Garmin Instinct Crossover Solar, Rugged Hybrid Smartwatch with Solar Charging Capabilities, Analog Hands and Digital Display, Graphite, Adjustable

This is my 3rd garmin instinct; I had two of the original model. I am a big fan of these watches; they do everything I need and nothing I don't. Just like the original, this model is great for tracking your workouts, hikes, bike rides, etc. I use it to get limited notifications from my phone as well, though most of my phone notifications are turned off on the watch. I like the old school styling and the simple display, which gives it fantastic battery life. I generally charge the watch about every 2 weeks. I am a little disappointed in the solar aspect; I spend more time outdoors than most people and the solar doesn't seem to add much to the battery life, unless this new model has a much shorter battery life than the original models. I am also somewhat disappointed in the luminosity of the hands; they don't glow much and are hard to see in the dark. On the plus side, the HR monitor on this one seems more accurate than the original models. When i need a new watch, I would probably buy this one again.

Fantastic watch, replaced my Garmin Vivoactive. I love the solar charging and analog hands. The charge lasts weeks, rather than days from my last one. Even when the face runs low on battery, the hands keep time.

I love everything about the watch - EXCEPT - the main reason I purchased it was to count laps for me while swimming. It is frustratingly bad at that. Garmin provides guidance suggesting a strong push off from the wall. However, the count loses anywhere from 1-3 lengths for every 10 that I swim. Adding to the frustration, is the pool at my place is small - 37'. For whatever reason, Garmin has limited the lower end of the pool size to 42'. So I set the length to be double the 37' to 74' to make it easy to track so all I should have to do is halve the distance displayed. For some reason, the watch actually quadruples the distance when tracking my swim. So while the length count is somewhat accurate; the distance displayed is right around 4X the actual distance covered. I'm not sure why any of these issues happen. The watch contains both GPS and a compass. You would think with those sensors, it would be easy for the watch to determine that you have reversed direction when swimming laps. Hopefully, these issues will be addressed in future software upgrades.Aside from the lap swimming issue, the watch is great. The pool swimming issue aside, the software for tracking your activities and sleep is very well thought out. The integration with my Android phone is well executed. I can see incoming texts, emails, calls. I can even respond with pre-configured responses. I can mark to-dos as done. In my experience, the watch holds at least 2-3 weeks of charge (it says 24 days when fully charged.) But, unless you spend many hours a day outside in the sun, you are going to have to plug it in at some point during this period to recharge.Update - after 20 months. I'm happy to report that a recent update has finally fixed the lap counting issue. This is a great watch. Adding a star!

Typical Garmin quality. I use it for multi-sports (triathlon, running, biking, swimming) as well as daily activity tracking (walking, etc). Seamlessly connects to my iPhone 12 Max Pro running the Garmin Connect app. It work flawlessly. Quick uplinks to the GPS satellites and very accurate time/distance tracking. The analog hand are excellent. A quick glance and I can easily see the time, much better than the digitally rendered “analog” hands on my Fenix 6X. It has become my daily wear watch. He only time I switch back to my Fenix is when I am racing - the bigger dial shows bigger, more easily read digits on the watch face.All in all, for me, another winning product from Garmin.

Let me preface this review by saying I love this watch, it's design, and it's functionality. It's GPS is super accurate, as is the heart rate calculation. The battery easily lasts me two weeks.The Instinct Crossover, however, has a terrible design flaw. If you leave an indoor environment and enter anything at or below 40 degrees F, the entire watch develops condensation on the inside of the glass. It stays condensated until you enter a warm environment. The watch is rendered useless while outside, as the condensation covers most of the display and obscures information.I've spoken to Garmin, and they claim that this is perfectly normal and referred me to a link on their site discussing it.I know people with other non-hybrid Garmin watches, and this does not happen to them. My theory is that it has to do with the greater separation between the glass and display due to the hands.This is unacceptable for $400, especially in a watch geared for outdoor use (it even has skiing as an activity for tracking). I wish beyond anything that I could get a refund, but am past my return period. Don't make the same mistake I did.