Garmin Instinct 2X Solar, Rugged GPS Smartwatch, Built-in Flashlight, Solar Charging Capability, Multi-Band GNSS, Flame Red

This watch can go a full month without needing to be charged is fantastic, there is two downside of it being that it can see images over text and it only can on text back with the your preprogrammed messages. With those two draw backs it has been the least glitchy smartwatch I've ever had, software works with so far any phone operating system, Spotify only rarely messes up(more odd bugs with Spotify does it with Android auto as well), it looks and is rugged as a g shock with smart features, has GPS warning system for bad weather when you are out of service, and finally it is extremely easy to see in the direct sunlight. So as a smart watch it is slightly limited but as a every day sleep and notifications that is almost wear and forget minus once every 28 days is by far the best smart watch. and it's e-reader display making it look like a traditional rugged watch with a ton of extra features.

Ok I have had this for well over a year. The battery life is amazing. The watch is super accurate. Plus, I wear it everywhere, even my job as a plumber and can take some abuse, and still looks great.

This watch keeps getting better and better! I started out with the original Garmin Instinct as my daily driver and was already impressed. I'm a Fenix user for workouts but it's a heavy watch and not so comfortable all day long.That's why I ended up with an Instinct. I wanted something I could wear all day and optionally workout with if I didn't have my Fenix around. Garmin ecosystem was also important.I can tell you that the Instinct fits the bill perfectly! I can workout, track my measurements, sync with the app, everything. This watch reminds me of the old Fenix which was my favorite because of battery life. It was also a lighter watch.If you're looking for a good, rugged, all around fitness watch, the Instinct is it!

Battery life for 30 days. Has all the function of a Apple watch. Decent watch for outdoors person like me

I'm normally an Amazfit guy, as I always found the Garmin products out of reach price-wise. However, as Amazfit has slowly brought up their prices on their flagship products and are now in the realm of Garmin pricing.I switched from an Amazfit GTR3 to this, so this was not apples to apples. However, I liked the GTR3, and it did most of what I wanted in a smart watch/fitness tracker. However, the lack of ruggedness just wasn't for me. It survived for about 2 years, as long as I kept a screen protector on it. However, after I stopped putting the screen protectors on, it survived about 2 months of my active lifestyle, before the touchscreen started to fail. Unfortunately, Amazfit deemed it unnecessary to allow the watch buttons to act as alternatives to the touchscreen. This slowly rendered the watch less and less functional until, about 5 months after I removed the screen protector, the touchscreen failed completely. This made most of the features of the watch unusable. I also had to replace the band several times and almost lost this watch due to a broken band during a Spartan race.Again, these are not competing watches. However I'm calling out design & pricing choices that led to me considering the Garmin.Now, for the watch itself: it's definitely big on my wrist. However, the band fits well and feels very durable. The UI took a lot 20 minutes to figure out, and pairing with my android phone (Gamin Connect app) was very easy. That's another thing that Garmin has refined over Amazfit: I didn't have to manually make the app run in the background all of the time, or do any other manual steps that Amazfit required with the Zepp app to make things like texts to the phone work.The screen is readable with the light on in daylight. Setting up a run was easy and there were a lot of options that I could configure, if I wanted to do so. GPS seems pretty accurate. I haven't done a long run on it yet, but it easily picked up my location from inside of my house.Watch face is customizable. I need to do a bit of this, but have only played around a bit sof far.I woke up to it today to telling me I didn't get enough REM sleep last night, so the sleep tracking was intuitive and only gave me necessary data, then left me alone.Heart rate monitoring appears to be quite accurate, and even seemed to be about right while swimming. It handled swimming with no glitches or bugs.I'm still not sure how long I'll get regarding battery life, but it's currently estimating that I've got 34 days left. I'm very interested to see how accurate that turns out to be, considering this is the solar variant. I won't he getting a lot of out door running or hiking time in for a while, especially during the day, so I expect the solar will help more on the Arizona fall and winter.For hiking and trail running, it has the ability to easily track my initial location, set way points, etc. right from the watch, so I'm looking forward to testing those features. It also supports trail map downloads which is something I've really wanted to try out. It easily accessed the local weather to the watch as soon as I shared my location with the app.Overall ruggedness: it's a big watch, and it feels very tough. There is no touchscreen, so that is compensated for by having 5 navigation buttons. It didn't take long to figure out what each button does. I think I'll be hard-pressed to actually damage this thing, and the band is going to tolerate a lot of punishment (although, it will probably be the first thing to fail).Last feature: the flashlight/torch: this works surprisingly well. I was very surprised when I had to use it last night as to how bright it is. It's easy to activate and deactivate, and you don't even notice it's there when it's not on. It faces outward, so you aren't blinding yourself when you turn it on, nor are you holding your wrist upside down to use it. Surprisingly great feature.It appears to be great value for money (I'd always prefer a little cheaper, but if this lasts at least 2 years, ideally 4, then it was worth the money). I got mine on sale for a decent discount.

It's a great watch it lasts over 30 days without changing

I'm 72 years young, thought this was going back the first day, but after watching enough U-tube videos I found out how to use it and now I love it. I'll never get to know how it all works but I mostly wanted to see my heart rate and have it going now. All the other things it can do are awesome! When your phone gets and email or text just look at your watch and you can see the basic info to decide if you want to stop and get the phone or keep working. One of these days I'll figure how to get the screen to normal in the morning without pushing all the buttons for 5 minutes.

Solar, long battery life, mapping/trails, sleep/steps tracking, etc.The integrated light saved me from bumping my knee many times in the middle of the night. I have used other trackers and this being my first Garmin watch I was amazed at all it could do. I am a gadget geek and am overjoyed at all of the settings, customizations, activities, information/weather/tides, etc., it provides. I am addicted to seeing my body battery percentage vs. sleep score to get the most out of my day.I tested the solar charging and it took about an hour of full noon summer sunlight to increase the battery 1%. Considering wrist movement and overhead tree foliage I am sure my results would be less. However it is extremely efficient and last weeks on one charge.Also, I am an AllTrails user and I love how it integrates with their App/website. I am able to see and share my hikes across both Garmin and AllTrails including the ability upload trails I have found on AllTrails to my watch.Having a full map with contours would be a plus rather than a line on the screen, but at the price I purchased it I am good with what it offers, as similar watches with full maps capability can add $200+ to the price tag. I use my phone/AllTrails to get my bearings, but I don't mind using my watch as my back up.