Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Instinct 2 Solar 45 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Mist Gray
Average customer rating
4.5
(410 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 410 reviews
5 Stars
283
4 Stars
73
3 Stars
29
2 Stars
7
1 Star
18
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Instinct 2 Solar 45 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Mist Gray
Customer Rating
5
Love it
on May 15, 2024
Posted by: Andyroowho
Finally a full featured gps watch that I can afford. This watch is great. It takes a bit of getting used to but it is pretty user friendly once you get the hang of it.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 22, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
Best Watch I’ve Ever Owned
on May 28, 2024
Posted by: MC23
This watch does it all. If you’re an avid outdoorsman, a fitness junkie, or you just want a smartwatch that‘s durable this is the watch for you. It’s super user friendly, has a ton of different options for fitness tracking, the GPS features are top tier, and it looks great. More than anything this watch is tough. I honestly feel like if a nuclear apocalypse happened today this watch would still be ticking tomorrow.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 30, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
3
Not Great as First Generation Instinct Watch :(
on May 30, 2024
Posted by: Duskywolf50
I brought first generation instinct watch was amazing and simple thing to wear because of battery last longer was best watch I ever had. Hey did you know that I grew up since I was kid wear many different watches over years, this is 50th watches I use.
Now Let's talk about 2nd generation watch that I purchased, I suspicious the vibrate was weak and I called Garmin Support, He said it is defective so I asked did company do quality test on all watches but they said no. Really? How do new customer aware this is defective vibrate? I wonder? I been replacement it so there are another issue on this watch is buttons, some are loose cause press it accident without my knowledge as result this watch quality not great as 1st generation watch, Disappointment. However there are other issue, I use timer to remind me on cooking and remind on something but they update firmware make vibrate every time when I start the timer cause annoy and drain battery faster which there no option on it, Disappointment again. Now I felt this 300 buck watch not worth the cost because of quality. I hope they improvement on 3rd Generation Instinct, If they listen to us, I hope. Thank you for asking, Garmin.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 30, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct 2 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
5
Everything I Need
on May 30, 2024
Posted by: schittick22
I bought Garmin - Instinct 2 Solar a month or so ago. The watch is exactly what I needed and it doesn’t look like a miniature phone. It looks like a rugged watch. The battery life is long lasting and the solar capability is vital.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, May 30, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
4
Love it.
on May 31, 2024
Posted by: Shawnm
I had the Instinct solar 1 for quite a while and when the battery stopped holding a charge, I bought the Solar 2. I love most things, but, wish customizing the favorite activities was easier.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 3, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
3
Not bad
on June 5, 2024
Posted by: Jacobh4
Good watch I've had it about a month now, great for work. The HR sensor doesn't work because I have tattoos on my arm so that sucks, my Apple Watch never had any problems but whatever. But anyways it's super durable, tracks my runs, battery lasts forever. Just overpriced.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 7, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct 2 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
Great watch, battery life not as expected.
on June 5, 2024
Posted by: Spoons
I have had this for about a month. I wanted to replace my apple watch with something a little more simple. The activity tracking is great and it is an all around great watch. The downsides are the out of the box watch faces leave a lot to be desired and the online builder is 3rd party and clunky at best. I do about a 2 hour bike ride every day and spend even more out in the sun and the solar doesnt seem to extend the battery life much at all, i can only get about 7 days out of a charge. I am sure there are things i can turn off but the documentation about how and what can be turned off is all but nonexistent.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 7, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
4
Features
on June 7, 2024
Posted by: SDsun
So happy to have a watch that doesn’t die after 6 hours. Still trying to figure out how to set exercises. Able to get to the desired setting but then can’t get it to record what I am doing
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 7, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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