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Garmin Instinct Solar Smartwatch

About This Item

TECHNOLOGY:

  • Solar charging capabilities allow you to charge while outdoors
  • Up to 24 days of battery life in Smartwatch mode or 54 days while solar charging
  • Up to 30 hours in GPS model or 38 hours while solar charging
  • Track your adventures in more challenging environments with multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo)
  • Built-in 3 axis compass and barometric altimeter
  • Smartphone connectivity allows you to see phone notifications right on your wrist

USES:

  • Track your heart rate, stress, sleep, and Pulse Ox
  • Monitor how your body uses energy with Body Battery™ energy monitoring
  • Gain a better understanding of your health and wellness with real time data and statistics
  • Get more out of the sports you love with activity tracking for running, biking, strength, and more

SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • Water-rated up to 100 meters
  • Constructed to U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock, and water resistance
  • View how various settings and sensors impact battery life and make battery-extending changes on the fly
  • Brand : Garmin
  • Country of Origin : Imported
  • Style : 010-02293-10
  • DSG Pro Tips
  • Web ID: 21GMNUNSTNCTSLRXXTCH
  • SKU: 22265101

REVIEWS

4.1
100%
Recommended

757 Reviews

Alastair 24

Disappointed

I bought this 2 years ago and was hoping to get years worth of enjoyment out of it. The Instinct solar won't charge after less than 2 years. I find this pretty unacceptable for a watch this expensive. I would like some support or a refund.

Santa

Good But No

A good all-terrain sports watch, resistant to fresh and salt water, suitable for all kinds of sports. But, after six years, it started acting up. The battery life isn't great, the solar charging is a bit of a joke, and although the GPS function is excellent, in my case it started having an internal glitch that causes it to shut down when starting an activity.

Joe..

Proceed With Caution

Piece of trash. Second instinct I got that didn't even make it a year. They should be embarrassed with their quality of such a simple watch

tm27

Great Watch But Horrible Longevity

Love this watch design and features. The reason I'm only giving it two stars is this is my second one, and both have only lasted around a year and a half before they started to randomly shut off. I get anywhere from 2 min to an hour before the watch just turns off. If you look at the reviews this is a very common issue. The watch is too expensive to only last a year and a half. Also, being that it is a tactical/outdoor watch I expect it to be durable. Please fix the battery life.

RomanBatumi

Device Stuck In A Boot Loop. Repair Options?

My Instinct Solar got stuck in an endless boot loop. I tried entering Test Mode and doing a Master Reset, but nothing helps. Are there any official repair options or replacement programs available for this hardware failure?

Rad dad.

I Love Everything About This Watch.

I've had this watch 5 years and now it powers off after about 30 min. Wont stay on. I love this watch. How do I get this watch to you to fix.

Mal Reloj

El reloj tiene falla , se apaga solo ya trate de reiniciarlo .

Waylonsmaxlife

Amazing Battery And Durability

I’ve had this watch actually for 6 to 7 years almost the battery still holds up better than any watch or phone I’ve ever owned wish there was a trade in offer so I could get the newest version but I ain’t complaining with my current one.

Kindasad

Not Great

After less than 3 years the solar stopped working, it cannot keep time and date properly. It looses information and cannot sync it to Connect properly. These problems occur even after resetting the device, dumping Connection and reinstalling it. Today I lost over 23,000 steps.

diegoport

Watch Shutting Off

I bought this watch after using a Casio, and it was disappointing how, after only a few months, the watch started turning off by itself. This issue started when I used one of the tracking modes for the gym.

Andersmn

Loosing Connection To My Mobile Twice Week:-(

Loosing connection to my dsmdung A56, more thsn once week. For no reason?? Jave to reinstall Garmin app to get it to woork. Then it works normal untill it looses connection again

Reeree

Hmm… I Dunno

Have had a lot of trouble with this over the last couple years and often seems inaccurate Cost me heaps though

Kets

Un Año Me Duro

Después de funcionar bien un año, ahora no permite usar ninguna función, ejemplo al usar corre se apaga solo, no ha actualizaciones he hecho de todo y si lo uso solo para ver la hora funciona bien pero no puedo registrar actividades ni nda

Leste

Update Lost All Previous Data (2018-current)

Lost all data when garmin with this update (12/2025)! Very upset!

Rob Harris

Great Watch

Iv had my watch for bout 3 years now and found it awesome the features are brilliant the only problem I have is the solar charging it has just stopped an can't get it going again otherwise its an awesome watch

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