Garmin · 2023
Instinct® 2X SolarSize, Dimensions & Wrist Fit
The Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar sits best on flat wrist widths of about 53–71mm (≈ 14.2–19.0cm wrist circumference). Adjust the slider below to check your wrist.
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The Instinct® 2X Solar in short
The figures that decide whether this watch suits you, pulled out of the full specification sheet further down.
- Between 27 hours and 100 days per charge depending on the power mode — battery saver at best, all satellite systems + multi-band at worst.
- Water rated to 10 ATM.
- 67g on the wrist. Heavier than 67% of the 50mm watches we have weights for.
- custom, two-window design; 1.1” x 1.1” (27 x 27 mm) Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) display.
- Takes 26mm bands, so third-party straps fit without an adapter.
Does the Instinct® 2X Solar fit your wrist?
Drag the slider to your wrist width and see the Instinct® 2X Solar overlaid at true scale. Lug-to-lug — not case diameter — decides whether a watch overhangs your wrist.
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The Instinct® 2X Solar drawn to scale — from above, and in profile against the wrist.
- Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar50mm · 14.5mm thick
3D preview
Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar on a wrist
On an arm sized to your own wrist — the view a product photo never gives you.
Shapes are built from published measurements, not manufacturer 3D models — accurate proportions, generic dial.
How long the Instinct® 2X Solar lasts, by power mode
Runtime changes by a factor of 89 depending on what you leave switched on. Bars are scaled against the longest mode.
- Battery Saver100 days
- Expedition GPS Activity60 days
- Smartwatch40 days
- Max Battery GPS150 hours
- GPS60 hours
- All Satellite Systems40 hours
- All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band27 hours
- * Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions
- * Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
How the Instinct® 2X Solar ranks on battery
Against the 268 Garmin watches in our database, ranked on each figure Garmin publishes.
- Everyday use40 days#12 of 257
- GPS tracking60 hours#30 of 233
- Power save100 days#3 of 106
Top three in the Garmin range for power-saving mode.
See all 268 Garmin watches ranked by battery lifeWhat size band does the Instinct® 2X Solar take?
Lug width
26mm
Any 26mm strap fits, so you are not restricted to Garmin's own bands. Quick-release pins let you swap without tools — check that a replacement lists 26mm and quick-release before buying.
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Instinct® 2X Solar specifications
The figures that decide a purchase, followed by every line Garmin publishes.
- Battery life
- Smartwatch: 40 days; unlimited with solar* GPS: 60 hours; 145 hours with solar** All Satellite Systems: 40 hours; 65 hours with solar* All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band: 27 hours; 36 hours with solar** Max Battery GPS Mode: 150 hours; unlimited with solar** Expedition GPS Activity: 60 days; unlimited with solar* Battery Saver Watch Mode: 100 days; unlimited with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions **Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
- Display
- custom, two-window design; 1.1” x 1.1” (27 x 27 mm)
- Resolution
- 176 x 176 pixels
- Water rating
- 10 ATM
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Glass
- Power Glass™
- Strap
- silicone
- Storage
- 64 MB
- Charging
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
Full specification sheet
231 published lines across 21 groups, unedited
Overview
- Family
- Garmin
General
- Battery life
- Smartwatch: 40 days; unlimited with solar* GPS: 60 hours; 145 hours with solar** All Satellite Systems: 40 hours; 65 hours with solar* All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band: 27 hours; 36 hours with solar** Max Battery GPS Mode: 150 hours; unlimited with solar** Expedition GPS Activity: 60 days; unlimited with solar* Battery Saver Watch Mode: 100 days; unlimited with solar* *Solar charging, assuming all-day wear with 3 hours per day outside in 50,000 lux conditions **Solar charging, assuming use in 50,000 lux conditions
- Battery type
- Lithium ion
- Display Size
- custom, two-window design; 1.1” x 1.1” (27 x 27 mm)
- Case material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Lens Material
- Power Glass™
- Bezel Material
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Memory/History
- 64 MB
- Strap material
- silicone
- Charging method
- Garmin proprietary plug charger
- Display resolution
- 176 x 176 pixels
- QuickFit® watch band compatible
- yes (26 mm)
Sensors
- GPS
- Compass
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- Gyroscope
- Thermometer
- Accelerometer
- Barometric altimeter
- Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
- Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor
Product Info
- Main SKU
- 010-02805-10
- Product ID
- 884585
- Product Name
- Instinct® 2X Solar
- Release Date
- 4/12/2023
- Product Variation
- Graphite
Clock Features
- Timer
- Stopwatch
- Time/date
- Alarm clock
- GPS Time Sync
- Sunrise/sunset times
- Automatic daylight saving time
Gaming Features
- Gaming Activity
- GameOn™ app compatible
Cycling Features
- Courses
- MTB Grit & Flow
- Race an activity
- Power meter compatible
- Advanced cycling dynamics
- yes (in app)
- Compatible with Varia™ lights
- FTP (Functional Threshold Power)
- Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor)
- Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor)
- Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar)
- Compatible with Vector™ and Rally™ (power meters)
- Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Golfing Features
- Tournament legal
- Digital scorecard
- Garmin AutoShot™
- Round timer/odometer
- Auto CourseView updates
- Yardage to layups/doglegs
- Hazards and course targets
- Pairs with Garmin Golf app
- Green View with manual pin position
- CT10 Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory)
- Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green)
- Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit)
- Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course)
- manual
Running Features
- Run workouts
- Running power
