Garmin
Instinct 2S Solar
$399.99
Instinct Model: 010-02564-11
WHATEVER YOU DO, OWN IT
This rugged, solar charging GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you and unique enough to fit your style. Now it comes in two sizes to fit every wrist.
Physical & Performance
Physical & Performance
| Display Size | custom, two-window design; 0.79” x 0.79” (20 x 20 mm) |
| Battery life |
Smartwatch: Up to 21 days/51 days with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions |
| Display resolution | 156 x 156 pixels (active area) |
| GPS | Yes |
| Weight |
43 g |
Maps & Navigation
| Memory/History | 32 MB |
Features
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | Yes |
| STR3AMUP! PC tool for streaming biometrics | No |
| Auto lap splits | No |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | Yes |
| 3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) | No |
| Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
| Pilates workouts | No |
| Preloaded ski resort maps | No |
| GPS coordinates | Yes |
| Wind speed and direction (requires connection to Garmin Golf app) | No |
| Live Event Sharing | No |
| Lap Time Repeatability Score (LTR) | No |
| Air integration | No |
| Audio prompts | Yes |
| Sleep | Yes |
| Auto CourseView updates | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | manual |
| Battery saver (customizable low power watch) | Yes |
| Closed Circuit Rebreather (CCR) | No |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | No |
| Swing Tempo | No |
| Task timers (2, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes) | No |
| Plays and controls watch music | No |
| APNEA mode | No |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes |
| Assistance Plus | No |
| Multi-gas mode | No |
| Kill switch | No |
| Race an Activity | Yes |
| Hot keys | Yes |
| Single-gas mode | No |
| Activity history on watch | Yes |
| On-screen workout animations | No |
| Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Auto max HR | Yes |
| Critical swim speed | No |
| Daily suggested workouts | Yes |
| Training load focus | No |
| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | No |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| Foot pod capable | Yes |
| Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters) | Yes |
| Training Effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | yes (high and low) |
| Phone-free text messaging | No |
| Tournament legal | Yes |
| Vertical speed | Yes |
| Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Customizable data pages | Yes |
| Number of transmitters supported | No |
| MTB Grit & Flow | Yes |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes |
| Elevation profile | Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
| Automatic sync (automatically transfers data to Garmin Connect) | No |
| Incident Detection during select activities | Yes |
| PlaysLike distance | No |
| Virtual Partner | Yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | Yes |
| Relaxation reminders | No |
| Reminder alerts | No |
| Physio TrueUp | Yes |
| Custom alerts | Yes |
| NEXRAD on moving map | No |
| Back to start | Yes |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) | Yes |
| Altimeter with adjustable baro setting | No |
| Physical size |
45 x 45 x 14.5 mm |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | Yes |
| Compatible with BaseCamp™ | Yes |
| Chronograph | No |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, HIIT, Cardio and Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga |
| Live Delta Time | No |
| Automatic altitude adjustment | No |
| Ambient light sensor | No |
| Bezel Material |
fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Touch-targeting (touch target on display to see the distance to any point) | No |
| Hazards and course targets | Yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| TruSwing™ compatible | No |
| UltraTrac mode | Yes |
| In-flight Pulse Ox | No |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | Yes |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | Yes |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Barometric altimeter | Yes |
| Unlock new step icons | No |
| Preloaded race tracks | No |
| Weather | Yes |
| Auto Lap® | Yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
| Pacing alerts (pool swim only) | No |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor | Yes |
| Relaxation breathing timer | Yes |
| Floors climbed | Yes |
| Respiration rate (24x7) | Yes |
| % HR max | Yes |
| Gas consumption rate | No |
| In Case of Emergency (I.C.E.) | No |
| % HRR | Yes |
| Ballistics calculator | No |
| Gas time remaining | No |
| On-screen workout muscle maps | No |
| Case material | fiber-reinforced polymer |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles |
Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Hunting, Fishing, Tactical |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | Yes |
| TracBack® | Yes |
| Water rating | 10 ATM |
| Subwave™ Support | No |
| Advanced Vector support | No |
| Handicap scoring | No |
| Audible alerts | No |
| Autopilot Control | no |
| Color display | No |
| Multiple bike profiles | No |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | Yes |
| Rest timer | No |
| Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second) | Yes |
| HR zones | Yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | Yes |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+® |
| Improved interval (includes open repeats, intervals data page, rest screen and auto detection) | No |
| Find My Phone | Yes |
| Stride length (real time) | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Sleep score and insights | Yes |
| Custom targets | No |
| Downloadable cartography support | No |
| Available run profiles |
Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Run workouts | Yes |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| Training Effect | Yes |
| Worldwide airport database(s) | No |
