Garmin Instinct® 3 45mm, Solar Charged Display, Rugged Outdoor GPS Smartwatch, Metal-Reinforced Bezel, Built-in Flashlight, Black

Great watch/tracker for the active person
Coming from a Fitbit, there is a lot more data with the garmin. Fits and wears like a regular watch and very comfortable. Metrics like steps, heart rate, heart rate variability, resting heart rate etc were identical to the Fitbit. The biggest difference I found is the sleep tracking, which is very different from the Fitbit. The garmin gives you a much more descriptive detail. The Fitbit says I slept better, while the garmin states not much restorative sleep continuously regardless of what I try. I haven’t had the opportunity to see how well the solar charging is.Pros -great activity trackerData metrics are easily readableThe app is also easy to use and navigateCompletely customizable watch faceBattery life is great. I get roughly 2.5 weeks out of one charge. (Along with disabling notifications)ConsTracking sleep seems off, but I’m still getting used to it so probably just a learning curveAs with most smart devices, every notification imaginable is enabled by default. I’ve spent quite a bit of time disabling almost every notification.Special charging cable. Fitbit does the same thing – would like to see it be a universal type c charger!

Best MIP watch. Compared with Instinct 2, Coros Pace 3, Suunto 9 Peak Pro & Vertical
My priorities for a smart watch:1) long battery life that I can use to track week-long backpacking trips.2) a display that I can ALWAYS read. I don’t like waiting for a display to light up; I don’t need colors.3) something that doesn’t need to be charged often so I can sleep with it for my morning alarm and sleep tracking.My previous watch was an Amazfit Bip S (with a MIP display). It recently died after 4 years of use. I was looking for more to replace it. I compared 5 watches with MIP displays: Garmin Instinct 3 Solar and 2 Solar, Coros Pace 3, Suunto Vertical and 9 Peak Pro.The Garmin Instinct 3 was noticeably better than the Instinct 2: a crisper and more reflective display, better solar charging, snappier response (I noticed a little bit of lag switching screens sometimes), and that torch! Feature-wise and software, they looked identical. I think it wouldn’t be worth upgrading from the Instinct 2, but since I was replacing a watch, the improvements in the Instinct 3 are worth the price difference. I wasn’t going to go cheap if either Garmin was better than the others. (The Fenix is beyond what I want to spend.)The Instinct (both 2 and 3) is a cut above the Coros or Suunto in several ways:1) while the display is smaller, it had a more reflective display that was easier to read in any light. Both 2 and 3 are more reflective than the others actually. (See attached photo.)2) while the Garmin watch faces are not as pretty or even in color, almost all of the display fields on the watch face can be customized. I spent a while looking for watch faces for the Suunto and Coros with the fields I want and never found the “perfect” one, but with the Instincts, I could just select the data I want and place them on the screen.3) the activity data screens are also very customizable with lots of options to choose from. I couldn’t do this as well with the Coros and Suunto. I didn’t realize how much I appreciated having customized fields and screens for hiking vs biking vs running until I could.4) solid battery life, solar charging5) thoughtful/useful features: lap stat announcements to your BT headset, shortcut to power saving mode, unusual tracking modes like expedition and area calc, double function of each button – short vs long press, a double-tap shortcut for the torchOtherwise, all five watches had similar features: activity tracking galore, sleep tracking, alarms and timers, stopwatch, compass, altimeter, barometer, etc.2nd place: the Coros was the most visually appealing of the set. The Instincts have that rugged chunky look and a smaller monochrome display, while the Coros was sleek with an attractive display (for MIP). Although they were all “45mm” watches, the Coros had a lower profile on my wrist, and through a trick of design, it looked like it had a smaller bezel. (It wasn’t.) Data fields were displayed in BIG readable fonts during activities. The scroll wheel and two buttons was probably the most fun interface to use. Scrolling and zooming is quite nice with a scroll wheel.The Suunto Vertical is very similar to the 9 Peak Pro. I got my hands on both. I don’t think it is worth the 2x price difference so I only compared the 9 Peak Pro with the others.

excellente montre connectée , beaucoup de paramètres , très résistante , pas d’écran tactile ( je n’en voulais pas ) , tout se contrôle simplement avec les 5 boutons , excellente autonomie , les Garmin ont parfois un prix plus élevé mais on s’y retrouve largement.

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