Navigation Test Hike (GARMIN INSTINCT SOLAR) -12 mile GPX route via OS Maps App

Dont we all love testing and reviewing new hiking gear? A few weeks back, I got out to play with my new Garmin Instinct Solar watch, and using OS Maps App, I downloaded a 12 mile GPX route and sent it to my phone to test the navigation function on a mysterious hike. Here is what happened.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:11 - How to Download A GPX Route
04:08 - Following a route
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[@johnywaffle1365]

I reckon whoever plotted that route was on the run from the police 🤣🤣

[@johnywaffle1365]

Decent watch though 👌

[@SummitOrNothing]

Haha... I think you could be correct lol

[@theduke998]

😂🤣😂🤣...defo on the run 🚔👮‍♂️🚨

[@jimscarlet]

Absolutely brilliant, I've been searching for a review exactly like this since receiving my Instinct as a birthday present last month. I think I love you.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Haha... glad to have helped! Hope you're still enjoying your garmin. Cheers!

[@justinlang313]

I wanted to tell my DoorDash driver that yesterday ❤😂

[@wrok88]

Exactly what I was looking for, as I've got the Garmin Instinct (tactical) delivered this morning. Been planning to use it on various day hikes up into the mountains in the Southern German Alps and wanted to have an understanding of what it would look like. Thanks for the (re)view!

[@matty7375]

Just want to say a big thankyou for your review on the Garmin, brilliant review, it convinced me to to buy one, and I can honestly say I'm not disappointed. Thanks for the review and keep the great vids coming 👍

[@MrHemlock51]

You have nerves of steel! I'd have chickened out and got my phone out to check the OS app on several occasions there 😂

[@isthi000ify]

Brilliant review mate, detailed yet funny 😄...Nice one.

[@andytolan4925]

Great vid Trev. I have the garmin fenix 6 and they’re great little tools for hiking. I use mine a lot and it saves me pulling out my phone every 10 mins just to check I’m still on course! Many of the community routes are terrible tho so I would definitely say check it before following to make sure it’s a good route or plan your own! Loads of times following someone else’s route I have realised the creator was lost and I am just following in their footsteps! 😂😂

[@carllarsson8020]

Wow, im impressed! Been using my Garmin Instinct for over 2 years now and just recently picked up mountain biking and was wondering how good the garmin was for following tracks! It seams to do pretty well! Now i feel no need to upgrade my beloved Instinct.

[@IsabellaBurke]

Thats brilliant! What a hands on practical demonstration 😊 (and local....)

[@Johnlancaster]

I treated myself to a Fenix 6 pro (lucky me) but the first two minuted of your video about transferring routes was really helpful. I am completely baffled how you can not love the OS app and prefer that other junk over it! each to their own :) Another great vid. Bit late to this one

[@penny6658]

Great video. I have recently bought this watch and love it. I had no idea how simple it would be to follow a route on it. Thanks for explaining it. Great watch - crap route definitely. I was hating all the road walking - and I wasn't even there!! LOL!

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea - road walking is awful, especially on tight little blind roads like that. Couldnt wait to get off. Thanks for watching! Hope it helps!

[@graftonkarol]

Brilliant live test!

[@dougdixonhull]

I have the baby Garmin etrex 10. It looks very similar in layout to the watch apart from not being able to connect to your phone due to no Bluetooth. Handy bit of kit for retracing your steps if your in a unformilier place. Great video Trev. Would like to see you make your own route and see how accurate it is.

[@rubensavilaaguiar2007]

Very good! Beautiful place! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@traceyevans6412]

Amazon are having a sale… thanks for doing this review. Spot on with what I needed to know 👍

[@carlad2286]

I use the Garmin Fenix 6X Pro for the same thing. Good review. There are times when you need to ignore what the device says and decide on the next step, based on what you see. The device adjusts to what you do.

