Instinct Suggestions List

You buy a product knowing it’s current features but like anything, after using it you can come up with improvements and suggestions based on the watch and what is was designed for. Since we have a plethora of topics here, ideas and suggestions are all over the place, so I figured I’d create a topic to help people organize some of them.

So, below I’ll post a few suggestions based on my experience. If you agree with a suggestion (whether with me or anyone else), +1 it so Garmin knows. Post yours and let’s see what happens.

I’ll begin:

1. Timers- Give the user the ability to reorganize the Timers or have it automatically sort based on length of time (longest to shortest or vice versa).

2. Stopwatch- There is more than enough room to put the time of day. A lot of waste room on the SW screen.

3. Setting GPS- Unless I’m missing something, you have to set the GPS and it’s connection type per activity. It would be nice to set it on one (GPS or GPS/GLONASS or GPS/Galileo). Because of apps and websites like GNSS View, you can see the satellites above you and you can adjust your GPS connection settings accordingly.

4. Battery %- This is straightforward. We should be able to see the exact % of battery remaining.
  • I would also like to request the battery level indicator in percentage (and days remaining) for the regular Garmin Instinct as is available for the Garmin Instinct Solar. The 5 bar system is simply just too vague. Everything else about this watch is amazing.

  • I would also like to request

    Just to set expectations...

    1. The previous post in this thread is now over 2 years old.

    2. The base Instinct model is now also over 2 years old.

    3. The base Instinct has been on sale recently for as much as 33% off, at least in some markets, suggesting that a new model is coming soon.

    So if Garmin is following this thread and paying attention to the features requested in it, it's more likely those features will be available in a new Instinct model rather than retrofitted into the current model.