Garmin Instinct 2X Solar Rugged GPS Smartwatch Garmin

WHATEVER YOU DO, OWN IT

This big, rugged GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you and bold enough to fit your style. Its expansive solar charging lens keeps a larger battery going longer— powering advanced training features, a built-in flashlight, multi-band GNSS, health/wellness monitoring sensors and much more.

• This watch is tough, which means no holding back.
• Keep your experiences going with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging1.
• Train your way with built-in sports apps at the wrist.
• When it gets dark, the built-in LED flashlight helps keep you going.
• Smart notifications2 so you don’t miss out on what matters.
• Understand your body better with 24/7 health monitoring.

ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE

This ultratough watch features a solar charged display and a rugged 50 mm polymer case. It’s water-rated to 10 ATM and tested to U.S. military 810 standards for thermal, shock and water resistance.

DESIGNED TO DO YOU

With a design built for action and features to support your high-energy lifestyle, this watch is always ready for adventure. Plus, it’s bold styling clearly shows the world that you do things your own way.

GET MORE BATTERY OUT OF LIFE

Go longer than ever with solar charging with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode1. Plus, power manager lets you extend battery life by controlling what settings and sensors draw power.

Check your watch, start the adventure.

SOLAR POWERED

Solar charging Power Glass™ lens extends battery life, producing 50% more energy than the Instinct® 2 Solar. Go longer with the potential for unlimited solar-charged battery life in smartwatch mode1.

BUILT-IN FLASHLIGHT

To help guide your way in low-light conditions, a built-in multi-LED flashlight provides variable intensities and strobe that matches your running cadence — plus a red safety light mode to help keep an eye on your nighttime surroundings.

MULTI-BAND FREQUENCY SUPPORT

Receive and utilise multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites, which enable improved user position accuracy specifically in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or typically do not penetrate.

ABC SENSORS

Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, a barometer to monitor the weather and a 3-axis electronic compass.

TRACBACK® ROUTING

Take the guesswork out of your return journey by using this feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point.

REFERENCE POINT

Keep track of a known place — such as your car or the trailhead — relative to your location, and easily find your way back to it.

Live connected.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store app on your compatible smartphone.

GARMIN PAY™ CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS

Breeze through checkout lines and select transit systems with Garmin Pay contactless payments through participating providers.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features3 can send a message with your location to your emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone.

CALENDAR VIEW

Easily see your plans for the day with a dedicated calendar screen when paired with your compatible smartphone.

SYNC WITH THE GARMIN CONNECT™ APP

See your health and fitness information all in one place. The Garmin Connect app on your compatible smartphone is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect, compete and share.

Train your way.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Do whatever you love with preloaded activity profiles for running, cycling, swimming, strength training, indoor climbing, skiing, snowboarding, golf, yoga, Pilates and more.

OBSTACLE COURSE RACING

Track your performance during obstacle course events — with split times recorded between running and obstacle sections while you race. After manually recording splits during your first loop, you can focus solely on the race from there as splits will be automatically recorded. Then, review your stats after the race.

HIIT WORKOUTS

This activity profile tracks your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata and custom. Set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.

VO2 MAX

Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. It even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUT

View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar.

RECOVERY TIME

After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.

Know your body.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Get heart rate4 data along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.

SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING

Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights.

MORNING REPORT

Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customise your report to show you what you want to see.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Optimise your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.

PULSE OX

For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox sensor5 uses light beams at your wrist to estimate how well your body is absorbing oxygen.

HRV STATUS

Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics™ team.

 

 

 

General

• LENS MATERIAL Power Glass™
• BEZEL MATERIAL Fiber-reinforced polymer
• CASE MATERIAL Fiber-reinforced polymer
• QUICKFIT WATCH BAND COMPATIBLE yes (26 mm)
• STRAP MATERIAL Silicone
• PHYSICAL SIZE 50 x 50 x 14.5mm
• Fits wrists with a circumference of 145-228 mm
• LED FLASHLIGHT
• DISPLAY SIZE custom, two-window design; 27 x 27 mm (1.1″ x 1.1″)
• DISPLAY RESOLUTION 176 x 176 pixels
• DISPLAY TYPE Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
• WEIGHT 67 g
• WATER RATING 10 ATM
• BATTERY LIFE Smartwatch: 40 days unlimited with solar*
• GPS: 60 hours; 145 hours with solar**
• All Satellite Systems: 40 hours; 65 hours with solar*
• All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band: 27 hours; 36 hours with solar**
• Max Battery GPS Mode: 150 hours; unlimited with solar**
• Expedition GPS Activity: 60 days; unlimited with solar*
• Battery Saver Watch Mode: 100 days; unlimited with solar*
• *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions
• **Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
• CHARGING METHOD Garmin proprietary plug charger
• MEMORY/HISTORY 64 MB

