Garmin Instinct 2x Solar Tactical Edition Watch
Why just carry out the mission, when you can own it with the Garmin Instinct 2x Solar Tactical Edition Watch. This bold, rugged GPS smartwatch is tough enough to keep up with you, and it comes equipped with tactical specific features, a built-in LED flashlight and solar charging to keep you going.
Garmin Instinct Features
Engineered for Endurance
This ultratough watch features a solar charged display and rugged 50 mm polymer case. It’s water-rated to 10 ATM and tested to U.S. military 810 standards for thermal, shock and water resistance.
Designed to do You
With a design built for action and the features to support your tactical missions, this watch is always ready for adventure. Plus, its bold styling clearly shows the world that you do things your own way.
Get More Battery Out of Life
Go longer than ever with solar charging with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode1. Plus, power manager lets you extend battery life by controlling what settings and sensors draw power.
Solar Powered
Solar charging Power Glass™ lens extends battery life, producing 50% more energy than the Instinct® 2 Solar watch. Go longer with the potential for unlimited solar charged battery life in smartwatch mode1.
Built In Flashlight
To help guide your way in low-light conditions, a built-in multi-LED flashlight provides variable intensities and strobe that matches your running cadence — plus a green light mode to help keep an eye on your immediate surroundings while operating at night.
Night Vision Compatibility
Switch between daytime view and nighttime view with a screen designed to be read by night vision goggles.
Stealth Mode
Go dark by enabling stealth mode to stop storing and sharing your GPS position and disable wireless connectivity and communication.
Dual Position Format
Easily sync your location with others by seeing both the universal transverse mercator and military grid reference system on the same screen.
Ballistics Calculator
Unlock the Applied Ballistics calculator via the AB Synapse – Garmin app (unlock fee required) to access aiming solutions for long-range shooting in the field.
Kill Switch
If security becomes an issue, the kill switch wipes the device of all user memory.
Jumpmaster Mode
Calculate high-altitude release points according to military guidelines while navigating to your objective once you’ve jumped.
Tactical Activity
See time, pace, time of day, elevation and your location in both coordinate types.
Multi Band Frequency Support
Receive and utilize multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites, which enable improved user position accuracy.
ABC Sensors
Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.
TracBack Routing
Take the guesswork out of your return journey by using this feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point.
Reference Point
Keep track of a known place — such as your car or the trailhead — relative to your location, and easily find your way back to it.
Smart Notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Connect IQ Store
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store app on your compatible smartphone.
Garmin Pay Contactless Payment
Breeze through checkout lines and select transit systems with Garmin Pay contactless payments through participating providers.
Safety and Tracking Features
When your watch and phone are paired, your live location can be sent to your contacts manually or — during select outdoor activities — automatically with built-in incident detection2.
Calendar View
Easily see your plans for the day with a dedicated calendar screen when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Sync with the Garmin Connect App
See your health and fitness information all in one place. The Garmin Connect app on your compatible smartphone is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect, compete and share.
Built-In Sports App
Do whatever you love with preloaded activity profiles for running, cycling, swimming, strength training, indoor climbing, skiing, snowboarding, golf, yoga, Pilates and more.
Obstacle Course Racing
Track your performance during obstacle course events — with split times recorded between running and obstacle sections while you race. After manually recording splits during your first loop, you can focus solely on the race from there as splits will be automatically recorded. Then, review your stats after the race.
HIIT Workouts
This activity profile tracks your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata and custom. Set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.
VO2 MAX
Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. It even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
Daily Suggested Workouts
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar.
Recovery Time
After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.
MTB Dynamics
Track the details of every ride with mountain biking metrics plus specialized Grit® and Flow™ measurements that rate trail difficulty and how smoothly you descend, giving you a score to beat next time.
Wrist Based Heart Rate
Get heart rate3 data along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.
Sleep Score and Advanced Sleep Monitoring
Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages3. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights.
Morning Report
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.
Body Battery Energy Monitoring
Optimize your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.
Pulse Ox
For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox sensor5 uses light beams at your wrist to estimate how well your body is absorbing oxygen.
HRV Status
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analytics team.
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