Garmin Instinct® 3 45mm, Solar Charged Display, Rugged Outdoor GPS Smartwatch, Metal-Reinforced Bezel, Built-in Flashlight, Black

Best MIP watch. Compared with Instinct 2, Coros Pace 3, Suunto 9 Peak Pro & Vertical
My priorities for a smart watch:1) long battery life that I can use to track week-long backpacking trips.2) a display that I can ALWAYS read. I don’t like waiting for a display to light up; I don’t need colors.3) something that doesn’t need to be charged often so I can sleep with it for my morning alarm and sleep tracking.My previous watch was an Amazfit Bip S (with a MIP display). It recently died after 4 years of use. I was looking for more to replace it. I compared 5 watches with MIP displays: Garmin Instinct 3 Solar and 2 Solar, Coros Pace 3, Suunto Vertical and 9 Peak Pro.The Garmin Instinct 3 was noticeably better than the Instinct 2: a crisper and more reflective display, better solar charging, snappier response (I noticed a little bit of lag switching screens sometimes), and that torch! Feature-wise and software, they looked identical. I think it wouldn’t be worth upgrading from the Instinct 2, but since I was replacing a watch, the improvements in the Instinct 3 are worth the price difference. I wasn’t going to go cheap if either Garmin was better than the others. (The Fenix is beyond what I want to spend.)The Instinct (both 2 and 3) is a cut above the Coros or Suunto in several ways:1) while the display is smaller, it had a more reflective display that was easier to read in any light. Both 2 and 3 are more reflective than the others actually. (See attached photo.)2) while the Garmin watch faces are not as pretty or even in color, almost all of the display fields on the watch face can be customized. I spent a while looking for watch faces for the Suunto and Coros with the fields I want and never found the “perfect” one, but with the Instincts, I could just select the data I want and place them on the screen.3) the activity data screens are also very customizable with lots of options to choose from. I couldn’t do this as well with the Coros and Suunto. I didn’t realize how much I appreciated having customized fields and screens for hiking vs biking vs running until I could.4) solid battery life, solar charging5) thoughtful/useful features: lap stat announcements to your BT headset, shortcut to power saving mode, unusual tracking modes like expedition and area calc, double function of each button – short vs long press, a double-tap shortcut for the torchOtherwise, all five watches had similar features: activity tracking galore, sleep tracking, alarms and timers, stopwatch, compass, altimeter, barometer, etc.2nd place: the Coros was the most visually appealing of the set. The Instincts have that rugged chunky look and a smaller monochrome display, while the Coros was sleek with an attractive display (for MIP). Although they were all “45mm” watches, the Coros had a lower profile on my wrist, and through a trick of design, it looked like it had a smaller bezel. (It wasn’t.) Data fields were displayed in BIG readable fonts during activities. The scroll wheel and two buttons was probably the most fun interface to use. Scrolling and zooming is quite nice with a scroll wheel.The Suunto Vertical is very similar to the 9 Peak Pro. I got my hands on both. I don’t think it is worth the 2x price difference so I only compared the 9 Peak Pro with the others.

Ürünü anlatmaya gerek yok zaten alacak kişiler özelliklerini incelemişlerdir ancak 50mm boyut gerçekten büyük. Aldım ve tekrar iade şansım olmadığından dolayı mecburen kullanıcaz artık. Alırken bence 45mm olanını tercih edin çünkü bileğim büyük olmasına rağmen bende bile kocaman duruyor. Ayrıca kutunun içerisinden çıktıktan sonra güncellemeyi önce uygulama sonra bilgisayarsan Garmin Express ile yapmanız gerekiyor, yoksa şarj süresi 5-10 gün görünüyor.

WHAT AN AWESOME WATCHEDIT2: coming back today to update. its now been 3 weeks without charging and it still shows 4 days remaining.EDIT: I just wanted to say that I bought this watch two weeks ago, fully charged it, and put it on. It gave me a battery estimate of 9 days. Today, is day 14 and it hasn’t been charged yet and shows 6 days remaining. Awesome battery life, exactly what I needed. I am not outside all that often either, and it is running with heart rate sensor on.When I was younger, always used regular digital watches. They were built tough, lasted a long time, and did what they were supposed to.Then smart watches started to roll out. I ponied up and bought a samsung galaxy watch 4. Didn’t take long to realize I did not like using it. There were two major glaring flaws with the smart watch – a display that would shut off and battery life that would barely make it a day.Switched back to a normal watch for a long time after; a solar G-shock. But even that had problems. The watch band started coming off, was replaced, and would keep falling off. The smallest chip in the body where the cheap 1.5mm spring bar went caused irreversible damage. Not to mention, the display was maybe 5 mm, it didnt have any advanced features, and was mainly a clock face dial type.So I started looking specifically for watches with a beefier watch band bar. No more 1.5mm spring cheapo bars for me.The first thing I came across and was serious about buying was the Suunto core all black. I really liked that it used a full-through screw bar. I actually purchased it, but shortly after kept researching and researching. Realized, this might not be the watch for me. Every review, discussion, always brought up the garmin instinct. I didn’t want to spend too much, so cost was a major factor in my decision making.Anyway, ponied up the costs and bought this watch, and love it. Solar powered, been wearing it for days and hasnt lost any juice. Has a thicker stronger band bar. Always on display. Beautiful design. Plenty of smart watch features without the battery drain. I am beyond satisfied. Will use it for a long time.

Great watch to have. Love the solar charging as it keep the watching going for days without the need for electric charging.