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Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Tactical Edition Black

9,3/10 (23 reviews)
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Product information

Key specs

Compatible with operating system
Android, iOS
Height
45 mm
Recommended for wrist circumference
17 - 19 cm
Quality of sports readings
Excellent
Quality of health readings
Good
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Pros and cons

According to our smartwatch expert
  • With a touch of a button, you can delete all your data in case of an emergency.
  • You can charge your smartwatch via solar power, so your battery last longer.
  • Leave your wallet at home, because you can make contactless payments with your watch via Garmin Pay.
  • This watch looks best on a wrist circumference of at least 17cm, so choose the smaller Instinct 2S if you have a smaller wrist.
  • There's no built-in music storage, so you have to take your smartphone with you if you want to listen to music during your workout.
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Description

The Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Tactical Edition Black is suitable for extreme circumstances. You can switch between a day and night mode, and you can even read the screen while you wear night glasses. The watch also has a 'Kill Switch', so you can erase all your data at once in case of an emergency. It's possible to charge your Garmin on the go via solar power, so it lasts a very long time. The Instinct is suitable for outdoor sports enthusiasts. You can keep track of your mountain bike data, or dive to a 100m depth, for example. The Garmin Instinct also provides insight into your recovery time after your workout. That way, you know if you're ready for a new workout or need more rest. The watch also measures your fitness age, which calculates if your body is older than your actual age. The watch has a built-in GPS receiver, so you don't have to take your smartphone with you to track your route. The watch also tracks your health, like your stress level and sleep quality. You can view incoming notifications on the watch, so you're always up-to-date. You can also pay with the watch via Garmin Pay.

This watch is recommended for a 17 to 19cm wrist circumference.

The Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Tactical Edition Black is suitable for extreme circumstances. You can switch between a day and night mode, and you can even read the screen while you wear night glasses. The watch also has a 'Kill Switch', so you can erase all your data at once in case of an emergency. It's possible to charge your Garmin on the go via solar power, so it lasts a very long time. The Instinct is suitable for outdoor sports enthusiasts. You can keep track of your mountain bike data, or dive to a 100m depth, for example. The Garmin Instinct also provides insight into your recovery time after your workout. That way, you know if you're ready for a new workout or need more rest. The watch also measures your fitness age, which calculates if your body is older than your actual age. The watch has a built-in GPS receiver, so you don't have to take your smartphone with you to track your route. The watch also tracks your health, like your stress level and sleep quality. You can view incoming notifications on the watch, so you're always up-to-date. You can also pay with the watch via Garmin Pay.

This watch is recommended for a 17 to 19cm wrist circumference.

Tips for using this product

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Included by default

  • Manual (4.29 MB)
  • USB-A charging cable

Included by default

  • Manual (4.29 MB)
  • USB-A charging cable

Key specs

Compatible with operating system
Android, iOS
Height
45 mm
Recommended for wrist circumference
17 - 19 cm
Quality of sports readings
Excellent
Quality of health readings
Good
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Reviews

23 reviews
9,3/10 (23 reviews)

Rating

21 reviews with 5 stars

2 reviews with 4 stars

0 reviews with 3 stars

0 reviews with 2 stars

0 reviews with 1 star

Most helpful reviews

9,7/10

Easy to personalise, versatile and reliable

  • Good heart rate measurement
  • Very strong
  • Takes a while to figure out all the options
  • David
  • 7 August 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,0/10

Robust and light

  • Virtually infinite battery
  • Light weight
  • Alex
  • 25 June 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,3/10

It can be cheaper, but not more complete for the money.

  • Super complete, best bang for your buck!
  • Operation, configuration and reading in detail via smartphone or website
  • Extensive operation, configuration and reading on the watch takes some getting used to/difficult, you quickly fall back on your smartphone, but that works fine.
  • Peter
  • 27 September 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,7/10

Nice sporty lever on your wrist

  • The battery of the watch lasts a very long time.
  • Many functions
  • It takes some getting used to navigating from buttons instead of touchscreen
  • Robert
  • 5 February 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,0/10

Should have bought sooner

  • the many possibilities
  • self charging
  • the many possibilities
  • Ted
  • 28 July 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,7/10

thoroughly an outdoor watch

  • long battery life, especially compared to other smartwatches
  • easy to read screen
  • manual names everything but does not explain functions
  • Marcel
  • 1 August 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,0/10

One sports watch that can do everything with the necessary p

  • Battery life
  • Accurate
  • Get used to functions
  • Arne
  • 6 July 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Garmin is the best choice every time.

