Garmin - Instinct Solar Smartwatch 45mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Graphite

Great smart watch for outdoors people or athletes.

I love Garmin products for their ruggedness and reliability. I have a 10 year old Garmin GPS, a 5 year old Garmin edge bike computer, and I used my non-solar Garmin Instinct daily for 3 years. I've had no problems with them and they have been through lots of abuse and some pretty epic bicycle crashes. I upgraded to the solar version of the instinct because I wanted to do 3-5 day off the grid bikepacking events without worrying about the charge on my watch. Bingo, this watch fits the bill. In three weeks of use, with daily fitness tracking that varies from 30-120 minutes, this watch has been on the charger once. It didn't even need to be charged because it was still at 62%. The picture I attached is after a 1 hour ride into work this morning in the dark. After I ride home in the daylight, it will be topped off again. It is also very easy to use the Garmin Connect app. It easily links up with Strava and my Rowerg app to send and record my workouts.

Ratchdaddy . Review provider: walmart.com

Excellent features

My wife bought me this Garmin instinct solar watch for my birthday. She saw this watch on the YouTube channel TOGR with Luke he does reviews on camping stuff and he is very honest and agenda free we trust what he says he has a Garmin instinct solar watch and he really likes its features and gave it great reviews. I'm pleased with it but still getting used to its features. I wish they explained better so I can take full advantage of all its features is my only concern. The watch is eye caching and it looks great.

Romulan79 . Review provider: walmart.com

Great features and awesome design

I'm very happy with this watch. I'm still getting used to it. The solar feature I have not used yet because the past few days have been crappy. I love the way it saves and sync up my daily activities. I'm glad I bought this watch and plan on using it for many years :) :) z00m z00m

Grandmaster 69 . Review provider: walmart.com

Beautiful Watch

It's reliable, accurate and with a long battery life!!!

. Review provider: walmart.com

everything worked great eventually. i had difficulty getting it set up initially, it would not go into setup mode.

bob . Review provider: walmart.com

Great features and great for snowboarding

I bought this about a month ago and so far the basic features are good, battery lasts several weeks, and for snowboarding i can actually monitor my speed. I would give it 5 stars if it was easier to use for activating the GPS, half the time i do not know if its on or off. Also when i get a call, cannot do anything, even though the watch says answer, i chose it and nothing happens. Also the alert features have gone quiet so i don't know why it doesn't alert me i got a message any more. Its very random that it gives me an alert for my notifcations. I also didn't give it a 5 stars because it randomly activates the GPS when i am doing sports, the button seems to be in a location where it can easily be pressed. Causing my watch battery to drain a lot since i didn't notice it was on.

JPnes . Review provider: walmart.com

Almost a Perfect Smart Watch for the price

App for I phone is inaccurate for FLOORS - I got 11 times up stairs and 6 times down (should show 12 times down - inaccuracy). App needs finer tuning. watch face text is too small (too much info crammed in one face display - need reading glasses to see tiny numbers like total Steps) Other than that it shows good readings. still trying to figure out how to stop blocked notifications from pushing to watch (very annoying). Learning features and settings is time consuming. This is my first smart watch - nothing to compare it with. For the price it is a good watch and features are customizable. Solar charging does not work well during cloudy winter days.

73Skills . Review provider: walmart.com

Lasted about a year and a half.

I bought this 1.5 years ago and it was fantastic, two months ago it started shutting down even though it was fully charged, it's annoying because this has happened during a MTB ride and a run. I bought a G-Shock to compensate but it's rubbish compared to my Garmin (when it works), The only reason I'm writing this is as a last resort I reset my Instinct to factory settings.

Nick the Skip . Review provider: walmart.com

sad final performance, battery :(

More than a year ago I bought my Instinct because of the promise of battery life, plus the possibility of charging with the sun (since I live in the caribbean I thought it would be my solution), several months ago it began to turn off suddenly even though it says it has a 90% charge, in the only 2 ultratrails I did it stayed half way through the competition, also the cable or the place where it is charged does not work properly either, it only works if I connect it to the computer, I do not know what to do because it is no longer under warranty and I can not trust it to last even 30 minutes in any daily session without shutting down, very disappointing.

Olimpia1 . Review provider: walmart.com

Completely disappointed

I dreamed for years of buying the garmin solar, but I didn't have the money. exactly 1 year and four months ago my wife gave me this garmin as a gift. I cried with joy when I received my garmin. after 6 months of use, the problems started. every time i get some notification like email or text message the garmin shuts down. I turn it back on and it goes back off every 30 minutes or every time I get another notification, and many times I can't turn it back on. garmin for me is nothing but a expensive disappointment.

Denia . Review provider: walmart.com