Garmin Instinct 2: Scientific Review!
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Intro: In this video we’ll test the heart rate monitoring, GPS tracking, oxygen saturation measurements, and sleep tracking of the Garmin Instinct 2. We’ll also compare it to many of the other Garmin models that were recently released.
First, let me share the most important background on this watch. In my hands, I hold the normal Instinct 2, without Solar charging. If you get the version with solar charging lenses, these will be able to harvest solar energy and extend battery life. However, in all other aspects, both versions have exactly the same design and health features, and should give the same results in all my testing. When it comes to the battery, I’ve found the battery life to be pretty good on the standard model already. After charging it to 100% capacity I’ve been using the Instinct 2 for about a week now, and in that time I wore it all day and night, and used it for about 7 hours of GPS-tracked exercises plus 3 hours of non-GPS tracked workouts, and the watch still holds about half its charge. The reason the battery lasts this long is largely because of the very low-power monochrome display it uses. This display is not a touch-screen, so all functionalities need to be accessed using these 5 buttons. However, I have not found this to be an issue, and the interface is very similar to most of the other new Garmin watches I have tested over the last few weeks. The sensor on the back is also similar to the one used in other high-end Garmin watches, which means it should theoretically be better than the one in the Garmin vivomove Sport for instance.
Conclusions:
Now, based on these results, I would say that the sleep stage tracking of the Instinct 2 is not very good, and generally very similar to many other Garmin devices I recently tested. The main thing I would use it for is tracking my total time in bed, since it does seem to be quite OK at detecting the moment you fall asleep and the moment you wake up. Therefore, overall, I would give the sleep tracking of the Instinct 2, 2 out of 5 stars.
Initially I did not think I would like the Instinct 2 much. Taking it out of the box, it somehow felt somewhat cheap, and I did not like the look. However, having used it for a while, the watch grew on me, and I actually started to like the way it looked and I quite enjoyed using it. I also really appreciate the great battery life, and the fact that I did not have to think much about charging it. Based on my experience so far, overall I would give the watch 3.5 stars overall. It has pretty good heart rate and GPS tracking, whereas the main thing it does not do well is sleep stage tracking. So, if you care about heart rate tracking, it seems to be a solid choice. Speaking of heart rate, I am currently testing the Huawei Watch GT Runner, which is very similar to the Huawei Watch GT 3, which had amazing heart rate tracking; check out that video right here. The Apple Watch is still the undefeated heart rate king, if you want to see more, you can find those videos right here. I’ll also link the recent reviews I did on other Garmin Watches here. Now, I hope this video provided some value, thank you for watching, and catch you in the next video! - Věda a technologie
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I really wanted to love this watch. The incredible battery life, heavy duty build, and relatively low price are pretty important.
The issue is that the only reason for me to wear a watch is health tracking. The actionable key metrics I've narrowed down that need to be tracked are HRV, and sleep efficiency (which may indicate production of SIRT-1), which are not available, or lackluster on this watch.
Think the Polar Grit X performs better in this regard, although it comes up short in the areas i first mentioned.
I'm guessing the spikes in the measurements are a result of a lower sampling rate, which probably increases battery life while sacrificing accuracy.
Thanks for taking the time to make this info available.
Sometimes, we just need people like you to do this kind of stuff. Thank you.
Agree sir!!
" What do you mean "You people"???"
Guess the movie...
dont trust his stuff , he bases it off his sleep tracker that can also be off. my garmin tracks sleep just as good as my fitbit and apple .
false reviews. this is based on your experiences with these devices. the whoop is just as inacurate and the readings are off. i have owned almost all these products . and these tests you run are false. giving the consumor a false sense in their product. next time write a disclaimer this was for your sleep experience only. all these devices u mention of have given me similar or the same reading's. or math and logic is off bro
Loved the new graphics showing the different sections. Super well done
Thanks Ryan, really appreciated! I am imitating the style from MrWhoseTheBoss a lot, and will slowly convert it more in my own style. It is a lot of work to figure out how to do these editing things (and I only have my weekends to do it all). Also, shoutout to "Premiere Gal" for her amazing CZcams videos on editing!