[@g9mtkvilla]

Brilliant review mate: just got a Instinct solar and can’t wait to use it in anger. Was torn between a Fenix 6 but needed the more rugged watch

[@jacksonfilm]

Thanks. Going to be giving this try soon. Still got the backup paper map and compass, hopefully with those 2 I can't go far wrong!

[@theronwolf3296]

Good video, practical approach to using the watch in the real world. Recently got one myself and found this helpful.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Awesome - glad that you like it - Also had a go at programming a route via outdoor active in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHmafmp9jJt9o5Y

[@BeccaGulliver]

That was cool. I've not played with the navigation features on my instinct yet, only used it to track my walks and count the distance.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Apparently there is a way to use the Garmin connect app to download routes to your phone too, but it isnt working for me at present. When I suss it out I will make another video for it. Cheers!

[@marcomiceli1]

Thinking of getting the instinct 2 Trev and I stumbled on this review. Very informative and fun as always thanks

[@SummitOrNothing]

Its not the most up market watch, but it does everything you need it to. Also connects to Outdoor Active pretty easily as shown in this video - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHmafmp9jJt9o5Y

[@marcomiceli1]

@@SummitOrNothing thanks Trev, I'll watch it later. I ordered the instinct 2 last night 🙂

[@southcoastoutdoorsuk6301]

Nice vid mate ,got that watch but never knew you could upload tracks ,nice one 👍

[@SummitOrNothing]

Every day's a school day!

[@outlawedlandscapes]

Nice one! I've got the Suunto 5 & it's a cracking watch, not keen on the wee circle on the Garmin encroaching on the main screen! Had a good wee laugh at you on that shitty wee road & in they fields xD

[@TravellingTorunn]

Lovely walk and nifty little gadget 👍🏻😊 But I will stick to the bigger and more detailed maps I have on my phone I sometimes find walks on Strava or I plot my own walk on Komoot. Very easy to follow 😊 But very nice to watch the video 👍🏻😊

[@ramblingracheltrailtales]

Some of the routes on OS app done by other people can be a bit hit & miss. When I use to use it, I’d always select Premium walks on the filter, they tend to be more reliable. Great vid. Thanks xx

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea - that sounds like a good idea, thanks Rachel! Take care!

[@marcwehrmann9220]

tolles video , habe die garmin instinct 2x solar tactical und bin sehr zufrieden.

[@ronbobo8772]

Excellent review thank you!

[@SummitOrNothing]

Glad you enjoyed it, cheers!

[@southwestadventures5508]

That's my sort of hiking! I love random scrubby bits of land and impossible to navigate terrain. That watch would have saved me many hours of wandering aimlessly lol Great review and field test there 👍

[@SummitOrNothing]

You can keep these kinds of walks to yourself lol. Fields and roads are pretty dull to me, give me moorland and the coast for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@southwestadventures5508]

Yes road walking sucks on the legs! No problem mate, keep em coming!

[@Michael-4]

I've had the Solar for a few weeks now. It's great that you don't have to charge it up every few days and it's a great size for an ABC watch. The downside is it doesn't give you some of the data for sports performance when you analyse it on connect.

[@stephencurwood9469]

Great vid Trev. I've got that watch, but not used that facility. Seems nice and simple to do. cheers!!

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yes, it wasn't too bad to do. Shame you have to use two separate apps though.

[@darioc8773]

Best video thank you!😁

[@ambientshane]

Great video mate. I think Garmin do a great job with they're navi watches. I'm using a Casio G-Shock rangeman gpr b1000 and it's very cool indeed. I like the form factor of the Garmin, plus having solar as well. And it looks a bit G-Shock doesn't it. Cool a.

[@joolsdeb6256]

Cheers Trev, still got to wait for Santa, but on a promise of this watch. Really good review and just what I'm after as a back up. By the way, after being caught out in the past, we both carry small peddle bin bags in our rucksacks to cover our boots if the way ahead needs fording😉

[@SummitOrNothing]

It is a decent bit of kit for sure. I ummed and arred for so long but am glad to have picked one up,. Great idea about the bags. Thanks for the tip!

