Garmin - Instinct 2 Solar 45 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Graphite - (2022)

I was looking for a watch that is rugged, great battery life, light-weight, and connects with phone. It tracks workout stats, you choose from hundreds of exercises or create your own. Around 18 days of battery life! Looks great, feels great, checks off all of the boxes. I would highly recommend.

Great watch. Doesn’t track pool swims as good as an Apple Watch. Also isn’t a touch screen like the Apple Watch. Fantastic battery life and basically indestructible.

I’ve had the Garmin Instinct Solar for a few months now, and it’s completely changed how I track my exercises and hikes. The battery life is impressive — I get close to a month on a single charge, which is perfect for long outdoor trips. However, when I turned on the high heart rate notification, the battery life dropped to about two weeks since it would go off 3–4 times a day. The fitness tracking features are top-notch, and it’s been really reliable overall. My only wish is that it had more “smartwatch” features, like the ability to text and take calls directly from the watch. Overall, it’s a great fitness-focused watch with incredible battery life.

My wife bought this watch for me as an anniversary gift as my Fitbit charge 2 was more than 7 years old. I was reluctant at first, given that there is no touch screen, no color display and almost looks like a regular Casio. After a lot of whining, my wife persuaded me to try it for a week. Boy! What a watch! There are so many interesting features and health trackers that you will discover new ones every day. The best thing I like about this watch, is the ability to customize everything. From the items displayed on the watch face to the more intricate details of your weight, calories burnt etc, there a whole plethora of data waiting for you, all the while being easy to understand! The battery life of awesome, if you switch the pulse ox and gps to manual. I consistently get 30 days on a single charge with about 90 mins of charging. This is a no nonsense health tracker. Although I would have loved this to have the ecg, the heat monitor does a pretty good job as it lets you set thresholds. I use this for walks, swim, elliptical and treks and have been really amazed at what it can do. I don’t even feel the need for a color display or touch screen as I am now used to the controls, they are very intuitive. I recommend this watch for any health enthusiast as it can be a loyal companion in your fitness journey.

This watch is everything, perfect for everyday use, great for work , travel , great lasting battery, easy to set up and use, very stylish, has everything you can ask for in smart watch or regular cobine. I recommend giving it a try if you havent yet.

This watch is great. Ditch your Apple Watch your Fitbit. If ttt or music control are not your priority, but battery life useful tools and ruggedness are important? Get this

I am a big fan of the Instinct 2 solar. It has fewer gimmicks than the Apple Watch, and the battery life is incredible. I appreciate being able to track sleep and the Garmin connect app is a nice companion piece to help me make sense of the data.

I bought this watch to use for outdoor activity, working out, etc. I will say that I'm very accustomed to using the Apple Watch and the ease of use that comes with that. But with this Instinct watch, it was extremely difficult to figure out all the features. I felt like there were so many button pushes and combination of buttons to push just to get to a feature that I wanted to use. It was not user friendly at all. And, I felt like the resources out there to learn how to use it were lacking, so I returned the watch.

The battery life is superior to any other watch. The features are perfect for my everyday needs and when I am backpacking. It is very helpful in aiding my goals!