Instinct 2S Solar

Description

Whatever you Do, Own It

This rugged, solar charging GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you and unique enough to fit your style. Now it comes in two sizes to fit every wrist.

• This watch is tough, which means no holding back.
• Train your way with built-in sports apps at the wrist.
• Push boundaries, but stay on track with access to more satellites.
• Understand your body better with 24/7 health monitoring.

Engineered for Endurance

Designed to Do you

Bold colors, high-contrast displays and size options let you show the world that you do things your own way.

Get More Battery Out of Life

Multi-GNSS Support

Whether you’re hiking, mountain biking, trail running or skiing, you’ll have access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.

Abc Sensors

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

Smart Notifications

Safety and Tracking Features

Calendar View

Built-in Sports Apps

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

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

Daily Workout Suggestions

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.

Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding

These activity profiles now automatically distinguish between descending and climbing. So you can hit start on your first run and leave your smartwatch tracking all day long.

MTB Dynamics

Wrist-Based Running Power

See how much power you’re applying to the trail or the road so you can manage your effort and fine-tune your training. No accessory required.

Wrist-Based Heart Rate

Stress Tracking

Heart rate variability is used to calculate your stress level score, so you can see if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

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.

Pulse Ox

Fitness Age

This feature uses chronological age, your weekly vigorous activity, resting heart rate and BMI to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Get tips to lower your fitness age.

Intensity Minutes

Track how many minutes of vigorous activity you’re getting, when you earn them and during what activity. You can even view them as a data field during timed activities.

Women’s Health Tracking

Specifications

What You’ll Love

Sleep score and insights	Yes
Battery life (smartwatch mode)	Up to 21 days51 days with solar
Pulse Ox blood oxygen	Yes
Garmin Pay™	Yes
Training readiness	Yes
Training status	Yes
Display type	Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Solar charging	Yes
Water rating	10 ATM

General

Strap material	silicone
Lens material	Power Glass™
Bezel material	fiber-reinforced polymer
Case material	fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit® watch band compatible	yes (20 mm)
Physical size	40 x 40 x 13.3 mm; Fits wrists with a circumference of 112-180 mm
Weight	43 g
Display Size	custom, two-window design; 0.79” x 0.79” (20 x 20 mm)
Display resolution	156 x 156 pixels (active area)
Battery type	Lithium ion
Battery life	Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/51 days with solar*; Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 50 days/Unlimited with solar*; GPS: Up to 22 hours/28 hours with solar**; Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 54 hours/114 hours with solar**; Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 25 days/105 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	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 & Wellness Monitoring

Heart rate (constant, every second)	Yes
Resting heart rate	Yes
Abnormal heart rate alerts	yes (high and low)
Respiration rate	Yes
Fitness age	Yes
Body Battery™ energy monitor	Yes
All-day stress	Yes
Relaxation breathing timer	Yes
Breathwork	Yes
Sleep	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
Pulse Ox blood oxygen saturation monitor	Yes
Barometric altimeter	Yes
Compass	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Thermometer	Yes

Daily Smart Features

Find My Phone	Yes
Connectivity	Bluetooth®, ANT+®
Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps)	Yes
Smart Notifications	Yes
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)	Yes
Morning report	Yes
Calendar	Yes
Weather forecasts	Yes
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile	Yes
Battery saver (customizable low power watch)	Yes
Controls smartphone music	Yes
Smart trainer control	Yes
Pairs with Garmin Connect™ mobile	Yes
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone®, Android™

Workout and Training Plans

Daily suggested workout – Running (pace and heart rate based)	Yes
Daily suggested workout – Cycling (pace and heart rate based)	Yes
Garmin running coach experts	Yes
Garmin Coach – Prebuilt cycling plans	Yes
Cardio workouts	Yes
Strength workouts	Yes
HIIT workouts	Yes
Yoga workouts	Yes
Pilates workouts	Yes

Activity Profiles

Gym	Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing
Multisport	Triathlon
Wellness	Walking, Pilates, Yoga
Indoor running	Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
Outdoor running	Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running
Outdoor recreation	Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding
Cycling	Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking, Cyclocross
Swim	Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
On the water	Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing
Racket sports	Tennis
Snow and winter	Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Snowshoeing
Other activity profiles	Tactical, Obstacle Course

Safety and Tracking Features

Incident detection during select activities	Yes
Assistance	Yes

Tactical Features

Dual grid coordinates	Yes
XERO™ Locations	Yes

Gaming Features

Gaming Activity	Yes
GameOn™ app compatible	Yes

Activity Tracking Features

Step counter	Yes
Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)	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)
Automatic rep counting	Yes

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Customizable data pages	Yes
Downloadable training plans	Yes
Course guidance	Yes
HR zones	Yes
HR alerts	Yes
HR calories	Yes
% HR max	Yes
% HRR	Yes
Recovery time	Yes
Auto max HR	Yes
HRV status	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 activity profiles	Yes
Auto Pause® automatic timer halt	Yes
Interval training	Yes
Advanced workouts	Yes
Power modes (customizable in-activity battery settings)	Yes
HRM running pace and distance	Yes
Auto Lap® interval tracking feature	Yes
Manual lap	Yes
Configurable lap alerts	Yes
Heat and altitude acclimation	Yes
VO2 Max (run)	Yes
VO2 Max (trail run)	Yes
Training load	Yes
Training effect	Yes
Training effect (anaerobic)	Yes
Primary benefit (training effect labels)	Yes
Custom alerts	Yes
Voice alerts	Yes
Finish time	Yes
Virtual Partner	Yes
Race an Activity	Yes
Manual multisport activities	Yes
Touch and/or button lock	Yes
Shortcuts	Yes
Auto scroll	Yes
Activity history on watch	Yes
Physio TrueUp	Yes
Unified training status	Yes

Running Features

GPS-based distance, time and pace	Yes
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)	Yes
Running power	Yes
Performance condition	Yes
Lactate threshold	yes (with compatible accessory)
Run workouts	Yes
Trail run auto climb	Yes
Race predictor	Yes
Foot pod capable	Yes
Run/walk/stand detection	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
Garmin AutoShot™	Yes
Auto CourseView updates	Yes
Green View with manual pin position	Yes
Hazards and course targets	Yes
Round timer/odometer	Yes
CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)	Yes
Pairs with Garmin Golf app	Yes
Tournament legal	Yes

Outdoor Recreation

Projected waypoint	Yes
UltraTrac mode	Yes
Elevation profile	Yes
Distance to destination	Yes
Barometric trend indicator with storm alert	Yes
Vertical speed	Yes
Total ascent/descent	Yes
Future elevation plot	Yes
GPS coordinates	Yes
Sight ‘N Go	Yes
Area calculation	Yes
Sun and moon information	Yes
Expedition GPS Activity	Yes
Tides	Yes

Mapping & Navigation

Point-to-point navigation	Yes
Bread crumb trail in real time	Yes
Back to start	Yes
TracBack®	Yes
Reference point	Yes

Cycling Features

Courses	Yes
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)	Yes
Race an activity	Yes
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)	Yes
FTP (Functional Threshold Power)	Yes
MTB Grit & Flow	Yes
Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters)	Yes
Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)	Yes
Compatible with Varia™ lights	Yes
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)	Yes
Power meter compatible	Yes

Swimming Features

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)

In the Box

• Instinct 2S Solar
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation