The watches themselves are great, but the Connect app is hot garbage and renders the watches pretty much useless for training. Both my D2 Mach 1 and Instinct 2 Solar, along with my Index scale and Index BPM no longer upload data to Connect. Selling all of them on eBay and switching to a more reliable ecosystem, like Apple.
The Garmin Beta Version 12.24 update has begun rolling out to eligible Instinct 2, Instinct 2S and Instinct Crossover smartwatches. Plus, the software is available for the new Instinct 2X model. The new software brings a series of bug fixes for the wearables, tackling issues with CIQ, cycling and watch face data fields.