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

Great Features and easy to use

Got this to help with refereeing sporting events. It works great as a normal watch and the solar keeps it charged.

Great watch

Great smartwatch for its price, durable, long battery life

My review

Had it for about 1 months. Nice features and able to change almost anything if desired. Definitely need to spend time studying as it is a not so intuitive set up, but very doable. Solar charging is over hyped by Garmin and offers little unless you park the watch in the sun and leave it for a few hours. But, overall, I like the watch alot and would buy it again.

Updated screen

I had one before this one and I loved it so when a car ran it over I purchased a new one. This one has more update screen and long lasting battery. I'm an outdoor person and it has what I need and some. I love this watch.

Best watch I’ve ever bought

Simple, rugged does everything you need with just a bit extra. If you have the cash buy it. Don’t think..just act.

Everything I wanted and nothing I didn’t

I’ve had it for a month now and love it. It’s everything I wanted and nothing I didn’t. Large enough display, battery lasts a long backpacking or mountaineering trip, plus. I don’t use it for maps so that was not an issue. I’m very happy I bought this one!

Simple and user friendly, long battery life

I got this watch because I didn't want all of the extra features that came with an Apple watch. I also wanted a battery that would last for longer than 1-1/2 days. So far, the watch battery is lasting as long as advertised. I charged it the first day and it said it was going to last 29 day, and its held to that. I also love the simplicity of it. It has enough features to satisfy my wants, like weather, step counter, and heart rate monitor, but none of the extra stuff that gets in the way an...

Reliable watch (so far)

This is a pretty good watch, it has all the functions I need. It gets 4 stars because it's not very intuitive, I had to check the manuals a couple of times in order to re-arrange screens, add ability to lap manually, etc.

A watch for everything

This watch is absolutely amazing. It's not to cumbersome like some watches (Galaxy watch4 Classic comes to mind), it has a forever lasting battery (mine hasn't died yet nor needed to be charged(down to 6 days)), and it tracks everything i need minus blood pressure. The offline maps work wonderful for hiking, I've tested them on the 9 mile Clark's Creek trail. It has a mode for everything. The solar charging keeps it going. In my line of work, offshore Oil rigs, it doesn't get in the way or snag ...

One Of My Four Favorite Watches

I purchased this watch nearly a month ago and l'm mostly satisfied. My only regrets is it isn't amoled. Other than that, it's an awesome time piece.

Great Watch with minor issues

The watch works great, has lots of features and functions as listed. My issues mostly lie with the UI, the watch can be difficult to operate at times and not intuitive if you are coming from a non-garmin ecosystem. I think this watch works great for everyone though, its not crazy expensive like some of the other watches on the market but offers all the features just on a less interesting but more durable screen.

Go to overall smart watch

I’ve used big brand, smart watches like Apple and fit bit and you cannot even compare the battery. Life of the Garmin solar lasts a month at the worst 2-3 months on battery save mode tracks workouts, heart rate anything else you want to. I would definitely recommend and will continue to use products if this thing ever dies, has lasted 4 to 5 years at this point and doesn’t seem like it’s gonna die soon.

This watch does everything I need it to do. I really love the battery life, ability to track my runs, and the simplicity of the watch. But sometimes I wish it had the LED flashlight and touchscreen like other models do. Other than that, it’s pretty awesome.

Not a watch guy but this won’t come off my wrist

Bought it to track calories but this watch does so much more. Also bought the hr monitor for jiu jitsu and it works great!

Garmin Brand

I’m a pleased Garmin owner. After some 3 years, watch acted up. Contacted Garmin and they replaced at a fair price. I wear my watch in hardcore outdoor training daily.

Just what I needed.

Love to watch everything about it. If I can make one recommendation, I wish I could choose which notifications I want to go to my watch and which ones I want to stay on my phone That would be the only adjustment. Have a great day.

Almost Perfect Smartwatch

This is my first smartwatch and I am extremely pleased so far. I have purchased Apple Watches for wife and kids and helped set those up. I wish the Garmin apps were easier to navigate and presented better. This could be an unfair comparison to Apple. However, the main apps I have downloaded and installed so far are different watch faces. I love the solar charging option on the phone which has worked well when I am not wearing long-sleeved shirts and the weather is sunny. The only reason for the ...

Great Watch

Watch has tons of features, looks great, and the battery life is amazing.

Fantastic watch !

I have been having a hard time with other name brand watches, and bought this watch and am very satisfied with the product. Great features, awesome and easy to use ! Very tough and dependable.