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all right folks so today garmin's not

launching just one new version of the

instinct sports watch but way more than

that with the instinct 2 a smaller

instinct 2s as well as solar options in

both those sizes and actually even a few

more options beyond those which we'll

talk about here in just one bit so just

like the original instinct and the

original instinct solar the instinct 2

still has that super popular design

that's built for durability that

incredibly easy to read display

especially in direct sunlight all in a

nice lightweight watch that feels right

at home in the outdoors but they've

updated the instinct solar with a lot of

new features and many of those features

that you all requested like more

training performance features advanced

sleep tracking multi-sport and triathlon

modes and even some features that just

came out with garmin's high-end phoenix

7 and epic sports watches and one more

interesting tidbit is that this 45

millimeter instinct solar actually has

the potential for unlimited battery life

as a smart watch more details on that in

here just one bit so i've been testing

the new instinct 2 out for quite a bit

and in today's video i'll be going over

everything new with the entire lineup of

instinct sports watches and just like

all my reviews i'll be going over how

this device actually performs for sports

and fitness for different activities

like running cycling weight training and

i even took it skiing so i've got lots

of data to share in this video and if

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things up they've actually already been

kind of two versions of the instinct the

original instinct and the instinct solar

the original instinct was kind of an

unexpected hit and was super popular

because of its rugged and retro style

and when the follow-up instinct solar

came out it came out with quite a few

upgrades from the original beyond just

the solar charging and you could have

almost thought of that as an instinct

too but they didn't call the original

instinct solar the instinct tube for

very good reason because this is the

real instinct too because they've packed

in a lot of new features and this is

definitely worthy of the new version

okay so let's first talk about all the

different options that they have with

instinct too so there's a larger 45

millimeter instinct too and then a

smaller 40 millimeter instinct 2s and

there's going to be solar options with

both of those sizes and then with the

smaller bigger as well as the solar

options there's going to be tons of

colors to choose from so pretty much

anything to fit your wrist and your

style and then the solar models get

solar charging as you may have guessed

it but they also get garmin pay for

contactless payments but then they also

have a camo edition of the instant 2

with a special camouflage colored case

and band they also have surf editions of

the instinct 2 in both solar and

non-solar options which have special

colors along with an exclusive tide

feature which can give you up-to-date

tide conditions and then there's also a

tactical edition which come with a

unique bezel that's different than the

other models along with tactical

features like night vision mode kill

switch for wiping the device as well as

a jump master mode for jumping out of

airplanes and then for pricing the base

level instinct 2 start at 3 49 the solar

edition start at 4 49 and then the camo

surf and tactical editions range

anywhere from like four to five hundred

dollars and then one last thing is that

you can also use garmin's your watch

your way customization tool to create

your own personalized instinct too so i

think all in all they say that there's

like 240 ways to customize the look of

the instinct too so with the new

instinct twos they've upped the display

resolution quite a bit where on the 45

millimeter version the display

resolution is 176 by 176 pixels versus

the 128 by 128 on the original instinct

and even the new smaller 40 millimeter

instinct 2s has a higher resolution than

the original instinct with 156 by 156

pixels and seeing the new instinct two

solar side by side with the original

instinct solar you can really see the

difference like if you look at the time

the lines are just a lot smoother and

the number in the top of the cutout

window that has a lot more detail as

well you'll also notice how they took

advantage of the higher resolution

display in other areas of the interface

like widgets which are now what they

call widget glances where with each

press of the up and down key instead of

just having one widget show on the

screen it actually has multiple widgets

at a glance and then same thing goes for

the activity profile list where you can

see more than one activity profile at

one time and then that display also

makes for much smoother graphics and

fonts throughout the interface and then

one more thing i'd point out is that

just like the original instinct and

instinct solar the instinct 2 comes with

an integrated band that nicely wraps

around your wrist and another good thing

about this band is that it's nice and

long so you can wear this over a jacket

like if you're skiing without any issues

and then in regards to battery life the

original instinct had some pretty good

battery life with up to 14 days in smart

watch mode without recording any outdoor

activities and then the follow-up

original instinct solar they upped that

to 24 days without solar charging and

then if you added some sun you can get

up to 56 days but with the new instinct

to the larger version you can get up to

28 days in smart watch mode but here's

