 2, Venu 3, and Fenix 7s.

I have two models of the Venu 2, and both consistently show the stress lower than the Venu 3 and Fenix 7s.

The Venu 3 and Fenix 7s show almost exactly the same stress figure.

I really like the Venu 2 (more than the Venu 3), and can get  it cheaper too, but the stress being off is a no go, and I am also concerned that since the Venu 3 is here that there won't be much more updates for it

I have tried wearing the watches on different positions, latest updates, etc. The Venu 2 just consistently measures lower

I am comparing the watches to with hr and hrv data I am getting from a Polar hr strap. I have a Garmin Tri Hr strap, but that doesn't connect to the Polar watch, and to have consistent results and stuff

The Snapshot feature on all 3 watches does give the same hrv value roughly, altough the Spo2 seems more accurate on the Venu 3 and 7s, and roughly the same figures

The 7s uses the same V4 hr sensor as the Venu 2, and the Venu 3 uses the V5 sensor. It seems like a software issue maybe? Will that get fixed or just sol?

One of the main reasons for considering a Garmin is things such as Body Battery and Stress tracking.

I could just go with the 7s, but I don't know, at this point. There are some things I struggle with, not  in the least the price. I have a Polar Grit X too, which I like very much, and the new Vantage V3 looks interesting, anyway I digress


For the discount I can get I would prefer to get the Venu 2, and I like the looks too, and don't want stuff like voice assistant and calling on my watch (which right now I can't make this to work anyway)

Garmin is putting me in a real bind here, long term customer, have often recommended the brand to others and stuff, but I just don't  see a way forward for me here maybe

Any clue why the stress is different and how to fix, or will Garmin fix? The vibe in the forum seems to be that Garmin will just abandon the Venu 2 now that the 3 is out, but my 6s still got plenty of updates (one reason for considering the 7s because the flagship models will get more attention than the Venu series, but the Venu 3 being newer will get plenty of updates too)

TLDR: Garmin sometimes you don't make it easy for your customers :'(

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    I think you’re stressing too much about the absolute numbers. What matters is how they change over time. How do you know which number is more accurate or what it actually means? The newer devices may not even use the same algorithm.

    Don’t expect new features on any of the devices, just bug fixes and introduction of new bugs, so go with whichever model best fits your present needs and budget.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to PeterK_55

    The issue is that if it is lower it will register as the wrong type of stress, for example rest instead of low stress, and low stress instead of medium stress

    If I can't count on those figures, why even bother buying Garmin, then I might as well use a hr strap to take multiple hrv readings a day, and save at least $500 or so, which I am considering already.

    As for what the numbers mean, having a stressful situation today, and it surprised me it was so low, when I know normally it is higher, which the Venu 3 and 7s showed

    Regardless I am already having a lot of doubts about body battery and stress on the Garmin.

    However it can be helpful with my nerve disease, to see how I am progressing through the day, high stress and low body battery means I need to take it easy, and I don't always notice that myself before too late

    And I know these watches aren't supposed to as medical devices, at the same time they do market a lot towards the health stuff, etc.

    I take it with a healthy grain of salty, at the same time it can be a good early indicator

    But Why does Garmin even market it then?

    Then, no model of Garmin fits my present needs and budget.

    Do it properly or don't do it at all.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to SportyGirl

    Edit:

    And the Venu 3 and 7s seem to respond better to changes, whereas the Venu 2 models just seems to be stuck a bit at the rest fase, not wanting to climb higher

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to SportyGirl

    Sorry to hear about your health issues. Electrical measurements from an HR strap should be more accurate and responsive than those from a wrist based optical device, but less convenient for wearing.

  • 0 over 1 year ago in reply to PeterK_55

    Thank you

    Yeah, was thinking same thing with the convenience versus accuracy

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    The Venu 2 started working nornally again, showing similar stress measurements as the 7s.


    All the other metrics like heart rate that I could see (idk about body battery) appeared to work fine before and still are, it just the stress that was conked out from what I could tell.

    After resetting the watch and removing it from Connect, letting it sit 24 hours about before re adding it to Connect.

    No clue why.

    The Venu 3 and other Venu 2 (I didn't  test that one) were removed too before adding.

    The Venu 2 had updated from software version 8.x to 15.x . That's quite a big jump, maybe just restarting it didn't work, but needed full reset. I really don't know. Iirc I did do a reset, but have doubts now

    In any case the issue resolved itself