 | Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen with USB-C) - $100 off | $153 | Amazon | | ⚡ Both myself and my wife have been using these since last fall, after years of using the Beats Studio Buds...man, these things rock. Sure, they're good for sports, but frankly, I use them on planes, editing, and such more than anything else. |
 | Apple Airpods (2nd Gen) - 31% off!
$159 | $89 | Amazon | | These aren't the latest anymore, that's the newer 4th gen units. But if budget is in mind, it's hard to beat these. It's still what my wife uses as her daily driver, including tons of time on the indoor trainer/bike. |
 | Apple Watch SE (2022/2nd gen) - $100 off
$249/$299 (cellular) | $149 | Amazon | | ⚡⚡This matches again the lowest price we've ever seen the Apple Watch SE (2nd Gen) - a very solid deal, especially with the new WatchOS 11 features around Training Load, Vitals, offline mapping, and more. |
 | Apple Watch Series 10 - $80 off
$399/$499 (cellular) | $329 | Amazon | | |
 | Apple Watch Ultra 2 - $180 off!!! | $619 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is by far the lowest price we've seen an Apple Watch Ultra 2, to date. This is an incredibly solid deal, especially with all the new WatchOS11 features that recently arrived. NOTE: YOU NEED TO CHECK THE $80 off coupon next to it (plus the already discounted lower price!). |
 | Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium - $80 off | $719 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is a nice little deal for this unit which just came out. |
 | Beats Studio Buds - 47% off
$149 | $79 | Amazon | | |
 | FORM Smart Swim 2 Goggles - $50 off | $199 | Amazon | | These just came out earlier this year, and this is the lowest price to date. Very solid deal. |
 | FORM Swim 1 Goggles (with heads-up display) - $50 off | $129 | Amazon | | |
 | Fitbit Ace LTE Kids Activity Smartwatch - $60 off | $160 | Amazon | | ⚡ This was just announced this summer, and is their first full smartwatch focused on kids activity tracking and gamification. This is the lowest price we've seen to date. |
 | Fitbit Charge 6 - 38% off!
$159 | $99 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is the go-to sale price for the Fitbit Charge 6. It happens often, but it still doesn't take away from the fast that it's argueably the best bang for your buck fitness tracker out there. |
 | Fitbit Inspire 3 - $30 off | $69 | Amazon | | |
 | Fitbit Sense 2 - $70 off | $179 | Amazon | | |
 | Fitbit Versa 4 - $40 off | $119 | Amazon | | |
 | Garmin Bounce LTE Kids Tracker - $20 off | $139 | Amazon | | This is the activity tracker that both of our oldest daughters use (age 7 & 8), as well as most of their friends now. They/we all like it. Check out my full in-depth review for all my thoughts. The $20 off is about the only sale you'll see. |
 | Garmin Enduro 3: ~$50 off!
$899 | $851 | Amazon | | This is the first time we've seen this on sale, and I suspect this is a transient Amazon sale. The Enduro 3 is basically the 'cheaper' Garmin Fenix 8 with a MIP display (but without the scuba or voice calling features). |
 | Garmin Epix Pro Series - 20% off!
$899/$999 | $649 | Amazon | REI | ⚡ This is the lowest price to date for the Garmin Epix Pro series, likely due to the Fenix 8 coming out a few months back (Epix as a brand was merged into the Fenix 8 branding). Still, if you don't care about diving or voice bits, this is an incredible deal. |
 | Garmin Fenix 7 Pro - 31% off (All Variants)
$799+ | $549+ | Amazon | REI | ⚡ This is the lowest price to date for the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro series, likely due to the Fenix 8 coming out a few months back. Still, if you don't care about diving or voice bits, this is an incredible deal. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 165 (Base) - $100 off!
