Compare Garmin Instinct 2 to Garmin Instinct

With the VO2 max reading, you'll get an insight into your fitness. The Garmin Instinct 2 uses this to measure the oxygen intake of your blood. The more oxygen, the better your stamina. After every workout, the Garmin Instinct 2 also indicates your recovery time. Thanks to the multi-GNSS support, it tracks your route well. This way, you also know your location while you go hiking, mountain biking, or skiing.

Just like the Instinct 2, the Instinct is also suitable for extreme sports. You can make deep dives with it, for example. You can also measure sports performances with the integrated sports profiles. Because the watch measures your heart rate zones, you can train more accurately. The Garmin Instinct also measures your intensity minutes. This way, you'll know if you meet the required daily exercise. This Garmin watch also tracks your location accurately via the various satellite systems.

The Garmin Instinct 2 measures the age of your body based on your activity, heart rate, and BMI. This way, you'll know if your body fitness suits your age. With the Instinct 2, you'll also get an insight into your sleep schedule. This way, you can see when and how long you stayed in a certain sleep phase, like your REM sleep. You can also keep track of your breath with the sports watch. If you breath rapidly, it can be a sign of stress.

Both the Instinct 2 and the Instinct measure your stress level throughout the day. The watch uses your heart rate variability. Does your heart rate suddenly deviate from the norm? You might have a very calm or stressful day. The Garmin watches measure your heart rate via a sensor on your wrist. With the Body Battery function, you can see how much energy you have left during the day. It connects your activity, stress, recovery, and sleep. The Instinct 2 also has the Body Battery function.

You can receive your smartphone notifications both on the Instinct 2 and Instinct. You can't reply via the watch, so you need a smartphone for that. With the Solar version of the Garmin Instinct 2 series, you can also make contactless payments via the watch. This way, you can leave your wallet at home during a workout.

Just as with its successor, you can read messages on the Garmin Instinct. You'll always stay up to date this way, even when you're hiking or skiing. To listen to music during your workout, you have to take your smartphone with you. This watch doesn't have an independent music player, just like the Instinct 2.

The Instinct 2 lasts up to 28 days with average use, which is a lot longer than its predecessor. You expand this if you use the Expedition mode. This way, the battery lasts up to 32 days. The battery of the Solar models never runs out in theory, but it needs enough sunlight. Keep in mind that the smaller Instinct 2s models have a shorter battery life than the Instinct 2.

With average use, the Instinct lasts 14 days. That's pretty long, but it's shorter than its successor. In Expedition mode, this watch lasts a lot longer. The solar model of the Instinct lasts up to 54 days.

You'll have an endless battery with a Solar watch, in theory. You can charge it via the solar cells on top of the watch. With the Garmin Instinct 2S Solar and 2 Solar, you can also make contactless payments.

The Surf edition is also a solar watch. Of course, the focus of the Surf edition lies on tracking your water sports performances. This way, you can measure your surf, kite board, and windsurf activities. You can also see the surfing circumstances of the closest surfer spots via Surfline. You'll know know when it's high or low tide, the wind force, and the size of the waves.

The Tactical edition is the ideal watch for when you go on an adventure. You can switch off your wireless communication with the stealth mode. This way, you can make sure you won't be found easily in the wild. With the evening mode, you can read the screen with night glasses. The Instinct 2 has the latest 'kill switch' function. This way, you can erase all your data with a single button.