Garmin Instinct 2 wearables arrive in India with MIL-STD 810 build, up to 100m water resistance | Digit

Garmin has introduced new smartwatches from its Instinct 2 series in India. There are 6 new models in total, namely the Instinct 2, Instinct 2 Camo Edition, Instinct 2 Solar, Instinct 2 Solar Tactical Edition, Instinct 2S, and Instinct 2S Solar. The Solar Edition watches come with the capability of long-lasting battery life thanks to a solar panel. In fact, Garmin claims that the Solar-Edition devices can offer ‘unlimited battery life’ when in smartwatch mode. The other list of features also include trackers for SpO2, heart rate, VO2 Max, and sleep.

The Instinct 2’s Camo and Tactical edition also enables some dedicated features. We’ll learn about those and more down below:

Garmin Instinct 2 Specs and Features

Garmin Instinct 2 offers a Graphene design with the Camo variant while the Tactical model comes in Black and Coyote shade.

Size-wise, the Instinct 2’s circular dial is 45 mm in diameter, and the Instinct 2S’ dial is 40 mm in diameter.

Now those differences aside, if you want, you can opt for Solar specific editions of both Instinct 2 and Instinct 2S.

Now, the main pitch for the Solar variants are the long battery endurance. Especially, with the Garmin Instinct 2 Solar editions, the brand brags unlimited runtime whence these models are run in their smartwatch mode. Also, the fine print reads, “All battery life numbers assume 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions.”

Meanwhile, the non-solar models are said to clock a four-week battery life.

Coming to fitness features, you get things like Fitness Age, intensity minutes during activities, Training Status/Load/Effect, Recovery Time, HIIT, Daily Suggested Workout. 

Also health parameters like VO2 Max, Pulse Ox, stress, sleep score, body battery, and women’s menstrual cycle and pregnancy can also be monitored.

Another interesting feature is the ability to share your stats with your near ones and accountability partners, as well as notify them incase of emergencies called Incident Detection.

You can download apps, widgets and customize the screens with these and watch faces that you want.

The watches are certified to withstand shock and thermals with 810 Military standard tests, and water up to 100 meters.

Garmin Instinct 2 series smartwatch Price and Availability

Here are the prices of various models of Instinct 2 lineup:

• Instinct 2S Graphite is priced at ₹33,990.
• Instinct 2S Solar Graphite is priced at ₹43,990.
• Instinct 2 Graphite is priced at ₹36,990.
• Instinct 2 Camo Edition (Graphite) comes at ₹41,490.
• Instinct 2 Solar (Graphite and Tidal Blue) can be bought at ₹46,990.
• Instinct 2 Solar Tactical Edition (Black and Coyote tan) is available at ₹51,990.

The Instinct 2S model of watches can be bought from Garmin Brand Stores, Amazon, Flipkart, Synergizer, Tata Cliq, Tata Luxury, and other retail partners.

Besides the above outlets, the other models can be purchased from Helios, Just In Time, and Decathlon-Anubhava store, Bangalore.

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