Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great watch works awesome but need instructions and YouTube is not the best

Amazing watch with great features. I enjoy the fact that it is not a touch screen. The screen is very visible even in bright conditions. It functions great for triathletes and automatically tracks your transitions.

Great watch !!! The torch light is an awesome addition .

Happy with my Garmin Instinct so far. The color , twilight , looks quite a bit different for real then on the computer.

Nice and i gifted to my friend. He is satisfied and happy.

Unfortunately had to replace a different watch and was stressing over a replacement. This fit every check box for me and works wonders

It’s a nice watch for notifications and to track activity. My boyfriend says it’s a very complicated watch to use.

Nice watch, and with a rugged look, also perfect for a gift on Father's Day.

This is the best watch if you want a very good fitness tracker but not a smart watch. Love it came from an Apple Watch Ultra and love this so much better.

Purchased after buying 3 cheep watches for military training. This watch as it all and very well built.

This is advertised at 28 days of battery life in regular smartwatch mode, or unlimited if you get lots of sunlight, but you won’t get anywhere near that. I didn’t do any gps activities, got decent sunlight exposure, downloaded the latest software update, and I only got 11 days. Thats a huge disappointment. Other than that, its a solid, rugged watch. But I returned it, because battery life was my main reason for purchasing this to begin with. If you dont mind charging it that often, i’d recommend it, but if that matters to you, skip this one. The 50mm model probably does better than this, but I doubt it’ll be significantly better, and it’s much bulkier than this 45mm.

Watch is functional, display could be better and easier to ise

Excellent product. I bought two for my sons and they loved!!!

I would love to be able to write a review about my product. But Best Buy has delayed my package twice now. It was a Christmas present. It’s January 15th and nobody can give me an answer where the package is.

Can’t get steps off of watch, no instructions, you have to go to internet which is unnecessarily difficult.

Decided to upgrade from my Instinct 2 and was mostly disappointed. This is a fantastic watch, just not worth the upgrade if you have the 2 or 2x. Probably worth the upgrade if you still have the original Instinct, otherwise wait this one out for the inevitable much improved 4. After ten days of use, decided to return and go back to the 2

First battery held more than 10 days. 2nd charge quickly drained out. 3rd charge - about 9% of memory daily with minimal use. Still monitoring it. May return this. I bought this a long battery life

It’s a nice watch, a little complicated to use and constantly disconnects from my phone a lot

Quite difficult to setup. Watch face scratched easily! Most features are helpful in timing mode

If you're like me, you spend hours reviewing watches only to come to the store and stare at the one you didn't think you'd buy. As someone who's used both, this is why I chose the Garmin Instinct Solar. Build: Remember those old Nokia phones? The phones you could literally drop off a cliff, and they'd leave a crater in the ground? That's this watch. Solid, with a 10 ATM rating (10 meters under water or 100 meters of pressure). In a nutshell, you're safe during a rainstorm, swimming in a pool, or taking a shower. And yes, the orange band around the watch is a hideous sight. Power: With GPS on and display set to 5%, the watch showed I had 12 days of power before a plug in. Which compared to the AMOLED which boosts 16 days of power (with always on display turned off), I was a bit disappointed. HOWEVER, at the end of day with about an hour of sun from driving and walking outside, my percentage showed I had 97% left. Not bad at all. Display: The AMOLED destroys the MIP (Monochrome Inverse Polarized) screen. It looks phenomenal and easy to see in the sunlight. Not that there's anything wrong with the MIP. It's easy to see in both sunlight and darkness can even display chromatic emojis from text messages. This is not a touch screen watch (more on that later). DO NOT PUT A SCREEN PROTECTOR ON EITHER SCREEN. Sure, on Google you'll read with through pages of threads arguing about this. But the Garmin deity has spoken and forbade the use of these. Plus, it's meant to take a beating. A screen protector also reduces the efficiency of your solar panel. Use: I feel fairly comfortable with tech. But I boarded the struggle bus when I first used this. Which button does what? Thankfully, when you connect the watch to your phone Garmin takes you through an in-depth tutorial on how to use your watch which is pretty cool. The buttons are large enough to operate with gloves. The app is fairly easy to use and set up was a breeze. Both watches track your sleep, give you a morning report on how well you slept, and provide a ton of other health information. It even tries to cheer you up when you're your health score is low. Other fun facts: A flashlight on a watch? A gimmick until you actually use it. And now, you realize you'll never buy another watch without a flashlight. There is a red light as well as four intensity levels. I could see a good eight feet in front of me on the highest intensity level. The red light is great for those midnight snack runs to the fridge and just about everything you'd do in a low light setting. Clean the watch every week with a soft towel and water if you don't want skin irritation. I have small wrists and the 45 mm fits incredibly well. Overall, amazing watch and one you won't regret purchasing. Yes, the orange band is an eyesore but at least it's a tolerable eyesore with all the benefits of Garmin goodness.