Garmin
Instinct 2 Solar
2022 Instinct with solar charging; Tidal Blue is still sold
The Instinct 2 Solar is the 2022 Instinct with solar charging under a Power Glass lens and Garmin Pay. Garmin rates it at up to 28 days in smartwatch mode before solar charging; Garmin UK still sells it in Tidal Blue.
Key specifications
- Overall score
- 3.4 out of 10,EntryHow we score
- Case size
- length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 14.5 mm
- Weight
- 53 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 28 days
- Display type
- Monochrome memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Full specification
Size and build
- Case size
- length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 14.5 mm
- Weight
- 53 g
- Analogue hands
- No
- Water resistance depth
- 100 m
- Materials
- Fibre-reinforced polymer case, fibre-reinforced polymer bezel, silicone band
Battery and charging
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 28 days
- Solar charging
- Yes
Display
- Display type
- Monochrome memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Display size
- 23 mm
- Touchscreen
- No
- Sapphire lens
- No
Navigation and connections
- Navigation to a set point
- Built-in GPS
- Multi-band GPS
- No
- Preloaded maps
- No
- Wi-Fi
- No
- Satellite messaging
- No
- LTE mobile connection
- No
Sensors
- Digital compass
- Yes
- Altimeter and barometer
- Yes
- Thermometer
- Yes
- Step counter
- Yes
- ECG app
- No
Smart features
- Built-in torch
- No
- Contactless payments
- Yes
- Music storage
- No
- Speaker and microphone
- No
- Dive computer (EN 13319)
- No
- Tactical features
- No
Variants
1 variant
010-02627-06Tidal blue- Colour
- Tidal Blue
- UK model code
010-02627-06- RRP
- £299.99
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Sources
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Covers: Status, Variants, Case size, Weight, Battery life, smartwatch mode, Solar charging, Display type, Display size, Touchscreen, Sapphire lens, Navigation to a set point, Multi-band GPS, Preloaded maps, Wi-Fi, Satellite messaging, LTE mobile connection, Digital compass, Altimeter and barometer, Thermometer, Step counter, ECG app, Built-in torch, Contactless payments, Music storage, Speaker and microphone, Dive computer (EN 13319), Tactical features, Analogue hands, Water resistance depth, Materials, Tagline, UK availability, Variants sold in the UK, UK RRP.