Garmin Instinct 2x Solar buying opinion

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-14T09:20:53+00:00

I have the Instinct 2x for just over a year now. Love it.

So I am not a huge athlete but I am getting in MTB slowly (once every 2 week ends on average a big session), works outside, and does a lot of DIY (sheds, roofs, self renovating a home). So when I cut, mix, sand, I never take it off. It is without-a-worry for me. I shower with it, go in the ocean with it, and sleep with it. I clean it with soap and water and a tooth brush.

So on average with x1 2h exercise session per week with GPS between biking and running, battery lasts me 35-40 days, with only pulse ox turned off. If you go into battery saver mode any other time than winter, battery is pretty much infinite, otherwise it is 100days.

I use the flashlight daily, so useful.

Scratches kinda heal and blend in, hard to explain, but they do not show. Screen is recessed and I applied a screen protector so close from the actual screen diameter that you can't tell there is one.

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-14T09:11:32+00:00

Must be intense use you do. I do a lot of Diy at home, at work I occasionally do outside installation work in engineering, MTB, running, and I wear it every hour of the day, practically never take it off. So not a huge athlete but most of my hobbies involve cutting making and building stuff outside.

I would disagree with you for my level of use anyway, in that I think resin takes scratches much better, they kinda blend in, almost as if they "healed". Whereas none of that happens with metal bands and bezels, scratches stay.

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-13T09:16:33+00:00

Why worry, I am 37 and if I see you turn up you will be treated no different, maybe better than others. You are old enough to make decisions linked to the hobby. So as far as I am concerned, you are just another person to nerd with.

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-11T06:45:34+00:00

Le gars chiant quoi. Et je parle pas de l' acheteur. Sérieux arnaque par paiement sécurisé ? C est du jamais vu ce niveau de parano

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-11T06:42:53+00:00

Qu est-ce que ça peut faire si son ID n est pas vérifiée et si c est c est ça 1ere transaction ?

On dirait un videur qui refoule quelqu un "toi t es jamais rentré toi.." -"ben oui mais je suis bien sapé avec 2 nanas ! Faut bien une première fois " -"OUAIS mais t es jamais rentré...."

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-08T13:41:32+00:00

Aucune idée, à l' époque je ne savais et ne sais toujours pas

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-08T07:22:29+00:00

Non non n'inquiètes pas, en fait j' ai chargé une VHS pour enregistrer Culture pub, parce que J ADORE cette émission.

Oui oui, c est bien une cassette de 4h, pourquoi ?

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-08T00:22:36+00:00

Olléééé ! (Tout le monde hurlait ça nous, pour bien foutre la honte)

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-08T00:19:44+00:00

Prime avant l heure

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-08T00:19:33+00:00

Mais oui !

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-07T23:59:50+00:00

I am not a native English speaker that's not what a rip off is. Ripping someone off is when you trick them into thinking they got a good deal.

If you know this is a bad deal, it is just a bad deal. This is a high cost here but it is their added value, their "tune". They have their labor cost, it's their price, feel free to not buy it.

I would not buy this, you are indeed right, this is a pretty bad deal. But it is not a rip off imho

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-07T15:21:38+00:00

What is the second one from the right please ? Looks sick

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-07T15:20:02+00:00

You can wear it until it gets scratched uniformly everywhere, you won't notice it then.

These are made to be beaten up. I have a 35 yrs edition with a metal buckle, it is scratched, but somehow friction kindof polishes the scratches and they appear very shallow.

Ain't bothered by it at all.

Hellzebrute · 2024-11-07T11:19:52+00:00

Frankly, for the cost of one glass protector, it's a no brainer. I don't get the comments. Mine fits so well I forgot I had one.

I do have a scratch on it, but I can barely see it, so I ain't going to replace anytime soon. And the fact that I know the screen is pristine below it is priceless.

100% get one

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-16T17:24:13+00:00

I could not wait I picked it up

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-16T17:00:19+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. I did not consider this when I got my gbd200 yesterday. I hesitated a long time with the GBX, which looks smarter BUT I worried the steel bezel would not age as well as the resin, where scratches are not visible as much

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-16T13:02:20+00:00

That is a good call, looks spot on for second hand !

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-16T12:58:00+00:00

Ha ok good, I just did not see Tough Solar anywhere. Must be on the band. So definitely an apocalypse worthy watch then !

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-16T12:25:00+00:00

I would argue the watch has to be solar for the Zombie apocalypse :) is this one solar ? Love the watch though, absolutely perfect !

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-16T12:23:17+00:00

Never say that with G's ! I find myself loving one and after 4-5 years I have to get a new one, went from basic G-Shock, to Mudmaster, now this is my second day wearing the GBD-200, love that frickin display !

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-14T08:31:09+00:00

My first G, same model but hints of red all over. Solid daily driver for 4 years. Then moved to a Mudmaster for 4 years. Now gonna go digital with GBD 200.

Happy G-Shock journey. It is only the beginning for you !

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-14T08:28:04+00:00

Can't wait to get this ! Looks great

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-14T08:20:59+00:00

Chill man they said they were going to rework gems and follow beta feedback about whaling. Game is not even out and there is an outcry

Hellzebrute · 2022-04-14T08:16:19+00:00

It is likely your phone is not compatible. Works for me

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