WHEN YOU CAN RELY ON INSTINCT, THE WORLD CAN RELY ON YOU!
You’ve never been one to follow the beaten path — that’s where Instinct comes in. This rugged GPS watch was built to withstand the toughest environments.
DURABLE CASE AND DISPLAY
The fiber-reinforced polymer case adds durability, and the chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant display is high contrast and sunlight readable.
PURPOSE-BUILT BANDS
Fully vented silicone bands include 2 independent, removable keeper loops to ensure a secure fit and to keep you from getting caught on things.
BATTERY LIFE
Internal, rechargeable lithium battery provides up to 14 days in smartwatch mode, up to 16 hours in GPS mode and up to 40 hours in UltraTrac™ battery saver mode.
MILITARY STANDARD 810
Instinct is built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock and water resistance (rated to 100 meters).
| Sensors | |
| Accelerometer | Yes |
| Barometric altimeter | Yes |
| Compass | Yes |
| Galileo | Yes |
| Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor | Yes |
| GLONASS | Yes |
| GPS | Yes |
| Gyroscope | Yes |
| Thermometer | Yes |
| Clock Features | |
| Alarm clock | Yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | Yes |
| GPS Time Sync | Yes |
| Stopwatch | Yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Yes |
| Time/date | Yes |
| Timer | Yes |
| Daily Smart Features | |
| Calendar | Yes |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile | Yes |
| Connect IQ™ | Yes (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi |
| Controls smartphone music | Yes |
| Find my Phone feature | Yes |
| Find My Watch feature | Yes |
| Garmin Pay™ | Yes |
| Music Storage | Up to 500 songs |
| Plays and controls watch music | Yes |
| Smart notifications | Yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | Yes |
| VIRB® Camera Remote | Yes |
| Weather | Yes |
| Fitness Equipment/Gym | |
| Automatic rep counting | Yes |
| Available gym activity profiles | Strength, cardio and elliptical training, stair stepping, floor climbing, indoor rowing and yoga |
| Cardio workouts | Yes |
| Strength workouts | Yes |
| GENERAL | |
| Battery life | Smartwatch mode: Up to 14 days GPS mode: Up to 16 hours UltraTrac™ mode: Up to 40 hours |
| Bezel material: | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Case material: | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Colour display | Yes |
| Display resolution | 128 x 128 pixels |
| Display size | Custom, two-window design; 23 x 23 mm |
| Display type | Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) |
| Lens material: | Chemically-strengthened glass |
| Memory/history | 16 MB |
| Physical size | 45 x 45 x 15.3 mm |
| QuickFit™ watch band compatible | Yes (22 mm) |
| Strap material: | Silicone |
| Water rating | 10 ATM |
| Weight , | 52 g |
| Heart Rate Features | |
| % HR max | Yes |
| % HRR | Yes |
| Auto max HR | Yes |
| HR alerts | Yes |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) | Yes |
| HR calories | Yes |
| HR zones | Yes |
| HRV stress test | Yes (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) (with compatible accessory) |
| Records heart rate while swimming | Yes (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) |
| Recovery time | Yes |
| Outdoor Recreation Features | |
| Area calculation | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Around Me mode | Yes |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, climbing, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, XC skiing, stand-up paddleboarding, rowing, kayaking, jumpmaster, tactical |
| Back to start | Yes |
| Barometric trend indicator | Yes ( with storm alert) |
| Bread crumb trail in real time | Yes |
| ClimbPro™ ascent planner | Yes |
| Compatible with BaseCamp™ | Yes |
| Distance to destination | Yes |
| Dual grid coordinates | Yes |
| Elevation profile | Yes |
| Future elevation plot | Yes |
| GPS coordinates | Yes |
| Hunt/fish calendar | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Point-to-point navigation | Yes |
| Preloaded topographical maps | Yes |
| Projected waypoint | Yes |
| Sight 'N Go | Yes |
| Sun and moon information | yes (via Connect IQ™) |
| Total ascent/descent | Yes |
| TracBack® | Yes |
| Trail run auto climb | Yes |
| UltraTrac™ mode | Yes |
| Vertical speed | Yes |
| XERO™ Locations | Yes |
| Training, Planning and Analysis Features | |
| Activity history on watch | Yes |
| Advanced workouts | Yes |
| Audio prompts | Yes |
| Auto Lap® | Yes |
| Auto multisport activities | Yes |
| Auto Pause® | Yes |
| Auto scroll | Yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | Yes |
| Course guidance | Yes |
| Customisable activity profiles | Yes |
| Customisable alerts | Yes |
| Customisable screen(s) | Yes |
| Downloadable training plans | Yes |
| Finish time | Yes |
| GPS speed and distance | Yes |
| Group LiveTrack | Yes |
| Hot keys | Yes |
| Interval training | Yes |
| LiveTrack | Yes |
| Manual lap | Yes |
| Multi-sport | Yes |
| Race an Activity | Yes |
| Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) | Yes |
| Segments (Live, Garmin) | Yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | Yes |
| Training Effect (aerobic) | Yes |
| Training Effect (anaerobic) | Yes |
| Training Load | Yes (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) |
| Training Status | Yes (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend) |
| Trendline™ popularity routing | Yes |
| V02 max | Yes |
| Virtual Partner | Yes |
| Running Features | |
| Available run profiles | Running, treadmill running, indoor track running and trail running |
| Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute) | Yes |
| Foot pod capable | Yes |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | Yes |
| Ground contact time and balance | Yes (with compatible accessory) (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) |
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) |
| Performance condition | Yes (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) |
| Race predictor | Yes |
| Run workouts | Yes |
| Running Dynamics | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Stride length (real time) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Vertical oscillation and ratio | Yes (with compatible accessory) (the degree of 'bounce' in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) |
| Cycling Features | |
| Available cycling profiles | Biking, indoor biking, mountain biking, triathlon |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | Yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | Yes |
| Compatible with Vector | Yes (power meter) |
| Courses | Yes |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Garmin Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) | Yes |
| Power meter compatible | Yes (displays power data from compatible third-party ANT+™-enabled power meters) |
| Race an activity | Yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) | yes (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) |
| Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal) | Yes |
| Golfing Features | |
| Auto CourseView updates | Yes |
| Digital Scorecard | Yes |
| Garmin AutoShot™ | Yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | Yes |
| Hazards and course targets | Yes |
| Round timer/odometer | Yes |
| Stat tracking | Yes (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) |
| TruSwing™ compatible | Yes |
| Measures shot distance | Automatic (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) |
| Yardage to F/M/B | Yes (distance to front, middle and back of green) |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | Yes |
| Swimming Features | |
| Available swim profiles | Pool swimming, open water swimming, swimming/running |
| Drill logging | Yes |
| Heart rate | Yes (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) |
| Open-water swim metrics | Yes (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, calories) |
| Pool swim metrics | Yes (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) |
| Pool swim workouts | Yes |
| Stroke type identification (eg. freestyle) | Yes (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) |
| Swim efficiency (SWOLF) | Yes |
| Activity Tracking Features | |
| All-day stress tracking | Yes |
| Calories burned | Yes |
| Distance traveled | Yes |
| Fitness Age | Yes (in app) |
| Floors climbed | Yes |
| Intensity minutes | Yes |
| Move IQ™ | Yes |
| TrueUp™ | Yes |
| Step counter | Yes |
| Auto goal | Yes (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) |
| Move bar | Yes (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) |
| Sleep monitoring | Yes (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) |
