Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Instinct 2S Solar 40 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Neo Tropic
Average customer rating
4.3
(163 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 163 reviews
5 Stars
104
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
4
1 Star
13
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Instinct 2S Solar 40 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Neo Tropic
Customer Rating
5
Favorite Watch I’ve Owned!
on February 14, 2024
Posted by: OutdoorsyGrl
I’m in love with my Instinct. I love the design and the rugged look. The smaller size fits my wrist perfectly. It doesn’t have the fancy touchscreen but I am 100% fine with that. I’d rather have the buttons. It has all the features I want and then some. I wear it all day and night so I can track my sleep. Love the morning report when I wake up. I run and hike a lot and it’s been fabulous for that. Bonus—solar powered! Thank you Garmin!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, February 14, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Simple
on March 12, 2024
Posted by: Elf Dude
Nice but the watch band is a little small! Wish they had a option for larger watch band
Response from GarminBy Garmin, March 18, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct 2S 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
Smaller 40 mm size
on April 18, 2024
Posted by: RobinK
I am a previous owner of the Instinct and just love my old watch. This is smaller and the wrist band is much smaller. I am still trying to get used to the differences and the watch face is smaller and has too much information on it. I would prefer to have the option of going back to the face with just 4 fields and larger time numbers. Also, I could push the GPS button and my hiking app would come up first. Now I have to scroll through lots options to hike. Possibly there are ways of reordering the options. Also, the altimeter doesn't seem as accurate. So far (winter) the solar feature has had an opportunity to function much.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, April 22, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
Sturdy, Functional, Fun!
on April 19, 2024
Posted by: LollyV
I have only had my Instinct 2S Solar a couple of weeks, so I am still learning about all the features and how I want to use it. But even in two weeks, I find myself not wanting to be without it for a minute. And the solar charging and long battery life makes that possible for longer between charges. I like the basic health stats and the extras that help me with my training for long distance hiking. Great watch at an affordable price!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, April 22, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great watch!
on April 21, 2024
Posted by: Tommy Ray
Bought four weeks ago. I've had a Tom-Tom and two Samsung watches. While i liked them, I think I love my Garmin. Charged twice; once when I opened the box and then 20 days later. I seem to be getting some solar charging but it is still long sleeve and cloudy time here in Cleveland. Health reports are great. GPS when on runs or hikes in the woods is accurate. I love my Garmin InReach Mini 2 and that was a big reason to go with the Instinct Solar. The Garmin Connect app is amazing. Can't wait to take this on my backpacking and upcoming 21 day rafting trips on the Colorado.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, April 22, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Love the features.
on April 28, 2024
Posted by: Ash83
Great watch. Love the many different activity features. This works so much better than my versa 4.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 2, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Long Battery Life and Easy to Learn!
on May 8, 2024
Posted by: Johnnyontherocks
Been using the Garmin 2S Instinct for about a month for logging runs and workouts. Overall amazing battery life and a plethora of metrics to track recovery, sleep, and stress. Coming from and Apple Watch 5, this was the upgrade I didn’t know I needed.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 15, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Better than expected
on May 18, 2024
Posted by: Whitney
Had the Apple Watch previously (for YEARS), much prefer the simplicity of this watch. Only thing I cannot do with this, that I did with Apple, is respond to texts which isn’t a big deal. Highly prefer the Garmin.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 22, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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