News News Garmin D2 Pilot watch range – Comparison Garmin D2 Pilot watch range – Comparison October 26th, 2020 Posted in News Can’t decide which Garmin D2 pilot watch to pick? well, look no further. Take a look at this detailed comparison of every feature! Click on the watch name to see the product in our online store. Model D2 Charlie D2 Delta S D2 Delta D2 Delta PX Lens Material Sapphire crystal Domed sapphire crystal Domed sapphire crystal Domed sapphire crystal Bezel Material Titanium Stainless steel Titanium Titanium Case material Fibre-reinforced polymer Fibre-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover Fibre-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover Fibre-reinforced polymer with a metal rear cover Quickfit™ watch band compatible Yes (26 mm) Yes (20 mm) Yes (22 mm) Yes (26 mm) Strap material Silicone, leather or titanium Silicone or leather Silicone and leather Silicone or titanium Physical size 51 x 51 x 17.5 mm 42 x 42 x 15.4 mm 47 x 47 x 15.8 mm 51 x 51 x 17.5 mm Weight Silicone band: 89 g Metal band: 147 g Leather band: 95 g 65 g 76 g 87 g Water rating 10 ATM 10 ATM 10 ATM 10 ATM Display type Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) Sunlight-visible, transflective memory-in-pixel (MIP) Display size 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter 1.2″ (30.4 mm) diameter 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter 1.2” (30.4 mm) diameter Display resolution 240 x 240 pixels 240 x 240 pixels 240 x 240 pixels 240 x 240 pixels Colour display ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Battery life Smartwatch mode: Up to 12 days GPS mode: Up to 20 hours Ultratrac™ mode: Up to 35 hours without wrist heart rate Smartwatch mode: Up to 7 days GPS mode: Up to 11 hours GPS + Music: Up to 4.5 hours Ultratrac™ mode: Up to 25 hours Smartwatch mode: Up to 12 days GPS mode: Up to 18 hours GPS + Music: Up to 8 hours Ultratrac™ mode: Up to 42 hours Smartwatch mode: Up to 20 days GPS mode: Up to 32 hours GPS + SPO2: Up to 18 hours GPS + Music: Up to 13 hours Ultratrac™ mode: Up to 70 hours Memory/History 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB 16 GB Clock-Features Time/Date in Zulu/UTC, 12/24h, day/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/sunset times Time/Date in Zulu/UTC, 12/24h, day/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/sunset times Time/Date in Zulu/UTC, 12/24h, day/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/sunset times Time/Date in Zulu/UTC, 12/24h, day/date, GPS Time Sync, Automatic daylight saving time, Alarm clock, Timer, Stopwatch, Sunrise/sunset times Sensors GPS/GLONASS/Galileo GPS/GLONASS GPS/GLONASS/Galileo GPS/GLONASS/Galileo GPS/GLONASS/Galileo Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate monitor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Barometric altimeter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Compass ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Gyroscope ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Accelerometer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Thermometer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Pulse Ox X X X ✔ (with Acclimation) Daily Smart Features Connectivity Bluetooth® Smart, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® with sapphire editions Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® Connect IQ™ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Smart notifications ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) X ✔ ✔ ✔ Calendar ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Weather ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Controls smartphone music ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Plays and controls watch music X ✔ ✔ ✔ Music Storage X Up to 500 songs Up to 500 songs Up to 500 songs Find My Phone ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Find My Watch ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ VIRB® Camera Remote ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Smartphone compatibility IPhone®, Android™ IPhone®, Android™ IPhone®, Android™ Iphone®, Android™ Compatible with Garmin Connect™ Mobile ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Garmin Pay™ X ✔ ✔ ✔ Aviation Features Worldwide airport database(s) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Altimeter with adjustable baro setting ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ 3-axis compass with HSI (horizontal situation indicator) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Multiple time zones with Zulu/UTC ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Wirelessly receive flight plans from Garmin Pilot™ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ NEXRAD on moving map ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Moving Map with aviation airports, navaids, roads, bodies of water and more ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Waypoint information page ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Worldwide NAVAID and Intersection database(s) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Connext avionics connectivity X ✔ ✔ ✔ In-flight Pulse Ox X X X ✔ Activity Tracking Features Step counter ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Move bar (displays on the device after a period of inactivity; walk for a couple of minutes to reset it) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto goal (learns your activity level and assigns a daily step goal) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Sleep monitoring (monitors total sleep and periods of movement or restful sleep) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Calories Burned ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Floors climbed ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Distance travelled ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Intensity minutes ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Trueup™ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Move IQ™ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Fitness Age ✔ (in app) ✔ (in app) ✔ (in app) ✔ (in app) All-day Stress Tracking X ✔ ✔ ✔ Fitness Equipment/Gym Available gym activity profiles Indoor Rowing Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga Strength Training, Cardio Training, Elliptical Training, Stair Stepping, Floor Climbing, Indoor Rowing, Yoga Cardio workouts X ✔ ✔ ✔ Strength workouts X ✔ ✔ ✔ Automatic rep counting X ✔ ✔ ✔ Training, Planning and Analysis Features GPS speed and distance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Customizable data pages ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Customizable activity profiles ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto Pause® ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Interval training ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Advanced workouts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Downloadable training plans ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto Lap® ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Manual lap ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Configurable lap alerts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ V02 max ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Training Status (lets you see if you’re training effectively by tracking your training history and fitness level trend.) