Customer Ratings & Reviews

This watch is accurate and has several features that I like. I especially like the long battery life and the solar charge.

Works just like it should.. Takes a little work to figure it out. Not as intuitive as I thought. I think I’m just not as intuitive at 72… It’s great! Learning every day. It’s a Garmin. They work no matter what…

Husband needed to update his GArmin watch. This option was great for everyday wearing at his job. Highly recommend.

Great tv. ,love it, only thing i would like is more control of the brightness control for the bedroom.

This is my second Garmin product (1st one was a VIVO HR). This model is a little larger in size than my HR, but I still love it and it's tracking features.

MEH. The plus side? Good features for the most part, but limited in scope and function. It does what it needs to, but it is slow on scrolling through functions and there is often a severe lag between activity and measurement. Overall, that's none too bad. The written directions are very poor, they appear to have been written for someone already familiar with Garmin products, not by an educator or skilled technical writer. However, use is still easily learnable, pretty much just throw away any written material from Garmin. The very worst part is the limited battery life. Now, granted, I live, work, exercise, and enjoy Alaska. The GPS systems are not well-enabled for our latitude, but they mostly work...as long as you're not next to a mountain, a cliff, or trees...now why is that a concern in Alaska? The biggest issue though, is the insufficiency of solar charging. The charging area is so small (outer ring) that it doesn't charge well here. If you live in and enjoy Alaska, don't bother with this solar model. It simply doesn't work well here even during summer.

Many features actuality more that i need but, nice looking, robust and the features i wanted.

Really great product. Does everything I want and need!

I love it, Been wanting it for a long time. I'm glad I bought it.

This watch checks all the boxes that I was shopping for and has not disappointed!!!

It does what it says it does. Upgrade from the instinct,

Great watch for a good price . Order online and was ready for pick up the following morning.

Great fitness tracker/watch for those that don’t want to look like they’re wearing a fitness tracker!

I bought this watch to replace an old 735XT which was no longer doing a good job of measuring my open water swims. The GPS would just crap out and freeze and stop measuring my distance. That watch was almost 10 years old so I figured it was just worn out. So I spend time researching on the Garmin site which watches can measure open water swimming. I ended up spending at least $100 more than I would have specifically to get this functionality. Unfortunately, I discovered that the problem I had with my old watch wasn't just about it being worn out -- the same problem exists in my brand new Garmin Instinct Solar. I bought it before the current markdown, so I paid over $400 for a watch that cannot measure one of the activities I bought it to measure. Meanwhile, my friends are swimming in more attractive Apple watches -- sure their battery life sucks, but I CAN'T EVEN MEASURE MY SWIMS. Unfortunately, I am past the return date (bought it two months ago). I received a reply from Garmin Support with questions like: "Are you utilizing the built-in "Open Swim" activity? Is the watch above the water when you begin the activity?" They also sent a link to a list of recommendations including: "Wear the watch in a swim cap." Finally, this is the third Garmin I have owned -- I had a 735XT and a Vivosmart -- and by far the least attractive.

Does well with heart rate but, difficult to view anything else Have had it in other screens and takes awhile to figure out how to get back. Also, makes wrist sweat and irritated

Excellent for the price Excellent computer for the price

Had the watch for about 3 months when it completely stopped working. It won't connect to my phone, it doesn't get any notifications, it won't even show the correct time. We tried everything we could think of to reset it and start from scratch and nothing worked. For as much as it cost I'm VERY disappointed it only lasted about 3 months.

Too hard to figure out. We could not get anything on the watch to work. Someone else that had a garmin watch couldn’t figure it out.