Customer Reviews for Garmin - Instinct 3 GPS Smartwatch 50 mm AMOLED Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Fern Green with Fern Green Band - (2026)
Customer Rating
5
Instinct 3
on July 30, 2026
Posted by: KKS7
I purchased the Instinct 3 a month ago. I really like the simplicity of the functions. The home face display is very convenient. It displays my steps, altitude, heart rate, time, temperature, sunrise, sunset and battery status.
Replace an original Instinct. The Instinct 3 50mm AMOLED is great hardware but has too many frills for my taste. It needed the larger display. The meets my basic hiking and kayaking needs well. I am not wild about the subscription aspect, but am going to work with for a year anyway. The subscription aspect is why I only rated a 4.
Love the watch. In past Garmin watches I changed face thru ConnectIQ, but liked default and data that have stayed with it. Comfortable and good size. Like that is waterproof. Has all activities you can think of
I am not a tech guy at all. This watch is very user friendly and easy to set up. I got my watch 2 weeks ago and battery is still over 50%. I use it to track my dogs with their Garmin collars and it makes tracking them much easier.
I love the build as you expect from Garmin and the 51mm is a great size for my wrist as I was on the fence with the 47..very comfortable to wear long term .. my only hang up and felt this was a miss.. was disappointed that it wasn’t touch screen .. and that was a miss on my part .. prefer both options as I have the Fenix 8 pro as well. Besides that it’s a great watch