General
Engineered For Endurance
This ultratough watch features a solar charged display and rugged 50 mm polymer case. It’s water-rated to 100 meters and tested to U.S. military 810 standards for thermal, shock and water resistance.
Designed To Do You
With a design built for action and the features to support your high-energy lifestyle, this watch is always ready for adventure. Plus, its bold styling clearly shows the world that you do things your own way.
Get More Battery Out Of Life
Go longer than ever with solar charging with unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode. Plus, power manager lets you extend battery life by controlling what settings and sensors draw power.
Solar Powered
Solar charging Power Glass™ lens extends battery life, producing 50% more energy than the Instinct® 2 Solar. Go longer with the potential for unlimited solar-charged battery life in smartwatch mode
Built-In Flashlight
To help guide your way in low-light conditions, a built-in multi-LED flashlight provides variable intensities and strobe that matches your running cadence — plus a red safety light mode to help keep an eye on your nighttime surroundings.
Multi-Band Frequency Support
Receive and utilize multiple frequencies sent by navigation satellites, which enable improved user position accuracy specifically in areas where GNSS signals are reflected, weak or typically do not penetrate.
ABC Sensors
Navigate your next trail with ABC sensors, including an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather and 3-axis electronic compass.
TracBack Routing
Take the guesswork out of your return journey by using this feature to navigate the same route back to your starting point.
Reference Point
Keep track of a known place — such as your car or the trailhead — relative to your location, and easily find your way back to it.
Smart Notifications
Receive emails, texts and alerts right on your watch when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Connect IQ Store
Download custom watch faces, add data fields, and get apps and widgets from the Connect IQ Store app on your compatible smartphone.
Garmin Pay Contactless Payments
Breeze through checkout lines and select transit systems with Garmin Pay contactless payments through participating providers.
Safety And Tracking Features
If you feel unsafe or if your watch senses that an incident occurred, assistance and incident detection features can send a message with your location to your emergency contacts when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Calendar View
Easily see your plans for the day with a dedicated calendar screen when paired with your compatible smartphone.
Sync With The Garmin Connect App
See your health and fitness information all in one place. The Garmin Connect app on your compatible smartphone is a thriving online community where people on the go can connect, compete and share.
Built-In Sports
Do whatever you love with preloaded activity profiles for running, cycling, swimming, strength training, indoor climbing, skiing, snowboarding, golf, yoga, Pilates and more.
Obstavle Course Racing
Track your performance during obstacle course events — with split times recorded between running and obstacle sections while you race. After manually recording splits during your first loop, you can focus solely on the race from there as splits will be automatically recorded. Then, review your stats after the race.
HIIT Workouts
This activity profile tracks your HIIT workouts, including AMRAP, EMOM, Tabata and custom. Set the number of rounds, work/rest intervals and more.
V02 Max
Train smarter with VO2 max, an indicator of how you can expect to perform. It even accounts for changes in performance that could be caused by heat or altitude.
Daily Suggested Workouts
View your entire week of daily suggested workouts, which adapt after every run or ride to match your performance and recovery as well as the races coming up in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar.
Recovery Time
After each workout, recovery time lets you know when you’ll be ready for another hard workout. It even accounts for training intensity and factors such as stress, daily activity and sleep.
Wrist-based HR
Get heart rate data along with alerts if your heart rate stays too high or too low while you’re at rest. Gauge how hard your heart is working during activities.
Sleep Score and Advanced Sleep Monitoring
Get a full breakdown of your light, deep and REM sleep stages. View it all on a dedicated widget that includes your sleep score and insights.
Morning Report
Receive an overview of your sleep, recovery and training outlook as soon as you wake up — alongside HRV status and weather. You can even customize your report to show you what you want to see.
Body Battery Energy Monitoring
Optimize your body’s energy reserves, using heart rate variability, stress, sleep and other data to gauge when you’re ready to be active or when you may need to rest.
