Me. I bought one of the amazon refurbished mentioned above and still have only the slightest clue how it works. It’s mindblowingly unintuitive to work.
I bought the non solar version when it was on sale for about a hundred quid. I still haven't figured out how to fully work the thing and reliably access all the functions & get back to the screen displaying the time :o) Unintuitive definitely. I don't regret buying mine but it's not straightforward to operate.
Wish I had bought one at the time!
Who else is still bitter, one year on..?
Nope, Im just not a Garmin fan it seems, ended up with a different brand and just really get on with it.
We were chatting about this debacle on the drive to the rellies earlier - still bitter!
Got one from Amazon for 96 quid, came without a charger cable, I complained and got a tenner back.
I think it's great. Worn it everyday since I got it and use it to record all my rides.
The solar is good in the summer.
I swop between my Instinct and Apple Watch 7. The Garmin wins on battery life and knock resistance/screen scratches etc. Apple Watch for me is better in every other aspect. I wear the Apple all the time except when riding or away for outdoors weekends etc.
I bought the instinct later in another sale….I did try and buy at the PSA time.
Mine is pretty useful, but I’m only using about 10% of it. Recording walks, indoor cycling training (heart rate monitoring and it connects to the spin bike when I go to spin class).
I did think about using it for outdoor rides, maybe when I’m not all layered up…it’s quite bulky so not ideal when I’ve got my coat/winter jacket on.
Who else is still bitter, one year on..?
Totally. Got one in a sale at Black's at the end, massively unintuitive to use. Handier than having to grab a phone to record an activity, but that's about it.
Strangely my Fenix records any extra curricular actives as either cyclic exercise or walking....
Might mean I've got some explaining to do if the GF ever checks my stats....
I ended up buying an Instinct Solar 2. Really happy with it. Does everything I need and the battery life is superb
Who else is still bitter, one year on..?
Nope, I ordered an instinct solar at the tail end of Aug for £150 new (not a refurb) it's become my everyday beater watch and pretty much displaced my G-Shock now. It does absolutely everything I need and nothing much Extra, battery life is fantastic, a bit better when the sun is shining and I'm wearing shorter sleeves.
I was initially quite frustrated by the elevation glitch but they fixed that in firmware within a couple of weeks, and I just use Strava elevation correction by default now anyway. Otherwise I bloody love the thing, it's essentially a Garmin for people that like Casio watches but wish Casio actually made a proper GPS sports watch. I've stopped using a bar mounted Garmin on most of my bikes for simplicity's sake too now.
I ended up buying an Instinct Solar 2. Really happy with it. Does everything I need and the battery life is superb
If/when I kill my instinct 1 solar I'll be looking at the Instinct 2 (or probably 3 by then?) Just for the bonus battery life and general improvements. I'm not so bothered by the new 'instinct crossover' ani-digi version they've released TBH.
But yeah 'instinct' is clearly the product line where Garmin tries to "Out G-Shock" Casio, and seems to be at least partially succeeding IMO.
