{"id":16972,"date":"2022-10-11T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitness-tracker-test.info\/?p=16972"},"modified":"2022-10-11T13:32:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:32:42","slug":"garmin-instinct-crossover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitness-tracker-test.info\/en\/garmin-instinct-crossover\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Instinct Crossover – Hybrid outdoor sportwatch w\/wo solar"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Instinct Crossover seems to be Garmin\u2019s another rugged outdoor sports watch to be released within the next couple of weeks. This time the product has not been leaked by hasty online retailers but by Garmin which put the watch on the company\u2019s Taiwanese website<\/a> lately.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Garmin Instinct Crossover | Source: Garmin<\/a>

Garmin Instinct Crossover | Source: Garmin<\/p><\/div>\n

Indications about an incoming smartwatch have been surfaced on FCC’s website at the beginning of October. The listing IPH-04348<\/a> describes a hybrid smartwatch with a circular design, supporting NFC, ANT+ and Bluetooth. The documents do not name the Instinct Crossover directly and, as always, it’s a bit of guesswork, a bit of combining and a bit of keeping your fingers crossed. <\/p>\n

Screenshot garmin.com.tw | Source: Garmin<\/a>

Screenshot garmin.com.tw | Source: Garmin<\/p><\/div>\n

To be honest, it could also be a vivomove 4, for example… but as the Instinct Crossover appeared on Garmin’s website the first option seem much more likely.<\/p>\n

Garmin Instinct – Outdoor sports watches for challenging adventures<\/h2>\n

The Garmin Instinct Crossover is a new model in the Instinct series, which primarily focuses on adventurous outdoor sports. While the first and second gen Instinct models make use of a transflective MIP display only, the Instinct Crossover features classic watch hands positioned in front of the MIP display. It’s somewhat reminiscent of the vivomove 3, with the difference that Garmin doesn’t even try to hide the MIP display.<\/p>\n

The hands are clearly clearly visible to ease the reading.<\/p>\n

While the Instinct 1\/2’s small, circular display-in-a-display was a unique feature, the Instinct Crossover no longer offers it. The display’s resolution, however, remains at 176 x 176 pixels.<\/p>\n

Garmin Instinct 2 Solar| Source: Garmin<\/a>

Garmin Instinct 2 Solar| Source: Garmin<\/p><\/div>\n

While much of the display characteristics remains the same, the Instinct Crossover now has 64 MB of memory (compared to 16 or 32 MB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/th>Instinct<\/th>Instinct 2 \/ Solar<\/th>Instinct Crossover \/ Solar<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Display<\/td>chemically strengthened<\/td>chemically strengthened \/ Power Glass<\/td>chemically strengthened \/ Power Glass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Resolution<\/td>176 x 176 pixels<\/td>176 x 176 pixels<\/td>176 x 176 pixels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dimensions<\/td>45 x 45 x 15.3 mm<\/td>45 x 45 x 14.5 mm<\/td>45 x 45 x 16.2 mm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Weight<\/td>52 g<\/td>52 g<\/td>65 g<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Water Resistance<\/td>10 ATM<\/td>10 ATM<\/td>10 ATM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Memory<\/td>16 MB<\/td>32 MB<\/td>64 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Once again, the battery life is remarkable, and the models using Garmin’s Power Glass solar technology benefit from an additional boost. When used in an energy saving manner and with sufficient sunlight around, the Instinct Crossover never needs to be recharched by cable. Even with “normal” use and without the solar advantage, charging once a month is sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
<\/th>Instinct<\/th>Instinct 2 \/ Solar<\/th>Instinct Crossover \/ Solar<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Smartwatch mode<\/td>14 days<\/td>28 days \/ \u221e<\/td>28 \/ 70 days <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Energy saver mode<\/td>-<\/td>65 days \/ \u221e<\/td>71 days \/ \u221e<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPS<\/td>16 hours<\/td>30 \/ 48 hours<\/td>25 \/ 31 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPS (max)<\/td>-<\/td>70 \/ 370 hours<\/td>111 \/ 553 hours<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GPS (expedition)<\/td>40 hours<\/td>32 days \/ \u221e<\/td>40 \/ 327 days <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

Morning Report, Racing Widget and Running Power<\/h2>\n

The Instinct Crossover’s features are very similar to those of the Instinct 2, which is not surprising as the Crossover is more of a variant than a completely new watch. In addition to the familiar functions (e.g. activity tracking, sleep monitoring, VO2max, 24\/7 heart rate measurement, SpO2, HFV, stress measurement), the Instinct Crossover supports using multi-GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo) to enhance position finding in challenging environments.<\/p>\n

New features to the Instinct series include<\/p>\n