$249/$299 | $199 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is the lowest price to date, and argueably one of the best deals this Black Friday in terms of runners watches and bang for the buck. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 165 Music - $50 off! | $249 | Amazon | | This is the first time we've head a meaningful sale on the Forerunner 165, released earlier this year, down to $249 for the Music edition, and $199 for the non-music edition. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 255/255S - $100 off | $249 | Amazon | | This is Garmin's mid-tier running watch, and is a very polished option with good multi-band GPS, and of course, a boatload of running metrics. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 255/255S Music - $100 off!
$349/$399 | $299 | Amazon | | This is Garmin's mid-tier running watch, and is a very polished option with good multi-band GPS, and of course, a boatload of running metrics. This model also includes offline music such as Spotify and Amazon Music. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 265 - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | REI | This is the first time we've seen the Forerunner 265 on sale, and it's solidly priced right now at $349 |
 | Garmin Forerunner 265s - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | REI | This is the first time we've seen the Forerunner 265 on sale, and it's solidly priced right now at $349 |
 | Garmin Forerunner 55 - $50 off
$199 | $149 | Amazon | | This is a good little running watch, though, it also supports plenty of other sport types as well. This is the lowest sale price to date. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 955 - $100ish off! | $399 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is one of Garmin's most popular running watches, and it's down to a very strong price. I often use this in my accuracy testing comparisons when validating other watches, due to it's very strong GPS performance. Note this is the base edition without solar. It'd be hard to find any better deal in sports watches today, from any company (given this has full mapping, tons of new features even this week, etc...). I say '$100ish', because it's usually been on forever sale at $499, so $399 is a strong price, though, it dipped to $319 for Amazon Prime Day. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 965 - $100 off! | $499 | Amazon | REI | ⚡ This is the lowest price we've seen ever on the Forerunner 965, since it's launch. It's still Garmin's top-end Forerunner watch, and I expect it to stay that way for a while. It's one I often use in comparative testing as a reference device. |
 | Garmin HRM-FIT - $15 off
$149 | | Amazon | | Look, this isn't much of a discount, but it's the first discount we've seen to date...so...better than nothing. |
 | Garmin HRM-PRO Plus - 20% off
$129 | $103 | Amazon | | A solid little deal for this strap, if you're in the Garmin ecosystem and want a dedicated chest strap. This strap is one of the two straps I use constantly for other HR sensor accuracy comparisons (alongside Polar H10) |
 | Garmin Instinct 2 Series - $100 Off | $199 | Amazon | | ⚡The Instinct 2 base is from $199, a very solid deal - especially with all the major software updates it's had over the few years since release. The Solar editions are also on sale. |
 | Garmin Instinct 2S & 2S Solar $100 off! | $199-$299 | Amazon | REI | ⚡The Instinct 2 base is from $199, a very solid deal - especially with all the major software updates it's had over the few years since release. The Solar editions are also on sale for $299 |
 | Garmin Instinct 2X - $100 off! | $349 | Amazon | REI | This is a solid deal. Garmin Instinct 2X - $100 off!It's best thought of as an Instinct 2.5, as it has almost enough features to really be more of an Instinct 3 (which doesn't exist at this point). |
 | Garmin Instinct Crossover Solar - $100 off! | $399 | Amazon | | |
 | Garmin Tactix 7 Pro - 20% off | $1,049 | Amazon | | This is the largest discount we've seen to date on the Tactix 7 Pro unit. Note the other Tactix 7 Pro units/variants are also on sale for 20% off too (this link takes you to all of them). |
 | Garmin Venu 3 - $100 off!
$449 | $349 | Amazon | | This is the lowest price we've seen on the Garmin Venu 3, which is Garmin's answer to the Apple/Samsung/Google watches. |
 | Garmin Venu 3S - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | | This is the lowest price we've seen on the Garmin Venu 3, which is Garmin's answer to the Apple/Samsung/Google watches. The Venu 3S is simply the smaller edition. |
 | Garmin Vivoactive 5 - $110 off!
