Name: Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Standard 45mm Rugged GPS Smartwatch
Brand: Garmin
SKU: GRMI2S
Price: 274.99 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 4.6 (343 reviews)

Whatever You Do, Own ItThis rugged, solar charging GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you and unique enough to fit your style. Now it comes in two sizes to fit every wrist.&#149; This watch...

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Sale: Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Standard 45mm Rugged GPS Smartwatch Buy now & save $125. Band Style: Rubber, Gender: Unisex, Type: Digital, Watch Type: GPS Sports Watches, Heart Rate Monitor, Sports Watch, Wrist Watch

Whatever You Do, Own ItThis rugged, solar charging GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you and unique enough to fit your style. Now it comes in two sizes to fit every wrist.&#149; This watch is tough, which means no holding back&#149; Train your way with built-in sports apps at the wrist&#149; Smart notifications so you don't miss out on what matters&#149; Push boundaries, but stay on track with access to more satellites&#149; Understand your body better with 24/7 health monitoring&#149; Keep your experiences going with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode with solar chargingEngineered For EnduranceThis rugged watch is water-rated to 100 meters and is thermal and shock resistant. Plus, with a fiber-reinforced polymer case and chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass, this device is built to endure.Designed To Do YouBold colors, high-contrast displays and size options let you show the world that you do things your own way.Get More Battery Out Of LifeGo longer than ever with solar charging with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode. Plus, power manager lets you extend battery life by controlling what settings and sensors draw power.Track every adventure.Multi-Gnss SupportWhether you're hiking, mountain biking, trail running or skiing, you'll have access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.ABC SensorsNavigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.Tracback RoutingTake the guesswork out of your return journey by using this feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point.Reference PointKeep track of a known place - such as your car or the trailhead - relative to your location, and easily find your way back to it.Live connected.Smart NotificationsReceive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.Connect IQ StoreDownload custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store app on your compatible smartphone.Garmin Pay Contactless PaymentsBreeze through checkout lines and select transit systems with Garmin Pay contactless payments through participating providers.Safety And Tracking FeaturesWhen your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or - during select outdoor activities - automatically with built-in incident detection.Calendar ViewEasily see your plans for the day with a dedicated calendar screen when paired with your compatible smartphone.Sync With The Garmin Connect AppSee your health and fitness information all in one place. The Garmin Connect app on your compatible smartphone is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect, compete and share.Train your way.Built-In Sports AppsDo whatever you love with preloaded activity profiles for running, cycling, swimming, strength training, indoor climbing, virtual running, golf, yoga and more.Hiit WorkoutsThis activity profile tracks your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata and custom. Set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.VO2 MaxTrain smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. It even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.Daily Workout SuggestionsView your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar.Recovery TimeAfter each workout, recovery time lets you know when you'll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.Backcountry Skiing and SnowboardingThese activity profiles now automatically distinguish between descending and climbing. So you can hit start on your first run and leave your smartwatch tracking all day long.MTB DynamicsTrack the details of every ride with mountain biking metrics plus specialized Grit and Flow measurements that rate trail difficulty and how smoothly you descend, giving you a score to beat next time.Wrist-Based Running PowerSee how much power you're applying to the trail or the road so you can manage your effort and fine-tune your training. No accessory required.Know your body.Wrist-Based Heart RateGet estimated heart rate data along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you're at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.Stress TrackingHeart rate variability is used to calculate your stress level score, so you can see if you're having a calm, balanced or stressful day.Sleep Score And Advanced Sleep MonitoringGet a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights.Body Battery Energy MonitoringOptimize your body's energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you're ready to be active or when you may need to rest.Pulse OXFor altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox sensor uses light beams at your wrist to estimate how well your body is absorbing oxygen.Fitness AgeThis feature uses chronological age, your weekly vigorous activity, resting heart rate and BMI to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Get tips to lower your fitness age.Intensity MinutesTrack how many minutes of vigorous activity you're getting, when you earn them and during what activity. You can even view them as a data field during timed activities.Women's Health TrackingUse the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

The watch is great, however way to complicated to use for simple tasks ie timer etc

No touch screen

I needed a new watch as my present watch decided to go to watch heaven. I decided to move up a huge level and picked the Instinct 2 Solar. It requires a little learning curve but I'm conquering the curve. With all the tech that's in this watch I've learned a little more about my status and moving into optimizing exercise. I'm 71 years old and I can say that I am ready for some new tricks to maintain a healthy lifestyle. 

