Garmin
Instinct Crossover Solar
Analogue hands on a MIP display, with solar charging
The Instinct Crossover Solar adds solar charging under a Power Glass lens to the Instinct Crossover's analogue hands and monochrome display. Garmin rates it at up to 28 days in smartwatch mode before solar charging.
Key specifications
- Overall score
- 3.2 out of 10,EntryHow we score
- Case size
- length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 16.2 mm
- Weight
- 65 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 28 days
- Display type
- Monochrome memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Full specification
Bars, drawing and score: Graphite (standard model)
Size and build
- Case size
- length 45 mm, width 45 mm, height 16.2 mm
- Weight
- 65 g
- Analogue hands
- Yes
- Water resistance depth
- 100 m
- Materials
- Fibre-reinforced polymer case, fibre-reinforced polymer and stainless steel 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
- On some models
Variants
3 variants
010-02730-00Black, Tactical- Colour
- Black
- Edition
- Tactical Edition
- Tactical features
- Yes
- UK model code
010-02730-00- RRP
- £449.99
010-02730-01GraphiteStandard model- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-02730-01- RRP
- £339.99
010-02730-02Tidal blue- Colour
- Tidal Blue
- Tactical features
- No
- UK model code
010-02730-02- RRP
- £339.99
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Cheaper
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£40 less (based on RRP), 0.5 points lower
Better specified
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fēnix 8 AMOLEDOverall score 4.6 out of 10, Mid-rangeRRP from £699.99
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Sources
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Garmin newsroom, Instinct Crossover announcement (opens in a new tab)checked
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Garmin UK, Instinct Crossover Solar (opens in a new tab)checked
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.
Garmin UK, Instinct Crossover Solar - Tactical Edition (opens in a new tab)checked
Covers: Status, Variants, Tactical features (010-02730-00), UK availability, Variants sold in the UK, UK RRP.