$299 | $189 | Amazon | | This is a great deal for Garmin's little-sibling to the Venu series. It has almost all the same features as the Venu 3, except the voice calling related bits. |
 | Oura Ring Gen 3 - $50 off | $249 | Amazon | | While Oura just released their Gen 4 ring (which I'm currently testing), I'll be frank, there's virutally no real-world difference to Gen 3. About the only notable thing is the battery life difference (which is legit 7 days now, versus real-world 4-5 on Gen3). Otherwise, same-same. |
 | Polar Verity Sense - 15% off
$99 | $84 | Amazon | | I use this as one of my reference devices for heart rate accuracy testing. |
 | Samsung Galaxy Ring - $50 Amazon Gift Card Included | $399 | Amazon | | Not a straight discount, but Amazon gift card is basically cash for most of us. |
 | Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 (40 & 44mm) - $100 off! | $202 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is a very solid deal for one of Samsung's best watches to date, and also just released this summer. |
 | Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra - $215 off! | $434 | Amazon | | ⚡ This is by *FAR* the lowest price we've seen on this brand new watch. This scored very well in my accuracy tests, as well as battery testing. |
 | Samsung Galaxy Watch6 - Just a crapton off | $120 | Amazon | | |
 | Samsung Galaxy Watch6 Classic - $200 off | $199 | Amazon | | I'd probably go with the Samsung Watch 7, unless you *really* want the physical bezel (which admittedly, is a heck of a lot better than the touch bezel on the Watch 7). Either way, this is a very solid price. |
 | Scosche RHYTHM+ 2.0 ANT+ & Bluetooth HR Monitor
$79 | $39 | Amazon | | This isn't the newest chicken on the block, but for $39?!?! That's a solid deal for something that's actually pretty darn accurate. Really accurate. |
 | Suunto Race - $50 off! | $399 | Amazon | | This is the lowest price we've seen on the Suunto Race. That said, keep in mind the Suunto Race S is $349, has the same software and a *MUCH* better optical HR sensor. Though, is a bit smaller and slightly less battery life. Still, great watches. |
 | Suunto Race Titanium - $50 off! | $499 | Amazon | | |
 | Suunto Vertical (Solar edition) - $150 off | $549 | Amazon | | This unit continues to get all the most current updates, and is Suunto's MIP-enabled device with dual-frequency GPS and mapping. |
 | Whoop 4.0 with 1-year subscription - 17% off | $199 | Amazon | | This brings down the 1-year price to $17/month, which is the lowest it's been (only way to get that is normally a 24-month membership). |
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Didn’t they add sprint line markers a month ago?
link to support.zwift.com
“Added a more visually obvious starting line to timed segments.”
Sorry, yeah, I’m thinking more count-down style (i.e. 100m to go, 50m to go, etc…). Basically, just like how the sprint finishes are done within a UCI event. I’ll clarify.
9) fenix 5 competitor i see as a flop after kick starter ends. it is priced more than the 5x and only has the advantage of more battery life but no maps, CIQ, easily changeable watch band, and possibly no external sensor support (atleast not mentioned).
I suspect the 50 day time is just a dumb watch no connected to cellphone or hr monitoring. It says 30 days in time mode and 30 hours of gps time.
Oh yeah, the post-Indiegogo price is a non-starter. But I think most crowd funded projects know that.
I am not sure I get that watch. They asked for only $10k to develop the watch and put it into production? Including OS development, app development, physical manufacturing etc.? Or am I missing anything? Putting aside, all renders look like a copy of Garmin’s OS and even form factor and design elements.
@Juro, if you look at timeline, the watch is already developed (supposedly), mass production in March. They appear to be just using Indiegogo for marketing. That being said, their real competition would be the Coros Pace, which is set to retail at a price less than the Ironcloud’s lowest funding price. Am I missing something?
Crowdfunding is often used primarily for publicity, to generate hype and get attention. As you can see, with Ray mentioning it and us commenting about it, this strategy works.
