Garmin Instinct 2X Solar, Rugged GPS Smartwatch, Built-in Flashlight, Solar Charging Capability, Multi-Band GNSS, Graphite

Awesome watch. Battery lasts so long. Love the built in flash light, it's super bright. It's a very serious watch with a little bit of a learning curve, especially if coming from a Fitbit. It's sort of like going to Linux from windows. A bit clunky at first but once you get the hang of it, you'll love it.While the heart rate monitor may occasionally say your heart rate is going crazy high while resting (I generally resolve that issue by removing the watch and then putting it back on) it works really well at tracking and giving you health insights.A slight drawback is that it doesn't detect naps. If it does, I can't find where it's shown in the app or watch.

Good watch with alot of functions, I like specially the sleep tracker. It simple to use, I never used a manual. It charges very fast. It a very good watch for this money.

Awesome Watch, Love Garmin Products, Tough, Durable, Long lasting battery, Great Flashlight and all the functions, apps are top notch too, Highly recommended

I wanted to wait a few months before writing a review on this watch, as I've never owned a Garmin and was aware they have a proprietary software that I would need to get used to. It's also more expensive, which took me a while to pull the cord, and I didn't know whether I would feel buyers remorse and let it cloud my feelings on performance. While I was not surprised per se, I had also expected this to take some time to navigate, as it has an immense amount of functionality. However, it was completely natural to use. Also great watch faces and really bright, easy to read info, which is notable given all the information on the face. Very easy to navigate functions. Sleep monitoring is (much) more accurate and consistent than the last two watches I had, neither of which were particularly cheap or lower quality. Battery life is amazing. I charge once a week out of habit, but it's usually around 50% so could last two weeks. I'm not a heavy user so assume that could be different for others, but any way you cut it, the battery will stay charged a long time. To charge, it is a proprietary cord, so that's the only downside, but unless you lose cords all the time you should be fine. I'm sold on Garmin now!

Purchased the instinct solar 2X and was IMMEDIATELY sorry I didn't buy one sooner. If you like double or triple sensor outdoors/solar watches the solar instinct line is 99% perfect. Durable, subtle, low profile, and light weight. The only downside is you have to charge the 2X every ~40 days if you get an hour or two of sun per day. You can also go for ~3 days of activity with the battery saver and GPS tracking on during movement. I hear the 3 solar is even better on battery, solar, and legibility. It's also nice because it is very smart, but feels kind of early y2k dumb, using the watch does not feel like another screen to steal you attention span. It's just an excellent timepiece and fitness tool.With the 40 day battery mode, you will get text/call notifications, weather, constant heart rate, health stats, morning report, step count, sleep track, altimeter tracking, compass, daily alarm, stop watch/timer, and of course a tiny bit of red light use (seriously awesome to have a tiny red light at night to not ruin your night vision but not need a room light).When doing outdoor activity, you can set up or download .gpx files to form a course/trail to navigate with turn by turn directions. It is perfectly light weight to keep the map in your bag and just look at the watch if you lose the trail.

Bought this watch for my husband for Xmas last year. It is still working pretty good and my husband loves it! Battery really lasts. It tracks steps, stress and sleep pretty well. We love it! Highly recommend it!

I received my Garmin quickly and was impressed by the quality of the watch. I got it mainly for sports tracking and heart monitor use. The heart monitor is ok but it liked the one on galaxy better. It does the job when you get used to it but its a little flaky at first to get used to. I got the tactical model because of the price and it seems to be worth the price even though i wont use most of the tactical features for ammo etc. I wondered about the rubber strap but its better than a stiffer plastic one because of contact with your wrist for the heart monitor and other functions. It was a little harder for me to set and I did manage to lock it up once which was frustrating to say the least, But I stuck with it and once your past the learning curve things get better. the instructions are not that good but thank God for Google which makes things much easier. If the Garmin had not been for sale and I bought it I would probably have sent it back due to my frustration level trying to set it up. One thing you'll like is the battery endurance level this thing has. Its chargeable through the included charging cable plus its solar chargeable which is one of the better systems out there. Its big (50mm) which seems huge until you notice it weighs nothing at all! and then you don't feel it at all. For those military men or pretend military men its a great piece of gear that should last many seasons of out door activity. Aside from its draw backs which won't bother many I think if you can find it on sale then get one because of its phenomenal battery life then youll grow to appreciate its many functions and features.

Love this watch. Solar keeps it going. Seldom needs charging. I use it to track all kinds of things including my "body battery" which helped me adjust my blood pressure medication to even out my heart rate over the day and during sleep. Connects and works well with iPhone. Easier to read and understand display and buttons than Casio Trek's I've had. Way better app and integration with iPhone than Casio.