  • Wide choice of watch faces from Garmin itself
  • Huge battery life
  • No
  • Danny
  • 5 September 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
8,3/10

Long without charging, but not robust as advertised

  • Charging with the sun
  • Can last an extremely long time without charging, partly due to the energy-efficient display
  • I have already returned 2 watches because a button no longer worked
  • Marc
  • 1 February 2024
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
10/10

Absolute topper

  • Everything accurate, except
  • Spo2, which is 3% off
  • David
  • 20 August 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,7/10

Easy to personalise, versatile and reliable

  • Good heart rate measurement
  • Very strong
  • More features than I'll ever use
  • Takes a while to figure out all the options

I switched via a Vivosmart4 to an Instinct Solar (version 1), via an intermediate step to the Casio DW-H5600 (that was nothing!) to an Instinct 2X Solar to an Instinct 2X Solar Tactical.

Actually, I always wanted a Casio 5600 with heart rate monitoring because of indestructibility and reliability, but Casio is years behind other brands. The DW-H5600 had a less reliable heart rate measurement, much, much less customization options and far fewer functions, plus it was much more clumsy to use. The Garmin Instinct can be compared to the Casio in terms of robustness, although it is a round model instead of a square one.

I was very satisfied with the 2X regular version, but found the color scheme on the model annoying: the white stripes made me think there were scratches on the glass. I also had a few small things that made me decide to opt for the Tactical variant.
It was just as expensive but with red accents. Note: the 2X is already a large model, but the Tactical is 0.2 mm thicker than the regular version and this is not mentioned anywhere! Might make all the difference in how often you bump him.

Positive:
-The battery life is longer than I know from any other Smartwatch. Apple watches have to be plugged in every day! This can last about 40 days if you use it as a smartwatch like I do, always on, continuous heart rate measurement and the occasional activity with GPS.
-great feedback about my sleep, so I better understand why I don't always wake up rested and can do something about it (note: he has to measure about 3 weeks before he gives results).
-morning report can be personalized and therefore wake up nicely
- via Connect IQ you can download many more activities and, for example, watchfaces, which keeps it fun; you can make your watch completely personal with, for example, other (world) times, functions, layouts and even personalized texts
-messages from your phone can be set per app so that Whatsapp or system notifications don't drive me crazy
-I don't have to worry about it being damaged, I swam with it in open water, rafted and cycled.
support from Garmin is excellent through their customer service.
-lots of features that are mainly on more expensive watches (e.g. flashlight, different activities)
-the flashlight seems superfluous because everyone has a light on their phone, but I use it much more often than I thought in advance (also proved to be very useful on vacation!).
-it is actually always easy to read without backlight.
-you can make shortcuts of the buttons on the watch yourself, which I use for example for a timer to shorten my shower time.

To think about:
-I have not yet reached the battery life of 43 days with a fully charged watch, especially in the last 2 weeks it is deteriorating faster than he estimates. It can't really do without charging ('tough solar'), but about 3 hours in the sun will extend the battery life. And also charging for a day or 35 at 3 hours is already a long time, of course.
-there are 2 colors in the flashlight: white and green. On the regular (not Tactical) 2X white and red. I found red a more convenient and applicable color than green.
-if you're new to Garmin Connect it will take you a while to figure it all out, it's not always intuitive, but there's always info to be found at Garmin or on the internet on how to get something done.
-there are many more functions than you will use (the advantage is that if you decide to do a training once, it is usually done).
-it is not a color screen and not a touchscreen, which is not a problem for me, you can do everything with the buttons.
- there are no cards in it.
-it's a really big model. No problem for my wrist, but I notice that I bump it more often (especially in the beginning) than, for example, the Casio or the Instinct Solar (first version).

  • David
  • 7 August 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,0/10

Robust and light

  • Virtually infinite battery
  • Light weight
  • Accurate

Super portable watch, light and robust

  • Alex
  • 25 June 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
9,3/10

It can be cheaper, but not more complete for the money.

  • Super complete, best bang for your buck!
  • Operation, configuration and reading in detail via smartphone or website
  • Flashlight!!
  • Extensive operation, configuration and reading on the watch takes some getting used to/difficult, you quickly fall back on your smartphone, but that works fine.

See plus points.

  • Peter
  • 27 September 2023
  • Automatically translated from Dutch
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Garmin Instinct 2 Solar Tactical Edition Black
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    4,49 per month
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    5,49 per month
  • 2-year Backup Plan Damage
    55,00 one-time payment
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Compare the Garmin Instinct 2 to its predecessor

Compare the Garmin Instinct 2 to its predecessor
The Garmin Instinct 2 is a real outdoor watch. With the Instinct 2, you can accurately...
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The Garmin Instinct 2 is a real outdoor watch. With the Instinct 2, you can accurately work on your stamina thanks to the VO2 max reading. Compared to its predecessor, the watch also has an improved battery life. Curious about all of the similarities and differences? Go to our advice article.