 

Clock Features

• TIME/DATE
• GPS TIME SYNC
• AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
• ALARM CLOCK
• TIMER
• STOPWATCH
• SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES

 

Health Monitoring

• WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND)
• DAILY RESTING HEART RATE
• ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS yes (high and low)
• RESPIRATION RATE (24X7)
• PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION
• FITNESS AGE yes (in app)
• BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
• ALL-DAY STRESS
• RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER
• SLEEP
• SLEEP SCORE AND INSIGHTS
• HYDRATION yes (in Garmin Connect™)
• WOMEN’S HEALTH yes (in Garmin Connect™)
• HEALTH SNAPSHOT

 

Sensors

• GPS
• GLONASS
• GALILEO
• MULTI-FREQUENCY POSITIONING
• GARMIN ELEVATE™ WRIST HEART RATE MONITOR
• BAROMETRIC ALTIMETER
• COMPASS
• GYROSCOPE
• ACCELEROMETER
• THERMOMETER
• PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION MONITOR

 

Daily Smart Features

• CONNECTIVITY Bluetooth®, ANT+®
• CONNECT IQ™ (DOWNLOADABLE WATCH FACES, DATA FIELDS, WIDGETS AND APPS)
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS
• TEXT RESPONSE/REJECT PHONE CALL WITH TEXT (ANDROID™ ONLY)
• CALENDAR
• WEATHER
• REALTIME SETTINGS SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE
• BATTERY SAVER (CUSTOMIZABLE LOW POWER WATCH)
• CONTROLS SMARTPHONE MUSIC
• FIND MY PHONE
• FIND MY WATCH
• VIRB® REMOTE
• SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY iPhone®, Android™
• PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE
• GARMIN PAY™

 

Safety and Tracking Features

• LIVETRACK
• INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES
• ASSISTANCE

 

Tactical Features

• DUAL GRID COORDINATES

 

Activity Tracking Features

• STEP COUNTER
• MOVE BAR (DISPLAYS ON DEVICE AFTER A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY; WALK FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO RESET IT)
• AUTO GOAL (LEARNS YOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL AND ASSIGNS A DAILY STEP GOAL)
• CALORIES BURNED
• FLOORS CLIMBED
• DISTANCE TRAVELED
• INTENSITY MINUTES
• TRUEUP™
• MOVE IQ™
• GARMIN CONNECT™ CHALLENGES APP Yes (optional Connect IQ app)

 

Gym & Fitness Equipment

• AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING
• CARDIO WORKOUTS
• STRENGTH WORKOUTS
• HIIT WORKOUTS
• YOGA WORKOUTS
• PILATES WORKOUTS

 

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

• HR ZONES
• HR ALERTS
• HR CALORIES
• % HR MAX
• % HRR
• RECOVERY TIME
• AUTO MAX HR
• MORNING REPORT
• HRV STATUS
• TRAINING READINESS
• HR BROADCAST (BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+™ TO PAIRED DEVICES) yes (using ANT+)
• RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE)
• GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE
• CUSTOMIZABLE DATA PAGES
• CUSTOMIZABLE ACTIVITY PROFILES
• AUTO PAUSE®
• INTERVAL TRAINING
• ADVANCED WORKOUTS
• DOWNLOADABLE TRAINING PLANS
• POWER MODES – CUSTOMIZABLE IN-ACTIVITY BATTERY SETTINGS
• HRM RUNNING PACE AND DISTANCE
• AUTO LAP®
• MANUAL LAP
• CONFIGURABLE LAP ALERTS
• HEAT AND ALTITUDE ACCLIMATION
• VO2 MAX (RUN)
• VO2 MAX (TRAIL RUN)
• TRAINING STATUS
• TRAINING LOAD
• TRAINING EFFECT
• TRAINING EFFECT (ANAEROBIC)
• PRIMARY BENEFIT (TRAINING EFFECT LABELS)
• IMPROVED RECOVERY TIME
• DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
• CUSTOM ALERTS
• AUDIO PROMPTS
• FINISH TIME
• VIRTUAL PARTNER
• RACE AN ACTIVITY
• AUTO MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES
• MANUAL MULTISPORT ACTIVITIES
• COURSE GUIDANCE
• TOUCH AND/OR BUTTON LOCK
• HOT KEYS
• AUTO SCROLL
• ACTIVITY HISTORY ON WATCH
• PHYSIO TRUEUP
• UNIFIED TRAINING STATUS

 

