Garmin Instinct, Rugged Outdoor Watch With Gps, Features Glonass And Galileo, Heart Rate Monitoring
Garmin Instinct, Rugged Outdoor Watch with GPS, Features Glonass and Galileo, Heart Rate Monitoring and 3-Axis Compass, Lakeside Blue
- Rugged GPS watch built to withstand the toughest environments
- Constructed to U. S. Military standard 810G for thermal, shock and water resistance (rated to 100 meters)
- Built-in 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter, plus multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) support helps track in more challenging environments than GPS alone
- Monitor your estimated heart rate, activity and stress; Train with preloaded activity profiles
- Stay connected with smart notifications (with a compatible smartphone) and automatic data uploads to the Garmin Connect online fitness community
- Included components: Instinct, Charging/data cable, Documentation
Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Handheld GPS Units
Rating : 4.6
ListPrice : US $299.99
Price : US $299.99
Review Count : 2163
Garmin Instinct, Rugged Outdoor Watch with GPS, Features Glonass and Galileo, Heart Rate Monitoring and 3-Axis Compass, Lakeside Blue
- Perfect in every way for a guyToo big for ladies.
- This watch is really great. Much better than expected. I bought it to track trail runs since I am starting a more ambitious training plan and it has been great.The GPS and altimeter are very accurate. I have a handheld garmin gps unit and the readings the watch gets are almost exactly the same.The heart rate monitoring is also excellent at rates below 160 (I haven\'t gone above that in my training plan yet. I will update the review if there is anything unexpected at higher heart rates.) It\'s actually better than a polar chest strap monitor I have which takes about 10 min to \'warm up\' before I get accurate readings. It is also better than the heart rate monitor on the fitbits my kids have (inspire hr and charge 4) I especially like the function where you can set it to alert you at a certain heart rate or heart rate zone during exercise.The watch does not have a touchscreen, and is operated by buttons on the side. I really like this because I can operate it with big gloves on when it is cold out. It is also very lightweight for the size and the band is comfortable. The sync is easy and fast to my pixel phone. Much better than the sync for fitbit. It also seems to hold charge for a long time. I think I\'m charging about once a week, and the charging is quick.The timers are good, I often use them to time stretches. The feature that controls the music on my phone has also been surprisingly useful for skipping to the next song when a bad one comes on. The sleep tracking and other metrics work well and have been interesting i did not buy this watch for that purpose but I have been enjoying that aspect. I haven\'t used many of the other capabilities.The only drawback is how large the watch is for my arm. It fits fine in general, and is good during the day, it just takes up my entire wrist so that makes it hard for me to sleep with. I do have pretty much the smallest wrists ever though. Anyone with an average size wrist should be fine.
- I\'ve owned numerous Garmin GPS exercise watches for running, biking, hiking, etc. over the past 20-or-so years. This is by far my favorite after about 4 weeks of intensuive use. I\'m an old, old, old runner/climber who still trains on a daily basis. I don\'t need professional grade performance monitoring, but I still appreciate relatively accurate and consistent data feedback. Relative simplicity of use is really important to me (I hate standing around by the side of the road endlessly dicking with my watch -- see Suunto sports watches). This watch is essentially perfect for my needs and my level of training. It falls nicely in between the Fenix/Tactix (too high end, too expensive) and the Forerunner 35 (a really good, really simple, and reliable intro running watch). I have been particularly impressed with the improved battery life and recharging times with this watch. They are almost unbelievable! This extended battery life means that I can actually treat the Instinct as a 24-hour mostly everyday watch. Given my usage rates (2-3 hrs. of daily GPS, 5-6 times a week) I can recharge the bugger during the time it takes for a leisurely shower. This means I can now actually take advantage of the sleep data that the watch is capabe of collecting. Also, the Garmin Connect phone app works well for me. All the other routine exercise monitoring functions are there and they all appear to work as advertised, plus I have ABC functions (goodbye Casio Pro Trek) and Sunrise/Sunset and Moonrise/Moonset data (a climber\'s, backcountry skier\'s and hiker\'s delight). The only potential drawback I\'ve found to this watch is the fact that it is a complex instrument and requires that you spend a reasonable amount of time learning how to use it. You have to learn to work with multiple levels of menus, not all of which may seem intuitively well-organized TO YOU. However, give it a little time, be patient, and use the internet, and all good things will come forth. Finally, this watch (complex instrument) at $200 is like stealing from the Garmin company. At that price, it\'s one of the world\'s great loss leaders. So, in conclusion, I sort of like the watch.
- I personally am a big fan of the Garmin Fenix line. I started with the Fenix 2, moved on to the Fenix 3HR, then the Fenix 5X, and now the Fenix 5X Plus. Although the Fenix is a great line of watches, they are pretty costly and they\'re also a heavy watch. Those two factors make me wary of using them as my everyday watch, despite being very rugged.So instead, I was looking for a \"daily driver\" watch that had a subset of the features of the Fenix line that I wanted to use every day. Things like, heart rate monitoring, activity tracking, on the fly workout if I didn\'t have my full kit (I also have a heart strap and run dynamics with my Fenix), etc.The Garmin Instinct has all that and more! If I were to compare, it\'s very close to the Garmin Fenix 2 with the monochrome screen, very long battery (a feature I miss in the newer Fenix models), workout tracking, etc with the added plus of the heart rate monitoring and sleep tracking. Although the sleep tracking isn\'t as good as some other brands I\'ve used, it\'s usable as a rough analysis. The Instinct doesn\'t support run dynamics like the new Fenixes do but neither did the older Fenix 2 so it\'s not a huge loss.In in all, the Garmin Instinct is an all around great watch for those not looking for the Fenix price tag but want many of the Fenix features, particularly outdoor. Even though it\'s polymer instead of metal, it\'s also still a rugged watch and also lighter than the Fenix. I highly recommend this as a starter Garmin watch over the VivoActive or the ForeRunner (unless you are primarily a runner).
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