Instinct

I’ve got mine shortly after they came out. I honestly love it. I don’t need the maps and other features out there. I get around 30 days of battery life if I use it to track my exercises here and there. Using it 3-4 times a week for small runs in the summer I get about 2-3 weeks of battery. Every once in a while it won’t get notifications for some reason but usually opening the app and resyncing the watch will fix it. But the same thing happened to my OG instinct sometimes as well.

I would definitely go solar too, I much prefer MIP displays, they're insanely visible in direct sunlight, and I don't like having to rotate my wrist to turn the screen on and with the always on display on the battery life is horrible compared to any other instinct. My instinct 1st gen easily gets 2 weeks after years or usage and with a fresh battery the 3 AMOLED will mabey last a week

I used a apple watch , then galaxy watch, then instinct gen 1, now I've got a Fenix 7S pro sapphire solar and it's been by far my favorite

I bought the instict, but i wish i bought the feenix

I’m in a similar boat. I have an iPhone but zero desire for the Apple watch. Battery life is the big turn off, plus I don’t want another screen in my life. So I went with Garmin and have been pretty happy. I started with the 1st gen Instinct and it was great. Simple, reliable, rugged, but lacking in some features. Battery life started to decline after a few years, and the battery is non replaceable, so I recently upgraded to the Fenix 7 pro solar and I love it. It’s rock solid for GPS and running, looks nice, has great health tracking features. Plus it has a built in flashlight that I’ve found is one of my favorite features. I’m often up early in the dark and that little flashlight is so handy just around the house. And it’s great if I happen to be outside in the dark and need a little light or visibility while walking the dog. I went with the mips screen because I like battery life and don’t want another bright screen. It’s a little dim at times but I’m used to it and wouldn’t go amoled if I had the choice.

I’m still using my original instinct, doesn’t have the battery life the solar does, I have to charge mine every 7 - 10 days

Me too, and was having to charge mine every 8 or so days. However I switched the face to not have seconds or heart rate displayed and I am easily pushing two weeks. If the display only has to refresh once a minute it saves a lot of battery.

My apple watch series 6, I charged daily. My Garmin I charge about once every week and a half to two weeks. I also sleep with it on. As well as never using any power saving features so it constantly takes my HR and displays it in the face so I can at a glance see it. Instinct 1 - still kicking

An older gen Garmin instinct, you could probably find one for a steal. I got the first gen and it’s perfect if you just want to record an activity and your heart rate