Running Features

• AVAILABLE RUN PROFILES Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running
• GPS-BASED DISTANCE, TIME AND PACE
• RUNNING DYNAMICS Yes (with compatible accessory)
• VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO Yes (with compatible accessory)
• GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE Yes (with compatible accessory)
• STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME) Yes (with compatible accessory)
• CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)
• RUNNING POWER
• GRADE-ADJUSTED PACE
• PERFORMANCE CONDITION
• LACTATE THRESHOLD Yes (with compatible accessory)
• RUN WORKOUTS
• TRAIL RUN AUTO CLIMB
• RACE PREDICTOR
• FOOT POD CAPABLE
• RUN/WALK/STAND DETECTION

 

Golfing Features

• YARDAGE TO F/M/B (DISTANCE TO FRONT, MIDDLE AND BACK OF GREEN)
• YARDAGE TO LAYUPS/DOGLEGS
• MEASURES SHOT DISTANCE (CALCULATES EXACT YARDAGE FOR SHOTS FROM ANYWHERE ON COURSE) manual
• DIGITAL SCORECARD
• STAT TRACKING (STROKES, PUTTS PER ROUND, GREENS AND FAIRWAYS HIT)
• GARMIN AUTOSHOT™
• AUTO COURSEVIEW UPDATES
• GREEN VIEW WITH MANUAL PIN POSITION
• HAZARDS AND COURSE TARGETS
• ROUND TIMER/ODOMETER
• AUTOMATIC CLUB TRACKING COMPATIBLE (REQUIRES ACCESSORY)
• PAIRS WITH GARMIN GOLF APP
• TOURNAMENT LEGAL

 

Outdoor Recreation

• AVAILABLE OUTDOOR RECREATION PROFILES Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Hunting, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Snowshoeing, Fishing, Horseback Riding, Tennis, Tactical, Obstacle Course Racing
• POINT-TO-POINT NAVIGATION
• BREAD CRUMB TRAIL IN REAL TIME
• BACK TO START
• TRACBACK®
• ULTRATRAC MODE
• REFERENCE POINT
• ELEVATION PROFILE
• DISTANCE TO DESTINATION
• BAROMETRIC TREND INDICATOR WITH STORM ALERT
• VERTICAL SPEED
• TOTAL ASCENT/DESCENT
• FUTURE ELEVATION PLOT
• GPS COORDINATES
• SIGHT ‘N GO
• AREA CALCULATION
• PROJECTED WAYPOINT
• SUN AND MOON INFORMATION
• XERO™ LOCATIONS
• EXPEDITION GPS ACTIVITY
• TIDES
• TIDES GLANCE

 

Cycling Features

• AVAILABLE CYCLING PROFILES Bike, Road Bike, Mountain Bike, Gravel Bike, Bike Commute, Bike Tour, eBike , Bike Indoor, Cyclocross, Triathlon
• ALERTS (TRIGGERS ALARM WHEN YOU REACH GOALS INCLUDING TIME, DISTANCE, HEART RATE OR CALORIES)
• COURSES
• MTB GRIT & FLOW
• BIKE LAP AND LAP MAXIMUM POWER (WITH POWER SENSOR)
• RACE AN ACTIVITY
• FTP (FUNCTIONAL THRESHOLD POWER)
• COMPATIBLE WITH VECTOR™ AND RALLY™ (POWER METERS)
• POWER METER COMPATIBLE
• ADVANCED CYCLING DYNAMICS yes (in app)
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ RADAR (REAR-FACING RADAR)
• COMPATIBLE WITH VARIA™ LIGHTS
• SPEED AND CADENCE SENSOR SUPPORT (W/SENSOR)

 

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)
• POOL SWIM METRICS (LENGTHS, DISTANCE, PACE, STROKE COUNT, SWIM EFFICIENCY (SWOLF), CALORIES)
• STROKE TYPE DETECTION (FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE, BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• DRILL LOGGING (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• BASIC REST TIMER (UP FROM 0) (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• “REPEAT ON” REST TIMER (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• AUTO REST (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• TIME AND DISTANCE ALERTS
• COUNTDOWN START (POOL SWIM ONLY)
• POOL SWIM WORKOUTS
• UNDERWATER WRIST-BASED HEART RATE
• HEART RATE FROM EXTERNAL HRM (REAL-TIME DURING RESTS, INTERVAL AND SESSION STATS DURING RESTS, AND AUTOMATIC HEART RATE DOWNLOAD POST-SWIM)

 

Kid Activity Tracking Features

• TOE-TO-TOE™ CHALLENGES APP Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)

 

Connectivity

• SMART TRAINER CONTROL
• MANUALS
• SOFTWARE
• SUPPORT CENTER

 

In the Box

• Instinct® 2X Solar
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation

 

Warranty

• This is genuine Australian stock and Garmin Australia’s One Year Consumer Products Limited Warranty applies