Technical Features for Garmin Instinct 2 Solar
The Garmin Instinct® 2 Solar is a rugged GPS smartwatch that supports solar charging. It is engineered for endurance with a water rating of 100 meters, thermal and shock-resistant construction, and a scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass. This tough smartwatch fits every definition of styling and also comes with a range of advanced training and health monitoring tools and features to help the users improve their fitness and understand their body better. It offers multi-GNSS support along with an altimeter, barometer, and a 3-axis electronic compass to track all of the user's adventures and even help them in precise navigation. The Instinct series smartwatch can connect to your smartphone, bringing smart notifications for emails, texts and alerts right on the watch screen. It also opens the doors to smart contactless payments via the Garmin Pay app. This rugged smartwatch's powerful performance is powered by unlimited battery life, all thanks to the solar charging.
With built-in sports apps and daily workout suggestions, the Instinct 2 Solar GPS smartwatch knows how to keep the user trained, taking into account their fitness levels. The smartwatch has a VO2 Max tool that helps the user understand their expected performance and how it may vary with heat or altitude. To give a better understanding of their body, users also get tools like wrist-based heart rate, stress tracking, advanced sleep monitoring, Body Battery energy monitoring, Pulse Ox, and more. The Instinct 2 Solar GPS watch also offers dedicated women's health tracking features to help women track their menstrual cycles or pregnancy and get exercise and nutrition education too.
Factory Information:
Instinct® 2 Solar Features:
- Rugged GPS Smartwatch with Solar Charging
- 0.9" x 0.9" Monochrome Transreflectve MIP Display
- Long Battery Life
- Up to 28 Days/Unlimited with Solar (Smartwatch Mode)
- Up to 65 Days/Unlimited with Solar (Battery Saver GPS Mode)
- Up to 30 Hours/48 Hours with Solar (GPS)
- Up to 70 Hours/370 Hours with Solar (Max Battery GPS Mode)
- Up to 32 Days/Unlimited with Solar (Expedition GPS Activity)
- Engineered for Endurance
- Water-rated to 100 meters
- Thermal & Shock Resistant
- Fiber-reinforced Polymer Case
- Scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® Glass
- Multi-GNSS Support
- GPS, GLONASS & Galileo
- Helps in Accurate Tracking in More Challenging Environments
- ABC Sensors for Accurate Navigation
- Altimeter for Elevation Data
- Barometer to Monitor Weather
3-axis Electronic Compass
- TracBack Routing
- Helps navigate the Same Route Back to the Starting Point
- Smart Connectivity to Smartphones
- Supports Bluetooth & ANT+ Connectivity
- Receive Email & Text Notifications and Alerts on Watch
- Garmin Pay™ Contactless Payment Solution
- Sync with Garmin Connect App
- Detailed Analysis & Statistics of Your Daily Activities
- Online Community to Connect, Compete & Share
- Safety & Tracking Features
- Sends Live Location to your Contacts
- Built-in Incident Detection
- Built-in Sports App
- Preloaded Activity Profiles for Various Sports
- Daily Workout Suggestions
- Tailored Training Guidance based on Users' Fitness Level
- VO2 Max
- Indicates Expected Performance & Changes considering Heat or Altitude
- Pulse OX Sensor
- Keeps You Aware about the Body's Oxygen Levels
- Mountain Biking Metrics
- MTB Dynamics, Tracks Details of Every Ride
- Wrist-based Heart Rate Tracking
- Constantly Tracks Hear Rate During Your Activities
- Sleep Score & Advanced Sleep Monitoring
- Offers Full Breakdown of Sleep Stages
- Body Battery Energy Monitoring
- Displays Body’s Energy Levels Throughout the Day
- Women's Health Tracking
- Track Menstrual Cycle or Pregnancy
- Log Symptoms, Get Exercise and Nutrition Education, & More
Specifications :
Physical Features :
| Lens Material |
Power Glass™ |
| Bezel Material |
Fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Case material |
fiber-reinforced polymer |
| QuickFit™ watch band compatible |
Yes (22 mm) |
| Strap material |
Silicone |
| Physical size |
45 x 45 x 14.5 mm
Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-230 mm |
| Display Size |
custom, two-window design; 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm) |
| Display resolution |
176 x 176 pixels |
| Display Type |
Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Weight |
53 g |
| Battery life |
Up to 28 days/Unlimited with Solar (Smartwatch)
- Up to 65 days/Unlimited with Solar (Battery Saver Watch Mode)
- Up to 30 hours/48 hours with Solar (GPS)
- Up to 70 hours/370 hours with Solar (Max Battery GPS Mode)
- Up to 32 days/Unlimited with Solar (Expedition GPS Activity) |
| Water rating |
10 ATM |
| Memory/History |
32 MB |
Clock Features :
| Time/date |
Yes |
| GPS Time Sync |
Yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time |
Yes |
| Alarm clock |
Yes |
| Timer |
Yes |
| Stopwatch |
Yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times |
Yes |
Health Monitoring :
| Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second) |
Yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate |
Yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts |
yes (high and low) |
| Respiration rate (24x7) |
Yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation |
yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day) |
| Fitness Age |
Yes |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor |
Yes |
| All-day Stress |
Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer |
Yes |
| Sleep |
Yes |
| Sleep score and insights |
Yes |
| Hydration |
yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
| Women's Health |
yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
| Health snapshot |
Yes |
Sensors :
| GPS |
Yes |
| GLONASS |
Yes |
| Galileo |
Yes |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor |
Yes |
| Barometric altimeter |
Yes |
| Compass |
Yes |
| Accelerometer |
Yes |
| Thermometer |
Yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor |
Yes |
Daily Smart Features :
| Connectivity |
Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
Yes |
| Smart Notifications |
Yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) |
Yes |
| Calendar |
Yes |
| Weather |
Yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile |
Yes |
| Battery saver (customizable low power watch) |
