Garmin Instinct® 3 Tactical, Solar, 50mm, Black | Larger-Sized Outdoor GPS Smartwatch, Solar Charging, Dedicated Tactical Features, Metal-Reinforced Bezel, Built-In Flashlight

This is a watch that fills a lot of needs if you are a fitness junkie or someone trying to be a super Sapper. This watch has become my favorite watch I've ever owned and its well balanced between being a smartwatch and being like a digtal watch.There's a lot of pros and very little cons. Pros. *Its not flashy and keeps people from thinking it's an expensive watch. *Its damn good at using your GPS position for when you use the Garmin app for military rucks or basic 3 mile runs. *Its flashlight on it is nice for when you don't know one is and has a green light and strobe mode for if you were injured or in danger. *The Fitness part is a solid piece of it, the tracking for treadmills, Kayaking or even stair climbing are on point or close to it compared to apple, fit bit, or samsung. (Its off 0.04 compared to a Samsung watch which is around 0.14.) *High Durability and great battery life. Battery has last me 28 days on a single charge and had taken a hell've beating from being smacked on hmmves all day. CONS *The price is a little bit extreme for how limited some of the features. *Its charging cable is not in normal stores, meaning if it's lost or broken you have to wait a couple days for one to get shipped. *For some people this watch is way to simple.(Its why you actually buy the damn thing to be honest.) Meaning it can us NFC to use tap to pay. *It has green light instead of read light for light displine.(because it's an emergency strobe light color.) *Can use up it's battery if you don't turn of postion tracking, Fitness training, or stopwatch. Summary of it the Watch it's worth the money if it's on sale and it's complaint with AR 670-1 as well as the ability to use it in any AITs after basic. Highly recommend.

The Garmin Instinct Tactical Solar is an exceptional smartwatch built for durability, reliability, and performance. The solar charging is a game changer, delivering incredible battery life that easily outlasts most smartwatches—perfect for outdoor adventures, training, and daily wear. The watch is rugged and military-grade tough, yet comfortable on the wrist. GPS tracking is accurate, and the tactical features like Stealth Mode, Night Vision compatibility, and Kill Switch add serious value for tactical or professional use. Health and fitness tracking are spot-on, including heart rate, stress, and activity monitoring. If you want a no-nonsense, ultra-durable smartwatch with excellent battery life and reliable performance, the Garmin Instinct Tactical Solar is absolutely worth it. Highly recommended for outdoor enthusiasts, athletes, and tactical users alike. 💪⌚

Great watch with great battery life. I had an Instinct 2 Solar and never really took the time to learn how to use it. I watched some videos on the Instinct 3 and learned my way around before it showed up. This knowledge was a game changer. This watch does everything. It’s a bit pessimistic about my sleep quality, but the metrics themselves are valuable.

This watch is amazing. Big jump from instinct 1 to instinct 3! The battery is great, the face is great, the GPS is even better. I’m loving the ability to download other setups that people have created. Is a bit pricey, but you get what you for for and it shows! I still haven’t figured out all the functions as there’s way more than I expected.

Over a month is battery life and does soooooo soooo much. Best purchase I’ve made. Best watch. Tracks sleep great and the light is very handy. Absolutely the dream watch I didn’t know existed until I had this one for almost a year now.

Amazing watch by Garmin. Have had several samsung watches and they seem to let me down. The interface and ease of set up in a big bonus. Pairs easily with your phone and get all notifications. Added benefit of a built in flashlight that comes in handy often.

The Garmin Instinct 3 Tactical Edition is an excellent watch overall. It delivers everything you’d expect from a rugged, outdoor-focused Garmin device — reliable GPS, strong battery life, tactical features, customizable profiles, and a lightweight, comfortable design that disappears on the wrist even during long workdays or workouts. Performance-wise, it’s fast, accurate, and consistent. The solar charging capability is a great bonus if you spend a lot of time outside, and the interface is easy to navigate once you get used to Garmin’s button layout. For fitness, job-site use, and daily wear, it’s genuinely a powerhouse. The only area worth calling out is the display. While Garmin markets the durability, the lens can scratch more easily than expected. It’s not a dealbreaker, but it’s definitely something to be aware of. I would strongly recommend pairing the watch with a quality screen protector right away to avoid unnecessary marks and keep the display looking new. Aside from that, this is a fantastic watch with impressive functionality and rugged performance. If you take the simple precaution of adding a screen protector, the Instinct 3 Tactical becomes a truly reliable and long-lasting companion for both work and training.

My Apple Watch Series 7 battery began to last a crisp 13 hours, so I bought a Garmin. I bought the Forerunner 570 and really liked it. It looks sleek and is really light, which is awesome for running. However, it felt bland and I found myself not getting anything out of the advanced running features, so I switched to this watch. Long story short, I love it. There are things this watch lacks compared to the forerunner: older gen heart rate sensor, no skin temp sensor, can’t download music and pair to headphones, no speaker/mic, no touchscreen, no customizable notification settings (there is one vibration and one tone, and you can only choose for apps, texts, and calls; however this is not a problem because there is a workaround in IOS settings where you can turn off the Notification Center option for individual apps, and those apps will no longer buzz on your watch, only on your phone). What makes this watch so much cooler than the forerunner: the MIP display. It is genuinely so rad how it looks. It gives the watch character and sets it apart from the whole ‘strap a computer onto your wrist’ look. And by the way, the MIP looks 1000x times better in the sunlight than the AMOLED. It looks kinda like a kindle display. It is so clear in the sunlight it is shocking. The run tracking is in my opinion, just as good for my standards, though the Forerunner is objectively more accurate if you are a serious athlete looking to push your limits. The flashlight is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. The battery is life is epic. Still no maps, but you can track yourself and backtrack or save a location and later select it and it will use gps to guide you to it. Pretty expensive but hoping it’ll last. Safe to say I’m really impressed and do not see myself wanting a different watch in the near future. (If you got fenix type money than go for it but I certainly do not and think the instinct looks pretty darn cool)

Great if you're in the armed forces. Well worth the money.

Ame este reloj. El gps es brutal. Todas las mediciones de HR, clima, sueño, alertas, la conexión con el celular es increible. De los mejores relojes.

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Switched to this after years on Apple Watch, and it’s been a rough two weeks. Accuracy is the biggest letdown: sleep tracking is consistently wrong (logged my sleep start 2 hours late one night, cut it short by over an hour another), and heart rate dropped to 0 mid-run despite a snug fit. Since scores like Body Battery and Training Readiness are built on that same data, they end up unreliable too. Quality issues followed: the strap already shows visible wear after just two weeks, and the Garmin Connect app is clunky: constant loading screens and blank “no data” errors that need a force quit to clear. On battery life, solar charging is genuinely solid, that part delivers as promised. But value for money takes a hit from the Connect+ subscription: I was charged, got a payment confirmation, then had it silently cancelled a week later, and support refused to investigate despite proof of payment. Coming from Apple Watch where things just quietly work, this felt like a downgrade. Returned it.

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