Garmin  Bounce 2 - Kids'

I am a Garmin user myself, so I wanted to be able to share that love with my young boys. Tracking steps and being able to give points for chores in the app has been very useful. I wish the battery life was a bit longer because getting my kids to take them off to charge the is challenging. There is an additional subscription required to be able to give access to make calls, but I find this feature really handy if dropping your kids off at a play date. The quality is just like the adult Garmin models!

I’ll start with the watch as a unit: it’s nice. It’s nice to look at, has good graphics. But, if you bought it for tracking your kid or communicating with your kid, it’s absolutely useless. I have tried to reach out to Garmin, and yes, the watch does have LTE service and it still won’t function. An absolute waste of money. Had I not given these to my kids for Christmas, I would have returned it so fast. Also, the battery: 100% when they leave the house for school at 745am, down to 4% while my kid is walking up The driveway from the bus. It’s a miracle if it makes it until he gets home. Absolutely horrendous. Each and every time I have tried to contact my child, it doesn’t work. Even when they have LTE coverage. Sometimes, when in the house on WiFi, it doesn’t even work. In terms of practical application, an absolute failure. I am so disappointed.

This is the perfect product if you are not ready to allow your kid to have a smart phone. My son is 11 and I don't think he is ready for a number of reasons. This bridges the gap to allow us to contact him anytime we need to or for him to contact us. The monthly cost is low and reasonable. Setting up a family network allows for us to stay competitive on steps daily as well as overall activity level. Its great for the whole family.

First, the app is terrible and not user friendly - using the text app would be a significant step up. Second, the watch could learn something from Apple - it’s not user friendly or simple to use. Last, I would expect Garmin location to be accurate but it’s about three houses off most of the time.

As our 9 year old gains independence, the upgrade to phone calls has been great. Would absolutely love for whitelist phone numbers - older neighbors and family members without smart phones would be able to engage if the watch had a phone number & their number could be whitelisted. The necessity of having a smart phone to contact/be contacted by the watch is the biggest drawback by far.

A few kinks with calling but was easy to set up and link to app. Finding my kids is easy but can’t hear anything on phone in neighborhood but can in public places. Much nicer than Bounce 1 and kids love it. Not phone ready but tweens who want some space but not too much.

This was a Christmas gift for our son and he loves being able to track his runs and text his friend. However, only 2 weeks after he opened it, it has a couple of scratches despite not being worn daily and no aggressive/ hard use. I would have expected greater durability for watch that is targetd to children and costs as much as this one does.

Bought this for my son after trying a gizmo watch and being highly dissatisfied with how long it took to lock on GPS. This locks on in seconds. And the little guy loves tracking his steps, sleep, and watching the moon phases. Also, battery lasts much longer than the advertised 2 days. Couldn't be happier with my purchase.

Works well for a 10 years old - battery life is a little overstated but works well with daily charge - Usually around 40% left end of day. There are some delay in location updates (pushed messages) but not a big deal. Messaging and calling features are ok - but naturally limited to APP users (no real phone number)

This watch is a great size, features are very helpful for parents. I only wish we weren't limited to 9 people being able to text via Garmin Jr. app. Either let more slots be available for texting or open it up outside of the Garmin Jr app for grandparents, etc who will struggle to add another app to their process.