Will this large watch look good on my wrist?

Will this large watch look good on my wrist?
This watch has a large watch case. We recommend these if you have a wrist circumference...
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This watch has a large watch case. We recommend these if you have a wrist circumference between 17 and 19cm. Measure your wrist circumference 2 fingers above your wrist joint, just above the protruding part. Is your wrist circumference smaller or larger? This watch may not be the best for you. Read which watch case size we do recommend.

Specifications

Product

Product number
899128
Manufacturer code
010-02627-03
Brand
Garmin
Warranty
2 years
Processing of your defect
Via Coolblue
Old product returned for free
Yes

Operating system

Compatible with operating system
Android, iOS
Required iPhone model
iPhone 6s or later
Required Android version smartphone
Android 7.0 or higher
Operating system
Garmin OS
Year introduced
2022
Guaranteed support with updates
60 months after release date

Smartwatch properties

Watch case color
Black
Watch case material
Plastic
Watch case shape
Round
Height
45 mm
Width
45 mm
Depth
14,5 mm
Weight
53 g
Size watch case
Large
Recommended for wrist circumference
17 - 19 cm
Total storage capacity
32 MB
Shockproof
Yes
Controlled via buttons on device
Yes

Watch strap properties

Watch strap material
Silicone
Watch strap color
Black
Closure type
Buckle
Interchangeable watch strap
Yes
Compatibility watch strap
Product specific

Screen properties

Screen type
MIP
Always-on display
Yes
Data display
Digital
Touchscreen
No
Color screen
No
Adjustable watch face
Yes
Type of glass
Hardened glass

Battery

Battery life in time mode
672 hours
Battery life in sports mode
48 hours
Battery/battery capacity
205 mAh
Energy source solar power
Yes
Wireless charging
No

Connectivity and smart functions

Options internet connection
WiFi only
Bluetooth
Yes
ANT+
Yes
Independent music player
No
Music controls
Yes
Built-in microphone
No
Built-in speakers
No
Spoken directions
No
Call options
Only answer calls
Smartphone notifications
Receive messages, Send messages
Smart reply
Yes
App installation possible
Yes
Camera operation
Yes
NFC
Yes
Contactless payment
Yes
Contactless payment system
Garmin Pay
Country contactless payment
Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands

Daily activities

Pedometer
Yes
Measures distance
Yes
Speedometer
Yes
Calorie counter
Yes
Measures stairs climbed
Yes

Heart rate measurement

Heart rate measurement
Yes
Heart rate zones
Yes
Heart rate sensor
Chest strap sold separately, Integrated pulse sensor
Type of heart rate measurement
Optical heart rate measurement
Heart rate measurement moment
Continuously
Irregular heartbeat notification
Yes
Heart rate measurement under water
Yes

Health properties

Quality of health readings
Good
Skin temperature sensor
No
Oximeter
Yes
Blood pressure monitor
No
EDA sensor
No
Sleep score
Yes
Measure REM sleep
Yes
Average heart rate during sleep
Yes
Measure recovery during sleep
Yes
Menstrual cycle tracking
Yes
Pregnancy monitoring
No

Sports properties

Quality of sports readings
Excellent
Recommended for sports
Biking, Fitness, Golf, Mountaineering, Multisport, Outdoor, Running, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon, Water sports, Winter sports
Adjust sport profiles
Yes
Manual training programs
Yes
Save personal records
Yes
Measure fitness age
Yes
Recovery advice
Yes
Interval training
Yes
VO2 max measurement
Yes
Automatic pausing
Yes
Measures minutes of intensive training
Yes
Measures average speed during activity
Yes
Lap counter
Yes
Race prognosis
Yes
Measures step distance
Yes
Measure running cadence
Yes
Measures swimming distance
Yes
Measures swimming speed
Yes
Swimming lap counter
Yes
Connection to fitness machines possible
Yes
ATM score
10

GPS

Built-in GPS receiver
Yes
Global satellite navigation system
GLONASS, GPS, Galileo
GPS application
Navigation, Route registration

Sensors

Compass
Yes
Altimeter
Yes
Type of altimeter
Always On altimeter, Barometric, GPS
Accelerometer
Yes
Thermometer
Yes

Other functionalities

Fall detection
No
Alarm function
Yes
Geofencing
No

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