Garmin Venu 2: Complete Scientific Review

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I tested the Garmin Venu 2 against a scientific sleep EEG device, and I tested the Heart Rate, GPS and Step Counting accuracy. Subscribe to my weekly Newsletter(!) on www.robterhorst.com
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Timestamps:
00:00 General intro
01:30 Results: Sleep Test Setup
03:13 Results: Sleep Test 1st EEG Comparison
06:04 Results: Sleep Test 2nd EEG Overview
07:40 Results: Sleep Firstbeat Analytics
08:17 Results: Sleep Compared to Other Devices
08:52 Results: Heart Rate Test Spinning
11:22 Results: Heart Rate Test Cycling
12:29 Results: Heart Rate Test Weights
13:50 Results: SpO2 / Oxygen Saturation
16:48 Results: GPS Test
18:37 Results: Step Test
19:57 Conclusions
20:35 Buy The Garmin Venu 2/2S?
21:32 Limitations
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(2) Wonders by JVNA
(3) Can’t Sleep (KZfaq Audio Library)
(4) Classique (KZfaq Audio Library)
(5) Blurry Vision (KZfaq Audio Library)
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Пікірлер: 186

@jean-lucchoiniere5587 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to your videos I settled on a Fitbit Inspire 2. Incredibly happy so far, insanely great battery to boot. Gotta love the price tag too. Thanks for all your effort!

@pspr33 2 жыл бұрын

I'm liking the constant improvements and additions in your reviews :) keep it up Rob!

@gregovchinnikov1046 7 ай бұрын

I have watched this video like 5-10 times and still watch it after buying the watch!! I want to thank you Rob for all your hard work and accuracy in testing and analyzing all the different watches. Your videos and quality are extraordinary and top notch quality!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

@epicriff Жыл бұрын

man absolutely love your style, love your thoroughness and your vids! well done

@TheEverydayManChannel 2 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work!

@EMARTRAHOBBY 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for producing this video, me and wife bought this last month. Already shared this to her.

@enricohagn 2 жыл бұрын

Quality work from Vienna 👌

@SK-zm8iu 2 жыл бұрын

Genuinely informative video. A+ effort!

@psisteak4122 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing analysis, many thanks.

@roderick.t 2 жыл бұрын

Oooo, nice background!! 🙌 Another great review!

@LongTCG 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work man

@denios36 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great review! 👍

@essaalansari9508 2 жыл бұрын

The only thing that i like about watch this over the apple watch is the battery life which you didn't mentioned in this review, awesome work as always buddy ✋🏼😇🙏🏼

@evdh75 2 жыл бұрын

Like he said at the start, this review isnt about all the features, but about the accuracy of the trackers

@paulotrindade163 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Thank you so much!!!

@Suleimenoff 2 жыл бұрын

Great job! You have mentioned exactly things I had to go over to settle with the watch. It's not perfect with sleep tracking, but GPS and pulse tracking is the best. Also, despite imperfect sleep tracking it still manages to provide decent body battery estimates

@bmaulanasdf 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the opposite of my Fitbit. I hope one day we'll have a watch with Garmin's GPS and HR tracking, Fitbit's sleep tracking, and Samsung's software and aesthetics...

@Suleimenoff 2 жыл бұрын

@@bmaulanasdf actually I think this Garmin ticks most of the boxes. Of course it does not have those apps to fiddle with, but then the battery life is perfect (8-10 days in my case). In my opinion only the sleep tracking needs to be improved. And this is something that can be done with software updates. So I'm quite happy with my purchase )

@Semeyaza 2 жыл бұрын

@@Suleimenoff I don't know.. it has comparable results with the Mi Watch that costs 200 bucks less... yes, it's overall better, but by a very small percentage... honeslty it baffles me a lot. Not about Garmin per se, but about these trackers...

