Garmin Instinct 2X, Solar, Flame Red, WW
Garmin Instinct 2X, Solar, Flame Red, WW
Garmin | Instinct 2X Solar Smartwatch
ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE Durable fiber-reinforced polymer case. Thermal and shock resistant.
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Which device is right for you?
 Instinct 2X Solar |  Instinct 2 Solar |  Instinct 2S Solar |  Instinct 2 |  Instinct 2S | |
| Lens Display | POWER GLASS | POWER GLASS | POWER GLASS | STRENGTHENED GLASS | STRENGTHENED GLASS |
| Solar Charging | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Built-In Flashlight | ✔ | ✘ | ✘ | ✘ | ✔ |
| Wrist Heart Rate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Fitness Age | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Sleep Score and Insights | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Garmin Pay | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✘ | ✔ |
| VO2 max | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Recovery Time | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Water Rating | 10 ATM | 10 ATM | 10 ATM | 10 ATM | 10 ATM |
| Battery Life Smartwatch | Up to 40 days / Unlimited* | Up to 28 days / Unlimited* | Up to 21 days / 51 days* | Up to 28 days | Up to 21 days |
| Battery Life GPS Only | Up to 60 hours* / 145 hours** | Up to 30 hours* / 48 hours** | Up to 22 days* / 28 hours** | Up to 30 hours* | Up to 22 hours* |
| Dimensions: | 5 x 5 x 1.45 cm; 67 Grams |
| Model: | 010-02805-01 |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | Garmin |
| Dimensions: | 5 x 5 x 1.45 cm; 67 Grams |
| Origin: | Taiwan |
Watch is great. Not as white as it looks in pictures unfort. Haven’t been able to get accurate tides on it yet but lots of features. Delivery was super quick crazy quick
This watch is many in a collection but has not been taken off since it’s been brought tracks everything you could think off and everything you didn’t even know you could track. This has really helped with my lifestyle and fitness goals to stay on track along with a ridiculous battery life which lasts for weeks.
Takes 10 minutes to set up. Very light for a watch this size. Lots of exercise options.
Bought 2 as the first one delivered was a set of wooden sofa legs – Amazon and Klana sorting the refund out. Order picker off for an eye test.
Love this Garmin watch. After 2 weeks of using this watch every day for running, swimming, strength, etc. I can say this is a great fitness watch. The battery holds for around 20-28 days – depending on your GPS, notification, brightness, etc. settings. Do not forget to download the Connect app to view your stats! You will also need to update your watch software before the 1st use.
Haven’t looked back. Everything is accurate and it makes you forget about the thing on your wrist until you want to look. Unobtrusive and a good watch first.
Although I am quite satisfied with the watch overall , I am disappointed of the battery. It doesn’t charge on any light, only outdoors sunlight. It goes off in the middle of the battle. You’ve gotta keep it charged.
Die Uhr ist sehr wertig gefertigt. Die Funktionen sind ber das Men auf der Uhr leicht erreichbar und bersichtlich abrufbar.
Messungen werden, soweit berprfbar, genau durchgefhrt und ergeben logische Werte.
Die Laufzeit von bis zu 40 Tagen ist nicht bertrieben aber das schafft sie nur wenn keine Sttigungsmessungen durchgefhrt werden. Ansonsten kommt es natrlich auf die gemessenen Sportleistungen an.
Non riesco a capire come riesca a fare cosi’ tanto consumando cosi’ poca carica. Anche adesso che siamo in tardo autunno e con insolazione minima non ho ancora avuto bisogno di fare una ricarica con il cavo in dotazione.
Fa il suo lavoro, e lo fa bene.
He tenido todos los instinct, me compre el uno porque buscaba un buen reloj inteligente para controlar los kilmetros que hago al correr pero no quera tener que estar cargndolo cada dos por tres y la pantalla del instinct me era suficiente.
Esta gama de relojes es una maravilla, funcionan muy bien, son duros como un muro, la batera dura bastante y tienen mas funciones que el reloj de james bond, nunca me arrepent de comprarlo y si sale un instinct 3 seguramente lo compre tambin.
Del 2X decir que lo de la linterna mola un montn sobretodo para acampadas, que es el motivo por el que me cambi a este, por lo dems, igual de bueno que el instinct 2. No recomiendo especficamente el 2X pero s recomiendo el garmin instinct, cualquiera de los 3 es una buena eleccin especialmente el 2 por lo de poder pagar con el que a mi en lo personal me encanta.
Lots of fitness advice. Sleep feature is especially interesting. I’m a 5 foot petite lady and it sits comfortably on my wrist. The pink/red strap is quite attractive.
Initially it’s easy to use, so many features. I’m working on using the more complex features.
Ottimo prodotto come robustezza e durata della batteria, praticamente con ricarica solare potenzialmente infinita.ulteriore miglioramento la dimensione della cassa passata ora a 50 mm, pi leggibile. Aggiunta anche della torcia, molto utile.
Assolutamente consigliato, se le vostre tasche ve lo permettono a mio giudizio il gioco vale la candela. Se avete il polso piccolo o volete qualcosa di meno “ingombrante” potete sempre virare sulla versione 2 Solar che misura 5mm in meno, risparmiando in contemporanea qualche soldino.
Servizio Amazon impeccabile come sempre!
The only reason I’ve removed a star is the brightness of the display. I read other reviews mentioning this, and thought I could live with it ( and I can) , but it really isn’t readable in low light, even with the backlight. I can always read it by moving to a brighter area or using my phone torch, so it’s not anything that would change my decision to buy this watch. It is enough to be an annoyance.
Alle Grundfunktionen sind nahezu identisch zur ersten Generation. Wer also eine alte Instinct hat, die noch gut arbeitet und nicht unbedingt das Solar-Feature braucht, muss auch kein Upgrade kaufen.
