Costco Wholesale has for its
Members: 45mm Garmin Instinct 2 Smartwatch (Graphite, 010-02626-10) on sale for
$149.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
ScarletWallaby6687 for finding this deal.
Note: A Costco Membership is required to purchase this item.
Features:
- Water-rated to 100 Meters, Thermal and Shock Resistant
- Built-in Sports Apps to Take on Running, Biking, Swimming, Strength Training and More
- Built-in 3-axis Compass and Barometric Altimeter, Plus Multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems
- All-day Health Monitoring Features that Track your Heart Rate, Sleep, Pulse Ox, Respiration and More
- Battery Life: up to 28 Days in Smartwatch Mode, up to 30 Hours in GPS Mode
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GW6 probably 1 day max. But they are 2 completely different types of watches..
This one is not really smart, is more like g-shock watch + activities tracker + gps. No touch screen, no apps, no mic, but has music control i think.. It is rugged though.
150$ is good price, close to its real value..
Not solar, but its kinda useless anyway, you need to be outdoors for 10 hours a day to charge it 15% or so, according to some youtube reviews.
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* Sturdy
* Long battery life
* compass (huge plus)
* price to feature ratio is very good
I'm sure Garmin Instinct 2 is better than the E and would recommend it for anyone looking for a Garmin.
The only note (not even downside) is that you can't download custom faces for the watch unlike the other Garmins; something I really don't care about anyway.
Battery:
If you turn off the blood oxygen sensor (can set either continually or overnight) then it lasts a week easily even with it measuring a workout every day.
It's my first GPS watch since the Garmin 305. I really enjoy the training feature which suggests a run workout (base, threshold, sprint, etc) to do each day based on how I've performed recently. This watch has really helped me change my mindset from pace and distance to heart rate and duration.
I like that it syncs easily with Strava too.
That being said, I run mine with everything on except I don't use the Ox sensor. I have it set to go into do not distrub/battery saver mode/sleep mode around bedtime and goes out of it around time to leave for work. If I don't track any activities, the battery lasts about 2.5 - 3 weeks depending on how many notifications I receive on the watch. With activity tracking (w/gps on) on average of 5 times a week, I still get somewhere between 10 - 14 days.
On my 255, I have GPS, BT, and smartwatch features all off. I bought the watch for tracking heart rate, pulse OX, sleep and workouts. I have sensors set to check every second and I get 6 days between charges.
Now that's with no training (unfortunately, it's been way too long since I've worked out consistently). But obviously logging workouts with GPS everyday will shorten that battery life. Garmin is the only choice for me. I don't want to deal with charging my watch daily while also wanting it to track my sleep.
I have a Fitbit Sense 2 and have BT constantly on, heart rate tracking on, few notifications like emails, text and calls with even with an AMOLED screen I get about 6 to 7 days battery. I work out daily, have an average of 20k steps per day and check my time constantly.
So based on the comparison of your device and my device I'd say that Fitbit is definitely better. I read planning to switch to a Garmin Epix 2 because I like AMOLED for my watch screen but considering the difference between or watches I should stick to Fitbit.
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and anyway - this is a smart watch ! if they advertise it to be 15 days or 25 days, i expect it to work for this time with ALL options on. 25 days in power saving mode - is just a BS. why would i need a smart watch that only shows hours and minutes?
They should either not advertise it for that many days or make better battery that will really last that long with all features on.
I'd jump on this but unfortunately, the Instinct 1 does everything I need already and so far, it's been holding up great.
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