Pulse Ox
For altitude acclimation or sleep monitoring, a Pulse Ox sensor uses light beams at your wrist to estimate how well your body is absorbing oxygen.
HRV Status
Gain a deeper understanding of your overall health, training and recovery through heart rate variability while you sleep, based on technology developed by our Firstbeat Analyticsâ„¢ team.
General
Lens Material
Power Glass
Bezel & Case Material
fiber-reinforced polymer
QuickFit Watch Band Compatible
yes (26 mm)
Strap Material
silicone
Physical Size
50 x 50 x 14.5 mm, Fits wrists with a circumference of 145-228 mm
LED Flashlight
yes
Display Size
custom, two-window design; 1.1” x 1.1” (27 x 27 mm)
Display Resolution
176 x 176 pixels
Display Type
monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
Weight
67 g
Water Rating
10 ATM
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
Charging Method
Garmin proprietary plug charger
Memory/History
64 mb
Clock Features
Time/Date
yes
GPS Time Sync
yes
Automatic Daylight Savings Time
yes
Alarm Clock
yes
Timer
yes
Stopwatch
yes
Sunrise/Sunset Times
yes
Sensors
GPS
yes
Glonass
yes
Galileo
yes
Multi-Frequency Positioning
yes
Garmin Elevate Wrist Heart Rate Monitor
yes
Barometric Altimeter
yes
Compass
yes
Gyroscope
yes
Accelerometer
yes
Thermometer
yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor
yes
Health Monitoring
Wrist-based HR
yes
Daily Resting HR
yes
Abnormal HR Alerts
Yes (high and low)
Respiration Rate (24x7)
Yes
Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation
Yes
Fitness Age
Yes, in app
Body Battery Energy Monitoring
Yes
All-Day Stress
yes
Relaxation Breathing Timer
yes
Sleep & Score insights
yes
Hydration
yes (in Garmin Connect)
Women's Health
yes (in Garmin Connect)
Health Snapshot
yes
Daily Smart Features
Connectivity
Bluetooth®, ANT+®
Connect IQ (widgets, Data, Faces)
yes
Smart Notifications
yes
Text Response/Reject Phone Call With Text
yes, Android Only
Calendar & Weather
yes
Realtime Settings Sync with Garmin Connect Mobile
yes
Battery Saver
yes
Controls Smartphone Music
yes
Find my Phone/Watch
yes
VIRB Remote
yes
Smartphone Compatibility
iPhone®, Android™
Garmin Pay
yes
Safety And Tracking
Livetrack
yes
Assistance
yes
Incident Detection During Select Activities
yes
Dual Grid Coordinates
yes
Activity Tracking
Toe-to-Toe Challenges App
yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe™ Challenges app)
Step Counter
yes
Move Bar
yes
Auto Goal
yes
Calories Burned
yes
Floors Climbed
Yes
Distance Travelled
Yes
Intensity Minutes
Yes
TrueUp
Yes
Move IQ
Yes
Garmin Connect Challenges App
Yes (optional connect IQ App)
Gym Fitness Equipment
Automatic Rep Counting
yes
Workouts
Cardio, Strength, HIIT, Yoga,and Pilates
Running Features
Available Run Profiles
Running, Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running
Running Dynamics
Yes (with compatible accessory)
Vertical Oscillation And Ratio
Yes (with compatible accessory)
Ground Contact Time And Balance
Yes (with compatible accessory)
Stride Length (Real Time)
Yes (with compatible accessory)
Cadence (Provides Real-Time Number Of Steps Per Minute)
Yes
Performance Condition
Yes
Lactate Threshold
Yes
Run Workouts
Yes
Running Power
Yes
Grade-Adjusted Pace
Yes
Trail Run Auto Climb
Yes
Race Predictor
Yes
Foot Pod Capable
Yes
Run/Walk/Stand Detection
Yes
GPS Based Distance, Time and Pace
Yes
Instinct 2X Solar
USB-C charging/data cable
Documentation