GarminGarmin Instinct 2X Solar - Tactical Edition, Rugged GPS Smartwatch, Built-in Flashlight, Ballistics Calculator, Solar Charging Capability, Coyote Tan

This watch hasn't left my wrist. It's everything I expected and more. Admittedly, it's overkill for a non military or non extreme adventurer like me. There are far more features than I imagined and initially that was overwhelming. However, one of the features I've come to live about the watch allows you to have a 'lighter' experience with fewer displays. This has proven to be the right sial for me. Additionally, by reducing the volume of displays, the watch has this far averaged around 100 days between charges. For a smart watch, that's quite impressive.It's no Apple or as Samsung watch and it's monochromatic (which is what I like) so if colour displays are key for you, this way h doesn't suit your needs. However, if you want a smart watch which leans tactical (even has a nifty flashlight feature), this is one to consider.I love my watch and I would buy it again if I needed to.Hope this review helps.Cheers,DG

Functionality:Best purchase on a watch I ever made, I’m a Jack of all trades when it comes to training and athletic stuff, and this watch does it all, works great in water and even tho I’d recommend a different watch for an Ironman or ultra man this still does the trick! As someone’s who in the NSW 🇺🇸 this watch is worth it.

I am very pleased with this Garmin watch. I choose to run it on a lower battery setting and from a full charge I get roughly 42 days of battery life. It’s longer if you’re constantly in the sun obviously. It stays connected to my phone with no issues. It was great getting notifications on my watch, but I’ve since turned them all off because the ones I wanted to receive I did not for some reason (texts). Even if it didn’t have those features, I’d still keep it. I love this watch.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:The best hands down fitwatch, smartwatch tactical watch. Solar watch tracking watch and then put the ballistic on it. Absolutely, the best thing I have ever. But for so little money.

great watch , very useful in the field and battery lasts long without charging for a couple days , heads up download connectiq can change the watch display

Husband loves it. Battery never dies and the solar works great and it feels great, on the wrist, like a regular watch. Doesn't get in the way though, even though it's a little bigger than other Garmin watches. He also wears it in the shower and at work where it fell in water, didn't do anything to it, not a scratch or water damage in sight. The fitness tracker is optimal because it switches on by itself, like you don't have to put it in workout mode.

Great product

I have been using this watch for over a week. Overall, I am very happy with the product -- as expected, good Garmin quality and most of the functions work well (I have not checked the accuracy of the stats it collects, though). The main reasons I am giving it a 4 instead of a 5 are as follows:1. Bate-and-switch Applied Ballistics. This is one of the main reasons I bought this watch, but then I discovered in order to get this function, I need to purchase an additional App license -- basic function costs $100 and advanced $300! This is really annoying. It seems that the calculations are done on the App not the watch. I almost returned the watch just for this issue, but decided to keep as other features work ok.2. The manual can use a lot of improvement. There is no quick reference guide. If they just wrote a quick reference that documents the principles of button controls, I would have figured out the working of the watch much faster.3. Customizing some functions could be more user-friendly. I created a custom Activity to track Canine Training (my business). I had to call customer support to figure out some features (and I am very technically savvy). The good news is that I was able to reach a good customer support rep.!Once I test the accuracy of their stats such as steps, distance, etc., I may update this review. So far, I recommend this watch!