Garmin Instinct 3 - 45 mm, Solar, Rugged Outdoor GPS Smartwatch, Built-In Flashlight, Supernova Collection Limited Edition Color, Whitestone with Whitestone/Bolt Blue Silicone Band

I bought the garmin instinct 3 solar about an month ago and it was one of the best purchases. I use it everyday as I own and operate a landscaping company as well as a knife making business. I haven't had to recharge it yet, it came fully charged and the solar power feature is excellent being outside everyday. I like to stay fit and it is the perfect watch to track my runs as well as my lifting program! I love all the different activities you can program into it for any outdoor activity. It is truly a wonderful watch!

I have been using it for 2 weeks now, 6 long bicycle rides and 2 runs. Battery life is excellent as I didn't have to plug it in to charge until the 13 day. Solar charging on the watch is a big help. I still have a lot to learn how to use the rest of it. I would recommend this watch to others.

I love this watch. I work as a Sheriff's Deputy and use this during work. I'm also doing hybrid training and incorporating running more with my workouts. This watch is my go to. I bought the Instinct 1 in 2021 when I got out of basic training with the Army and fell in love with Garmin watches since. Next one for me might be the Phoenix

Bought this a month ago and been so happy and pleased! Has everything I need! Will NEVER go back to an Apple Watch!! Wanted something that could tell time and count my steps and this is far beyond anything I imagined. Yes it tells time and your steps but you can set it up and customize to your liking with all the different features. From activities to the watch face, and workouts, glances, sleep coach sunrises and sunsets, body battery, stress. Music controls!! And everything! I am thoroughly impressed! And love the SOLAR!!! I got this watch 1 month ago and charged it for the first time yesterday even tho it still had 19 days of battery life! So that solar really does help extend your battery life! I couldn't be happier. And been referring all my friends to hop off apple and join the Garmin Fam! They won't ever look back

I got this three weeks ago after my husband had one for 6 months. Love it! Keeps track of all health data, lets me know how “poor” or “good” my sleep is. Knowing my heart rate while working outside lets me know when to take a break. Keeps track of my steps instead of having to make sure I have my phone on me. The solar works great, will recharge if left in the sun, but does get Hot if left in direct sun too long. I did change the band from the rubber silicon wrap to a nylon replacement. My husband changed his to a metal band. It easily transmits all data to my phone through the connect app.

Excellent device added to my collection. Garmin should start adding Connect plus to new purchases at no charge for a year. Garmin is awesome with all of its functionality. More options for add on from developers needed in Connect IQ Store. Solar options nice. Definitely need longer charging times without sacrificing functions.

I am enjoying this watch. I love that I can set up the watch face to show me all the information I want at a glance. I do a daily Nordic walk on a set course. The repeatability of the stats, distance, time, pace, avg HR and max HR, day after day, is rather amazing.

Impressive technology with many useful features. Getting the ones you want to show up on the watch face and not just the app is a challenge given every version of this watch requires having intimate knowledge of how to program it to do what you want. Not made any easier by the buttons one has to use on the side of the watch to accomplish the above.

I received my Garmin Instinct 3 about 10 days ago, and am still working my way through the many functions and capabilities of the watch. It does fit comfortably on my wrist, and the display is easy to read. I haven’t begun to explore the Navigation features, but will begin on that this weekend. I will be on a motorcycle tour of the high desserts of the American Southwest in July and August, and expect that to be the true test of the GPS in my watch.

This is the 3rd-generation Garmin Instinct Solar that I've owned. I generally like the model; I keep upgrading as new generations of the model become available, in hope that its one significant flaw will have been remedied. That flaw? Well, I'm an open-water swimmer, and the Garmin has a lag in beginning to log distance (via GPS) after starting the watch at beginning of a swim. It only starts logging after I've swum about 30-50 yards. It never really catches up at the end of the swim If I delay pressing "stop" at the end-of-swim, it will continue to log more distance as I'm standing there -- so it, in effect, is trying to catch up. But what that means is the elapsed time for that swim is now in error because I've delayed "stop" to allow logged distance to more-or-less 'catch up.' So I have a choice: either correctly log elapsed time for the swim, or (sort of) correctly log distance swum. It won't do both. I've tried all the suggested remedies: I use the GPS setting that employs all three GPS systems, plus multi-band. I've waited 10 minutes after the watch has acquired my starting location, before beginning my swim. I've changed data acquisition frequency to 1-sec interval. None of this has solved the problem. I now wear two watches when I swim -- one to give accurate elapsed time, and the Garmin Instinct 3 Solar to log distance and route (I leave it running for a minure or so after I've finished my swim). There's just something lacking with the algorithm used to log distance for the open-water activity app. BTW: this lag in distance logging occurs if I use the open-water app out of water -- i.e., just walking down the street with that open-water activity running. It has nothing to do with difficulty in maintaining GPS contact while cyclically submerging the watch during swim-stroking. I'm just walking down the street with it, and finding distance-logging delay for which it never catches up.