Garmin
tactix 8 Solar
Tactical fēnix 8 with a solar MIP display, 51 mm
- Best overall
The tactix 8 Solar is the 51 mm tactical fēnix 8 with a solar-charging memory-in-pixel touchscreen under a Power Sapphire lens, a titanium bezel, a torch, preloaded maps, dive features, and stealth and night vision modes. Garmin rates it at up to 30 days in smartwatch mode before solar charging.
Key specifications
- Overall score
- 8.2 out of 10,Top of the rangeHow we score
- Case size
- length 51 mm, width 51 mm, height 15.4 mm
- Weight
- 95 g
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 30 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 52 h
- Display type
- Colour memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Full specification
Size and build
- Case size
- length 51 mm, width 51 mm, height 15.4 mm
- Weight
- 95 g
- Analogue hands
- No
- Water resistance depth
- 100 m
- Materials
- Fibre-reinforced polymer case with titanium rear cover, titanium bezel, nylon and silicone band
Battery and charging
- Battery life, smartwatch mode
- 30 days
- Battery life, multi-band GPS
- 52 h
- Solar charging
- Yes
Display
- Display type
- Colour memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Display size
- 35.56 mm
- Touchscreen
- Yes
- Sapphire lens
- Yes
Navigation and connections
- Navigation to a set point
- Built-in GPS
- Multi-band GPS
- Yes
- Preloaded maps
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Yes
- Satellite messaging
- No
- LTE mobile connection
- No
Sensors
- Digital compass
- Yes
- Altimeter and barometer
- Yes
- Thermometer
- Yes
- Step counter
- Yes
- ECG app
- Yes
Smart features
- Built-in torch
- Yes
- Contactless payments
- Yes
- Music storage
- Yes
- Speaker and microphone
- Yes
- Dive computer (EN 13319)
- Yes
- Tactical features
- Yes
Variants
2 variants
010-03407-0151 mm, Black- Colour
- Black
- UK model code
010-03407-01- RRP
- £1,219.99
010-03407-1151 mm, Black, Applied Ballistics Elite- Colour
- Black
- Edition
- AB Elite
- UK model code
010-03407-11- RRP
- £1,349.99
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Garmin newsroom, tactix 8 announcement (opens in a new tab)checked
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