the kicker if you have enough sun with

the 45 millimeter instinct two solar you

can actually get unlimited battery life

and again that is with the larger 45

millimeter version but the smaller

instinct 2s is in the slouch either with

up to 21 days in smartwatch mode and

then the instant 2s solar can get up to

51 days with enough solar charging and

then for gps battery life the larger 45

millimeter instinct 2 can get up to 30

hours of gps recording time and then the

instinct 2 solar can get up to 48 hours

with enough solar exposure and then with

a smaller instinct 2s that can get up to

22 hours of gps recording time and the

instinct 2s solar with enough solar

exposure can get up to 28 hours now

here's an improvement with instinct 2

that i'm really stoked on so i had to go

play with the original instincts as well

as the original instinct solar where the

elevation data that it collected wasn't

necessarily accurate some of the time

due to the location of the barometer but

they've reworked that with instinct to

where they've repositioned the barometer

slash altimeter and i am super happy to

see this change because from all the

testing i've done this has definitely

paid off with the elevation data that's

been quite accurate like on this

backcountry ski activity the total

ascent lined up nearly perfectly with

the phoenix 7x solar as well as strava's

corrected elevation figure which is

based off of gps elevation data really

good stuff and then looking at the

minimum maximum elevation of that

activity again very much in line with

the phoenix 7x solar the new instinct 2s

also come with garmin's latest 4th

generation elevated heart rate sensor

which can track your heart rate 24 hours

a day and it also has an spo2 sensor for

measuring blood oxygen saturation levels

and for my testing this is definitely

garmin's most accurate heart rate sensor

to date and we're going to have more

details on the hardwood accuracy when we

talk about the sports and fitness

accuracy here in just one bit and then

for daily activity tracking and health

tracking the instinct 2s can track your

steps you can track your fullest climbed

your heart rate 24 hours a day your

blood oxygen saturation levels using the

pulse ox sensor you can also track your

calories as well as your intensity

minutes which you can think of as how

many minutes you're spending doing

vigorous activity throughout the week

and then the instinct is also come with

garmin's advanced sleep tracking where

you'll be able to get a sleep score and

then it also breaks down your sleep

stages in terms of how much time you

spend to wake in rem light sleep or deep

sleep but using this latest fourth

generation elevated heart rate sensor

the instinct 2 also gets garmin's health

snapshot feature which takes multiple

health metrics at one time including

your blood oxygen saturation level heart

rate respiration rate as well as stress

level which can kind of give you a

general overview of these stats at one

time rather than to see these metrics

separately now something else that a lot

of people wanted on the original

instincts was more training and

performance feedback features and i'm

super happy to report that the instinct

tubes come with many of the same

training and performance feedback

features that you're going to find on

garmin's phoenix 7 line of sports

watches as well as garmin's higher end

4runner watches so first off this was

something that i thought they should

have had with the original instinct is

being able to estimate your v2 max and

the instinct 2 is able to do this for

both running as well as cycling but just

note for cycling vo2 max you will need

to be using a cycling power meter which

the instinct 2 can pair with another

feature that you get is garmin's new

visual race predictor feature that was

just introduced on the new phoenix 7 and

epic sports watches which gives you

estimates of potential race times you

can achieve for common running race

distances based on your training over

the last four weeks and it visualizes

how your recent training is affecting

your potential race time so like here

you can see that i've been running a

little bit more lately and a smidge

faster as well which has impacted my

potential race times in a good way the

instinct 2 can also provide your

training status based on your latest

workouts it can also show trends of your

vo2 max over the last 7 days of running

workouts it can also show your training

load over the last 7 days with a range

of what is optimal as well as a recovery

time advisor which can give you an

indication of how long you should rest

before your next workout another feature

that the instinct 2 gets that's found on

garmin's phoenix and higher end former

models is altitude acclimation which

gives an idea of what altitude you're

currently acclimated to for your

workouts and then the instinct 2 also

gets daily suggested workouts which can

give you workout suggestions based on

your past training whether that be

rusting intervals or steady state

workouts and yet another feature that

the instinct 2 gets that just came out

with the phoenix 7 and epic sports

watches is garmin's new real time

setting sync feature where you'll be

able to adjust tons of settings from

your smartphone rather than on the watch

so for instance before with the original

instinct and the original instinct solar

to adjust data fields and data pages you

had to do that from the watch itself

which worked but it wasn't quite as easy

as their new way of doing it from the

garmin connect app and these settings

happen in real time like even while an

activity is in progress where you can

