Who Got Instincts?

[Greatscott]

After many years of not wearing a wrist-anchored chronometer, I am thinking about getting one. But, I want a "smart" one. But, it can't be too smart, I work in secure buildings around classified material, so my options are limited.

One of the smarties that I am allowed to have is the Garman Instinct. It looks good, does all of the biometrics, has altitude and GPS. In addition to Bluetooth, it also has ANT+, which is a wireless standard just for fitness gear.

My questions:
• Does anyone have one of these?
• If so, how do you like it?
• Is the extra 50 bones for solar worth it?
• Does solar help the battery life all that much?
• How long does your battery last?

Thanks

[hpiguy]

I don't have the instintct, but I'm on my second Garmin smart watch. I stay with Garmin vs. orther brands as they've been tough as nails (even during MTB crashes, etc), get a full week or more of battery life, and do all the basic smart watch stuff that I need, and their customer service has been great to me personally. I'm currently using a Vivoactive 3 music, so you can go out for a run with just the watch and wireless earbuds, which is nice.

[Gula]

I would opt for the solar upgrade. Changing batteries every 10-15 years in my Pathfinder (average intelligence watch) has been very nice.

[ferp420]

The sun tells me all I need to know suns out time to get up sunsdown time for bed aww the simple life

[Greatscott]

Originally Posted by ferp420

The sun tells me all I need to know suns out time to get up sunsdown time for bed aww the simple life

I spent a giant chunk of my adult life on a submerged steel tube that was devoid of natural light, so the sun-up/sun-down concept confuses me a bit.