Overall, a great purchase.

A new adventure

Heart Rate Monitor is great. Run/Walk features very good. Golf app is great. Sleep app is only fair. Terrible at counting steps. It really only counts arm swings and not steps at all.

Some Good Fetures, Some Bad

It's a great watch! Garmin pay is great and I use it all the time.

High-quality and great features!

The solar feat is amazing, my battery life has exceeded all my expectations.

Great battery

Mine came with damage from the shipper (cut up band and face scratched up a bit. Really upset Amazon would help me fix it, it's a great watch though, so don't want to knock off stars for garmin, tracks my exercise and sleeping perfectly, and that is just why I bought it!

Great watch.

It's a change from my VivoActive due to no touchscreen but it has way more features and a much improved battery. Still navigating some of the bells and whistles but so far it's awesome!

So much data!

My experience with this watch so far is good.

My expectations of the watch have not been tested yet and me being in my senior years may not. In years past I used the Garmin for way points and area calculations for work and fires. The wearable GPS was a great tool. I will still use the GPS for track back and way points. Never know if I will need the GPS coordinates for mapping but nice to have the option.

I like the lightweight and comfortable watch. It's not my everyday watch because I do some mechanics and don't want to subject the instinct 2 to the abuse, and prefer a smaller cheaper watch.

Still learning

Still working on the learning curve, but got the buttons down quickly. Now to decide what I want and don't, but plenty of choices, and is working great for my needs. Love the long, long battery life.

So far so good

I really wanted this watch! and here he is with me! he has everything I need. I'm happy

Great!

It was a swap-out because another failed on me. I DO appreciate the efforts put forth by Garmin. I've owned them for a few years now? so this solidifies my continued use.

I really do enjoy it.

So happy to have a watch that doesn't die after 6 hours. Still trying to figure out how to set exercises. Able to get to the desired setting but then can't get it to record what I am doing

Features

I have had this for about a month. I wanted to replace my apple watch with something a little more simple. The activity tracking is great and it is an all around great watch. The downsides are the out of the box watch faces leave a lot to be desired and the online builder is 3rd party and clunky at best. I do about a 2 hour bike ride every day and spend even more out in the sun and the solar doesnt seem to extend the battery life much at all, i can only get about 7 days out of a charge. I am sure there are things i can turn off but the documentation about how and what can be turned off is all but nonexistent.

Great watch, battery life not as expected.

Good watch I've had it about a month now, great for work. The HR sensor doesn't work because I have tattoos on my arm so that sucks, my Apple Watch never had any problems but whatever. But anyways it's super durable, tracks my runs, battery lasts forever. Just overpriced.

Not bad

I had the Instinct solar 1 for quite a while and when the battery stopped holding a charge, I bought the Solar 2. I love most things, but, wish customizing the favorite activities was easier.

Love it.

I brought first generation instinct watch was amazing and simple thing to wear because of battery last longer was best watch I ever had. Hey did you know that I grew up since I was kid wear many different watches over years, this is 50th watches I use. 



Now Let's talk about 2nd generation watch that I purchased, I suspicious the vibrate was weak and I called Garmin Support, He said it is defective so I asked did company do quality test on all watches but they said no. Really? How do new customer aware this is defective vibrate? I wonder? I been replacement it so there are another issue on this watch is buttons, some are loose cause press it accident without my knowledge as result this watch quality not great as 1st generation watch, Disappointment. However there are other issue, I use timer to remind me on cooking and remind on something but they update firmware make vibrate every time when I start the timer cause annoy and drain battery faster which there no option on it, Disappointment again. Now I felt this 300 buck watch not worth the cost because of quality. I hope they improvement on 3rd Generation Instinct, If they listen to us, I hope. Thank you for asking, Garmin.

Not Great as First Generation Instinct Watch :(

I bought Garmin - Instinct 2 Solar a month or so ago. The watch is exactly what I needed and it doesn't look like a miniature phone. It looks like a rugged watch. The battery life is long lasting and the solar capability is vital.

