Available at Wairau Park Flagship store only
Engineered to go and endure longer, the Garmin Instinct Solar Smartwatch is an excellent option for individuals with an active lifestyle. It is packed with a powerful battery that can last for 54 days when used with the Solar Charging. It also offers a broad range of Sports Apps like rowing, swimming, running, hiking, biking, and more.
Key Features
- Thanks to its Solar Charging function, the Garmin Instinct Solar gives you unmatched power when you’re out and about. It also offers Power Manager that lets you access different settings to help save and extend the battery life of your smartwatch.
- Built with rugged construction, this Instinct Solar Smartwatch makes an ideal companion for your heated workouts and training. It has met the Military Standard 810 and can endure shock, thermal, and water up to 100 meters.
- The Garmin Instinct Solar features a Body Battery Energy Monitor, enabling you to easily know if you need to rest or have enough energy to do various tasks. It also is equipped with a Pulse Ox sensor which utilises light beams to help you measure your oxygenated blood percentage.
- With its Multi-GNSS support, this Garmin Smartwatch allows you to use different navigation satellite systems like Galileo, GPS, and GLONASS. It is also integrated with ABC Sensors to help you navigate your route with ease.
- This Instinct Solar Smartwatch delivers wrist-based heart rate and enables you to get alerts when your heart rate is too high or too low. To help you further track your health, it also comes packed with a Stress Tracking and Advanced Sleep Monitoring feature.
Garmin Instinct Solar - Flame Red is rated
4.2 out of
5 by
618.
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Kristina2218 from
Everything I wanted!
The main things I was looking for in a new watch were: great battery life, shows my notifications, rugged for my lifestyle. This watch checked all of those boxes! The battery life is great, but when you have the extra charge through solar, it's phenomenal! I returned my new Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 to get this watch. While the Galaxy Watch lastest barely a day, I can easily get over 30 days with this one. That is huge for my outdoor lifestyle and not wanting to constantly think about how charged my watch is. I've biked, climbed, played pickleball, and tore seats out of a bus with this thing on and not a scratch. It is so worth it. Just buy it.
Date published: 2021-10-04
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Leemer from
95% perfect
I’ve had my Instinct Solar for a month now and I live it.Before smart watches came along I always wore dive watches, other G-Shock type watches. With the advent of smart watches I tried a few of the “cool square” ones and while they had great features there were many disappointing features too. That is when I decided to go back to something that combined the new smart watch technology with the tried and true I’ve been wearing for 50+ years. The only minor criticism I have is that it does not store any music. So if running or other activities I need to bring my phone for music. Other than that, it the absolute best watch I’ve ever owned.
Date published: 2021-08-12
Rated 4 out of
5
by
JimmyC from
It is a SOLID built watch.
So far it's been good. I'm training for a 50 mile ultra marathon, so trail running is what I mainly use it for. I do MTB and road as well, so accurate distance and pace is my main concern. Measuring heart rate is a new thing to me, so getting comfortable with that feature too. Things I don't like about it are: 1. When battery is completely charged, it last 8 days. 2. The oximeter works 1 out of 5 times. Other than that the watch seems to hold, but I wouldn't take it on a month expedition without a power bank. I've had this watch for two weeks. Put 70 miles of running and about 100 miles of biking. Just a Weekend Warrior leaving it on the trail. =)
Date published: 2020-12-01
Rated 5 out of
5
by
Tmjo3 from
Much more than a fitness device.
I love my watch so much that I had to get one for my husband. Although he was reluctant because of the price, we decided to purchase one for him anyways.
We are not athletes but do stay active with hiking, biking and kayaking. The first day my husband wore the watch he mentioned his HR was at 35 bpm with inactivity. Even when active it was difficult to raise it above 110. This had prompted us to make an appointment with his doctor. The results of that appointment were astonishing.
I don't care if you're sedentary, an athlete, or a weekend warrior, this watch is a must have.
Thank you Garmin, you are literally a life saver.
Date published: 2023-09-17
Rated 2 out of
5
by
Olimpia1 from
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.
Date published: 2022-09-28
Rated 4 out of
5
by
JoeD from
Nice Features.
I bought this watch for its long battery life under the GPS mode supported by solar charging. The watch took a little getting used to based on the ease of use from my Vivoactive 3 with touch screen swiping. I do runs which can go for 30 hours and hope that this watch will keep running throughout. I wish the Vivoactive 3 had a solar power feature to extend the battery life longer. I don't think the instructions are clear enough on how to use all the features of the watch particularly when starting, stopping, saving and getting back to the time of day. As I said it takes a little time to work with the watch to get used to it.
Date published: 2021-03-01
Rated 3 out of
5
by
Aleksandru from
my day info not available in Garmin Connect
I paired my watch with the Garmin Connect but it was not showing any data (heart rate, etc.) in the phone app. Practically, "My Day" info was not visible. It took me a good few hours to find out that, eventually, I have to remedy it "Windows-style": unpair the watch and pair it again.
only after this, the info in "My Day" section was displayed in the app but, with that, the yellow instinct solar icon that was showing initially in the phone app, became black. Not a big deal but it was nice to have it in the actual color of the watch displayed in the Connect app.
I was not expecting to have to go through this with a Garmin.
Date published: 2022-12-25
Rated 4 out of
5
by
Darrell148 from
Great battery life
Had this watch now 3 weeks, after having a Garmin Vivoactive 3. The battery on my old watch needed charging every time I did about 2-3 hours of exercise, and it was a bit of a bind to be honest. The Instinct Solar battery last ages and the sunlight does actually charge it too. Only downside for me is that there are only 4 analogue watch faces and two of those are just inverted black/white. You cannot upload any other watch faces from the Garmin IQ app. Shame but not the end of the world. Would just love a wider range of analogue faces. Really like the watch it's tough and rugged and very accurate for mt walking and MTB riding activities, links with Strava effortlessly
Date published: 2022-07-18
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