Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Instinct 2 45 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Graphite - (2022)
Average customer rating
4.4
(575 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 575 reviews
5 Stars
399
4 Stars
94
3 Stars
31
2 Stars
27
1 Star
24
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Refurbished Excellent - Instinct 2 45 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Graphite - (2022)
Customer Rating
4
Great Watch
on April 18, 2022
Posted by: Kelly M
from Rock Springs, WY, US
Great features, long battery life, and rugged. I had another smart watch for a year and half. It was broken twice, and I had to charge it damn near every other day. It was not nearly as accurate as the Instinct either. I love this watch so far. I would recommend this for any knuckle dragger that wants maximal workout tracking and maximal battery life.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
I love this watch. It does a lot and easy to use
on March 11, 2025
Posted by: Jason862
I got this watch a month ago. I’m surprised how well it tracked my different activities and workouts.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
Not intuitive
on March 12, 2025
Posted by: TimLee
I received it as a gift. I hoped to use it with my dog tracking collar. I fiddled around with it, but I struggled to get the hang of which buttons to press to navigate my way through the features. In addition, I had to download 2 more garmin apps to my phone to communicate with it. Now I have 4 garmin apps on my phone to make all my garmin devices work. The garmin ecosystem is not yet cohesive enough for me. I returned it
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
I Love My Garmin Instinct 2
on March 14, 2025
Posted by: Swiss Made
I Bought My watch 2 weeks ago and I love it , constructive well good engineering
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Long Life Battery
on March 15, 2025
Posted by: trimman66
This watch is full of features that I have yet to discover.
It checks heart rate and O2.
Worth the price.
It checks heart rate and O2.
Worth the price.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Overall, good!
on March 18, 2025
Posted by: The Colonel
Good watch but it wasn’t worth what I paid for it. Should be cheaper
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Easy navigation
on March 23, 2025
Posted by: Mike728
The Garmin makes keeping my active life style seamless
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Very good, if you like to click a lot.
on March 26, 2025
Posted by: kenandpattistravels
I purchased this watch after owning the original Instinct since it's introduction, 5 plus years ago, thus I expect more of the same, only better as the added sensor capabilities supplemented the data capture and analytics provided by the watch. One area I was hoping for was to end the frequent data and watch crashes, which were happening far to frequent with the original watch. I've had one data lock up and no watch-OS crashes so far, so that's better, but still concerning. (Minus 1/2 star) The number of activities available to track is really impressive and this watch retains the hiking record function, which many of the Garmins seem to be loosing. So that terrific. (plus one star)
An area that went backwards, to my surprise, was the app navigation, I now have to depress the Enter/GPS button 4 to 5 times to complete an activity. That is really getting old fast. Even to get the watch to get out of sleep mode and through the morning report requires an annoying large amount of clicks. (minus 1 star) This by the way is how the watch can tell you are awake, otherwise sleep data struggles to determine if you are still asleep. (minus 1/2 star)
Battery life can be extended if you agree to the power management enhancements they supply, but these negatively impact activities, so I've turned off a lot of them. It is REALLY hard to fully power up the watch, as it takes a very long time to get the watch fully charged. I guess letting it stay plugged in all night would be fine, except then you aren't getting the sleep analyses that's available. (minus 1 star for how long it takes to recharge the watch).
On the plus side, the sleep analytics are pretty interesting (plus 1/2 star) and I find that Garmin Connect integrates with both Apple Health and in turn the Levels (plus 1/2 star)
Overall, I think the Instinct 2 is one of the best buys offered by Garmin.
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