Customer Ratings & Reviews

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

GREAT watch for my purposes. I’m very happy with the data it collects and reports - and with Garmin Connect. The back to start features - track back and straight line - have been very helpful in getting me back to the starting point of several hikes. I’m just learning the features and am not an athlete by any means - but this already is a great tool for tracking health/exercise and for hiking/ navigation. Well made and, I think, worth every penny.

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.