see these settings change in real time

the instinct 2 also comes with tons of

different activity profiles and even

more than the original instinct and the

original instinct solar and some notable

ones are the new cycling profiles like

e-mountain biking gravel biking and

commuting there's also pool swimming and

open water swimming just like the

original instincts but two new big ones

to come with the instinct solar are

triathlon mode and multi-sport modes and

then in addition you'll also get indoor

climbing and bouldering garments high

intensity interval profile as well as

golf and then it also comes with plenty

of winter sports too like garmin ski and

snowboard activity profiles which are

able to automatically track your runs

using the built-in altimeter and i have

another video that i'll have linked on

the description below which gives a

demonstration of how all that works and

then it also comes with both traditional

cross-country skiing as well as skate

skiing profiles and it also comes with

garmin's back country ski profile which

is designed specifically when you're

earning those turns and this is a pretty

neat activity profile where when you go

to start the activity it starts in a

climb mode and shows you a climbing

specific data page that shows the

elevation that you've climbed distance

covered as well as vertical speed and

heart rate and then when you're at the

top and start your descent you just

simply press the lap button and then it

switches to a descending specific

profile page with the metrics for the

descent and then when you're done with

your day and save your activity it has

all this information saved in garmin

connect where it separates out your

climb phrase from your descent phase in

red and blue on the map as well as the

elevation profile it's pretty cool stuff

the instinct you also now get support

for garmin's connect iq app store where

you'll be able to extend the

functionality of the instinct to with

third-party apps like accuweather and

minutecast for weather information

commute for route syncing as well as

garmin's own running power data field

where you'll be able to collect running

power when paired with a compatible

external sensor okay so now on to gps

accuracy and let's look at this run here

so you can see that everything lined up

really nicely with the other test

devices that i was using so really no

complaints at all here and then for the

finer detail of the gps tracks again

quite good with nothing crazy going on

if i had to nitpick and i guess that's

part of my job there were just a couple

spots where i could complain but these

were super minor where right over here

it took this corner just a little bit

wide and then over here is a little bit

off the path but overall the instinct 2

solar performed really really well so

the new instinct 2 comes with garmin's

latest 4th generation elevated heart

rate sensor and i've gotten some pretty

darn good results out of it so let's

first start out with one of the easiest

types of activities for these types of

risk-based heart rate sensors to track

accurately and that's indoor cycling so

as you can see for pretty much the

entire workout the instinct 2 solar did

a great job here at the beginning when

all the sensors were lining up it had a

moment where it tracked a little bit

high but it then got back in line with

the other sensors and there's really not

much to nitpick at all here so there's

this one spot right here where it tracks

four to five beats per minute high just

for a second or two but overall this is

a fantastic result and then for running

pretty good here too for the most part

at the beginning it took about 45

seconds to lock on and then it was good

for the first few minutes it did veer

off just for a couple moments right

around the 5 minute mark but after that

it was solid for the rest of the run now

cycling and running tend to be easier

types of activities for these types of

wrist based heart rate sensors to track

accurately but weight training that's a

really hard activity because of all the

arm movement as well as wrist flexion

but the instinct 2 did pretty well here

so on the first set it tracked a bit

high but nothing crazy by any means but

then over most of the workout it was

actually more in line with the chest

heart rate strap that you see in green

than even the other optical heart rate

monitor that i was wearing on my arm on

the high intensity intervals at the end

of my workout it did track high on the

last two intervals but overall this is a

very respectable result for weight

training oh and then lastly i also

wanted to mention that the instinct 2

compared to a bunch of external sensors

and these are going to be both bluetooth

as well as amp plus sensors so compared

to external heart rate monitors speed

and cadence sensors recycling power

meters for cycling foot pods verb action

cameras temperature sensors as well as

in reach satellite communication systems

dog track sensors as well as smart

trainers so as you can tell garmin's

packed in a lot of new features with the

instinct too and i think what's great is

that they've added a lot of features

that many of us wanted including more

training and performance features more

health features like advanced sleep

tracking as well as multi-sport and

triathlon modes and then they even

packed in some features that just came

out with garmin's phoenix 7 and epic

sports watches anyhow that's everything

new with garmin's new instinct 2 line of

sports watches and if you have any

questions about anything that i didn't

cover in this video definitely leave

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