- Race predictor
- Foot pod capable
- Running dynamics
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Lactate threshold
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Grade-adjusted pace
- Trail run auto climb
- Performance condition
- Run/Walk/Stand detection
- Stride length (real time)
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Vertical oscillation and ratio
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- Ground contact time and balance
- yes (with compatible accessory)
- GPS-based distance, time and pace
- Cadence (provides real-time number of steps per minute)
What You'll Love
- Display type
- Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Water rating
- 10 ATM
- Garmin Pay™
- LED flashlight
- Multi-band GPS
- Solar Charging
- Training status
- Training readiness
- Pulse Ox blood oxygen
- Sleep score and insights
- Battery life (smartwatch mode)
- 40 daysUnlimited with solar
Activity Profiles
- Gym
- Strength, HIIT, Cardio, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing
- Swim
- Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming
- Cycling
- Biking, Road Biking, Mountain Biking, Gravel Biking, Bike Commuting, Bike Touring, eBiking, eMountain Biking, Indoor Biking
- Wellness
- Walking, Pilates, Yoga
- Multisport
- Triathlon
- In the ring
- Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts
- Team sports
- Basketball, Volleyball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football/Soccer, American Football, Lacrosse, Rugby, Ultimate Disc, Cricket, Softball, Baseball
- Motor sports
- Motorcycling, Overlanding, Motocrossing, ATVing, Snowmobiling
- On the Water
- Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Fishing, Boating, Whitewater
- Racket sports
- Tennis, Pickleball, Badminton, Squash, Table Tennis, Padel
- Snow & winter
- Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Ice Skating, Snowshoeing
- Indoor running
- Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running
- Outdoor running
- Running, Outdoor Track Running, Trail Running
- Outdoor recreation
- Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Hunting, Horseback Riding, Archery
- Other activity profiles
- Jumpmaster, Tactical
Swimming Features
- Pool swim workouts
- Time and distance alerts
- Auto rest (pool swim only)
- Drill logging (pool swim only)
- Countdown start (pool swim only)
- Underwater wrist-based heart rate
- "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only)
- Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only)
- Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only)
- Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
- Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories)
- Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim)
Tactical Features
- XERO™ Locations
- Dual grid coordinates
Outdoor Recreation
- Tides
- TracBack®
- Sight 'N Go
- Tide glance
- Back to start
- UltraTrac mode
- Vertical speed
- GPS coordinates
- Reference point
- Area calculation
- Elevation profile
- Projected waypoint
- Total ascent/descent
- Future elevation plot
- Distance to destination
- Expedition GPS Activity
- Sun and moon information
- Point-to-point navigation
- Bread crumb trail in real time
- Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert
Daily Smart Features
- Calendar
- Connectivity
- Bluetooth®, ANT+®
- Find My Phone
- Find My Watch
- VIRB® Remote
- Morning report
- Weather forecasts
- Smart Notifications
- Smart trainer control
- Smartphone compatibility
- iPhone®, Android™
- Controls smartphone music
- Pairs with Garmin Connect™ Mobile
- Battery saver (customizable low power watch)
- Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile
- Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only)
- Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps)
Activity Tracking Features
- TrueUp™
- Move IQ™
- Step counter
- Floors climbed
- Calories burned
- Distance traveled
- Intensity minutes
- Automatic rep counting
- Garmin Connect™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ app)
- Move alerts (displays on device after a period of inactivity)
- Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal)
Workout and Training Plans
- HIIT workouts
- Yoga workouts
- Cardio workouts
- Pilates workouts
- Strength workouts
- Garmin Running Coach Experts
- Garmin Coach - Prebuilt Cycling Plans
- Daily Suggested Workout - Cycling (Pace and Heart Rate Based)
- Daily Suggested Workout - Running (Pace and Heart Rate Based)
Health & Wellness Monitoring
- Sleep
- Hydration
- yes (in Garmin Connect™)
- Breathwork
- Fitness age
- yes (in app)
- All-day stress
- Women's health
- yes (in Garmin Connect™)
- Health snapshot
- Respiration rate
- Resting heart rate
- Abnormal heart rate alerts
- yes (high and low)
- Relaxation breathing timer
- Body Battery™ energy monitor
- Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second)
Safety and Tracking Features
- Assistance
- Incident Detection during select activities
Kid Activity Tracking Features
- Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app
- yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
Training, Planning and Analysis Features
- % HRR
- % HR max
- HR zones
- HR alerts
- Shortcuts
- HRV status
- Manual lap
- Auto max HR
- Auto scroll
- Finish time
- HR calories
- Voice alerts
- Custom alerts
- Physio TrueUp
- Recovery time
- Training load
- VO2 Max (Run)
- Course guidance
- Training effect
- Virtual Partner
- Race an Activity
- Advanced workouts
- Interval training
- VO2 Max (Trail Run)
- GPS speed and distance
- Improved recovery time
- Configurable lap alerts
- Customizable data pages
- Unified training status
- Touch and/or button lock
- Activity history on watch
- Downloadable training plans
- Training effect (anaerobic)
- Manual multisport activities
- HRM running pace and distance
- Heat and altitude acclimation
- Customizable activity profiles
- Auto Pause® automatic timer halt
- Respiration rate (during exercise)
- Auto Lap® interval tracking feature
- Primary benefit (Training Effect labels)
- Power Modes - customizable in-activity battery settings
- HR broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+® to paired devices)
- yes (using ANT+)
Compare the Instinct® 2X Solar head to head
How each one differs in the three measurements you can feel on the wrist. Figures are relative to the Instinct® 2X Solar.