@NarcyzaMalfoy 2 жыл бұрын

i love you

@steelwrath 2 жыл бұрын

Great review. Now after seeing your video totally gonna buy venu 2 thanks man

@HBangerHS 2 жыл бұрын

Great job as always! May I ask you if you intend to do a video experimenting with different things a user can do to improve the accuracy of the measurements? I'm interested in knowing how things like tightening the fit of the band, or wearing the sensor facing the palm side of the wrist etc would affect the accuracy

@ivanbza763 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing review as usual! Waiting for whoop 4.0. Without your tests I can't buy it 👌

@TheQuantifiedScientist 2 жыл бұрын

I am really excited about it too! I emailed them to see if they would send mine sooner for review, but haven't heard anything. I guess I am not high enough on the KZfaq ladder yet ;-) . I'll review it as soon as I have it!

@bgoldsm 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Recently found you...thanks for your great work!

@Brandon_Falls_Again 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a thorough review, your content keeps getting better with every video!! What would you say is the best tracker/smartwatch (non-apple) for weight lifting?

@Sleekflight1 2 жыл бұрын

One of THE best review channels on youtube. Do you have any thoughts of Fitbit locking data such as SpO2 behind premium, Rob?

@yeni353 2 жыл бұрын

Mr Rob you are making very good Job, appriciate and thank you very much, I am looking for a smartwatch nowadays and your videos are very benefit to compare the watchs, it seems that for fitness and health data Garmin Venu 2 is the best, and ı am waiting for all health tests comparing Garmin Venu 2 and Galaxy watch 4, thank you again...

@ehabkadri831 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Great job

@MrSoumynon 2 жыл бұрын

Any plans on reviewing the Fossil Gen 6? Thank you for your time and the quality content.

@jaimeperez5835 2 жыл бұрын

Great Review!

@daniele_go 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent review.....thanks!!! Subscribed 👍

@thundergus 2 жыл бұрын

great review

@DJDralle 2 жыл бұрын

Sehr guter Inhalt. Sehr hilfreich. 💪💪💪

@iamcheck.thisout Жыл бұрын

Cant wait to buy garmin venu 3! Hope by that time, the sleep track will be better!

@marbles863 Жыл бұрын

Your reviews are so impressive and thorough. Though I think that most pedometers purposefully count stairs as multiple steps.

@bok1334 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great videos - they are so helpful. Given how different the results are (especially REM) when comparing to the two different headbands, do you have concerns about the accuracy of the headbands themselves? Could the difference in results from the Garmin study and your data come down to the EEG device used?

@Coffee_Addiction_Good 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for testing it's SpO2 function, I live alone and was so worried that my SpO2 was always ranging from 90~95%. I thought I had daytime hypoxia or some serious case of sleep apnea.

@xenonsens 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Would it be possible to test the stress tracking and the body battery? Would be interesting.

@sebastiangonzalez7091 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible job, this videos are exactly what I was looking for, an objective comparison between smart watches... it would be nice to have a new review on the Venu 2 after GARMIN's last mayor software update... I think it would be very very interesting... THANKS THIS CHANNEL IS JUST GREAT! 👍

@muereseiselad.muereseis5657 2 жыл бұрын

WUOW YOU ARE AWESOME THANKS

@DataLinkz 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Would you consider making a video course on data analysis?🌟

@JohnSmith-el4ez Жыл бұрын

It would be great if you can conduct a research on the Garmin vivoactive series. The vivoactive 4 and 4s seems to be a pretty popular choice.

@brendenswanson7020 2 жыл бұрын

Do the Garmin Venu 2 Plus now!!! Can't wait to see your video on it :)

@TheQuantifiedScientist 2 жыл бұрын

Your wish is my command ;-) : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pN9mrKtlpqnchmw.html

@shacharlahav 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these thorough reviews! Logically, I would assume the Venu 2S has the same sleep and HR tracking performance as the 2.. But it seems like the 2 Plus is much worse than then the 2 is. Do you think the 2S is more on the 2's level or is it also worse? thanks

@DawidVelCatweazel 2 жыл бұрын

great review! Do you plan to make a complete review of Polar watch? You reviewed vantage m in the past, but it includes only 2 nights.

