Garmin Instinct GPS watch

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.
 
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New Garmin Solar Watches with Mike Herne - Rokslide

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.
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New Garmin Solar Watches with Mike Herne - Rokslide

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 www.rokslide.com


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Very interesting.

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


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

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