u/HydrantHomie

Greetings watch nerds,

I’ve had my instinct 2 solar for ~4 years now. I’ve experienced diminished battery life (from ~30 days to ~7 days), as well as the watch suddenly turning off at seemingly random times. One thing that HAS helped was turning off haptics, the vibration. A quick search shows that if the battery sucks, the vibrating motor will just steal all the juice and it will DIE.

My question is!!!!!
Yall think it’s the Li-Ion battery lifespan? Yall think it’s their software? Has anyone else experienced these issues and managed to successfully repair their watch?

I would love to believe garmin doesn’t participate in planned obsolescence, but it seems that’s just the standard with any tech now.