@markplamann3937 2 жыл бұрын

You made reference to an under mattress pad being more accurate for sleep tracking. Do you have any consumer-grade products you would recommend? I specifically noted "consumer grade" because I see some of the high tech equipment you use and don't think I'm ready to turn my bedroom into a full sleep testing center quite yet! Thanks for the reviews! They are very informative.

@fegsanchez7344 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome informative and well done! Would you consider doing gramin epix?

@Bogdanbmm 2 жыл бұрын

Great content overall ! Could you please review Polar watches besides Garmin ? 🙏

@notgoodtom 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! How did u export the sleep data from the app? I'm also looking to do some extended analyses of the sleep stages and the view that you have in the App isn't precise enough for me

@arjsuri 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a similar detailed scientific review on the Garmin venu sq? Perhaps even a comparison between venu2 and venu sq would be well appreciated. Your vids and explanations are amazing, thank you.

@Marty72 2 жыл бұрын

Love the detailed analysis, but I question whether you would sweat more on a commute ride vs a spin session. 11:28

@ismaelrivera1999 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you excellent review. I was wondering if you will do a scientific review on wearables but on stress monitoring/trending. Garmin use the stress and know with the pandemic all that still work feel some high stress from our jobs. Some brands that are working on stress includes: Garmin, Huawei, Samsung Galaxy, Amazfit, etc . Is there any brand that the wearable will alert you if a high stress conditioning is happening?

@gireejatmajhiremath6751 2 жыл бұрын

Please create video on ranking of fitness bands based on their accuracy. I am trying to find it through your all videos but in every video u have explained individual bands only. Please create a ranking video

@MP-dz7vy 2 жыл бұрын

Please review the new amazfit GTR 3, I'm dying to know if they improved their trackers, as I'm really interested on buying it.

@RazvanMGH Жыл бұрын

Can you please include stairs counting also? I noticed that garmin only uses the barometer. This means that if using an automatic stair, it will take it into account

@nicholaslittle8154 2 жыл бұрын

Noticed the 8.x firmware version you mentioned is in beta is now available, wondering if you're planning on making a brief update video?

@quierojugaralaionlpm 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! I’m between Venu 2 and Galaxy Watch 4, almost convinced on buying Venu 2 (more expensive in my country) for it’s sleep, oxygen and fitness tracking. Do you think I should go for the GW4 or is it more innacurate?

@hdmedia7404 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Do you still wear the Scanwatch from Withings ?

@phi0x419 Жыл бұрын

Does someone know if the Garmin Venu 2 sq have the same senors for heart rate tracking as the Venu 2? Otherwise I would love to see the Venu 2 sq test from you Rob. There are unfortunately not a lot of good heart rate tracking watches for Android with a rectangular shape.

@bengrimmerson4365 2 жыл бұрын

For sports tracking, Garmin forerunner 745 is great. Ridiculously detailed. But for sleep, my favorite is the Samsung Active watch. I gave all my fitbit's away.

@Fireinthestubble 2 жыл бұрын

Does the Garmim Forerunner 745 have weightlifting on it?

@GiuseppeSavo 2 жыл бұрын

could the deviation during cycling activity be related to the wearability of the device? The results are strange... it's a cardio activity like spinning.

@christophercarpunky6322 2 жыл бұрын

What is your 24/7 watch and favorite? If you wee forced to wear only one watch? I can't decide between my Apple Series 7 and Venu 2. I love them both.

@DavidWard14 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this. Do you take donations? The Venu 2 does not do HRV?

@Dallas-klay 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@WeezyZZ Жыл бұрын

Do you think Venu2 or Galaxy watch 5 Pro is better?

