Garmin Launches Solar Editions of its Popular Smartwatches fēnix 6 Series

An American multinational technology company, Garmin has introduced the Fenix 6 Pro Solar and Fenix 6S Pro Solar in its Fenix smartwatch lineup.

The fēnix 6 series introduces a first-of -its-kind PacePro feature, a feature that keeps a runner’s pacing strategy on track with grade-adjusted guidance as they run a route. This technology allows them to create plans directly from the timepiece, or ahead of time by using the Garmin Connect or Garmin Connect Mobile app’s. Whilst running the route, runners will be able to see their target split pace, as well as the actual split pace, distance to the next splt, and how much time they are behind/ahead of the target. All of this can be seen on the go, on the wrist to make for easier use and quicker times.

These new watches have a Garmin Power Glass solar charging lens over their dials that help them gain some battery life when outdoors, the company says in its release.

The Fenix 6S smartwatch offers about 9 days of battery life indoors but with “sufficient solar exposure” the battery life gets a bump up to 10 and a half days. The Fenix 6 Pro Solar has a battery life of 14 days indoors which gets bumped up to 16-days with “sufficient solar exposure”. The Fenix 6 series was launched in November last year.

Both watches also get some new features. These are capable of tracking surfing, mountain biking and indoor climbing. The Fenix 6 series solar editions also include Advanced Sleep Monitoring which gives a detailed sleep breakdown of a user's light, deep and REM sleep stages along with respiration tracking during sleep.

Garmin also added new models to its Instinct series in the form of Instinct Solar, Instinct Solar Surf Edition, and Instinct Solar Tactical Edition. The Instinct Solar boasts of 24-day battery life in smartwatch mode which gets bumped up to more than 50 days with “sufficient solar exposure”.

The Instinct Solar - Surf Edition comes with specialised surf features such as tide data and a dedicated surfing activity. The Instinct Solar Tactical Edition is equipped with specific features such as compatibility with Night Vision Google and Stealth mode.

The last product launched is the Tactix Delta Solar Edition. This watch is built to military standards and is MIL STD 810 certified. The Tactix Delta Solar Edition has a 21 days battery life indoors which gets bumped up to 24 days outdoors. The Tactix Delta Solar Edition has stealth mode which disables location sharing and wireless connectivity and has a kill switch that wipes all user memory.

The Garmin Instinct Solar series starts at $400 while the Garmin Fenix 6 solar editions starts at $850 while the Tactix Delta Solar Edition starts at $1,100.

July 08, 2020