Congratulations on your 100k🔥 totally well deserved!
A quick question, oura ring or whoop or apple watch if you could only choose one for overall health & fitness ?
Hi Mekawi! Thanks for the compliment! Seems like you crossed that threshold a long time ago already, congrats!
I am not sure there is one answer, but I would choose either of these:
(1) Oura Ring for health tracking + ECG chest strap for sports tracking
(2) Whoop strap for health + sports (if I don't vare about weight lifting)
(3) Apple Watch for sports tracking (but not so much general health). If you care about health tracking, I would see if I could find a second hand Oura Ring Gen.2 to add to it
This new format is the one to go with. Structured blocks bring the people back as people love consistency.
Hi Kristián! Thanks for the feedback! I will keep on experimenting, but happy you like this. This hobby of making videos is only satisfying for me if I keep improving my skills in different ways, and editing is for sure one of them
Another great review, and quite important for me. This Instinct 2 could well be suitable for me! I'm not interested in sleep tracking or SpO2, so the good HR, GPS and steps in a watch with long battery life and non-touch screen look like a winning combination
Just ordered my instinct! First watch I’ve gotten like this so went mid tier. You have a great review. Seriously one of the best reviews I have ever seen. Thanks for the knowledge
Thank you brother 💝. Your video is truly a gift for me. It's the kind of review that people need rather than what's the color and what's design videos like other CZcamsrs.
Thanks so much for the compliment Mishkat ! I really appreciate it🙏🏽
Thank you. All the other channels cannot compare. Your quantitative analysis is the best.
Buying this watch as my first watch to assist my with my fitness goals. Thank you
Hey Rob, would love to see the same analysis on the Instinct 2x Solar. This is quite a significantly different device and would be nice to see if Garmin has made any improvements on the SP02 and Sleep tracking features.
I bought it due to your technical review. I'm really impressed.
HR and GPS accuracy are elite. Battery life is awsome too.
Thanks for such an excelent video.
Greetings from Panama.
Loving the new format! Another great objective review!
Thanks Patrick-Julian! I really appreciate the compliments😄
This was really excellent, thank you! You mentioned a number of products in this video, and I noticed you are wearing a device on your arm as well - do you happen to have a video on the data collection devices you use personally?
I am liking the new format of your reviews
Rob, your videos are AMAZING - absolute top notch quality. I'm digging through the unbelievably complicated world of fitness/smart watches as I am in the market. I work in IT and like all the techy details, but in a clear/concise presentation. Your videos provide the level of detail I want, in an ultra clear message. The comparisons of sleep tracking across devices is unbelievably incredible as this is a key feature for me. Thank you SO MUCH for doing what you do. You are a brilliant mind and very easy to listen to/follow. Thank you, thank you!
Thank you Rob! You are truly the polysomnography of smartwatch reviews 😄
Haha, thanks Nenad! Happy to reach your mind and heart😉
The deviation on gps agreement depend heavily on how much 'open-sky' you have around you. There are some great videos going into more depth about the way in which satellite tracking works, but it boils down to how much uninterrupted sky angle you have.
Hoi Rob, thanks for all your work researching all of these devices and sharing your findings with us. I'm looking both for a new fitness band as well as very good sleep tracking. I've watched a lot of your videos, but I find it hard to find the right device or devices for those goals. To zoom in on the sleep tracking, I checked percentage agreement chart you show in a couple of your videos. What confused me a bit was how some scores seem to move in that chart. Take for instance the charge5. In the charge5 video it scores about 62% (worst) and 78% (correct). In this video though it shows as 54% (worst) and 74% (correct). Can you elaborate a bit on this? What also would be very helpful would be to have something like a market roundup every quarter for instance in which you would just go over the sleep detection agreement chart and something similar for the other core health/fitness features each band has. So for instance if I was looking for a device with very good sleep detection features as well as a good heart rate monitor, I would be able to look at the two charts in that video and see which device would score in the upper right quadrant. At that point in time of course as sometimes scores seem to change. Maybe because of retests of updates or something, not sure.. Thank you!
