The Instinct 2X Solar is a large solar- powered smartwatch

Garmin has unveiled the Instinct 2X Solar, the new addition to the popular Instinct 2 family of rugged, purpose-built smartwatches. The Instinct 2X Solar and Instinct 2X Solar – Tactical Edition are both designed to handle the most extreme environments with a highly legible display in a 50mm fiber-reinforced polymer case.

Built To Last

Built to U.S. military standards (MIL-STD-810) for thermal shock, water resistance and shock, the solar-powered smartwatches are water-rated up to 10 ATM. Each feature a chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Power Glass lens, making these Garmin smartwatches more rugged than anything else on the market right now.

Infinite Battery Hack

Moreover, the lens on these smartwatches assist in extending battery life, producing 50 percent more energy than the standard Instinct 2 solar watch. Solar charging gives unlimited battery life in smartwatch mode 2 allowing users to do what they love longer without worrying about recharging their watch.

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New Features

The Instinct 2X Solar introduces an integrated LED flashlight with variable intensities, with an adjustable red or white light that illuminates your surroundings for greater visibility. In strobe mode, the light will match a running cadence and alternate between white and red so users can be seen and confidently take each stride.

The Instinct 2X Solar also provides all the features you want and data that you can use to pursue wellness, fitness and lifestyle goals as well as navigate outdoor adventures such as keep tabs on body metrics with 24/7 health and wellness tracking, including wrist-based heart rate, advanced sleep monitoring, respiration tracking and more.

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The First Of Its Kind

On top of that, the Instinct 2X Solar is also the first smartwatch to offer obstacle course racing as an activity, which includes running segments and obstacles of various types. This allows you to manually record obstacle splits and once obstacles are marked for the first lap, the remaining laps will be tracked automatically.

The Garmin Instinct 2X Solar Tactical Edition is also packed with features specific to tactical operations including Jump master and tactical preloaded activities, projected way points, dual-position GPS formatting and Night-Vision Compatibility.

You can also enable stealth mode, which prevents sharing of GPS position and disables wireless communication while leaving GPS location visible on the watch face but not saved to the device memory or able to be shared. This allows for training functionality in areas with location security concerns without revealing your location.

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More information can be found on the Official Garmin Flagship Store.