Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Instinct Solar Smartwatch 45mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Flame Red
Average customer rating
4.1
(732 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 732 reviews
5 Stars
449
4 Stars
122
3 Stars
50
2 Stars
42
1 Star
69
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Instinct Solar Smartwatch 45mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Flame Red
Customer Rating
5
Awesome watch!
on June 21, 2024
Posted by: MMerk
I really like this watch! About the only feature I'd add would be a way to monitor blood sugar. But I really like the amount of time is on each full charge and how many other things it monitors.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 28, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
3
Great but
on June 21, 2024
Posted by: Bobby's World
I am happy with the watch. I wish that it could be used with Garmin golf. I don't need anything complicated, just front middle and back yardages. I thought it would be standard with any Garmin watch.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 28, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct Solar. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
4
lots of options
on June 26, 2024
Posted by: hiker 54
all most too many options, can't wait to get hiking with this.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 28, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
3
Cool watch, battery doesn't last
on June 27, 2024
Posted by: Muledeerguy
I bought this watch about 4 years ago and it performed great until about 3 months ago. At first the battery life shortened by a couple days, I could live with that. Now I can't get the watch to stay charged for more than a day. I've tried all the Garmin support recommendations but it hasn't helped. Since this is a solar enhanced battery it's not an easy battery replacement and Garmin support doesn't make it easy to get in contact. Wish the battery still worked, it's a great watch otherwise.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 28, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct Solar. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
2
Loved it for a while…
on July 2, 2024
Posted by: TCfishing
My watch is almost a year old. It has worked great till this last month. It would last almost 2 weeks before needed to be charged. When I charged it. It would always say I had 19 days till I needed to charge. With about 10 days left it would go to 0 and I would have to charge. Now it goers 24 days and it lasts about 2 to 3 days. No warning just shuts off. Today it said 20 days and died. Not sure what to do next??? Tried everything on line. Nothing has worked. Sucks for what you pay!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, July 2, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct Solar. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
2
Battery and solar not as good as I hoped
on July 19, 2024
Posted by: bowhunterwalker
I got this after having an Instinct 2 for 2.5 years. I can charge it 100% (47days) and spend most of the day in the sun and then it will be down 10-13%. How can than be? Solar not working right? Battery isn’t good? Not sure but very disappointed. I charge it more on the wall than my old one that didn’t have solar.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, July 22, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct Solar. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
2
Great until it suddenly was bad
on August 5, 2024
Posted by: John0830
I bought this watch in December of 2020, and up until one month ago I was very satisfied. In the last month however, the battery life has fallen off a cliff. I followed the instructions to update the software, to clean the contacts, to do a hard reset, but to no avail. Now on Battery Saver mode the watch lasts for less than 24 hours on full charge. Even more strange, in the last month there were no "hard wear" events (like using at high temperature etc.). I find it hard to imagine investing in one of the premium watches with this experience, as I would like to start running ultra marathons and could use an upgrade in the maps functionality. But this sort of sudden loss of performance does not instill the trust I would need to continue with Garmin products.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, August 6, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct Solar. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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Customer Rating
2
Good performance until around 2 years of use
on August 13, 2024
Posted by: Bb2024
Bought two years ago and it has begun to shut down randomly during most workouts and sometimes during the day. More recently seems to have stopped tracking my sleep.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, August 15, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct Solar. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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