I'm in the same boat. I don't care about the GPS features or any of that. I want HR monitoring, pulse ox, and sleep monitoring. I can't find anything that fits what I want. I have the fitbit charge 5, but the amount of data they actually give you access to is laughable.
It would be cool if you could revisit the sleep tracking accuracy of Garmin wearables at some point. They are powered by Firstbeat Analytics under the hood which are constantly being improved.
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Hey Rob. Absolutely love your reviews. I'm very curious about the polar grit x pro. It's got some very interesting health tests like VO2MAX that it does while you're resting and an orthostatic test. It's got an array of leds under it that test in multiple wavelengths so I suspect it's more accurate than most watches out there. I'm really interested to see how it preforms with your tests. Do you think you'll test it in the future at all? Thanks
I just subscribed. I appreciate the detailed analysis.
Excellent review, thank you. As a fellow scientist--I appreciate the correlation plots with coefficients of determination given. I was on the fence about the watch, but now I am not. I need it!
Thanks for the review. Would you go fenix 6 or instinct 2? They’re about the same price as of now …
Thank you.. Seeing you is like seeing students that perform presentations in front of the lectures..
Congratulations on 100k. I was watching your videos continuously for 3 days and truly I learned a lot. Thanks, buddy. 💝
Hi Rob! Thanks again for your video.
I cannot find an article in which you do a general classification of the best devices by categories. Can you point it to me if you have it?
From your tests, what would you say it is worth to buy if I am looking for something good but middle price range? Maybe you have a top3. Thanks!
I had the first one and I decided to buy the new one !
It was definitely the good choice...
The update is amazing.
Very nice review as always !
Do you plan to make a garmin epix test 2 about sleep tracking like the fenix 7 ?
Very interesting. What about, stress factors and recovery stuff? Is there probably a scientific review you could do? That would interest me a lot😍
Great video! Thank you as I was looking at this particularly to combine an outdoor watch with a sleep tracking device as well. I noticed you are wearing the Oura ring. Is this the best wearable tech you've found for sleep tracking?
Congrats on 100k!!! 👏 🎉
I’ve got this one on order also. Just need to find time to actually make all of these reviews.
Hi Matt! Indeed, it takes so much time to make a single video, so choices have to be made. I am a bit tired of Garmin reviews after the last two months, so time to do some other things. Keep it up man! And, not at the 100k yet, it will at least take one more day😊😉
@@TheQuantifiedScientist - Well, I hope you celebrate! 👌
@@mlegrand Thanks so much Matt! In addition to videography, I can learn from you on how to celebrate things for sure. But, yes, I will definitely enjoy the moment.👍😄
Though, honestly, with the situation here in Europe currently, it does put things into perspective. So, any real celebrating will have to wait a bit. Let's hope it all ends soon.🙏🏽
@@TheQuantifiedScientist - 💯 agree
That was a lot of work. Very informative. Different review from any other I've seen. Thanks
I really enjoyed your review. It's in depth, but not boring.
Excelente te video amigo tengo una pregunta referente a mi instinct 2 solar pasa que cuando estoy midiendo la pulsioximetria esta midiendo y de pronto se apaga , de pronto te sucede lo mismo?
Thank you for the detailed review! I'm curious if you've noticed any improvements in the tracking capabilities of Instinct 2 over the past two years, especially with the release of some software updates. Please share your thoughts or observations.
Thanks for the in-depth review based on your exhaustive testing of this Garmin watch. Have you noticed if its overall accuracy greatly improved for monitoring various types of activites, if worn in tandem with a chest strap, such as Garmin HRM Pro-Plus?
Your dedication is inspiring. You will succeed at everything you do.
Fantastic video mate! Well done and keep it up! 💯
Awesome using the chest strap sensor as a control against the instinct 2 sensor.
