r/Garmininstinct

Hi. Other than the Southampton Garmin store (too far away) is there anywhere I can try the 45 and 50mm that anyone is aware of? I’m in the North East. Looking to change from an Apple Watch Ultra 1 and can get some good deals online but would rather try one on first!

Is my Instinct 3 Solar only showing sleep from midnight for some reason? What if I go to sleep at 10pm?

Also why is there no way to shut off the automatic sleep thing? I have mine set to one minute from 12.59pm to 1pm every day.

I'm debating on buying a Garmin watch, and which one. I'm currently leaning towards the Instinct E, mostly because of it's lower price compared to the rest (important point for a student like me. I'll use the watch mostly during working out (gym/running) for insights into my HR etc, and while hiking for the same but also for navigation. I won't sleep with it on or wear it the entire day, it's mostly for activities.

The biggest thing that's making me debate is the single-band GPS on the Instinct E. How does this fair on the trail? I'm aware the navigation is limited without maps, but I don't mind. If I need a map it's on my phone on my pocket.

If there's any other advice you have about this model or any other instinct model, would be greatly appreciated!

Hello all,

Instinct 2X:

I have an alarm set to 11:40 each day. In winter I was skiing and the alarm went off. I had the watch locked and could not unlock it without loosing a glove and therefore was not able to silence the alarm which went on for a long time until I was able to get off the lift and to remove a glove.

Is there a way to auto silence a specific alarm after some time? Is there some other way of silencing? The watch was button locked and the normal dismiss was not accepted because of the lock.

I bought Fitbit Charge 6 during Prime Day, mainly because I wanted a dedicated sleep tracker. I still prefer my Garmin Instinct 2 for everything else.

What is confusing me is the sleep tracking. My Garmin almost always rates my sleep as Fair, but this device regularly gives me Good or Excellent, especially on weekends. The scores are consistently much higher than what Garmin reports.

Has anyone compared the two? Which one do you think is more accurate when it comes to sleep tracking?