Garmin - Instinct 2 45 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Graphite

Purchased new Amazfit T-Rex2, returned it for this which I purchased on 27Jun. Aside from the display (T-Rex is simply awesome) the Instinct 2 is a far better choice especially the ecosystem (Amazfit has a ways to go on that). You spend more on this watch than a lot of others out there BUT this watch is fantastic at what it does. I’ve also owned the Samsung 4 watch, the Fenix 6 & FitBit Charge 5. My opinion is that this new Instinct 2 is a best bet by far. Again my only negative would be the small font on the display, but my reasons for getting a watch like this isn’t just for the display, it’s mainly for solid functionality, and this one has that area covered very well. Not to mention it’s very rugged, so I can leave it on regardless of what I’m doing. The health snapshot, HRV and V02 Max is outstanding (very accurate not gimmicky). Lastly the watch lasts about 11 days when fully charged and SP02 is activated while sleeping which is really impressive in my experience. I only upgraded from the Fenix 6 because I wanted the latest and greatest sensors (that’s a great watch too). On my picture I included an area towards the top of the watch has a small bit of the plastic screensaver I bought on Amazon coming off a little. Good luck deciding, hope this helped.

I've been wearing it for about 3 weeks now and have done multiple gym workouts, outdoor and treadmill runs and 1 swim. It is a perfect smart watch with a terrific battery life - 3 weeks with a few 30+ minute GPS runs outside and 4 times a week at the gym for 90+ minutes in workout mode, then it was still showing 4 days of battery left. Physical buttons is a huge advantage in tracking workouts - I don't even have to look at my watch to start/end a set. The monochrome display is another advantage for me, because I did not want to wear another phone on my wrist and charge it every day. You can customize one of the standard watch faces, as well as download a custom one from Garmin connect, or even create entirely your own - just google it, there is a website for that. I ended up customizing one of the stock watch faces, as it already has everything I wanted. Phone notifications work flawlessly and are fully customizable. The watch can either vibrate, beep or both at the same time - this can be changed in settings for each type of notification. There are very useful shortcuts you can set up to holding two buttons that are across from each other, for example, I set up iPhone music controls, alarm clock, stopwatch and timer. I hold GPS + Down to access one, GPS + Up to access another etc. Highly recommend this watch if you want something that's not distracting, but at the same time able to do more than just show time and be an awesome fitness companion.

The battery lasts a reasonably long period of time. Easy enough to use. The GPS works really well, in tandem with the connect app on my phone. I use it with my open water swim team and we compare our speeds and distances. The overall useablility is very good. Switching between sports is pretty seamless. The strap is good. Can get a little tight. But it has a double clasp which is really useful. I lost a Fitbit to the sea because it could easily come loose.