Hinzukommen noch etliche Leckerbissen, die meist aber nur Verbesserungen im Detail sind. Der App-Shop mit neuen Oberflchen und allerhand neuen Apps (Tachymeter, Blitz-/Donner-Rechner und viele andere tolle Dinge) sind ein klares Pro!
Einen Stern Abzug gibt es fr das Display. Im direkten Vergleich mit der alten Uhr (die wohlgemerkt kleiner ist), ist das Display schlechter ablesbar. In Lichtbedingungen, die nicht optimal sind (bspw. Dmmerung, gedmmtes Licht, Schatten), ist oft der Griff zur Beleuchtungs-Taste unausweichlich. Das ist sehr schade, denn somit ist manchmal ein schneller Blick auf die Uhr eben nicht genug, um die ntigen Daten zu erhalten (bspw. die Zeit).
Sonst die wirklich beste Instinct, die es bislang gab!
Main facts that the 2X feels like a major upgrade against 1 Solar:
1) Solar charging: Is significantly improved
2) HR sensor and Multiband-GPS. HR sensor is more accurate and as for GPS: finally I have accurate elevation data and accurate GPS when swimming.
3) Garmin Pay with NFC!
4) Torch! yes it’s veeery handy
5) Software tweaks. It has IQ support which means no more effort transfering routes from komoot, strava and AllTrails to the watch. It’s a piece of cake now.
Non ho potuto ancora testare tutte le funzionalit dell’orologio perch sono veramente tante…
Visibilit del quadrante con ogni tipo di illuminazione perfetta…
La durata della batteria non illimitata e il pannello solare utile solo se si sta parecchio all’aperto…
Scarsa disponibilit di quadranti alternativi sul sito garmin…
Having been using daily since purchase and battery still on 30days, it’s great not to carry extra charging cables, fitnes tracking is good , been used for swimming and cycling tracking is on par with other devices
I also dont need garmin pay, its clunky requiring pin numbers etc. I can use my phone anyway so no biggie.
Its light and easy to wear with gshock type styling.
Excellent product. Takes a little while to learn the settings…. but nice quality. Instructions could do with a little improvement but OK. Charge cable is USB C so if you have mostly USB A then a good idea to get an C to A Adapter as well. Overall very nice product with all the added advantages of a smartwatch for use outdoors…
I had been using Strava on my phone for years even though my work colleagues and friends all had flash watches i stuck to my analogue automatic Seiko.
That watch started to lose time and I did some research – I’m an Apple boy at heart but just couldn’t square away the price and battery life against what I actually needed (I’m no explorer).
I plumbed for this one and have not been disappointed. It’s easy to use and the supporting App (which is key to me) feels very accessible and I am still to really use it to its full.
Battery life is in weeks rather than days, illumination excellent, comfortable and I like the colour – not as striking as stainless steel (my preference) but it’s growing on me.
Perfectly happy with black and white and not colour and I don’t need to see a map on my wrist either so it’s met my requirements.
Just be careful with the Amazon pricing, as they seem to be constantly changing the prices of the different colour watches – don’t know why they can’t just be standard when the only difference is the colour(apart from the tactical version).
My GF bought me the Instinct 2 Solar for my birthday and I couldn’t believe how much it’s been improved upon.
1. The screen has better resolution and has far more faces to choose from, including from Connect IQ. That said I used an online face maker to create my own with 13 different data fields.
2. Battery life. A huge improvement over the first one. And that solar panel really does come into its own when you’re outdoors. Sat in the sun on holiday watching the football and my battery actually rose. It really does charge the watch. To be used as more of an aid than the only way to charge but it all helps to extend the already amazing battery.
3. A lot more data/health reading with Vo2 Max included. HRV status and respiration added to your daily data.
4. Garmin Pay now included. While there aren’t many UK banks that support it, you can open a Curve account for free, add your credit card to it and Garmin will accept the Curve card details. Pay with your watch? How cool is that!
I use this watch as a smartwatch firstly and it does all that you’d expect, notifications (and replies with pre-written templates), music control, solar intensity readings weather alerts, alarms, etc. As a sports watch I use it to broadcast HR to my Garmin Edge 130, and collate all health info to Garmin Connect. It’s already reading my physical fitness age and is setting fitness goals from my cycling.
The build quality is everything you’d expect from Garmin, solid.
I’m still only just touching the surface of what this watch can do but so far it’s impressing the hell out of me.
My Instinct 2 Solar battery vegan to fail after a little over a year of daily use, after a short correspondence with Garmin support they exchanged it for new. Excellent customer support and still an excellent watch.
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The Instinct 2 Solar is an excellent fitness watch with smart features.
Having gone from an old forerunner to a TicWatch Pro, and now back to a garmin with the Instinct 2 solar I can comfortably say this is my favourite.
It’s rugged and in style reminiscent of a G Shock which fits perfectly into a range of my active hobbies like climbing, the gym and hiking, but still manages to look appealing with casual clothes or at dinner (assuming you like that style of course!).
The display is simple monochrome compared to the TicWatch I upgraded from or even some of Garmin’s more advanced offerings, but the simplicity makes it very easy to read in all conditions even underwater in the pool.
Despite the old(er) school aesthetic the Instinct is loaded with technology, all of which has so far worked well for me with the only exception being the usual wrist based HR issues experienced on all sensors showing themselves here too. So if HR is essential for you will still want a chest strap to pair with it, especially in a pool.
Battery life has been incredible, I’ve gone from 1.5 days on the TicWatch to about 11 days (with most sensors running, some set to monitor during the night only) and that’s with very little opportunity to get some extra solar power!
All in all a great fitness watch for more than just the extreme outdoors person, with an old school look and very modern quality of life features.