Huawei
Watch Ultimate 2
- Width
- -1.5mm
- Thick
- -1.6mm
- Weight
- +13.5g
Amazfit
Balance 2
- Width
- -2.6mm
- Thick
- -2.2mm
- Weight
- -24g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED, Tactical Edition
- Width
- same mm
- Thick
- -0.1mm
- Weight
- -8g
Garmin
Instinct 3 – 50 mm, Solar, Tactical Edition
- Width
- same mm
- Thick
- -0.1mm
- Weight
- -9g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED
- Width
- same mm
- Thick
- -0.1mm
- Weight
- -8g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, Solar
- Width
- same mm
- Thick
- -0.1mm
- Weight
- -9g
Samsung
Galaxy Watch Ultra
- Width
- -2.6mm
- Thick
- -2.4mm
- Weight
- -6.5g
Amazfit
Active Edge
- Width
- -3.4mm
- Thick
- -2.5mm
- Weight
- -33g
Samsung
Galaxy Watch6 Classic - LTE · 47mm
- Width
- -3.5mm
- Thick
- -3.6mm
- Weight
- -8g
Huawei
Watch Ultimate
- Width
- -1.5mm
- Thick
- -1.5mm
- Weight
- +9g
Alternatives to the Instinct® 2X Solar
Watches that cover a similar amount of wrist, with the measurements that separate them.
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED, Tactical Edition
- Width
- 50mm
- Thick
- 14.4mm
- Weight
- 59g
Garmin
Instinct 3 – 50 mm, Solar, Tactical Edition
- Width
- 50mm
- Thick
- 14.4mm
- Weight
- 58g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, AMOLED
- Width
- 50mm
- Thick
- 14.4mm
- Weight
- 59g
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 50 mm, Solar
- Width
- 50mm
- Thick
- 14.4mm
- Weight
- 58g
Garmin
Instinct® 2X Solar - Tactical Edition
- Width
- 50mm
- Thick
- 14.7mm
- Weight
- 67g
Garmin
epix™
- Width
- 50.8mm
- Thick
- 17.8mm
- Weight
- 85g
Instinct® 2X Solar — Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar fit my wrist?
The Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar looks balanced on flat wrist widths of roughly 53–71mm (about 14.2–19.0cm circumference). Drag the slider above to check it against your own measurement.
What size band does the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar take?
26mm. Any 26mm strap fits, so you are not limited to Garmin's own bands — look for a quick-release fitting if you want to swap without tools.
How long does the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar battery last?
Between 27 hours and 100 days per charge, depending on the power mode. Garmin rates Battery Saver at 100 days and All Satellite Systems + Multi-Band at 27 hours; the chart above lists all 7 modes.
How does the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar battery compare with other Garmin watches?
At 40 days in everyday use it ranks #12 of the 257 Garmin watches in our database — the top 5% of the range. The full ranking, including GPS and power-saving figures, is on our Garmin battery life comparison.
Is the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar thick for a 50mm watch?
At 14.5mm, thicker than 69% of 50mm watches — it will sit noticeably high on the wrist. Thickness, not case width, is what decides whether a watch catches on a shirt cuff.
What other watches are the same size as the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar?
Rogbid Tank G1, Noise NoiseFit Force, Gionee StylFit GSW7, Zeblaze Thor 5 Pro all sit within half a millimetre of the Garmin Instinct® 2X Solar's 50mm case, so they cover the same amount of wrist.
