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Highlights
Solar charging for enhanced batter life
GPS capabilities
Built-in sports apps
Shipping Information
About This Item
Whatever you do, own it with Instinct® 2S Solar. This rugged GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you, unique enough to fit your style and small enough to fit your wrist. Plus, solar charging gives you unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode (assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions) so you can take on life’s unlimited possibilities.
FEATURES & PERFORMANCE:
Go longer than ever with solar charging that gives you unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode (assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions)
Rugged GPS smartwatch is water-rated to 100 meters and thermal- and shock resistant with fiber-reinforced polymer case and scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® glass
Built-in sports apps to take on running, biking, swimming, strength training and more; plus, VO2 Max and other training features
Live the ultimate connected life with smart notifications and Connect IQ compatibility when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Track your adventures with the built-in 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter, plus multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo)
Understand your body better with all-day health monitoring features that track your heart rate, sleep, Pulse Ox, respiration and more (Pulse Ox not available in all countries. This device is intended to give an estimation of your activity and metrics; it is not a medical device)
Extend your battery life and your time doing what you love using the power manager to see how settings and sensors impact your watch’s battery life and make changes on the fly
Battery life: unlimited in smartwatch mode (with solar charging (assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions)) and up to 48 hours in GPS mode (with solar charging (assuming 50,000 lux conditions))
Alt Additional Dealer Fact Tags: Dedicated fishing and hunting activity profiles
Compatible with Xero®, Astro®/Alpha® and inReach® products to further enhance tracking, navigating and communicating in the wild
BATTERY LIFE:
Rechargeable internal lithium-ion
Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/51 days with solar*
Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 50 days/Unlimited with solar*
GPS: Up to 22hrs/28 hrs with solar **
Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 54hrs/114 hrs with solar**
Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 25 days/105 days with solar*
*Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions**Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
I primarily bought this watch for the solar charging, step count, and sunrise/sunset times (helps with my job). I do seem to have a couple quirks with it that I can't figure out yet, although there's the potential this is user error. I can't seem to get the solar charging to work, but thankfully the battery life is long so I don't have to charge every day or two, which is a major reason I've never bought a smartwatch before this. (Note: logging during hiking will go through battery much faster than logging the hike afterwards.) It seems I have to log an activity (i.e. hiking), it won't automatically log a workout like one my apps does, which is fine. I connected it to my FitOn app hoping that at least those exercises would automatically sync up, and while they're obviously connected in some way, the exercises don't show up on my Activity list, so I still have to log the workout. It's entirely possible there are easy fixes to these issues. Overall, I do like the watch and am happy with my purchase! I like that it's customizable in several ways, and I enjoy the sleep report it gives me each morning. I like that I can fit a ton of information on the screen, but it doesn't feel too bulky, even with my small wrists.
Hoodtex
3 weeks ago
Seized Up
The watch has some good features however, the watched faced seized up and would not unlock and change features. Glad I did not use this watch for a through hike or any activity I would have depended on it.
John1970
1 month ago
Garmin Instinct 2 Solar
My first “smart” watch, Gen Xer, and after a bit of research I’m so happy with choosing Garmin! I looked at a few other name brands and they have the watch that I was looking for. Very easy to use, hardly needs to charge with the solar capability, not pretentiously large, great app, tech that pertains to me and skips the noise - oh and military grade rugged. I upload the health metrics to ai and it helps me to stay on track. I’ve been using now for just under a month and I’m very happy with my purchase.
mremdee
1 month ago
New Watch Instinct 2 S Solar
Replaced a first gen Instinct. So Many new performance metrics! Also can do heart rate during a swim. Only quibble is the short wrist strap so I’m going to have to purchase a longer one
1 month ago
Very Disappointed
Very difficult to set up. The watch kept resetting and I couldn’t get past setting up Garmin pay which I did not want to do. Also the band is too small for a male with a 7” wrist. I returned this after struggling with it for 2 hours.
