Garmin Instinct Tactical, Rugged Gps Watch, Tactical Specific Features, Constructed To U.S. Military
Garmin Instinct Tactical, Rugged GPS Watch, Tactical Specific Features, Constructed to U.S. Military Standard 810G for Thermal, Shock and Water Resistance, Black
- Rugged GPS watch built to withstand the toughest environments. The display size is 0.9 x 0.9 inches
- Constructed to U. S. Military standard 810G for thermal, shock and water resistance (rated to 100 meters)
- Built-in 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter, Plus multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) support helps track in more challenging environments than GPS alone
- Monitor your estimated heart rate, activity and stress; train with preloaded activity profiles
- Stay connected with smart notifications (with a compatible smartphone) and automatic data uploads to the Garmin connect online fitness community.Use the tracback feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point; Use the Garmin explore website and app to plan your trips in advance.
- Battery life: up to 14 days in smartwatch mode, up to 16 hours in GPS mode, up to 40 hours in UltraTrac battery Saver mode.Memory and Storage:16 MB.Included Components: Instinct Tactical Edition; Charging/data cable; Documentation
Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Handheld GPS Units
Rating : 4.8
ListPrice : US $299.99
Price : US $252.62
Review Count : 2263
Garmin Instinct Tactical, Rugged GPS Watch, Tactical Specific Features, Constructed to U.S. Military Standard 810G for Thermal, Shock and Water Resistance, Black
- The headline answer I give is - not likely ever!I am thoroughly impressed by this watch. The Instinct Tactical is my second smartwatch ever (first was Moto). My consideration for the next watch was specific, I wanted to have GPS, practical features, RTHR, great data analytics to review patterns, this watch fits the desire.Beyond the scope of expectations, what brought me in is the following:German Engineering - Top NotchReputable company that has been in the business for a long time - very longBattery that can a really long time last up to 14 days (not tested, details of how I last 10 days below).Something that goes against the trend of the typical smartwatch buyers.Features that matter (not stuffed with what most WANT instead of what makes sense for a watch).I say, if you want to use your Apple Pay, or Google Pay, etc. Just pull out your phone...A little bit of coverage on where I\'m coming from:Logical buying choice that will actually last longer than 2 years. The premise of smart watches that are appealing are the bright color OLED panel, touch screen, gestures, etc. All of these features use a ridiculous amount of battery and the idea of having to take a watch off every couple days doesn\'t make sense.You see, if you imagine any device with Lithium Ion having a maximum number of possible charges (ranging from 500 - 1500 charges) in addition to the quality at which these charges degrade WITHIN this lifetime, some thing that has to be charges so often just doesn\'t cut it for me, and it shouldn\'t for you either (phone and notebooks are different - we\'re talking smartwear technology). Things that REALLY are not necessary in the phone, only desired to be apart of the stylistic trends of those around you.This watch intelligently meets my expectations, and does so in a way that is different from the trend. This watch has a seemingly simplistic design, one that some might see as being a regular watch - they can think what they want.When I talk about this watch to people (like when I get notifications to the Instinct), a number of them were pleasantly surprised, and to say its a Garmin watch, they jokingly ask if it has GPS \"YES\", I say, as well as \"... oh.. well can you track your bearings, ACTUALLY use the compass for navigation - use your watch to navigate?\" ... \"YES, YES\".This watch has some really unique feats up its circuitry and I REALLY am so impressed by this design concept (no OLED, no touch, no NFC), it truly is unique and quite frankly, a surprise considering the functions of other watches in this pricepoint.The Tactical was an unrecognized surprised until later, it has a \"stealth\" function that will disable all radio functions (Bluetooth, GPS, etc.). BUT with having an onboard memory, it will maintain record of your steps, HR.. etc. etc. until you reconnect (not forever obviously).I cant speak for other watches, but because of the depth in the GPS functionality, features that are just really cool include detailed views of when the sun\'s position in the sky, when potential storms are likely to arrive in the area.I\'m not an avid hiker, adventurer, biker, etc. I just go to the gym and work. This watch lasts for about 10-12 days, and I have monitoring running actively (every second), using the dark-themed watch face, and a quick toggle to turn on and off functionality that uses GPS on the menu slider.I HIGHLY recommend this watch if you are in the market for something if you are, or plan to be active, want some unique features as well as practical ones. Impressive data analytics of your stress, sleep, heart rate, step count, and other familiar trackers. I love showing off the functions of this watch when people poke with curiosity, I could (and would) sell this product for Garmin with a lot of joy.Its a 2018 watch, but honestly, as it STILL holds is price-value between $200-300, tells you something (a good rule of thumb).The 4 stars for the sleep tracking - I suspect that it uses your movement, HR and patterns between them, to determine your deep, light and REM sleep states. I think this area is tricky for all watches with this technology, as the difficulty in knowing independent without other technologies, is tough when one is watching a show before going to sleep - where movement is zero, and the transition to going to sleep has no movement. This can result in the graphs appearing as though I were sleeping. So for the stats that show that I was asleep for 10 hours with a REM cycle at the time I was bingeing the last episode of something before lights out, when I actually slept for 7-8.. it throws off my weekly, and monthly stats slightly. Its seldom when it happens, but still.It determines the likeliness of you being asleep in the smartest way with the best the algorithms could offer using just HR and movement. So I understand the challenges that most manufacturers have with this aspect *even fitbit and others with Sp02 tech*.Thanks for reading.
