Garmin Instinct GPS watch

Sccritterkiller · Jul 8, 2020

Yes vibration works great. I use it for tracking legal shoot time I use the sunrise/sunset and set 30 min before sunrise/30 minutes after sunset depending on what I am hunting...I had 2 different gobblers under the gun this year a few minutes before sunrise...as soon as my sunrise alarm/vibration went off I shot. One was at 10 yds when I shot...No way I would have killed that bird if I would have had to look at my watch to check time.

Jordan Budd · Jul 8, 2020

New Garmin Solar Watches with Mike Herne

Mike Herne joins us this week to talk about some new Garmin watches launching today! Garmin is launching a new line of watches supplementary powered by solar power. I reviewed the Garmin Instinct a while back from S&S Archery that I will link below.

www.rokslide.com

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silverbullet555 · Jul 8, 2020

Jordan Budd said:
New Garmin Solar Watches with Mike Herne

Mike Herne joins us this week to talk about some new Garmin watches launching today! Garmin is launching a new line of watches supplementary powered by solar power. I reviewed the Garmin Instinct a while back from S&S Archery that I will link below.

www.rokslide.com

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Very interesting.

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gfreidy · Jul 8, 2020

Love my Instinct, but solar charging would be nice!

KChunter71 · Jul 8, 2020

@Laramie

Jordan Budd · Jul 9, 2020

gfreidy said:
Love my Instinct, but solar charging would be nice!

Takes the battery life from 14 to 24 days. Pretty significant then their new battery saver modes can get you to 50.

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Backyard · Jul 9, 2020

Jordan Budd said:
Takes the battery life from 14 to 24 days. Pretty significant then their new battery saver modes can get you to 50.

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Nice! But at a huge cost IMO.
Charging every 2 weeks is pretty minimal.

twall13 · Jul 9, 2020

I end up charging mine about once per week currently. That's with about 5 hours of activity tracking (full on GPS) on average. I could get the 2 weeks on smart watch mode with no GPS tracking but for my typical uses 7-9 days is what I average. If I'm hunting and tracking more I have to charge more frequently so nearly doubling the capacity sounds pretty good to me. I don't think I'll run out to upgrade till my current watch dies but if I were choosing between the solar and standard unit today I'd be willing to pay the extra for the solar personally.

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TravisIN · Jul 9, 2020

twall13 said:
I end up charging mine about once per week currently. That's with about 5 hours of activity tracking (full on GPS) on average. I could get the 2 weeks on smart watch mode with no GPS tracking but for my typical uses 7-9 days is what I average. If I'm hunting and tracking more I have to charge more frequently so nearly doubling the capacity sounds pretty good to me. I don't think I'll run out to upgrade till my current watch dies but if I were choosing between the solar and standard unit today I'd be willing to pay the extra for the solar personally.

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This is a very accurate post. I have damn near identical results with mine. I don’t ever let it run down completely. I’ll wait until I have one bar and throw it on charge for 20-30 min and go for another week or more.

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FlyGuy · Jul 9, 2020

I charge mine for about 10 min/ day while I’m in the shower and getting dressed. Never gets below 3 bars.

You can’t cheat the mountain

Buckshot85 · Oct 18, 2020

I do not wear mine every day. When I power it up why is the altimeter always off?
If I saved my home location and calibrated the altimeter at that spot why do I need to recalibrate every time power up?
If I turn on the gps why would it not already know I’m at home and have that elevation?

fwafwow · Oct 18, 2020

Buckshot85 said:
I do not wear mine every day. When I power it up why is the altimeter always off?
If I saved my home location and calibrated the altimeter at that spot why do I need to recalibrate every time power up?
If I turn on the gps why would it not already know I’m at home and have that elevation?

I’m not *sure* of the answer, but the altimeter was the biggest disappointment to me. I believe the altimeter is based on barometric pressure, not by matching the known elevation of a particular map coordinate. I’m not sure why the latter can’t be done, but when I said something like that in a prior post, I think a comment was made that it’s not possible - which I don’t understand.

S&S Archery (Rob) · Oct 18, 2020

Yes, the ALT is based off barometric pressure that is not a constant. You can go through the menus to get it to calibrate via GPS, but it takes longer and takes a heavier toll on your battery. Typically when i care about an accurate ALT i am running the Hike or Hunt activity which uses GPS.

fwafwow · Oct 18, 2020

S&S Archery (Rob) said:
Yes, the ALT is based off barometric pressure that is not a constant. You can go through the menus to get it to calibrate via GPS, but it takes longer and takes a heavier toll on your battery. Typically when i care about an accurate ALT i am running the Hike or Hunt activity which uses GPS.

Thanks Rob. I will have to try this. Is it straight forward enough that even a simpleton (like me) can do it?

Boxerboxer · Oct 18, 2020

I made a video showing how to get there in settings to cal from GPS. I'll throw the link up when it finishes uploading.

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Boxerboxer · Oct 18, 2020

fwafwow said:
Thanks Rob. I will have to try this. Is it straight forward enough that even a simpleton (like me) can do it?

Instructions can be found here:

Instinct Owners Manual - Calibrating the Barometric Altimeter

www8.garmin.com

I made a video showing me doing it here:

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S&S Archery (Rob) · Oct 18, 2020

Boxerboxer said:
Instructions can be found here:

Instinct Owners Manual - Calibrating the Barometric Altimeter

www8.garmin.com

I made a video showing me doing it here:

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Ask and you shall receive! Gotta love Rokslide!

Boxerboxer · Oct 18, 2020

S&S Archery (Rob) said:
Ask and you shall receive! Gotta love Rokslide!

It's a self perpetuating thing. I've learned enough here that I got a couple minutes to help a brother out

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fwafwow · Oct 18, 2020

Thanks @Boxerboxer @S&S Archery (Rob). Does that step calibrate the ALT meaning it gives just a starting point and subsequent ALT readings continue to be based on pressure changes, or does it then provide subsequent ALT outputs based on the GPS positioning?

Boxerboxer · Oct 18, 2020

fwafwow said:
Thanks @Boxerboxer @S&S Archery (Rob). Does that step calibrate the ALT meaning it gives just a starting point and subsequent ALT readings continue to be based on pressure changes, or does it then provide subsequent ALT outputs based on the GPS positioning?

I believe it will update it's source of truth when you calibrate but then use barometric pressure from there til next cal. Starting an activity runs a GPS cal but it doesn't sound like it will continually recalibrate with gps. Some reading:

Troubleshooting the Instinct Series Altimeter and Barometer | Garmin Customer Support

Garmin Support Center is where you will find answers to frequently asked questions and resources to help with all of your Garmin products.

support.garmin.com

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