[@theduke998]

Great vid Trev... Awesome watch... might have to treat myself 🤣 (good 'heads up' to all about how useful this watch would be if the mist n clag came down) 😎👍

[@SummitOrNothing]

😂😂😂😂

[@stephencurwood9469]

they're a great watch. battery life is what sold it for me. :)

[@TeaInValhalla]

Evening Trev, sorry been up and down for trick and or treaters 👻 🎃 happy Halloween BTW! Looked easy enough to choose and update the track, be handy to plot your own routes too. Great test of the watch indeed and probably best that it was new route and not one you'd normally do too, for the sake if science 🤓 💧 The dead-end was interesting 🤔 😳 any idea what happened there, Just a pants bit of track? Any idea if it was an old route, maybe not used over grown sections? Love that you can check the watch easily as you go and its waterproof n all too 🦆🦆🦆❤ Guess practice will make perfect 🥰 🤗🥇 Have a great week Trev, catch you soon, Ceri and Kat ☕ ❤ 👍🧀

[@nachalnik1000]

Nice video! Thanks!

[@SummitOrNothing]

Thanks for watching!

[@TrekkingPackingGear]

I think the instinct is one of the best looking outdoor watches. It looks extremely robust, has a military touch and just screams adventure. I wouldnt pick a red one but, I gotta say it matches your look Trev 😁

[@SummitOrNothing]

I do like red / orange colours, always have, so that one leapt out to me. Definitly a decent bit of kit. ANd as the image in the video show, this was Great Outdoors magazines watch of choice, even over the Fenix!

[@mikafoxx2717]

@@SummitOrNothing Orange is the best for outdoors when you don't wanna lose it! If you're not trying to be sneaky, orange is best. Try finding a camo green knife, phone case, or watch if you drop it somewhere.. good luck!

[@maceddiess]

Good video. Just got the Instinct 2

[@SummitOrNothing]

Nice 👍 hope you enjoy it.

[@Shukkatapow]

Another great video 👍......I will be asking Santa for one of them.👍

[@StrykerMaguire205]

Hi great video Trev Any foreign trips planed for next year?

[@paul0gb]

I got one of these too. I originally had the normal one but decided to sell it and upgrade. I got the camo version 🙂

[@holmesaway]

Bought the same watch around 6 months ago. Was a life saver on the C2C over Grasmere common. Notoriously poorly marked path in a complete grey out! Couldn’t recommend one of these enough!

[@SummitOrNothing]

Thats great to hear. Thanks for watching!

[@iainbickerstaff7099]

Mate you make my day , I just piss myself with laughter watching your videos with some of the comments you come out with your so down-to-earth mate I love watching your videos. On a serious note how long is the battery life on the watch? Keep the videos coming

[@SummitOrNothing]

Cheers Ian. Really glad you enjoy the vids. The battery life on the solar lasts surprisingly long, about a couple of weeks, does run down quicker when the things recording or directing you, but then sunlight helps it last longer too...

[@LundysWildcampBushcraft]

Great bits of kit technology is getting great for the outdoors I got a 2nd hand Garmin 3 watch just to see if I like it before buying a more upto date one and I must say it's got me out of truble a few times in a very thick woodland 😂😂 atvb jimmy 😎😎👍👍

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea, I must say, Viewranger has done us ok in the past, but the arrow on this is amazing. Looking forward to more trial runs with it soon! Cheers!

[@andrewfox7861]

Says 32000 steps like you just put the kettle on 😂 nice one Trev 👍

[@SummitOrNothing]

Well, my kettle is quite a distance from my front room lol

[@grahamevans5852]

How old was the route, when was it uploaded, anyway it proofed how efficient the watch is in getting you back on route. Could be a life saver.