Best review by far! Thank you.
You're almost at 100K! Keep it up
Hi RN! Thanks so much, almost there😊
Hi there, great video. Did you wear the watch for over a month? I believe it needs a few weeks for calibration to your body.
Keep up the Hardwork buddy! Subscribed!
Hope there is a comparison between instinct and instinct 2… especially for heart rate accuracy
Could the issues with stages in sleep tracking be in relation to the way you sleep. Is the hr being adversely affected by lying on the wrist or pressure on the watch making the hr hard for the watch to acquire.
I wish all scientists were so thorough ! Awesome !
Wow awesome review! I just subscribed to your channel, so I just ordered the instinct 2 solar tactical Should I keep it of go for the fenix 7?
Hi Rob! Thanks so much for the compliment and the sub. I think the Instinct 2 will perform about the same or better in terms of health tracking, so that is all good. It does not have the fancy maps and touchscreen of the Fenix 7 though. (However, it is better priced). I think I would personally go for the Instinct 2
Solid review thank you
First of all, congrats on the new format, keep going! Always a pleasure watching your video reviews. And still waiting to understand if garmin has something up it's sleeve (just about where they wear their vivomove sport :D ) for my Fenix 6 in the future. But at least they seem to have nailed at least partially the hr monitoring with the new sensor.
Waiting for the Huawei gt 3 running - not sure is the full correct name... They are not good at naming, but that one seems interesting!!
Hi Franky! Thanks so much for the compliments!😊 Yes, I think it is not needed for many people to upgrade each time that a new watch is released. I am sure the Fenix 6 is still a solid watch! Yes, the Huawei Watch GT Runner is currently on my wrist being tested😊
Very good video, so much data, you must have spent many hours to prepare it. Well done.
Hi. Thx for the review. Im curious, Is it easy to read during night time? Auto light during dark? Thank u
awesome video. love the sleep data
And this is REAL review. Thank You !
Exactly
Not that the watch is actually too bad ... But for 400 bucks, no, I expect a lot better.
congrats on 100K!
Hi
Always enjoy these videos.
What is the name of the EEG like device you use for the comparison/gold standard? Is it commercially available?
Thanks
Hi Ted! The EEG device I used in the video is the Dreem 2 headband. It used to be commercially available, but they switched completely to research. In other videos I've used the Hypnodyne Z-Max, and I am still working on putting a PSG device based on openBCI components together.
Are you planning to do a comparison of the dream 2 to other devices like the muse S?
Any chance you are going to be doing a sleep and heart rate study of the new TicWatch GTH Pro?
Just got today and love it already from first time put on my wrist 👌have the solar one btw
Which do you like better this watch or venu 2
What firmware were you running? I noticed the Fenix has received an update (7.24) which contains this improvement: “Improvements made to on-device sleep detection and sleep staging.”
Hi! I mostly used the previous firmware on the Fenix (7.20 I believe). However, in my review of the Epix 2 I also used the new version (7.24) for one night with both devices (epix 2 and fenix 7), and based on that limited data did not notice improvements.
Maybe you should try the SPO2 measurement when doing breath-holds.
hoping you'd review the instinct 2x solar 😅 especially how 24/7 monitoring of hr/spo2 affects battery life
Hi which watch is that you've tested is the best when it comes to both heart rate and GPS?
Congrats for the 100k! Thanks for reviewing the instinct 2! Supprised to see Instinct 2 detect sleep vs awake better than venu 2.
did you ever test the Coros Pace 2?
You are number one in this category and one and only ROB the Great
I really appreciate the compliments Awesome Brotherhood!😊
Hi~ Is it possible to place Apple watch into the sleep tracking agreement plot? I've seen your apple watch sleep tracking video which was really impressive, just wanna now how AW performs comparing to other watch
Hi Rob, Am keen to know if you have your analysis comparing Withings scanwatch2 against the Fenix7S pro solar
Hi Rob, excellent review. I ask you a question about the Polar Verity sense, you left me with doubts because you had mentioned that the AW was better than the Verity sense for weightlifting, but I saw many other comparisons against the H10 and they are almost exact with respect to the verity sense. Have you compared it again?
