Instinct 2

Hybrid Rugged GPS Smartwatch

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WHATEVER YOU DO, OWN IT

This rugged 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.

This watch is tough, which means no holding back.

Train your way with built-in sports apps at the wrist.

Smart notifications¹ so you don’t miss out on what matters.

Push boundaries, but stay on track with access to more satellites.

Understand your body better with 24/7 health monitoring.

Don’t put a limit on your experiences. Keep them going with up to 28 days of battery life in smartwatch mode.

ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE

This rugged watch is water-rated to 100 meters and is thermal and shock resistant. Plus, with a fiber-reinforced polymer case and chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass, this device is built to endure.

DESIGNED TO DO YOU

Bold colors, high-contrast displays and size options let you show the world that you do things your own way.

Track every adventure.

MULTI-GNSS SUPPORT

Whether you’re hiking, mountain biking, trail running or skiing, you’ll have access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) to track in more challenging environments than GPS alone.

ABC SENSORS

Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.

TRACBACK ROUTING

Take the guesswork out of your return journey by using this feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point.

REFERENCE POINT

Keep track of a known place — such as your car or the trailhead — relative to your location, and easily find your way back to it.

RUNNING POWER

Get a continuous measurement on your wrist of how much power you’re applying to the road as you run when using a Running Dynamics Pod or HRM-Pro monitor.

Live connected.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.

CONNECT IQ STORE

Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store app on your compatible smartphone.

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection².

Train your way.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

Do whatever you love with preloaded activity profiles for running, cycling, swimming, strength training, indoor climbing, virtual running, golf, yoga and more.

HIIT WORKOUTS

This activity profile tracks your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata and custom. Set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.

VO2 MAX

Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. It even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.

DAILY WORKOUT SUGGESTIONS

For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily recommendations based on your current training load and training status.

RECOVERY TIME

After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.

MTB DYNAMICS

Track the details of every ride with mountain biking metrics plus specialized Grit and Flow measurements that rate trail difficulty and how smoothly you descend, giving you a score to beat next time.

Know your body.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

Get estimated heart rate³ data along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.

STRESS TRACKING

Heart rate variability is used to calculate your stress level score, so you can see if you’re having a calm, balanced or stressful day.

SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING

Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights.

BODY BATTERY^™ ENERGY MONITORING

Optimize your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.

PULSE OX

For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox sensor⁴ uses light beams at your wrist to estimate how well your body is absorbing oxygen.

FITNESS AGE

This feature uses chronological age, your weekly vigorous activity, resting heart rate and BMI to estimate if your body is younger or older than you are. Get tips to lower your fitness age.

INTENSITY MINUTES

Track how many minutes of vigorous activity you’re getting, when you earn them and during what activity. You can even view them as a data field during timed activities.

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

Use the Garmin Connect app to track your menstrual cycle or pregnancy. Log symptoms, get exercise and nutrition education, and more.

QuickFit accessory bands let you match your style with no tools required.

Instinct 2 Series
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Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ Store

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See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect app

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¹When paired with your compatible smartphone

²When paired with a compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking features requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety

³Activity tracking accuracy

⁴This is not a medical device and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or monitoring of any medical condition; see Garmin.com/ataccuracy. Pulse Ox is not available in all countries.

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General
Lens Material	Power Glass
Bezel Material	fiber-reinforced polymer
Case material	fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit watch band compatible	yes (22 mm)
Strap material	silicone
Physical size	45 x 45 x 14.5 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 135-230 mm
Display Size	custom, two-window design; 0.9” x 0.9” (23 x 23 mm)
Display resolution	176 x 176 pixels
Display Type	monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight	52 g
Battery life	Smartwatch: Up to 28 days Battery Saver Watch Mode: Up to 65 days GPS: Up to 30 hours Max Battery GPS Mode: Up to 70 hours Expedition GPS Activity: Up to 32 days
Water rating	10 ATM
Memory/History	32 MB

Clock Features
Time/date
GPS Time Sync
Automatic daylight saving time
Alarm clock
Timer
Stopwatch
Sunrise/sunset times

Health Monitoring
Wrist-based Heart Rate (constant, every second)
Daily Resting Heart Rate
Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts	(high and low)
Respiration rate (24x7)
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation	(spot-check, during sleep, all day)
Fitness Age
Body Battery Energy Monitor
All-day Stress
Relaxation breathing timer
Sleep
Sleep score and insights
Hydration	(in Garmin Connect)
Women's Health	(in Garmin Connect)
Health snapshot

Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate monitor
Barometric altimeter
Compass
Accelerometer
Thermometer
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor

