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

Great Features

I bought my Garmin watch 1 month ago and love it!!!

Great Features

This smart watch has everything I wanted plus more.

Would be best ever

Researched for a long time to find the RIGHT watch for me, ended up choosing the Instinct 2. Ran it about a month and half now and it is impressive. Does everything I had hoped for from tracking workouts and heart to helping monitor sleeping habits. It's been eye opening. Where this watch fails and fails big is the weather data and connectivity. Even if I manage to get the weather app to connect and show the latest data it will eventually disconnect. I've been trying to get it to reconnect for t...

Instinct 2

Got this for Christmas. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is due to the learning curve of learning how to use it. I know that’s just me as I’m not tech oriented. So far I love this watch. The morning report it provides is nice

Robust outdoor watch

Recieved this watch as a gift for Christmas. It has everything I wanted in a watch; comprehensive health analysis, incredible battery life, great display features. Couldn’t be happier.

Unsatisfied

I bought the watch in June 2023 but I am not satisfied with its battery because it is dying fast each time i recharge it.

Great Watch

I got the watch for my birthday in July. I been to southeast Asia and Eastern Europe in that time. Heat of the jungle and cold climate of Europe. It has been in mud and water and keeps going. I wear the watch all the time at formal events and daily. I'm getting my son one when he gets commissioned at the end of the year.

Best smart watch I've had

I've had a few smartwatches, and typically the big downfall is how you need to charge it every day or two. With this it's lasts at least 20 days. And provides great feedback with sleep as well. Overall everything impressed me on it and would buy it even without the discount. Can do very simple things for people who don't want all the fancy. Or track every set and rep in the gym. Overall I wouldn't recommend anything else.

Great watch for the active person

I love the features in this watch. The Battery life paired with the solar make it a great upgrade from the Instinct I. I wish it came with more comprehensive instructions to use all features. It is Sturdy and the balance of price and features is better than other Garmin watches.

Great watch!

It is a very good watch with a lot of great features. I wish I had it when I was still in the military.

Great price

I have wanted a Garmin multi function watch for years. Probably too old and inactive for all the features available on this watch; however, glad I finally made the purchase. If could make a suggestion. I would encourage Garmin to make this watch a bit more stylish and eye appealing.

I love the battery longevity and most of its features. The button layout is very similar to some of my older watches.

Great gear

It gives me all what I need in my outdoor adventure

Greta features

I bought this a month ago and love it for the most part. Only complaint is the gap between the bezel and the screen but hopefully it doesn’t provide an issue in the future.

So Many features

My husband owns this model and was tired of me asking questions about how far we hiked or the altitude, so he bought one for me. I use it for heart rate while at the gym, to monitor calorie burn and to record my sleep patterns.

It’s ok

Bought this with high hopes as I live in a very rural area. Doesn’t work in well in extreme weather. Very disappointed won’t buy again. It snows or rains or even a little cloudy signal is lost and it becomes a paperweight.

Not very good

Don’t keep charge well only getting two days. Keeps changing my settings. Kinda hard to learn to use

Maybe ok. Was great, then at the year mark broke

Started great. At about the year mark, the GPS, Barometer, and worse yet the Solar charge stopped working. Thankfully, I bouth the extended warranty; however, I just sent it in for the second time to be fixed! Very sad because I bought this watch BECAUSE of those 3 features!!! Not what I expected from a Garmin Product. Each time I send it out, it takes about a week and a half to get fixed and returned. I think I should have stuck to my TimeX.

it has been great to not have to charge my watch every night.

Good upgrade

Compared to the previous model instinct this one is a good upgrade. Better HR accuracy as well as the fitness widgets. Overall happy with it after a month of use.