Yes |
| Controls smartphone music |
Yes |
| Find My Phone |
Yes |
| Find My Watch |
Yes |
| VIRB® Remote |
Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility |
iPhone®, Android™ |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app |
Yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile |
Yes |
| Garmin Pay™ |
Yes |
Safety and Tracking Features :
| LiveTrack |
Yes |
| Incident Detection during select activities |
Yes |
| Assistance |
Yes |
Tactical Features :
| Dual grid coordinates |
Yes |
Activity Tracking Features :
| Step counter |
Yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
Yes |
| Calories burned |
Yes |
| Floors climbed |
Yes |
| Distance traveled |
Yes |
| Intensity minutes |
Yes |
| TrueUp™ |
Yes |
| Move IQ™ |
Yes |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app |
yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
Fitness Equipment/Gym :
| Available gym activity profiles |
Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, HIIT, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, and Yoga |
| Cardio workouts |
Yes |
| Strength workouts |
Yes |
| HIIT workouts |
Yes |
| Automatic rep counting |
Yes |
Training, Planning And Analysis :
| HR zones |
Yes |
| HR alerts |
Yes |
| HR calories |
Yes |
| % HR max |
Yes |
| % HRR |
Yes |
| Recovery time |
Yes |
| Auto max HR |
Yes |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) |
yes (using ANT+) |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) |
Yes |
| GPS speed and distance |
Yes |
| Customizable data pages |
Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles |
Yes |
| Auto Pause® |
Yes |
| Interval training |
Yes |
| Advanced workouts |
Yes |
| Downloadable training plans |
Yes |
| Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings |
Yes |
| Auto Lap® |
Yes |
| Manual lap |
Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts |
Yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation |
Yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) |
Yes |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) |
Yes |
| Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) |
Yes |
| Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) |
Yes |
| Training Effect |
Yes |
| Training Effect (anaerobic) |
Yes |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) |
Yes |
| Improved recovery time |
Yes |
| Daily suggested workouts |
Yes |
| Custom alerts |
Yes |
| Audio prompts |
Yes |
| Finish time |
Yes |
| Virtual Partner |
Yes |
| Race an Activity |
Yes |
| Auto multisport activities |
Yes |
| Manual multisport activities |
Yes |
| Course guidance |
Yes |
| Touch and/or button lock |
Yes |
| Hot keys |
Yes |
| Auto scroll |
Yes |
| Activity history on watch |
Yes |
| Physio TrueUp |
Yes |
Running Features :
| Available run profiles |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace |
Yes |
| Running dynamics |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) |
Yes |
| Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) |
Yes |
| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) |
yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Run workouts |
Yes |
| Race predictor |
Yes |
| Foot pod capable |
Yes |
Golfing Features :
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) |
Yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs |
Yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) |
manual |
| Digital scorecard |
Yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) |
Yes |
| Auto CourseView updates |
Yes |
| Green View with manual pin position |
Yes |
| Hazards and course targets |
Yes |
| PinPointer |
Yes |
| Round timer/odometer |
Yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) |
Yes |
| Tournament legal |
Yes |
Outdoor Recreation Features :
| Available outdoor recreation profiles |
Hiking, Climbing, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Fishing, Hunting, Tactical |
| Point-to-point navigation |
Yes |
| Bread crumb trail in real time |
Yes |
| Back to start |
Yes |
| TracBack® |
Yes |
| UltraTrac mode |
Yes |
| Elevation profile |
Yes |
| Distance to destination |
Yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert |
Yes |
| Trail run auto climb |
Yes |
| Vertical speed |
Yes |
| Total ascent/descent |
Yes |
| Future elevation plot |
Yes |
| Compatible with BaseCamp™ |
Yes |
| GPS coordinates |
Yes |
| Sight 'N Go |
Yes |
| Area calculation |
Yes |
| Projected waypoint |
Yes |
| Sun and moon information |
Yes |
| XERO™ Locations |
Yes |
| Expedition GPS Activity |
Yes |
Cycling Features :
| Available cycling profiles |
Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Cyclocross, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) |
Yes |
| Courses |
Yes |
| MTB Grit & Flow |
Yes |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) |
Yes |
| Race an activity |
Yes |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) |
Yes |
| Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) |
Yes |
| Power meter compatible |
Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) |
Yes |
Swimming Features :
| Available swim profiles |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) |
Yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) |
Yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) |
Yes |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) |
Yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) |
Yes |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) |
Yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) |
Yes |
| Time and distance alerts |
Yes |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) |
Yes |
| Pool swim workouts |
Yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate |
Yes |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) |
Yes |
Kid Activity Tracking Features :
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app |
yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
Connectivity :
| Smart trainer control |
Yes |
Includes:
- Instinct 2 Solar
- Charging/Data Cable
- Documentation
Works with Garmin Models:
- Alpha®: 100, 200i, 200i Bundle with TT 15
- Astro®: 430, 900
- GPSMAP®: 66i
- inReach®: Mini, Mini 2, Mini Marine Bundle
- Montana®: 700, 700i, 750i
- PRO: 550 Plus
- Rally™: XC100, XC200
- VIRB®: 360, Ultra 30
- Xero™: A1 Bow Sight , A1i Bow Sight, A1i PRO Bow Sight
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