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

Great Fitness tracker and navigating watch

I bought this last year and have been using it daily I also have an Apple Watch Ultra which I prefer but I cannot have a smart watch where I work so this is my alternate watch at work so I can track my steps I mainly use this during the week and switch to my Apple Watch on the weekends. It tracks sleep really good and also monitors everything the Apple Watch does. I also like that it has a 40+ day battery life my Apple Watch is like 36 hours so no comparison there I also had the Garmin Epic befo...

Great features and activity data

I have had Garmin product foe 20 years and am always satisfied with the features

Love the battery life.. sleep score is a flop

The main reason behind dumping the Apple Watch was for what I read was better sleep scoring and tracking. It worked for the first night, then the fight night.. now I’ve just given up. If it wasn’t for the battery life, I’d return it.

Perfect watch for me!

I have not worn a watch in over 16 years. All the watches that I have had in the past were heavy, and had no options. I started looking at the Garmin watches after I bought my Garmin InReach Mini 2. When I first saw the Instinct 2X, and felt how light it was, and all the options it had, I was hooked! Being an outdoorsman, I really liked having the altimeter, weather, step count, time, and the date, all on one watch face! Oh, I forgot to mention the sunrise and sunset times also! This watch ha...

Great watch

Got this watch about a month ago, lots of great features, everyday I find myself playing with it and exploring all the features and customizations that can be made, great overall

Excellent features!

Exceptional watch. Most challenging is remembering what's included on each of the 5 buttons.

Best choice

Charging is faster battery life is much longer I love the flashlight overall I love it great choice

Great watch

I have had the Garmin 2X solar for about 3 weeks now and it’s a very cool watch. I love the flashlight on it and how long the battery last. I did think the battery would last longer than what it does but it is still lasting longer than my Garmin instinct solar. The size of this watch will make it where if I bend my wrist a certain way, it will push the menu buttons and start going through stuff but other than the battery life and the menu button thing. This watch is awesome

Great watch with awesome features…But

I’m really enjoying this watch. Decided to buy one of these after seeing a bunch of reviews on YouTube. Features are awesome, especially considering most the features are shared with the higher end Garmins. Might sound weird, but a big reason I bought this was for the built in flashlight, thought it was an incredible idea. I will say coming from a Fenix 6x pro solar I was expecting a huge jump in battery life with the larger solar panels and less going on in the watch music/no color/no maps but ...

Different and better

I’ve had it for two weeks and enjoy it thoroughly. I had the Apple Watch for several years and I would have to say that simple is better. This is a great accumulator of data. I don’t have to have my watch entertain me. I need it to simply give me the info I need and and amass the health information into a usable format. Thanks

Great battery

I bought this a month ago I have used only had to charge it once. The features are amazing! The gps works well I would prefer a map but the straight line works well. The flash light is great . Lastly the watch looks great and is durable.

It´s a nice surprise

In the beginning of Jan/24 I was in Miami and decided to buy a smartwatch. Sincerely I had never thought about a GARMIN - Instinct 2x Solar. Since that I´m very happy with my new device. Strong, light, beautiful and giving me a very nice user experience.

Loving the ease of use

The watch was very easy to set up and connect with the app, it's alittle much to get used to in everything it measures but it's cool to see how the days get better as you become aware of how your body is working and start working with it

Big screen, Battery life is awesome!

I've been using this watch for about two months and is great! The battery life is unmatched. Using the flashlight a lot, sound alarms, plenty of notifications and using the beacon feature for 1 hour every day and I am getting three weeks battery life. I am exposing the watch to about 40K lux daily and it helped to hold its charge longer. The screen is Very easy to read and for the workouts is great. I just received a new update with new features.

Better than the forerunner 965

I went from the forerunner 235 to the instinct 1, to the instinct 2, to the forerunner 965, then quickly back to the instinct 2x. The feel, the battery life, the screen, all 1000x better in my opinion. And it does 99% of what the other watches do. Love this thing.

Love it!

Replaced my older Instinct—which I loved! Great replacement, familiar and even better! Larger “screen” and superior battery life. I thought the built in LED torch was a bit gimmicky but it has come in handy!

Backlight

Not happy with the backlight. Bought two of these watches for me and my husband due to cardiac features, however, poor eyesight and dim backlight are disappointing.

Good but complicated

I do love the Instinct, however, it does take some time to learn and the manual is not the best. Wish they had a book "Garmin for dummies" cause it is hard to read and comprehened the manual on line. Product support is great and they answer questions quickly.

Instinct 2X solar

Been using it for about a month now, have to say love the watch and features. Battery has a stupid long life! Worth the money for sure

Great smartwatch

Excellent at tracking workouts, notifications through phone, sleep metrics, and Garmin connect act really helps “gamify” workouts