[@hugojlsantos]

brilliant tanks

[@atrampinthehills.841]

I remember when we just went out for a walk...and had time to enjoy it

[@SummitOrNothing]

Thats a shame you feel like that. I still do enjoy my walks.

[@atrampinthehills.841]

@@SummitOrNothing Sometimes i carry a map in my pocket

[@SummitOrNothing]

@@atrampinthehills.841 I tend to have a map on me too. Not sure what you're trying to say here to be honest

[@atrampinthehills.841]

@@SummitOrNothing Hi Trev...i suppose im trying to say that i am old school...i dont even do kilometers or metres...it will always be miles and feet for me...im just an old man...

[@SummitOrNothing]

@@atrampinthehills.841 me too. Kilometres are foe running w**kers lol (don't tell my wife I said that lol)

[@dazbass007]

looks a nice bit of kit as you say a nice back up and better than keep getting your map & phone out 😎 atb daz

[@SummitOrNothing]

Or good as an additional fall back if you were lost in the mist.

[@dazbass007]

@@SummitOrNothing they look good will have to have a closer look nice one Trev 👍

[@Moor2Sea]

I've thought about getting one of these, Trev when you input points does it take SX numbers ? Fun video , made me laugh saying whoever made the walk it was s**** haha . Adz

[@thegreatoutdoors6408]

ive got the instinct solar surf watch because i prefer the white one, cracking watch for hiking etc

[@stealthandysteath1069]

Morning mate, nice bit of kit.. Useful if you use it alot, but just like GPS. A good to have... Lol tc mate.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yeah, it sure is handy. Cheers for watching!

[@triathleteuk]

looks like a great workout you had ... is the map always b&w or are there colours too ?

[@Ajajambo]

Great video! 👍 what are those hiking shoes 👞? Name please

[@brightking3426]

😅 great aventure

[@andyshikes3425]

I think I must be an old stick in the mud, coz to me, it just seemed to be a right faff. I have OS map App on my phone and just use that to navigate. I’ve never used them, but you can ask that app for directions if you want. Is the extra £250 for the watch worth it, especially if you are carrying your phone and checking the map to confirm the directions the watch is sending you on?

[@ExpeditionHiker]

Its OK to spook the cows today as its Halloween... I have thought about GPX files before and you have sold me to stick to proper maps or Outdoor Active App, was that owls I saw in a tree, couple of hooters?

[@SummitOrNothing]

Haha! Bit saggy for owls lol. Cheers for watching!

[@BulldogBadger]

Nice one Trev, looked decent if you know how to use the map and the arrow 👌

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea, pretty decent set up, will make a great back up on the hills.

[@MrHemlock51]

On my phone, Garmin Explore doesn't appear as one of the options to export GPX files to in the OS map app. Did you have to do anything to get it there or did it happen automatically when you installed the app? I'm currently having to export to Google Drive and then import to Explore from there which is a bit of a PITA😂

[@matthewwakeham2206]

Edit;- I actually quite like the watch! Based on your review I definitely won't be buying that watch as a navigation tool! However, I already knew that. I'd buy it to record where I've been and occasionally to find out where I am now. I've tried using GPS for navigation in the past and for me its just not very good. Unless you've planned the route yourself with only the waypoints you need and in the right places, it never works well. I often just use viewranger and a compass, taking a rough bearing off the screen! That said, I rarely walk in places where I don't know the area so I hardly do any navigation anyway, only if the mist comes in! If I walk in areas I don't know then I just get lost a lot, not so much on Dartmoor but on lanes and paths where navigation is much harder!

[@SummitOrNothing]

I think as naviagtional it was spot on accurate, which is why GPS is so heavily relied upon in many outdoors pursuits and used by military and mountain rescue etc. The fact that the route was crap is of no fault of the watch or GPS, the watch never once lost the trail. I think since that route was uploaded the land has changed a bit, plus perhaps slight discrepancy in the laying of the track on computer. But yea, I usually plot my own routes.

