Garmin - Instinct GPS Smartwatch 45mm Fiber-Reinforced Polymer - Graphite

OK... I had the Garmin vivoactive HR great watch. Did thr job for a couple years. The step measurement was always a bit short, and the sleep tracker was meh.. But it was a great system, lasted 5 to 6 days. But I went swimming with it, and it suffered an "unrecoverable failure". So I started researching and came down on the Garmin (yeah I trust the name) Vivoactive 3 and the Instinct. Chose the instinct because it seems tougher. Light weight, durable have had it on my wrist for a week and it's awesome. I needed a way to respond to texts without grabbing the phone (for meetings etc) Been using for 5 days.. Only lost a bar in the battery.. (I despise a smart watch you have to recharge every night.. Because frequently I'm not near my charger for a couple days. Yes.. It is not connectable to the Garmin IQ... It doesn't store music or have the Garmin pay stuff.. It's a tough workhorse watch. That looks good. To be honest the cute colored watch faces were nice (this is monochrome) but I need a watch that works in the rough environment I work in. Easy to read quick to learn the operations... It's a time piece not a wrist toy. There are 6 faces you can have. The standard black with white digital gives you, time with seconds , date, steps, sunrise sunset. A couple of button pushes brings up an accurate compass, altimeter, alternate time, weather, events messages and heart rate... You cans set it up anyway you want. Its not touch screen so ya gotta work the buttons, but it feels and looks great. Looks like a real watch.

This watch is great for military members and non has GPS compass weather apo u can down load to track heartbeat steps sleep . Also can be linked to a phone fir message notification or calls definitely wear it every day battery last about 7 plus days without charge. I take a shower with it and I work in a freezer environment and holds up beautifully.

Love the rugged and efficient features. Great battery life. Used the GPS feature to get back to hotels while traveling in south east Asia this year, very useful!!! Use waterproof feature to track swimming. Very good to take on hikes and for runners. Wife and I go on night hikes to take pictures of Arizona’s many national monuments, watch helps to track moon phases, we go on nights with no moon to get a better view of the night sky. I would highly recommend this watch.

Best watch for the money. I prefer function over appearance or fancy screens. The disply on the watch reminds me of a low-def Ti calculator screen, which I think is cool. Tou can text, email, make calls, etc. But that isnt really why I got this watch. I love the HR monitor, one of the most accurate wrist-based HRs out there. However, you can still pair this with a chest strap HR via bluetooth or ANT+. The other reason why I got this is because this also has an accurate GPS to track running and hiking on trails with a topographic map. It also has many exercise options with different training intervals and intensity cues. This watch is also rugged, and has impact, dust amd water resistant ratings that are among the best. Nothing fancy about thia watch. It just works.

So far everything works perfect except the heart monitor, which is slightly inaccurate.. unfortunately that’s why I am giving it four stars. It’s a beautiful watch! It grabs a lot of compliments and looks super sporty and stylish. I love the alarm option which really wakes me up!! It’s a must have watch if you don’t worry about the heart monitor option. GPS is accurate and steps as well. The battery life is way better than most other smart watches in the same range.

I have had a couple of other smart watches, but none have come close to this. I have a Samsung and I really like that watch but you are lucky to get a full day out of a charge on it. Even connected to my phone I can still get two weeks or more out a of charge with the Garmin. I really, really, like the Garmin and all the extras that it can do. It has become my all day wearable.

This is best watch money can buy. Great for tracking and built to last. Battery life is the best part. I am at around 50% after one week.

Battery life is way better than I expected, purchased on 4-22-21, 3 weeks later I'm still running on it's 2nd charge. I thought not having a touchscreen smartwatch would suck, but this thing has exceeded all expectations. Bluetooth connectivity is great,. If i leave my phone charging as I'm doing things around the house, i still get all notifications. You can preset custom messages to reply to texts through the watch, block apps from sending your watch notifications (apps of less importance), answer and dismiss phone calls, shuffle though your phone's music, it can sort of track your workouts and remind you to move, get instant gps coordinates from it, mark waypoints, and navigate(helps in my line of work), and the screen is easy to see and read even in direct sunlight, and a bunch of other cool stuff that i don't always use. I purchased screen protectors that i haven't even used yet (i will) but this gorilla glass has kept it scratch free. Sitting here trying to come up with any cons but i can honestly say i can't think of any. Too many great things to say about this watch to fit in here.