Daily Smart Features
Connectivity	Bluetooth, ANT+
Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
Smart Notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android only)
Calendar
Weather
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile
Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
Controls smartphone music
Find My Phone
Find My Watch
VIRB Remote
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone, Android
Pairs with Garmin Golf app
Pairs with Garmin Connect Mobile

Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Incident Detection during select activities
Assistance

Tactical Features
Dual grid coordinates

Activity Tracking Features
Step counter
Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it)
Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Calories burned
Floors climbed
Distance traveled
Intensity minutes
TrueUp
Move IQ
Garmin Connect Challenges app	(optional Connect IQ app)

Gym & Fitness Equipment
Available gym activity profiles	Strength, Cardio and Elliptical Training, HIIT, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, and Yoga
Cardio workouts
Strength workouts
HIIT workouts
Automatic rep counting

Training, Planning and Analysis Features
HR zones
HR alerts
HR calories
% HR max
% HRR
Recovery time
Auto max HR
HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices)	(using ANT+)
Respiration rate (during exercise)
GPS speed and distance
Customizable data pages
Customizable activity profiles
Auto Pause
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings
Auto Lap
Manual lap
Configurable lap alerts
Heat and altitude acclimation
VO2 Max (Run)
VO2 Max (Trail Run)
Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.)
Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC)
Training Effect
Training Effect (anaerobic)
Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
Improved recovery time
Daily suggested workouts
Custom alerts
Audio prompts
Finish time
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Auto multisport activities
Manual multisport activities
Course guidance
Touch and/or button lock
Hot keys
Auto scroll
Activity history on watch
Physio TrueUp

Running Features
Available run profiles	Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running
GPS-based distance, time and pace
Running dynamics	(with compatible accessory)
Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length)	(with compatible accessory)
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)	(with compatible accessory)
Stride length (real time)	(with compatible accessory)
Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level)
Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue)	(with compatible accessory)
Run workouts
Race predictor
Foot pod capable

Golfing Features
Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
Yardage to layups/doglegs
Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)	manual
Digital scorecard
Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
Auto CourseView updates
Green View with manual pin position
Hazards and course targets
Round timer/odometer
Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
Tournament legal

Outdoor Recreation
Available outdoor recreation profiles	Hiking, Climbing, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Fishing, Hunting, Tactical
Point-to-point navigation
Bread crumb trail in real time
Back to start
TracBack
UltraTrac mode
Elevation profile
Distance to destination
Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Trail run auto climb
Vertical speed
Total ascent/descent
Future elevation plot
Compatible with BaseCamp
GPS coordinates
Sight 'N Go
Area calculation
Projected waypoint
Sun and moon information
XERO Locations
Expedition GPS Activity

Cycling Features
Available cycling profiles	Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Cyclocross, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
MTB Grit & Flow
Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
Race an activity
FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
Compatible with Vector (power meter)
Power meter compatible
Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)

Swimming Features
Available swim profiles	Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
Drill logging (pool swim only)
Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
"Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only)
Auto rest (pool swim only)
Time and distance alerts
Countdown start (pool swim only)
Pool swim workouts
Underwater wrist-based heart rate
Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim)

Kid Activity Tracking Features
Toe-to-Toe Challenges app	(optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app)

Connectivity
Smart trainer control

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Charging/data cable
Documentation

Instinct 2

Instinct 2

Hybrid Rugged GPS Smartwatch

WHATEVER YOU DO, OWN IT

ENGINEERED FOR ENDURANCE

DESIGNED TO DO YOU

Track every adventure.

MULTI-GNSS SUPPORT

ABC SENSORS

TRACBACK ROUTING

REFERENCE POINT

RUNNING POWER

Live connected.

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

CONNECT IQ STORE

SAFETY AND TRACKING FEATURES

Train your way.

BUILT-IN SPORTS APPS

HIIT WORKOUTS

VO2 MAX

DAILY WORKOUT SUGGESTIONS

RECOVERY TIME

MTB DYNAMICS

Know your body.

WRIST-BASED HEART RATE

STRESS TRACKING

SLEEP SCORE AND ADVANCED SLEEP MONITORING

BODY BATTERY™ ENERGY MONITORING

PULSE OX

FITNESS AGE

INTENSITY MINUTES

WOMEN’S HEALTH TRACKING

QuickFit accessory bands let you match your style with no tools required.

Instinct 2 SeriesDedicated Website

Customize your Garmin device using the Connect IQ Store

See your stats, and track your goals in the Garmin Connect app

General

Clock Features

Health Monitoring

Sensors

Daily Smart Features

Safety and Tracking Features

Tactical Features

Activity Tracking Features

Gym & Fitness Equipment

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Running Features

Golfing Features

Outdoor Recreation

Cycling Features

Swimming Features

Kid Activity Tracking Features

Connectivity

BODY BATTERY^™ ENERGY MONITORING

Instinct 2 Series
Dedicated Website