[@matthewwakeham2206]

@@SummitOrNothing I'm not saying the watch is no good. I'm saying in my experience watches or GPS in general are not good for super fine navigation where being a few metres off puts you in the wrong field or misses a turning. They are often a few metres off especially if the sky is obscured by trees or hills. There is always a loss of accuracy when a track is recorded (due to the data being filtered) and possibly again when you upload it to share. So it could be 10 metres off before you start using it for a route to follow and if your device is 4-5 metres off that's when the fine navigation gets tricky. Even OS maps are only accurate to about 1 metre. That's why I think you can't beat OS maps on your phone combined with aerial photos for those tricky sections. I have used a hand held GPS in a snow storm on the open moor and it was pretty much a life saver that day so they are useful especially in sudden near zero Viz! I will probably replace my watch with a Garmin when the time comes as I've always liked Garmin gadgets. What I've settled on over the years is GPS to find where you are now and map and compass to get you where you want to go. When I try to teach navigation, (once a year), I use GPS and they use map and compass!

[@antoutdoors]

I've orderd one of these based on this video. I was wondering if you have tried view ranger with it rather than the os app.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yes, I tires but sadly Viewranger have stopped the gpx option as that was a premium option and the premium version has stopped.

[@bretttdcooper]

Hi there I take it you have to have the paid version of SO maps?

[@bryanshaw38]

Garmin watches great for this. I use the fenix 5.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea, handy bit of kit... or should that be wristy?

[@turdwarbler]

I have OS maps on my phone. I create a route on the PC, I print it and laminate it. (compass and map). Then I download the route to the Phone. Then I download the route(s) to my Fenix 6x. The phone and watch route are my backup. I use compass and map and run the hike activity on the watch with the OS Grid ref in a data field. Perfect set up. I would not trust other peoples GPX routes unless you know them.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Good set up. Thought it was a better test for the watch if I didn't know the route. All good fun!

[@turdwarbler]

@@SummitOrNothing oh yes as a test what you did was perfect. But it was a crap route.

[@SummitOrNothing]

@@turdwarbler yea, it certainly was.

[@solasta]

I have a Tic Watch- not too expensive, but works with viewranger quite nicely. I like having the proper maps it offers on screen- much clearer. Just a shame viewranger have become something else which seems much more expensive and much less handy. Watch is a bit flaky though- always failing to connect to the phone etc for everyday stuff. And the battery dies on longer walks.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea... I have not updated viewranger and I don't intend to. Must say the battery life o this watch is impressive.

[@LeoManAndMountain]

I have the Garmin Fenix 6 best bit of kit I’ve bought for hiking only so many times up a mountain in the clag having no reference before you realise gps is the future

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea - wuld have made Tryfan a lot easier for us lol. Cheers for watching!

[@georgedpost]

If you were out for a ramble, no route set or pre-planing, could you use just the watch to navigate back to your starting point?

[@SummitOrNothing]

You can record your route, and retrace your steps I guess, but the map is obviously featureless so if you wanted to fill in the gaps and make a circular, the terrain would be unknown. Possible though, but you probably wouldnt want to leave it to chance on a mountain. Good to hear from you, George!

[@ramblingracheltrailtales]

Do you have to pay a monthly/yearly subscription for the Garmin? Thanks xx

[@SummitOrNothing]

No. The apps are free as far as I can tell.

[@hArtyTruffle]

Map and compass. Can’t go wrong.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yes, I always take a map and compass, but this is amazing for those 'about to follow Nath off the side of a mountain moment's. 🤣

[@hArtyTruffle]

@@SummitOrNothing 😂✨

[@paulryan2081]

Hey Trev, With your arm at that angle you must've looked like a waiter who'd lost his tea towel 😁

[@SummitOrNothing]

Have you seen it? Where's me washboard?!

