Garmin Instinct 2X Solar - Tactical Black | 50 mm
Garmin Instinct 2X Solar - Tactical Black | 50 mm
Version/Colour
Tactical
Tactical
Features
Overview
Tough, solar powered watch with a large, rugged 50 mm case polymer case that is water rated to 10ATM and military standards for thermal, shock and water resistance.
Features
- Solar powered rugged watch with 50 mm fibre-reinforced polymer case
- Water-rated to 100 metres, thermal and shock resistance to military standards
- Exceptionally long/potentially unlimited battery life with solar powered lens and power manager
- Multi-band dual-frequency GNSS support for superior positional accuracy - GPS, GLONASS and Galileo
- Built-in multi-LED flashlight with variable intensities and red safety light mode
- ABC Sensors - 3-axis compass, altimeter and barometer
- Preloaded built-in sport apps: running, cycling, swimming and more
- Track HIIT workouts including AMRAP, EMOM and Tabata
- Measures VO2 max, suggest daily workouts and expected recovery times
- MTB Dynamics: Tracks details of every ride with mountain biking metrics
- Tracback routing - Navigate same route back to your starting point
- Wrist-based heart rate sensor
- Monitors stress, sleep, energy levels, Pulse OX, fitness age and women's health
- Smart notifications: texts, emails, alerts and social media
- Full Garmin Connect IQ app support
- Contactless Garmin Pay
- Calendar view when paired with smartphone
- Incident detection; send live location to contacts when pair with phone
Difference between Garmin Instinct 2X and Instinct 2 series
- All watches come with Solar as standard
- Watch size increased to 50mm and display to 1.1" from 0.9"
- Significant improvements to battery life based on right conditions - see spec tab for details
- Addition of multi-band dual frequency GNSS support which means very accuracy location accuracy
- Addition of multi-LED flashlight with white and red modes with various options
- Solar lens produces 50% more energy than the Instinct 2 Solar
- Memory increased to 64 MB from 32 MB
- New software including: Morning Report, Training Readiness
- Additonal pre-loaded activities: Obstacle Course Racing
Tactical edition as Instinct 2X with following extras
- Night vision compatibility
- Stealth mode that disables 1. GPS position sharing and storing and, 2. wireless connectivity
- Dual-position format display: UTM and MGRS
- Jumpmaster Modes: HAHO and HALO
- Tactical activity location data available in UTM or MGRS
- Kill switch feature
Product Screen Shots
Package Includes
- Instinct 2X Solar Tactical - Black
- Charging/data cradle
- Documentation
Specs
Technical Specification
| Garmin Instinct 2X Solar - Tactical Black | 50 mm | Product Code: 010-02805-03 |
General | |
| Lens material | Power Glass |
| Bezel material | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| Case material | Fibre-reinforced polymer |
| QuickFit watch band compatible | yes (26 mm) |
| Strap material | Silicone |
| Physical size | 50 x 50 x 14.5mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 145-228 mm |
| LED flashlight | yes |
| Display Size | custom, two-window design; 27 x 27 mm (1.1" x 1.1") |
| 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* *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 |
| Charging method | Garmin proprietary plug charger |
| Memory/history | 64 MB |
Clock features | |
| Time/date | yes |
| GPS time sync | yes |
| Automatic daylight saving time | yes |
| Alarm clock | yes |
| Timer | yes |
| Stopwatch | yes |
| Sunrise/sunset times | yes |
Health monitoring | |
| Wrist-based heart rate (constant, every second) | yes |
| Daily Resting Heart Rate | yes |
| Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts | Yes (high and low) |
| Respiration Rate (24x7) | yes |
| Pulse Ox Blood Oxygen Saturation | yes |
| Fitness Age | Yes (in app) |
| Body Battery Energy Monitor | yes |
| All-day Stress | yes |
| Relaxation Breathing Timer | yes |
| Sleep | yes |
| Sleep Score and Insights | yes |
| Hydration | Yes (in Garmin Connect) |
| Women's Health | Yes (in Garmin Connect) |
| Health Snapshot | 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 |
Daily smart features | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth, ANT+ |
| Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) | yes |
| Smart Notifications | yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android only) | yes |
| Calendar | yes |
| Weather | yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile | yes |
| Battery Saver - customisable low power watch | yes |
| Controls smartphone music | yes |
| Find my phone | yes |
| Find my watch | yes |
| VIRB camera remote | yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone, Android |
| Compatible with Garmin Connect Mobile | yes |
| Garmin Pay | yes |
Safety and tracking features | |
| LiveTrack | yes |
| Incident Detection during select activities | yes |
| Assistance | yes |
Tactical features | |
| Stealth mode | yes |
| Night vision mode | yes |
| Dual grid coordinates | yes |
| KILL SWITCH | yes |
Activity tracking features | |
| Step counter | yes |
| Move bar (displays on device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) | yes |
| Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step 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) |
Fitness equipment/gym | |
| Automatic rep counting | yes |
| Cardio workouts | yes |
| Strength workouts | yes |
| HIIT workouts | yes |
| Yoga workouts | yes |
