Instinct 2

Garmin

Instinct 2

196 positive 1 neutral 66 negative

Based on 263 Reddit mentions

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Best watch for running without your phone?

Garmin >>> Pixel. No debate. Since you run early in the morning and in mountain lion territory, Garmin’s features like incident detection, live tracking, and the ability to send your location to emergency contacts are perfect for ensuring your safety. Some Garmin watches that meet your needs are the

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BluwulfX in r/GarminWatches

July 22, 2025 4:45 PM

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What’s a brand you’ll never trust again and why?

I've had my Garmin Instinct 2 for about a year now. It's almost comical how much more data I get from my swims compared to the Fitbit Charge 5 I had. Fitbit basically had like duration and extrapolated number of laps from motion. That was it. It was also wrong on even that one metric more often than

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DarthWoo in r/AskReddit

July 2, 2025 1:31 AM

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Instinct 2S horrendous battery life - hate it so much after 3 years

The people in this comments are the reason why companies can get away with greed and become so rich... The Garmin Instinct is a very low process computer, which means it doesn't wear on battery as much as other devices like apple watches or phones, it should perfectly be able to last years without b

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Dockforbes in r/Garmininstinct

April 7, 2026 8:37 PM

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OMG FREE ENERGY EXISTS!!!

I've hit the unlimited battery mode on my Garmin Instinct 2 solar several times during the summer, the instinct 3 solar is supposed to be much better in regards to solar.

TechnoRedneck in r/LinusTechTips

April 27, 2026 10:53 AM

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Google watch on graphene OS

Garmin Watch (I recommend an Instinct 2 or 3, the battery lasts forever) connected via Gadgetbridge so all your data stays on your device. Plus you can use Garmin Pay.

TogepiGoPrrriii in r/GrapheneOS

November 13, 2025 10:28 PM

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T-rex 3 vs Garmin Instinct 2

The instinct series from Garmin only offers breadcrumb mapping whereas the Amazfit devices offer a base map showing roads and trails

caverunner17 in r/amazfit

April 26, 2026 5:20 PM

8

Geschenk für Soldaten

Kommt natürlich drauf an wie teuer es werden soll, aber ne Uhr hilft definitiv. Entweder Casio/G-Shock, oder wenn es teurer sein darf z.B. Garmin Instinct 2.

Sufficient_Speed_542 in r/bundeswehr

December 8, 2025 2:34 PM

10

Fitness Watches for Backpacking

Garmin solar instinct 2x, sun will power it. Has everything you would need except sos

TheWatchMker in r/Ultralight

January 2, 2025 3:26 PM

67

Garmin watch backcountry skiing activity

Aaaargh, main issue with the garmin backcountry app is that automatic mode doesn't work well and that you can't edit the activity after recording. I've got the instinct 2. You can change some of the screens to get some extra info you'd like and change the button shortcuts. Never tried changing activ

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Luc-514 in r/Backcountry

April 12, 2026 8:50 PM

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How many of you are using fitness trackers?

I have a Garmin Instinct 2. I like it. It's not always great at tracking sleep and its built in metrics are definitely skewed towards someone training for endurance running/biking/etc but i like that it has a very long battery life and it helps with workouts. For example, I built my weight lifting r

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agentmodem in r/PlanetFitnessMembers

April 4, 2026 1:11 AM

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