– Significantly increased GPS battery life from 16 hours to ‘Up to 38 hours’ with solar – Added Expedition Mode, up to 68 days GPS battery life – Added power management/customization options – Added solar charging tech to watch (more on that later) Here, let’s bulletize the main differences:
And then the deeper I dug, it’s like ‘Woah, this is entirely different if I care about long battery activities’. And that was my impression initially too.
Again, at first glance you’re like ‘Shrug, looks like an Instinct’. With that, let’s dive into it! What’s new:Īs I mostly spoiled in the intro section, the Instinct Solar is substantially changed under the covers, with some of those features being visible. I haven’t seen any issues in those aspects while using the watch, else I’d cover them here. That said, I probably will append this review with some of the ‘Basics’ sections over the following days, to conform more to my normal reviews. I don’t have the Surf or Tactical versions, which have a handful of extra aspects, so I can’t review those features. Beyond those elements, everything else is identical in the watch to the original Instinct. Note that like my Fenix 6 Solar Review I posted, I focused explicitly on the changed aspects, which include the solar pieces, power management pieces, and GPS/HR components. Or, you can just hit play below and get all the details in one tidy video: And finally, there’s the entire solar panel thing, which comes in two parts and thus provides substantially more power reserves than its Fenix counterpart. Additionally, it swaps out for the newer Garmin ELEVATE optical HR sensor, adding in PulseOX. Internally the new Instinct’s got not just solar charging but an entirely different power management architecture that gets vastly more battery life, largely helped by the switch to the Sony GPS chipsets we saw in other Garmin watches in 2019. But you can do everything from an openwater swim, to pairing speed/cadence cycling sensors, to LiveTracking (with connected phone). It lacks things like color maps, music, or advanced sensor support. It’s got most of the core sport/navigation/hiking focused features, but at roughly 1/3rd the price tag. The Garmin Instinct series is essentially a Fenix lite. Albeit, it’s a promise you’ll never leverage unless you’re trapped like Tom Hanks on an island with a volleyball. Also, it’s the first watch Garmin has ever made that offers the theoretical promise of ‘Unlimited’ battery. But in reality, this Instinct is totally different on the inside. At first glance, this might just look like an existing Instinct with a solar panel slapped atop it. Today Garmin announced the Instinct Solar lineup.
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