Hi Franco! Thanks for the question 👍. I did not analyze it since that time, but I did give it to some athletes to test, so maybe I'll have time to analyze their data and get an even better review out😊
For cycling and walking and jumping-about exercises, I have found that my Verity Sense is great and pretty much exactly reproduces the H10 chest strap. If I was just going to have one of them I would choose the Verity!
very good review but i keep trying to find out how good/bad the garmin app is for you phone.
Great reviews, congratulations. It would be nice to make a review about some band or watch for blood pressure :).
Hi! Indeed, good idea! though I have to look for the best BP reference device still, to make sure that it is really reliable
Hi! Is there any reason to believe the 2x would perform differently?
best garmin review I have ever seen
has Garmin fixed the problem with random shutdowns of the Instinct watch? I was close to buying one of these until I saw how many complaints online there were about them not working after two years, or so. Possible it was caused by the watch overheating if vibration alerts were consistently used. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
Hi, so which sport smarthwatch for runners should be the most accurate overall?
I wonder if you can devise an experiment to test the HRV and body battery
would be good to have timestamps like some of the older videos. and swim tests would be amazing aswell for many of these!
which is the best stress monitororing device/smartwatch?
well, this one is really detailed review. Thanks!
I'm thinking to get Fenix6 solar and this one kinda in the same price range. Buuut I think I'll get a Fenix anyway since it has maps. Older sensor is okay I think.
Did your harming freeze when testing????
Hi ...just want to knw does Garmin instinct 1 or 2 track mid day naps also ? Coz many even cheap Chinese watches as well as fitbit watches also track mid day naps ..coz i track those mid day nap .. m planning to shift from fitbit ionic to instict for better battery life.. it's just I love sleep tracking of fitbit .. so expecting good tracking from more expensive watch than my current fitbit
Question!....How long the battery lasted to you? I just bought the instinct 2 solar and it lasted 10 days with little gps use. Definitely not unlimited battery life!!
Can you do one full review for Montblanc Summit 2 plus ?
You’re a happy person Rob! Keep up the good work! :)
Hi Alin! Thanks so much. 😊 Of course I also have days when I am sad, but you don't see those on video😉.
You’re smiling from within and it’s nice when you see that
This is a fantastic analysis. Easy to be sold on fancy new gizmos, thanks for showing how these actually perform.
Please also test ekg/ecg funtionality of e.g. charge 5. thanks for your great work, i like it very much.
do you think switching this to gt runner is clever in terms of heartrate accuracy?
Have you ever tried the casio gshock gbdh1000. I think it would be a bit big for sleep measurements. Great video
Hi! No, I never looked at that one, but I would love to get my hand on a newly released Casio when they come out😊
Venu 2 and Instinct 2 have the same sensors and software. How can the results be different?
Excellent video and great channel. I bought the fenix 7 two weeks ago even though you didn’t recommend it 😂 but I have to say I absolutely love it.
Hi Dave, thanks for the compliment! As I said, it is really a personal choice, and it depends on what you will use it for. Really happy you like it!
@@TheQuantifiedScientist MUSE S ?
I am currently torn on this watch , I picked it up cheap second hand and have always had Casio in the past . Something about it I find really appealing and don't want to upgrade.
If the sleep tracking is bad then this will affect all other stats including body battery and recovery stats
Please test the new Instinct 2X. Thanks.
Thanks 😍
Thank you too Koshi!!
Watched this review even after purchasing and being totally happy with my Instinct 2! Great video though :D
I ordered the Instinct 2X solar tactical
Rob, will you be reviewing redmi smart band pro soon?
According to you which smartwatch is most accurate?
Could you plot the R2 of the heart rate watch vs chest sensor for each watch?
Thanks mate great work
Hi Nicky! Thanks ! The R2 should be visible in each plot (I think top left)
How could we test the accuracy of calorie burn on these