- As a decades long Gshock fan I have no regrets going with this watch after tiring of waiting on Casio to produce a decent smart watch. I wore a Samsung Active2 for 2 years and it just wasn\'t cutting it anymore. This watch is amazing and surpasses my expectations. A two week battery life!Don\'t hesitate. You won\'t regret it either!
- This watch is incredible for both outdoor and everyday use. The battery lasts me about 2-3 weeks and charges to full in about 30 minutes. This watch is so rugged you can continuously wear it for extended periods, and if you choose to, it has a handful of health features provided via the Garmin app. You can pair directly to a fitness app like Cronometer, and when it syncs from the app it can give an estimation of calories burned to Cronometer automatically. Additionally, it has very powerful GPS, altitude, and other tools to accurately track any trips or activity you go on for later. I often use it to drop a GPS pin on my campsite, or where I parked my car when I head out.Absolutely incredible product, could not recommend more for anyone who goes outside.
- Best tracker watch I\'ve owned. A face you can actually see easily, day or night. Lots of tracking features and an incredible battery, 28 days on a full charge (without GPS turned on of course). Syncs well with app.
- I\'ve owned several different Garmin brand products over the years and in general, I like them all but they share a common problem. For a company with such great products, Garmin has pretty horrible documentation on how to use them. The Instinct watch is no exception. The excellent news is that Garmin Support is very good and there are YouTube videos to describe how to do anything imaginable.One of my key desires was a watch that could display the local time and Zulu (military) time simultaneously. The Instinct does that. However, you must have both times set to either 12-hour format or 24-hour format. This isn\'t a deal breaker but my preference would have been to show military (Zulu) time in a 24-hour format and the local time in a 12-hour format. Not a big deal but how hard would it have been to subtract 12 from just the local time?The other feature I really liked was tracking the distance I hike or walk. Instead of counting steps, the Instinct uses the built-in GPS and actually tells you the distance in miles. Perfect for my needs.I have not dived into a lot of the other features yet. Pulse rate, etc. all seem to work well.Other than the poorly written documentation and the time format quirk mentioned, I am quite happy with the watch and can recommend it.
- This is a phenomenal smart watch, it does a lot and it does it well. It is just a little complicated which is why I didn\'t give it 5 stars. But you can absolutely not go wrong with this watch. It has a ton of features and the battery life is extremely good.I saw a few reviews where people were discouraging others to buy this because they didn\'t like the placement of the buttons. I saw them saying their wrist would hit the button when they move their hand. I don\'t know who these people are but that\'s ridiculous and I can\'t believe I almost didn\'t buy this watch because of that.It does a great job tracking heart rate and it tracks my sleep very well. The app is great as well, good design and functionality.
- Works well and is easy to get it setup. The battery lasts me about 4 days. I use it to tell time and track my walks. With the Garmin app this is very easy. It also tells me when I get call or text. I also like it reminding me when I\'ve sat around to long. I\'m kind of watch snob an usually wear only a quality analog watch but with the selectable watch faces I\'ve found one I can live with.
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