Instinct® 3 Solar is a rugged GPS smartwatch with solar charging, smart notifications, health and wellness features, long battery life, and integrated flashlight.
Garmin
Instinct® 3 – 45 mm, Solar
Instinct® 3 · $400 · Jan 2025
Instinct® 3 Solar is a rugged GPS smartwatch with solar charging, smart notifications, health and wellness features, long battery life, and integrated flashlight.
Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Price
- $400
- Amazon
- $400
- Release
- Jan 2025
- Weight
- Unknown
- Case size
- 45 mm
- Display
- Monochrome, sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP)
- Music
- No music listed
- Water resistance
- Unknown
What this watch does well, and where it gives ground
Instinct® 3 Solar is a rugged GPS smartwatch with solar charging, smart notifications, health and wellness features, long battery life, and integrated flashlight.
Worth a closer look if battery tradeoffs are driving your shortlist.
Amazon pricing
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Price as of May 25, 2026, 10:17 AM
Current Amazon price$400
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Lowest in range$399.99
Highest in range$399.99
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Battery modes on one card
Smartwatch mode
28 days
Multiband GNSS mode
24 hours
Expedition / max battery mode
36 days
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High-signal details
- Case dimensions
- Physical size: 45 x 45 x 14.9 mm Fits wrists with a circumference of 137-204 mm
- Display resolution
- 176 x 176 pixels
- Pulse Ox
- Yes
- ECG app
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Yes
- Bluetooth
- Yes
- Electronic compass
- Yes
- Barometric altimeter
- Yes
- Two-way messaging
- Yes
- Satellite systems supported
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
Materials and build
- Case
- fiber-reinforced polymer
- Bezel
- fiber-reinforced polymer/aluminum
- Lens
- Power Glass™
Communication
- Phone calling
- No
- On-device text reply
- No
- LTE communication
- No
- Satellite communication
- No
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