Thinking of buying an Instinct Solar Tactical or Surf...

Be sure you know what your are buying, I watched a lot of videos before buying my instinct solar. The biggest complaint was the temp sensor is inaccurate (this is because its next to your skin, manual says to remove watch to get an accurate reading). I have been very happy with mine so far after a month.

There is currently an issue with tide times on the surf, as mentioned in this forum and some issues with hiking routes, However Garmin support and devs are active here and do seem to try to resolve these issues by listening to their customers.

Adam

Thank you Adam. My biggest concern is battery life and just generally things not working as they should. If I'm spending £300-£350 on a smartwatch, I don't want to question whether time time or data is incorrect. I've read in a few posts about the battery depleting quicker than it should after a while, so again.. paying extra for the solar charging you want it to give you the battery life it should.

I came from a huawei smart watch i was charging every night, I can comfortably go 2 weeks with instinct solar, doing 1 to 2 activities a week. After a charge and normal settings I get an estimated 24 days life.

The Solar feature wont make the battery last forever, just compliment the battery (unless you have it set to only tell the time and nothing else!) - I have not made much use of it in the current weather as it tends to be covered by my sleeves.

What the solar version does have over the non solar version is updated sensors.

Hope this helps

Adam