WHY JUST CARRY OUT THE MISSION? OWN IT.

This bold, rugged GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you, and it comes equipped with tactical-specific features, a built-in LED flashlight and solar charging to keep you going.

Stay on the mission until it’s done with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging.
Tactical-specific features include night vision compatibility and more for field ops.
Military standard toughness means no holding back.
When it gets dark, the built-in LED flashlight helps keep you going.
Train your way with built-in sports apps at the wrist.
Understand your body better with 24/7 health monitoring.

OVERVIEW:

ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE

This ultratough watch features a solar charged display and 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 the features to support your tactical missions, this watch is always ready for adventure. Plus, its 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.

STAY MISSION READY.

SOLAR POWERED

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

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 green light mode to help keep an eye on your immediate surroundings while operating at night.

NIGHT VISION COMPATIBILITY

Switch between daytime view and nighttime view with a screen designed to be read by night vision goggles.

STEALTH MODE

Go dark by enabling stealth mode to stop storing and sharing your GPS position and disable wireless connectivity and communication.

DUAL-POSITION FORMAT

Easily sync your location with others by seeing both the universal transverse mercator and military grid reference system on the same screen.

BALLISTICS CALCULATOR

Unlock the Applied Ballistics® calculator via the AB Synapse™ – Garmin app (unlock fee required) to access aiming solutions for long-range shooting in the field.

KILL SWITCH

If security becomes an issue, the kill switch wipes the device of all user memory.

JUMPMASTER MODE

Calculate high-altitude release points according to military guidelines while navigating to your objective once you’ve jumped.

TACTICAL ACTIVITY

See time, pace, time of day, elevation and your location in both coordinate types.

TRACK EVERY ADVENTURE.

MULTI-BAND FREQUENCY SUPPORT

Receive and utilize multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites, which enable improved user position accuracy.

ABC SENSORS

Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 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

When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection.

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.

MTB DYNAMICS

Track the details of every ride with mountain biking metrics plus specialized Grit® and Flow™ measurements that rate trail difficulty and how smoothly you descend, giving you a score to beat next time.

KNOW YOUR BODY.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Get heart rate 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 customize your report to show you what you want to see.

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

Optimize 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.

SPECS:

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 14.7 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 145-228 mm

WEIGHT: 67 g

WATER RATING: 10

ATM DISPLAY TYPE: Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)

DISPLAY SIZE: Custom, two-window design; 1.1” x 1.1” (27 x 27 mm)

DISPLAY RESOLUTION: 176 x 176 pixels

LED FLASHLIGHT

BATTERY LIFE DETAILS:

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 TIME

Health & Wellness Monitoring

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE (CONSTANT, EVERY SECOND)
DAILY RESTING HEART RATE
ABNORMAL HEART RATE ALERTS (HIGH & LOW)
RESPIRATION RATE (24X7)
PULSE OX BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION
FITNESS AGE (In App)
BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITOR
ALL-DAY STRESS
RELAXATION BREATHING TIMER
BREATHWORK
SLEEP
SLEEP SCORE AND INSIGHTS
HYDRATION (In Garmin Connect™)
WOMEN'S HEALTH (In Garmin Connect™)
HEALTH SNAPSHOT

Sensors

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

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)
MORNING REPORT
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
SMART TRAINER CONTROL
PAIRS WITH GARMIN CONNECT™ MOBILE
SMARTPHONE COMPATIBILITY - iPhone® & Android™
GARMIN PAY™

Safety and Tracking Features

INCIDENT DETECTION DURING SELECT ACTIVITIES
ASSISTANCE
LIVETRACK

Tactical Features

STEALTH MODE
NIGHT VISION MODE
DUAL GRID COORDINATES
KILL SWITCH

Gaming Features

GAMING ACTIVITY
GAMEON™ APP COMPATIBLE

Activity Tracking Features

STEP COUNTER
MOVE ALERTS (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 (optional Connect IQ app)

Gym & Fitness Equipment

AVAILABLE GYM ACTIVITY PROFILES:
Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Pilates & Yoga
CARDIO WORKOUTS
STRENGTH WORKOUTS
HIIT WORKOUTS
YOGA WORKOUTS
PILATES WORKOUTS
AUTOMATIC REP COUNTING

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

HR ZONES
HR ALERTS
HR CALORIES
% HR MAX
% HRR
RECOVERY TIME
AUTO MAX HR
HRV STATUS
TRAINING READINESS
HR BROADCAST(BROADCASTS HR DATA OVER ANT+® TO PAIRED DEVICES)
RESPIRATION RATE (DURING EXERCISE)
GPS SPEED AND DISTANCE
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 MULTISPORTACTIVITIES
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 (with compatible accessory)
VERTICAL OSCILLATION AND RATIO (with compatible accessory)
GROUND CONTACT TIME AND BALANCE (with compatible accessory)
STRIDE LENGTH (REAL TIME; with compatible accessory)
CADENCE (PROVIDES REAL-TIME NUMBER OF STEPS PER MINUTE)
RUNNING POWER
GRADE-ADJUSTED PACE
PERFORMANCE CONDITION
LACTATE THRESHOLD (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, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Water Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Wakeboarding, Wakesurfing, Tubing, Hunting, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Snowshoeing, Fishing, Horseback Riding, Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobile, Ice Skating, Boating, Sailing, Sail Racing, Jumpmaster, Tennis, Pickleball, Padel, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Archery, Whitewater, Tactical, Disc Golf, & Sailing Expedition
SPORT PROFILES: American Football, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Soccer/Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball, Basketball & Volleyball
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
WIND METER COMPATIBLE
EXPEDITION GPS ACTIVITY
TIDES
TIDE GLANCE

Cycling Features

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

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 (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)

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Instinct 2X Solar - Tactical Edition
USB-C charging/data cable
Documentation

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