| Pilates workouts | yes |
Training, planning and analysis features | |
| HR Zones | yes |
| HR Alerts | yes |
| HR Calories | yes |
| HR Max | yes |
| HRR | yes |
| Recovery Time | yes |
| Auto Max HR | yes |
| Morning report | yes |
| HRV Status | yes |
| Training Readiness | yes |
| HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+ to paired devices) | Yes (using ANT+) |
| Respiration Rate (During Exercise) | yes |
| GPS speed and distance | yes |
| Customisable screen(s) | yes |
| Customisable activity profiles | yes |
| Auto Pause | yes |
| Interval training | yes |
| Advanced workouts | yes |
| Downloadable training plans | yes |
| Power Modes - customisable in-activity battery settings | yes |
| HRM running pace and distance | yes |
| Auto Lap | yes |
| Manual lap | yes |
| Configurable lap alerts | yes |
| Heat and Altitude Acclimation | yes |
| VO2 Max (Run) | yes |
| VO2 Max (Trail Run) | yes |
| Training Status | yes |
| Training Load | yes |
| Training Effect | yes |
| Training Effect (Anaerobic) | yes |
| Primary benefit (Training Effect labels) | yes |
| Improved Recovery Time | yes |
| Daily Suggested Workouts | yes |
| Customisable alerts | yes |
| Audio prompts | yes |
| Finish time | yes |
| Virtual partner | yes |
| Race an activity | yes |
| Auto multisport activities | yes |
| Multi-sport | yes |
| Course guidance | yes |
| Touch and/or button lock | yes |
| Hot keys | yes |
| Auto scroll | yes |
| Activity history on watch | yes |
| Physio TrueUp | yes |
| Unified training status | yes |
Running features | |
| Available run profiles | Running, Outdoor Track Running, Treadmill Running, Indoor Track Running, Trail Running |
| GPS-based distance, time and pace | yes |
| 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 |
| Running power | yes |
| Grade-adjusted pace | yes |
| Performance condition | yes |
| Lactate threshold | Yes (with compatible accessory) |
| Run workouts | yes |
| Trail run auto climb | yes |
| Race predictor | yes |
| Foot pod capable | yes |
| Run/Walk/Stand detection | yes |
Golfing features | |
| Yardage to F/M/B (distance to front, middle and back of green) | yes |
| Yardage to layups/doglegs | yes |
| Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) | Manual |
| Digital scorecard | yes |
| Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) | yes |
| Garmin AutoShot | yes |
| Auto CourseView updates | yes |
| Green View with manual pin position | yes |
| Hazards and course targets | yes |
| Round timer/odometer | yes |
| Automatic club tracking compatible (requires accessory) | yes |
| Pairs with Garmin Golf app | yes |
| Tournament legal | yes |
Outdoor recreation | |
| Available outdoor recreation profiles | Hiking, Indoor Climbing, Bouldering, Climbing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Backcountry Snowboarding, XC Classic Skiing, Backcountry Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Surfing, Hunting, Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Snowshoeing, Fishing, Horseback Riding, Tennis, Tactical, Obstacle Course Racing |
| Point-to-point navigation | yes |
| Bread crumbtrail in real time | yes |
| Back to start | yes |
| TracBack | yes |
| UltraTrac mode | yes |
| Reference point | yes |
| Elevation profile | yes |
| Distance to destination | yes |
| Barometric trend indicator with storm alert | yes |
| Vertical speed | yes |
| Total ascent/descent | yes |
| Future elevation plot | yes |
| GPS coordinates | yes |
| Sight 'N Go | yes |
| Area calculation | yes |
| Projected waypoint | yes |
| Sun and moon information | yes |
| XERO Locations | yes |
| Wind meter compatible | yes |
| Expedition GPS Activity | yes |
| Tides | yes |
| Tides Glance | yes |
Cycling features | |
| Available cycling profiles | Bike, Road Bike, Mountain Bike, Gravel Bike, Bike Commute, Bike Tour, eBike , Bike Indoor, Cyclocross, Triathlon |
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | yes |
| Courses | yes |
| MTB Grit & Flow | yes |
| Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) | yes |
| Race an activity | yes |
| FTP (Functional threshold power) | yes |
| Compatible with Vector and Rally (power meters) | yes |
| Power meter compatible | yes |
| Advanced cycling dynamics | Yes (in app) |
| Compatible with Varia radar (rear-facing radar) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia lights | yes |
| Speed and cadence sensor support (w/sensor) | yes |
Swimming features | |
| Available swim profiles | Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming |
| Open-water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, stroke distance, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | yes |
| Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count, swim efficiency (SWOLF), calories) | yes |
| Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) (pool swim only) | yes |
| Drill logging (pool swim only) | yes |
| Basic rest timer (up from 0) (pool swim only) | yes |
| "Repeat on" rest timer (pool swim only) | yes |
| Auto rest (pool swim only) | yes |
| Time and distance alerts | yes |
| Countdown start | yes |
| Pool swim workouts | yes |
| Underwater wrist-based heart rate | yes |
| Heart rate from external HRM (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) | yes |
Kid activity tracking features | |
| Toe-to-Toe Challenges app | Yes (optional Connect IQ Toe-to-Toe Challenges app) |
Connectivity | |
| Smart trainer control | yes |
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