| Waypoint information page | No |
| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | No |
| Spectator messaging | No |
| Area calculation | Yes |
| Find My Watch | Yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | Yes |
| Connext avionics connectivity | No |
| Preloaded road and trail maps | No |
| Advanced workouts | Yes |
| Trendline™ Popularity Routing | No |
| Strava Live Segments | No |
| VIRB® Remote | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Dual grid coordinates | Yes |
| Expedition GPS Activity | Yes |
| TrueUp™ | Yes |
| Timer | Yes |
| Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC | No |
| Trimix support | No |
| Courses | Yes |
| Respiration rate (during exercise) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | No |
| Thermometer | Yes |
| Hydration | yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ | No |
| Group LiveTrack | No |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Interval training | Yes |
| Gyroscope | No |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | Yes |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | Yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
| Touchscreen | No |
| Countdown start (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Virtual starting line | No |
| Preloaded topographical maps | No |
| Sun and moon information | Yes |
| Health snapshot | Yes |
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner | No |
| Night vision mode | No |
| Available swim profiles |
Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
| Tempo Training | No |
| Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings | Yes |
| Move IQ™ | Yes |
| Automatically saves dive entry and exit locations | No |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | Yes |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
| Tides | No |
| HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) | No |
| GLONASS | Yes |
| Boat Data Streaming | no |
| Smart Notifications | Yes |
| Sight 'N Go | Yes |
| Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
| Yoga workouts | No |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | yes (spot-check, during sleep, all day) |
| Depth sensor | No |
| Projected waypoint | Yes |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
| Time/date | yes |
| Sync dive log to Garmin Dive™ Mobile app | No |
| Rewards (coins) | No |
| Virtual caddie | No |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Customizable activity profiles | Yes |
| Auto start/end dive | No |
| Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app) |
| Garmin Live Segments | No |
| Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | Yes |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | yes (using ANT+) |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Power meter compatible | Yes |
| Total ascent/descent | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Last race summary | No |
| Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | No |
| PinPointer | Yes |
| Improved recovery time | Yes |
| Step counter | Yes |
| Quick Release bands | No |
| APNEA hunt mode | No |
| 60-minute activity goal | No |
| Trail run auto climb | Yes |
| Manual multisport activities | Yes |
| Chores | No |
| Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert | Yes |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| LiveTrack | Yes |
| Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more | No |
| HR calories | Yes |
| Point-to-point navigation | Yes |
| Anchor Alarm | No |
| Gauge mode | No |
| PacePro™ Pacing Strategies | No |
| Tides | No |
| Time and distance alerts | Yes |
| Garmin Connect™ Challenges app | yes (optional Connect IQ app) |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
| XERO™ Locations | Yes |
| Auto Pause® | Yes |
| All-day Stress | Yes |
| Running dynamics | yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Esports Activity | No |
| Full vector map | No |
| Tack assist mode | No |
| Body Battery™ Energy Monitor | Yes |
| BLUETOOTH phone calling and voice assistant support | No |
| Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s) | No |
| Available cycling profiles |
Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Cyclocross, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking |
| HIIT workouts | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | Yes |
| QuickFit™ watch band compatible |
yes (22 mm) |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Recovery time | Yes |
| Orienteering | No |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
| Custom dive data screens | No |
| Around Me mode | No |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | Yes |
| Hunt/fish calendar | No |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | Yes |
| Preloaded with 42,000 courses worldwide | No |
| Course guidance | Yes |
| Track timer | No |
| Strap material |
silicone |
| GPS Time Sync | Yes |
| Countdown timer | No |
| Race App | No |
| Auto scroll | Yes |
| Analog hands | No |
| Round timer/odometer | Yes |
| Smart trainer control | Yes |
| Compass | Yes |
| Heat and altitude acclimation | Yes |
| Digital scorecard | yes |
| Lens Material |
Power Glass™ |
| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | Yes |
| Connected GPS | No |
| Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| Galileo | Yes |
| Distance to destination | Yes |
| Women's Health | yes (in Garmin Connect™) |
| Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| Distance traveled | Yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | Yes |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | Yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) | Yes |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | No |
| Fitness Age | Yes |
| Nitrox support | No |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | Yes |
| Dive ascent/descent rate indicator | No |
| Built-in barometer and tide tables | No |
| Assistance | Yes |
| Race predictor | Yes |
| Stealth Mode | No |