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Training Load (your total training load for the last 7 days calculated from estimated EPOC) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Training Effect (aerobic) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Training Effect (anaerobic) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Customizable alerts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Audio prompts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Finish time ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Virtual Partner ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Race an Activity ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto multisport activities X ✔ ✔ ✔ Manual multisport activities X ✔ ✔ ✔ Course guidance ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Segments (Live, Garmin) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Strava features (Beacon, live segments) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Livetrack ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Group live track ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Round-trip course creator (running/cycling) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Trendline™ Popularity Routing X ✔ ✔ ✔ Touch and/or button lock ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Hotkeys ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto scroll ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Activity history on watch ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Heart Rate Features HR zones ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ HR alerts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ HR calories ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ % HR max ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ % HRR ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Recovery time ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto max HR ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ HRV stress test (measures your heart rate variability while standing still, for 3 minutes, to provide you with an estimated stress level; the scale of this is 1 to 100; low scores indicate lower stress levels) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Records heart rate while swimming ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) HR Broadcast (broadcasts HR data over ANT+™ to paired devices) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Running Features Available run profiles Running, Indoor Running, Trail Running Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running Running, Treadmill Running, Trail Running GPS-based distance, time and pace ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Running dynamics ✔ ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Vertical oscillation and ratio (the degree of ‘bounce’ in your running motion and the cost-benefit ratio with stride length) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Ground contact time and balance (shows how much time, in the running motion, your foot is on the ground rather than in flight and lets you check your running symmetry) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Stride length (real time) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Cadence (provides a real-time number of steps per minute) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Performance condition (after running 6–20 minutes, compares your real-time condition to your average fitness level) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Lactate threshold (through analysis of your pace and heart rate, estimates the point where your muscles start to rapidly fatigue) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Run workouts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Race predictor ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Foot pod capable ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Golfing Features Yardage to F/M/B (distance to the front, middle and back of green) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Yardage to layups/doglegs ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Measures shot distance (calculates exact yardage for shots from anywhere on course) Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Digital Scorecard ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Stat tracking (strokes, putts per round, greens and fairways hit) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Garmin autoshot™ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Auto course view updates ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Green View with manual pin position ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Hazards and course targets ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Truswing™ compatible ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Round timer/odometer ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Outdoor Recreation Features Available outdoor recreation profiles Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Jumpmaster, Tactical Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical Hiking, Climbing, Mountain Biking, Skiing, Snowboarding, XC Skiing, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Rowing, Kayaking, Jumpmaster, Tactical Point-to-point navigation ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Bread crumb trail in real time ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Back to start ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Tracback® ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Ultratrac mode ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Around Me mode ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Elevation profile ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Distance to destination ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Barometric trend indicator with Storm Alert ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Climbpro™ Ascent Planner X ✔ ✔ ✔ Trail run auto climb ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Vertical speed ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Total ascent/descent ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Future elevation plot ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Preloaded topographical maps ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Downloadable cartography support ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Compatible with basecamp™ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ GPS coordinates ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Projected waypoint ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Sight ‘N Go ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Area calculation ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) Hunt/fish calendar ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) Sun and moon information ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) ✔ (via Connect IQ™) Dual grid coordinates ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ XERO™ Locations X ✔ ✔ ✔ Cycling Features Available cycling profiles Biking, Indoor Biking Biking, Indoor Biking, Triathlon Biking, Indoor Biking, Triathlon Biking, Indoor Biking, Triathlon Courses ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Bike lap and lap maximum power (with power sensor) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Race an activity ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Time/distance alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goal) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ FTP (Functional Threshold Power) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) ✔ (with compatible accessory) Garmin Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Compatible with Vector™ (power meter) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Power meter compatible (displays power data from compatible third-party ANT+™-enabled power meters) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Compatible with Varia Vision™ (head-mounted display) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Compatible with Varia™ lights ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Speed and cadence sensor support (with sensor) ✔ (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) ✔ (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) ✔ (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) ✔ (ANT+® and Bluetooth® Smart sensors) Swimming Features Available swim profiles Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running Pool Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Swimming/Running Pool swim metrics (lengths, distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Stroke type detection (freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Swim efficiency (SWOLF) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Drill logging ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Pool swim workouts ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Open water swim metrics (distance, pace, stroke count/rate, calories) ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Heart rate (real-time during rests, interval and session stats during rests, and automatic heart rate download post-swim) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) ✔ (with HRM-Tri™ and HRM-Swim™) Related