@dejock Yep, positive on the Instinct Solar 2 for $260-$300 -- the deals are rare and usually short, but using the SlickDeals app/site, you can get alerts. It's usually from BuyDig, Adorama, or another retailer you wouldn't normally associate with watches.
I always take my watch off to shower and sleep, so even if I had better battery life, I wouldn't use the sleep tracking function. However, my watch charges fully in under 30 minutes, so if you're semi-diligent about it, it's really not much of an annoyance. I think it gets overblown in the reviews because people are comparing apples (haha) and oranges with these two watches. Coming from a completely neutral place, I have seen a lot of anti-Apple bias in some of the comments, as well as from my hardcore ultrarunning friends. It's easy to hate them, I did it for years, and I still don't use their laptops, ecosystem services, iCloud -- I just have a few of their products because they're easy and predictable.
I were capable of running 100 miles, I would buy a Garmin...because the Apple would be dead in about 6 hours with active GPS tracking 🙂 And I'd probably be flat on my back calling 911.