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Instinct 2 Smart Watch with Step Counter, Heart Rate Monitor and GPS Enabled

Ratings & Reviews for Garmin Instinct 2 Smart Watch with Step Counter, Heart Rate Monitor and GPS Enabled

4.4
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 4.4 out of 5
591 Reviews


100% Recommend this product

Ratings may include incentivized customer reviews.

What Customers Are Saying

The smartwatch offers a wide range of features for fitness and outdoor activities, including detailed health and fitness tracking, long battery life, and comprehensive navigation capabilities. Users praise its rugged design, ease of use, and the Garmin Connect app for data analysis. While a few customers experienced minor issues, the majority of reviews are positive, highlighting the watch's durability, reliability, and ability to help users stay active.

Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.
591 Customer Reviews

Great watch. Tracks everything and monitors your emails from your phone. I love it.

April 4, 2026

From Garmin

Nice watch

Overall good watch. Have not had time to use or explore all the features. The backlight is a little low and in some cases does not make it easy to read the watch face. Very nice outdoor watch.

March 22, 2026

From Garmin

Great features

Functionally it does all that I would want it to do. Some of the way to do things is not intuitive and the screen isn't always easy for me to read. It is a good watch for Triathlon - swim, bike and run.

March 12, 2026

From Garmin

Have problems- no one available for help

Stop showing outside temperature about a month ago. Not able to restore. Not able to talk to anyone about the problem!!!

February 28, 2026

From Garmin

It's a constant companion

I purchased my Garmin Instinct 2.5 years ago. There have been no problems, and I still wear it most of the time. It has helped me in countless ways: alerted me to a life threatening condition, tracked my HR, sleep, oxygen saturation, and kept me out of danger when increases in elevation happened too quickly. It's been absolutely one of the very best digital gadgets I've ever purchased.

February 25, 2026

From Garmin

It's a good watch

I have had this watch for a couple of years, the watch is great, but I'm pretty sure this is the fourth time the app in the my phone forgets that I have the watch, it's quite a annoying, I also have it set on metric and for reasons only known to Garmin it will tell me when I have walked a mile???

February 23, 2026

From Garmin

nice watch

the alert function works great. Fell down pretty hard on a hike and my contacts were alerted. I was not in any danger but grateful for the peace of mind

February 2, 2026

From ExpertVoice.com

Instinct 2

I love my watch but I wish you could get your nap time a lot earlier.

January 24, 2026

From Garmin

Instinct 2 went crazy!

I have the watch 2 years an 2 month. Hard to explore menu and the watch face. However pretty good features. I like most of them, except the excessive golf features, but I dont play golf. Few days ago, the watch started to jump through the menu and drain battery so fast. I had to recharge fully every few hours. Something with aquaring satellites, said AI deep seek. Menu button was actually stuck and barely working. Fix the menu button under warm water, but battery still drain fast. Don't know wh...

January 21, 2026

From Garmin

Perfect watch for working person

I’ve worn this watch almost every single day for the last 2.5 years. Maybe not worn it 14day while I was waiting on my replacement in that time frame. The watch seemed to survive some of the roughest events as a diesel mechanic, weight lifter and obstacle course racer on occasion. It’s not the most fancy but it’s just what I like with enough fancy stuff to keep me happy. I replaced the one that finally died after 2.5 years with the exact same one so that should say something. Wish the silicone b...

January 1, 2026

From Garmin

This is a great watch for the money!

I like how the phone syncs up great to your phone! You can see everything that comes in on your phone!

December 10, 2025

From Garmin

Best watch ever

Super happy and impressed with recording abilities, love all the features, the size of the face is large but you get pretty used to it. Very happy with the battery life and it will last me multi-day trips!

December 9, 2025

From ExpertVoice.com

Instinct 2

I bought in early Nov 25. Mainly to pair with an alpha 200 dog tracking system. Works great for that. I personally do not use any of the other apps. But have been wearing everyday. Really like fact I don't have to keep phone on me to know when receive text or call

December 4, 2025

From Garmin

Keepa asking to be reconnecting

Keeps disconnecting watch from phone and every 2 days have to re sync

December 1, 2025

From Garmin

Not Good at all

Why not just build one single watch that WORKS and is easy to use? I don't understand you guys. Two days spent trying to get this to stop crashing. New computer, new laptop, new cellphone and it still does not work right. So fed up and frustrated.

November 10, 2025

From Garmin

Well made

This watch is very well made. It has basic functionality but it has everything you necessary for everyday use. The battery life is great.

October 25, 2025

From Garmin

Great watch

It works well, gives my heartrate and sleep score. Battery last along time between charges.

October 20, 2025

From ExpertVoice.com

Lose karakteristike

Pogresna nadmorska visina i pogresan barometarski pritisak, kontrolisano na meteroloskim stanicama

October 19, 2025

From Garmin

Young, active person's watch

I should have done better research on the watch. Quite a few of the guys at work wear Garmin watches. I like the look. That's it. lf I performed half the outdoor activities the watch tracks, it would be money well spent, but I don't. I use a watch for the timer and stopwatch. Getting messages is cool, but not necessary. I will most likely sell it...or give it away to someone that could use it.

October 16, 2025

From Garmin

great watch for the price

Has a lot of features of the expensive watches while being a lot lighter. Battery is really good for how small and light it is

October 6, 2025

From ExpertVoice.com