@ForDailyStuff 2 жыл бұрын

Servus, Which SmartWatch would you recommend (Android compatible)? I used Garmin Venu2 for a couple of months and recently the Heartrate monitor and pulse oximeter stopped working. For some reason the green lights from the sensor didn't appear in spite of several restarts and hard reset. Unfortunately had to return it back. I'm sure the sensors got shorted internally as they were draining out the battery from full charge to 10% within 4 hours. Mach's gut!

@AatVandelay 2 жыл бұрын

Re GPS movement validations, what sorts of error are you trying to close down?

@lauraking2332 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear a scientific perspective on the stress scores and body battery! Do you cover this in other Garmin review videos? Garmin themselves seem a bit dodgy on how exactly these are calculated.

@ThomasChristensenX 2 жыл бұрын

They are also first beat tech (now owned by garmin), you find white papers about it in the old version of first beats website (using way back machine)

@lauraking2332 2 жыл бұрын

@@ThomasChristensenX ok thanks, will check it out!

@matriskie 2 жыл бұрын

@@lauraking2332 I also would know more about this. Could you share the link?

@ThomasChristensenX 2 жыл бұрын

But the short answer is that it mainly uses Heart Rate Variability

@superpower48 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@SpeedBoosted136 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob, what is the best Finger Oximeter that you suggest? I want to track it more precise than the Venu2 that i own. Thanks

@Mitjithebun 2 жыл бұрын

Waiting for Garmin Fenix 6 and FR945 Review.

@byronjeremiah 2 жыл бұрын

Any chance you’ll do a review on the new Garmin Fenix 7?

@Hadi-zw9mb 2 жыл бұрын

Great review. Would you mind testing the new hybrid watch, "Garmin Vivomove Sport?" Thanks.

@Repienk 2 жыл бұрын

Subbed just from that intro

@francescogiuliano9563 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, you haven't mentioned if you started an activity on the Venu 2 before performing the activity, in my experience this changed considerably the accuracy. Have you thought about that or you just recorded the heart rate?

@Rachaelshaw7 2 жыл бұрын

Please test lastest garman models vs whoop lastest model Thank you ❣️

@andreac5152 2 жыл бұрын

With all this exercise tests you're gonna become mister olympia one day.

@daveoneill1416 2 жыл бұрын

Great videos. Would love to see a HRV comparison video.

@nicholaslittle8154 2 жыл бұрын

Good review, I get similar behaviour wrt rem sleep tracking, barely any is reported. But didn't you want to go swimming to test the underwater HR accuracy? ;)

@ganixledezma9379 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! I have been watching several of your complete reviews and it seems like most watches are not excellent at sleep tracking. Is there a watch that stands out in the sleep tracking category?

@speedsymphony 2 жыл бұрын

All Fitbits are generally really good at sleep tracking but they lack in durability. Every smart watch has a catch. Venu 2 and 2 plus are the best fitness centric smart watches. Choose yours wisely, cheers!

@mgoodlin1 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent review. Very thorough. If I may make a personal recommendation I would suggest a helmet while bike riding. I have seen many falls at biking speed and head damage can be extensive.

@tiberiubadic8949 2 жыл бұрын

What are the to 3 accurate health watches in your opinion? Thx

@007Koth 10 ай бұрын

Anything on the venu 3 ?

@twistfire74 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I want to buy this watch but I have a very important question since you are very detailed in your videos. Ok well I sweat more than most when I inline skate, my current fitness band the Huawei Band 6 gives very inaccurate measurements when I sweat alot. Like it'll say I'm at 85 bpm when I know for a fact it's around 140 or 150.. My question is will this watch be effected by heavy sweating? If it's also bad when effected what watch will measure metrics accurately when sweat is in and around the sensors. I wear my current watch right, snug and higher on my wrist so it isn't that. Please help. I don't want to waste 400$.