[@paulryan2081]

@@SummitOrNothing Think I saw Nath with it flossing his bike stand 😲

[@TeaInValhalla]

⌚ ❤☕

[@kevinwarrilow8725]

Hi Trev, do you still use this watch? I'm about to purchase a watch and this is top of my list as it stands (the Instinct 2 solar) ..... thoughts a year on mate? PS "Hope you've had a brilliant chrimbo with the family ✌🏼"

[@SummitOrNothing]

Hi Kevin. Yea, still use this watch. Not as much as I would like as I didn't get out as much, but when I do go hiking it's been a great addition. Happy New year sir!

[@kevinwarrilow8725]

@@SummitOrNothing cheers Trev, I ended up going for one of the swankier Garmin Fenix ones in the end, found a good deal paying on the drip so treated myself. All the best mate 👍🏼

[@SummitOrNothing]

@@kevinwarrilow8725 awesome. Well done mate, hope that ypu enjoy it.

[@kevinwarrilow8725]

@@SummitOrNothing finally managed to suss out how to create routes on the app then load them on to my watch. Did an 8 miler today through all sorts of fields and stuff ... no way I could have done that without the watch. Made up with it Trev, can't wait to plan another route 🙌🏼 All the best buddy.

[@datraucous3351]

You end up on the Rhine before WW2 lol

[@neillairdofglencairn7216]

So it’s not accurate or consistent ok if you know the area dodgy if you don’t.so how much is it in total and is it better than an os map and compass.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Well like any GPS device it's very handy in bad visibility, and to be used in conjunction to map and compass, as a back up. I wouldn't say it isn't accurate, i found it to be very accurate, nor is it inconsistent. The route may have altered over time, hence the fenced area, and when I missed a waymarker it wanted me to go back, but as I found that following the map to the next waymarker got me back on track.

[@torbaggermaxpiper]

And here's me thinking I gave you bad routes :-)

[@SummitOrNothing]

Hahaha! I enjoy your routes, mate! Shall have to tap you up for another one soon!

[@torbaggermaxpiper]

@@SummitOrNothing The last two I suggested are well worth trying. I still can't believe you've not been to Down Tor and Combshead Tor on Dartmoor, or Kilmar Tor on Bodmin Moor. Nath would especially like the latter I'm sure. It's sometimes called the 'King of Tors' and better than anything Dartmoor has to offer. Strong words!

[@rethinkingAIDS]

can this watch give a OS grid ref?

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yes it can. Don't ask me how though. I need to get my head around it one step at a time 🤣

[@rethinkingAIDS]

@@SummitOrNothing thanks for the reply I just ordered the fenix 6x pro once I find out how I will get back to you. Are you out on the moor over Easter?

[@neillairdofglencairn7216]

If you and your wife have both lost “a fare bit of weight since wearing the watch” how heavy is the dam thing😂🚑😂

[@SummitOrNothing]

Haha! It just has a good appetite, and eats half of your meals with you lol

[@camperp195]

What a load of faff to get the route from your phone to the watch trev,not convinced,yet.

[@SummitOrNothing]

It wasn't too much faff. I'm a complete technophobe too and managed it relatively easily.

[@paulcook2592]

Nice video trev. Was that your bra?

[@SummitOrNothing]

Cheeky git. I'm not that chesty lol

[@HikeCamp]

Is not technology wonderful... I was lost after the second click on your phone...lol

[@SummitOrNothing]

😂😂😂

[@BulldogBadger]

Cool watch, sh1t walk LOL

[@SummitOrNothing]

🤣

[@countytopper8836]

As easy as that 😂

[@swissarmyfan]

Love Garmin hardware, but the apps/software are just horrible to use, actually impressive how miserable a user experience it is.

[@SummitOrNothing]

Yea, the whole needing two separate apps to use the watch is a bit of a shit too, but once set up I I find it too bad.