I believe that many people have heard the saying that "every festive season is three pounds of weight", the Spring Festival as the most grand festival in our country, delicious food is indispensable, usually this time is also a key stage of weight surge, in order to maintain a strong physique and perfect body, do not grasp the exercise. Recently, GARMIN launched the INSTINCT 2 series, and we also got the relevant products for the first time.
Morning mist gray, graphite ash is INSTINCT 2, and flaming red is INSTINCT 2S
You may be relatively unfamiliar with GARMIN INSTINCT 2, it belongs to the same instinct ii series as GARMIN INSTINCT 2S, is the lightest outdoor sports table in GARMIN outdoor products, including the sports version, SOLAR solar sports version, solar wave version and solar tactical version. The most intuitive difference between the two watches is the slightly different dial diameter, with the GARMIN INSTINCT 2S at 40mm and the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 at 45mm. This time we will focus on testing the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 Solar Edition.
01 Appearance: Skin-friendly experience, hardcore texture
For products with strong decorative attributes such as watches, appearance is undoubtedly the part that everyone pays the most attention to. Compared with the current mainstream sports watches, the INSTINCT 2 series also has a strong outdoor and heavy industrial atmosphere. As an accessory worn on the wrist all year round, the experience is especially important. Instinct's second-generation sports watch uses a soft silicone material, which can effectively avoid the bacteria generated by sweat and stains after exercise.
Garmin INSTINCT 2 SOLAR strap close-up
In actual wearing, the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR weighs only 53g and is very light to wear. Not only that, but the 14.2mm dial thickness is 5% lower than the SOLAR INSTINCT, making it a truly comfortable wearing experience. The combination of the classic five-button design ensures the stability of the fuselage outdoors.
Garmin INSTINCT 2 SOLAR body close-up
GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR in the use of physical buttons while also achieving a 10ATM waterproof level, compared to the common 3ATM (30 meters waterproof) and 5ATM (50 meters waterproof) on the market, GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR can operate normally at a depth of 100 meters underwater, when you are swimming, diving, snorkeling, high-speed water sports, scuba diving, do not have to worry about its underwater stability.
GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR WATERPROOF CLOSE-UP
Coming to the front of the dial, you can see that the design of the INSTINCT 2 series is still very avant-garde and stylish, creating a hardcore texture of the fuselage through the rectangular design.
Garmin INSTINCT 2 SOLAR wears a close-up
The author chose the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR, which belongs to the solar version known for unlimited battery life, which can achieve perpetual power in smart mode and time mode, and can also ensure 48 hours of ultra-long standby in GPS performance mode.
Garmin INSTINCT 2 SOLAR dial close-up
The GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR features a brand new solar-powered rechargeable mirror with the latest screen display technology. The solar mirror upgrade can greatly improve the charging efficiency and the latest screen can give me a clearer viewing experience. Not only that, the INSTINCT 2 series also supports massive dial replacement, and everyone can choose the right dial scheme according to different wearing scenarios.
GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR dial solution
Nowadays, watches are given a variety of appearances, and the dial, crown, and strap may become the highlights that attract you. However, as a professional outdoor sports watch, pure interaction, rich functional experience, and fashionable appearance design make fitness and outdoor enthusiasts surging with enthusiasm.
02 Sport: 50+ sport modes for enhanced functional experience
For a professional sports watch, the hardcore design is only the foundation, and the rich built-in features are the real competitiveness. Based on excellent hardware configuration, both watches support more than 50 kinds of indoor and outdoor sports (preset + custom), and also add 15 sports such as virtual running, cycling commuting, traditional cross-country skiing, indoor rock climbing, and triathlon, which can greatly improve the functionality and playability of the watch.
GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR SPORT CATEGORY
In daily exercise, we can not only monitor our own exercise data in real time, but also create a scientific exercise system based on the data to customize a personalized training plan for ourselves. Probably most people like me will choose to go to the gym to exercise, with professional guidance, real-time feedback and training plans will make the exercise handy. Usually, after training, it is difficult to see their training clearly, there is no way to see their own physical state, and it is impossible to determine the recovery time, at this time, GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR has a perfect solution to the above problems. We can view daily training suggestions, training status, running dynamics, VO2 max and other data in the watch as the main conditions for evaluation, and we can also estimate the training effect before professional training courses, reducing pre-exercise choice anxiety, a simple example:
GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR FREE TRAINING GUIDE
When we are in strength training, GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR can simulate a muscle heat map for us through the action recognition system, on the one hand, it can make us clearly understand our training status, on the other hand, it can also help us relax for the muscles faster after training, whether it is a professional athlete or a sports enthusiast, they all want to see their muscles after exercise are exercised, and they can understand their muscle state in time. Adjust the appropriate training program in a timely manner according to the individual level.
Muscle heat map
In order to enrich our usage scenarios, GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR also has a built-in GPS function, which not only helps us to obtain the location more easily in the field, but also can be used as a navigation for daily running, the watch can automatically extract your location information, you only need to enter the destination to get the route information. When exercising outdoors, exercisers often do not deliberately record the distance information, which makes it difficult to return to the ship, unable to distinguish the direction, then we can follow our navigation route to return to the starting point. In practice, the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR positioning speed is fast and accurate, guaranteeing reliability in complex environments.
03 Health: Hardware collaboration, all-day monitoring
In order to create a comprehensive and healthy body state, garmin INSTINCT 2 SOLAR from the hardware and software synergy, to bring you a series of health data information, in the back of the watch installed Gen4 optical heart rate sensor, greatly improve the accuracy of the test.
Gen4 optical heart rate sensor
Usually, lack of sleep or poor sleep quality will seriously affect our daily work and life. GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR can automatically identify the sleep state for us to generate sleep records, can give a comprehensive score according to our sleep time sleep quality, when sleeping it will also monitor our sleep blood oxygen and breathing, through comprehensive monitoring with data to bring you a comprehensive understanding of your physical condition.
Not only that, GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR can also clearly show the sleep state at different times, divided into four items "awake, light sleep, rapid eye movement, deep sleep", we can rely on its data to adjust their sleep time, sleep mode, in order to improve everyone's sleep quality, to prevent a variety of sleep diseases caused by lack of sleep.
To my surprise, the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR has also added four new daily monitors, namely respiratory rate, water intake tracking, women's menstrual cycle and pregnancy tracking, combined with the form of a health bulletin to bring us around-the-clock health monitoring.
In actual experience, when the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR detects that there is no water to drink within a certain period of time, it will remind the wearer to drink water in time by vibrating. With the faster and faster pace of life and work, it may be easy for everyone to ignore the number of times they usually drink water, and drinking less water can easily affect their health. With this function, you can reasonably help everyone drink water for a long time and improve your physical health.
GARMIN INSTINCT 2 SOLAR also built-in body power function, as an all-day comprehensive energy monitoring index it integrates heart rate variability (HRV), pressure level, sleep quality, all-day activity data four aspects, mainly through the watch's motion sensor combined with the algorithm to estimate the calorie consumption or fatigue accumulation of basic activities, forming a comprehensive body power value, we can more intuitively understand the current physical performance.
In order to enrich the functionality of the watch, the GARMIN INSTINCT 2 series also adds the NFC bus card function, which can realize convenient travel outdoors.
Summary
Throughout the development of the watch market, from accessories to accessories, this seemingly simple change contains very huge changes, from thousands of yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, different prices have their own unique value. Just look at the field of sports watches, there are many excellent products, GARMIN as a leader in the field of sports health, with a professional show for everyone that sports watches should have those necessary conditions. The GARMIN INSTINCT 2 series allows more and more people to experience the joy of sports through multi-color, multi-size solutions that make it suitable for the different needs of a variety of users.