Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - Instinct 2S 40 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Deep Orchid - (2022)
Average customer rating
4.3
(166 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 166 reviews
5 Stars
105
4 Stars
32
3 Stars
9
2 Stars
9
1 Star
11
Customer Reviews for Garmin - Instinct 2S 40 mm Smartwatch Fiber-reinforced Polymer - Deep Orchid - (2022)
Customer Rating
5
Never buying another watch!
on June 13, 2024
Posted by: lux02
My boyfriend and I both bought our first Garmin watches a month ago and I don't think we would ever dream of going back to another watch. These watches are the full package. Great features, we love the body battery/sleep score, etc. It really aids in both our active lifestyles!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 14, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
An awesome wearable for any athlete
on June 17, 2024
Posted by: Euthie
I’m a 57-year-old male had a very High level of fitness.
I recently transitioned from the Fitbit charge five to the 2S.
As a cyclist, I ride almost 3000 miles a year outdoors and another 3500 indoors.. Putting most of the wear and tear on my Garmin head units.
But now with this watch, I’m doing some of the rides with just watch… And unexpectedly it is not a major inconvenience to forget my chest strap for heart rate. The wrist and the chest strap correlate well enough through zone four.
Now on my rest days… I can ride 10 to 15 miles to a pool swim for an hour and a half and then ride back another 10 to 15 miles… And not worry about my head unit or my chest strap!
Not to mention that I was so frustrated with my Fitbit charge five that I told friends and relatives …it wasn’t fit for a child let alone an athlete. The GPS is on par with my Edge 1030! And for those days, when capturing your ride is imperative… It’s a comforting, feeling to know that my watch is monitoring my chest strap as well! It synchronizes very quickly with all of my sensors on my bikes.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback and thank you very much for an awesome product!
I recently transitioned from the Fitbit charge five to the 2S.
As a cyclist, I ride almost 3000 miles a year outdoors and another 3500 indoors.. Putting most of the wear and tear on my Garmin head units.
But now with this watch, I’m doing some of the rides with just watch… And unexpectedly it is not a major inconvenience to forget my chest strap for heart rate. The wrist and the chest strap correlate well enough through zone four.
Now on my rest days… I can ride 10 to 15 miles to a pool swim for an hour and a half and then ride back another 10 to 15 miles… And not worry about my head unit or my chest strap!
Not to mention that I was so frustrated with my Fitbit charge five that I told friends and relatives …it wasn’t fit for a child let alone an athlete. The GPS is on par with my Edge 1030! And for those days, when capturing your ride is imperative… It’s a comforting, feeling to know that my watch is monitoring my chest strap as well! It synchronizes very quickly with all of my sensors on my bikes.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback and thank you very much for an awesome product!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 18, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
3
No face color
on June 18, 2024
Posted by: AZhiker2024
I like many features, but did not realize there was no option for a watch face with color on this model. Would not have purchased it, if I had realized this. Would prefer a clock face with color to show progress toward goals. I would give it 5 stars if it had this option.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, June 28, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct 2S. 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
Great watch
on July 28, 2024
Posted by: Chris12
Love this watch.. my last smaet watch I had to charge daily this is so much better if I don't use the gps on it so much only have to charge 2 weeks once.. I can download gold corses and they show up on the watch and give me yardage this watch is so much better than apple or Samsung good watch
Response from GarminBy Garmin, July 30, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
Much better than the one I got in 2019
on July 28, 2024
Posted by: mgw114
Features are so much better than my old Instinct. I love it
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Response from GarminBy Garmin, July 30, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
Solid all round GPS watch.
on July 30, 2024
Posted by: josh h.
Only had it for a month so far. Have gone backpacking, and used it for cycling and running. Very pleased with overall function. One caveat is- the compass feature is totally unreliable.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, July 30, 2024
Thank you for your review.
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Customer Rating
5
Excellent Features, Durable
on July 30, 2024
Posted by: GregP
I bought this a little over a month ago after getting off the FitBit platform. I couldn't be happier and wish I had done this a long time ago. Way better interface and options. I'm still learning how to modify aspects of the watch, but I am very pleased. I needed an all round fitness and health tracking watch for a very active 60 year old guy with many outdoor and indoor land and water exercise and hobby trackers. So far this one has been excellent and in my humble opinion, well worth the price tag.
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Customer Rating
2
Underwhelming compared to my old fitbit
on August 28, 2024
Posted by: SimonC
This is first impression review.
Looks much smaller in real life.
The strap is too small for me an normal sized man!!
Doesn't auto detect activity.
No calorie counting function within the app.
Couldn't find any of this information before hand just assumed it would have better functionality than a 2017 fitbit watch.
Looks much smaller in real life.
The strap is too small for me an normal sized man!!
Doesn't auto detect activity.
No calorie counting function within the app.
Couldn't find any of this information before hand just assumed it would have better functionality than a 2017 fitbit watch.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, September 6, 2024
Thank you for your review and experience with the Instinct 2S. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
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