Everything I Need

This watch does it all. If you're an avid outdoorsman, a fitness junkie, or you just want a smartwatch that's durable this is the watch for you. It's super user friendly, has a ton of different options for fitness tracking, the GPS features are top tier, and it looks great. More than anything this watch is tough. I honestly feel like if a nuclear apocalypse happened today this watch would still be ticking tomorrow.

Best Watch I've Ever Owned

The solar instinct, too, was a replacement for my instinct one, Garmin customer service goes above and beyond and this watch is amazing

Extended features from my instinct 1

My previous watch was a Vivoactive 3 from 2019. I really liked its color touchcreen and its ability to store a few workouts. I was looking to replace it mainly for another Garmin with longer battery life. When I started using this Instinct, I was a little thrown off by how different the controls are. It took me a full day to reprogram my expectations. No color touchscreen as the most important tactile difference. I quickly learned the buttons and how to use each of the features of this watch. Another plus for not having a touchscreen is no more inadvertent touching of the screen when the face gets wet. Battery life is a huge plus. I might charge it once a week now. Memory is better, bigger selection of workout types, each with more specific options. Screen isn't as visually pretty, but is more functional, showing the info you want at a glance. Highly recommend for current Garmin users looking to upgrade battery life, memory capacity, and functionality.

Excellent outdoor fitness watch

I used to own the original Instinct Solar Tactical until recently. Unfortunately, the latest update rendered it useless causing it to discharge rapidly. That's when I contacted Garmin about my issue who were determined to get to the bottom of it. After a couple of days exchanging information I was told the issue was unresolveable and was offered the Instinct 2 Solar Tactical instead. Needless to say I agreed. The overall firmware architecture is very similar so navigating the watch menu wasn't foreign to me. I gained some new features, more activities, and some widgets are now more elaborate, which I enjoy. The new generation of the power glass stores more juice and the overall anesthetic is more refined. Garmin really stand behind their product and really take care of their customers.

Awesome

This watch has every feature I was looking for and some to grow on! It makes the everyday challenges much more manageable and still keeps you learning with the added features.

Everything In One!

Finally a full featured gps watch that I can afford. This watch is great. It takes a bit of getting used to but it is pretty user friendly once you get the hang of it.

Love it

I purchased this watch a few months ago and continue to be impressed with the quality, features and ease of use. Giving me more than I expected with the exception of the battery life when SP02 is continuous, then requires recharging about every 12 days which is still outstanding.

More than imagined

This watch is amazing! It reports all of my features such as movement control, heart rate, pacing for running times, sleep rate, and so much more. In addition, it stays charged for days or even weeks which I love.

AMAZING!

I originally purchased the Instinct Solar 2X Tactical and had to return it due to me not liking the 50mm. I was able to exchange it for the Garmin Instinct 2 Solar and I'm really happy with my exchange!

Awesome upgrade!

Coming from a long line of smartwatches - Sony, Pebble, Pebble 2 HR, Moto 360, Samsung Active 3, Fossil Gen 6 - this is my first Garmin.



It's exactly what I was looking for:

- fantastic battery life

- lightweight 

- not all bells and whistles under the sun as a smartwatch, but the notifications

- a great, great companion app

- waterproof

- Garmin's reliability.



Observe I mentioned none of all the sports and adventure (compass, altitude, etc) capabilities of the watch as unfortunately my life currently leaves little time for it - still, my daily walks and stairs climbing, sleep, heart rate are always there.



All in all, if you don't want the color displays and short battery life, and is looking for a no frills, superb watch experience, this is the one.

Best ever for what I was looking for

I'm 77, 2 years into retirement and just now starting back at the gym seriously. The Garmin watch and software provide an outstanding health monitoring system that allows me to workout hard and monitor so I don't over do it. It's even helping me understand my sleep problems and improve. Anyone my age needs to be in regularly scheduled workouts and monitoring their health. The Garmin system (watch + app) is one of the best ways to do that without being under medical care. 

It 's a watch for serious people.

Instinct 2 Solar - a great health system

Replaced my Apple Watch with this one, as I needed a more rugged watch. It works great and does everything I would need!

Great watch

Does everything I want it to do. The flashlight sucks, but the rest of the watch is brilliant and as advertised

Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Standard 45mm Rugged GPS Smartwatch

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