@ricknaark 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, could you test the garmin vivomove style please ? Or would the test be similar with this garmin venu? Thank you for all your test, they are very helpfull !

@malkta1 2 жыл бұрын

Please test more Garmin devices like Instinct solar or Fenix 6 :-)

@bigdogkropp 2 жыл бұрын

What about the Garmin Vivoactive 3 and 4? Due they use the same sensors and software of these other Garmin watches?

@oliviertheveniot2896 2 жыл бұрын

Concerning the differences in heart rate. I noticed that it seems most of the time worst in the first session you show. Could it be that the machine learns to better detect with time ? I know that it is one of the principles of AI machines 🤷🏻‍♂️

@hartmutdobler1331 10 ай бұрын

Do you plan to test the Garmin Venu 3 in the near future?

@most-average-athelete 2 жыл бұрын

dream 2 headband is and has always been out of stock :( how did you get one?

@GK-qc5ry 2 жыл бұрын

Will you review the new Amazon Halo?

@boibrad 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you possibly just recommend your favorite wearable for sleep tracking? i've watched a couple of your videos now and cant decide on which watch/ring to purchase. Thanks!

@MimiMimi-sl4fc 2 жыл бұрын

Fitbit 👍.

@GK-qc5ry 2 жыл бұрын

Sleep test is pretty good up there with Fitbit?

@StevenWilson-ny5tc 10 ай бұрын

When are you going to review the Venu 3?

@dawnfmEnthusiast 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the watch face name in the thumbnail? Looks great!

@jacobbaum6850 2 жыл бұрын

Collection of transformation ensembles (COTE) (Bagnall et al. 2015) is the most accurate for measuring GPS path similarity. 18:30 Cheers!

@planetdegens 2 жыл бұрын

Well, I would have hoped sleep was more accurate, how can I trust it to give me a sleep score if it doesn't measure REM sleep correctly. By the way, there is a new firmware that got released this week, not sure it change anything concerning sleep measurement tho... Garmin give us better sleep tracking!!! Thanks

@wombat7961 2 жыл бұрын

Please review the new Amazfit watches!?

@bigdogkropp 2 жыл бұрын

does the Vivoactive 4 use the same sensors as the Venu 2?

@paulcarvalho874 2 жыл бұрын

show me how can be calculate about rate of running exercise or heart rate or other example..

@TheRealDarklight 2 жыл бұрын

Please reconsider the 'privacy blur' on the map!! I thought it wouldn't be effective, so it made me curious. Sure enough, it took about 2 minutes for me to find that location. Maybe it would be enough to see them on a blank surface as we are looking for consistency. Or just don't show that, I think it would be still a thorough review. I otherwise like your videos and the data you provide. Thank you for that. Stay safe!

@AffectiveApe Жыл бұрын

Hey, it would be awesome if you included in your videos some mention of the process of obtaining the raw data from the watch/vendor. For instance, Garmin's process of getting the raw data is complete bullshit, and had I known this, I would have avoided them as a brand. I think many of the folks watching your videos care deeply about data and stats, and so access to such things is really quite critical. Thanks in advance, please keep up what you are doing!

@MarcoPolo82 Жыл бұрын

Which watch you consider reliable?

@thalla1asal1wolf 2 жыл бұрын

Will fossil gen 6 get this treatment too?

@TeaWhoYou321 Жыл бұрын

Damn man you are dedicated, manually counting 4k steps xD, hat off, thank you

@fu928 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, does anyone that own this watch know if it counts steps while driving /lifting weights as I have to drive often for my job and my current Fitbit Versa 3 counts SO MANY STEPS while I'm driving and while lifting weights. I'm almost about to return the Versa 3 for the Venu 2 but I just need to know if it counts steps while driving.

@cpauya 2 жыл бұрын

Yup it counted steps as I drove 150kms+ on a shift-stick (manual car). Wore it both at left or right wrist but it still counted steps.