Kreyos anyone?
Let me rephrase, what’s suspicious is that a bunch of guys just turn up and basically replicate a Fenix 5. I find it funny that one of their gifs actually shows a Connect IQ watchface: link to media.giphy.com, wait until this one appears: link to apps.garmin.com
Seeing what challenges Garmin is facing with fenix 5 with all the new tech – and assuming there are significant costs of ongoing development of the product and platform beyond initial delivery I can’t see how this can be possibly successful.
If they are raising $ for marketing and awareness, they should show more than just renders and mockups.
Hi Ray,
Talking about GPS Watchs… What do you think about Xiaomi products amazfit bip or pace ?
Any review in project ?
I’m mixed on them from a pure specs standpoint. That said, I ordered one, and in theory it’ll be here early next week (it’s slated to be in a pile of other things I’m sending over from the US).
Great news, because i don’t find any sport reviews of Xiaomi amazfit. Really interesting to have a sport/tech reviewer point of view
Iḿ very interessed on your review on the Amazfit Bit and Pace, can t wait
Forget Amzafit pace, please test/review Amazfit 2 (Stratos)!
Suunto Ambit 3 Peak vs Stratos/Pace 2.
17km in a forest in TrailRunning mode
Sunny, 5.Centigrades
Raw Data Suunto / Stratos
Distance: 17,02 / 17,01 (almost identical)
Track: Pretty similar and accurate both of them (see screenshoot). Suunto Blue, Stratos Red
Highest point: 737 / 736 –> similar
Lowest point: 668 / 665 –> similar
Ascent: 291 /338
Descent: 294 / 340
Althoug there are more than 40 meters difference (too much), ascent and descent are similar. This was expected as the circuit was circular.
Battery: Suunto battery is legendary. Between 20 and 200 hours with GPS on depending on the GPS interval. Stratos: I charged it yesterday and it was at 52% when I finished the test. Pretty bad. By this very same token it would not last enough to finish a Marathon (more tests are needed)
Heart Rate: Suunto with HR chest strap, Stratos Optical HR
In this case the heart rate I obtained with the Stratos was rubish.
This circuit has lots of slopes. This means your heart rate is constantly changing. Example, when you are running uphill you go slower but your heart rate increases. And when you go downhill, you go faster but your HR can decrease. This is normal and easy to understand… but not for the Stratos.
I suspect is something related with the data analysis that the Stratos do from the optical readings and it asumes that, the lower the pace, the lower de HR.
What´s your opinion? Have you observe something similar other optical HR sensors?
Great comparison. I’d glad to to see both GPX if possible.
Regarding very bad battery performance – you might have not the latest firmware (one on them causes very fast discharging). Stratos should last for +35 hours on both GPS nad HR enabled.
Hi,
The Stratos had the very last firmware ( 2 days old literally).
But, I think something went wrong because this comsuption is not normal.
Nevertheless, I do not think it can last 35 hours with GPS and HR enabled.
Next time I will do a 30km run with my Ambit3, Garmin 735 and the Stratos.
Regarding the Track here it is. Suunto Blue, Stratos Red
Hello, I may contribute to Xiaomi watches the following:
I ‘ve had a Xiaomi Amazfit Pace for some days in Feb 18.
I noticed also much to much ascent / descent while the absolute altitude was quite accurate. At my very flat 11km track with aktual 40m ascent/descent the pace noticed over 500m. That seems to be a software problem with the evaluation of the barometric sensor: the altitude chart shows many jumps of few meters up and down even in flat terrain.
The GPS-Track, Pace, Cadence and also the optical HR were compareable to my Garmin FR235 (also optical).
I also had more battery drain then expected. It was about 15% for 60min runnig with GPS and optical HR. Not very good but probably enough for a marathon-run. If you use even more functions, like playing music, notifications etc. the battery goes down very quickly. Especially often activating the display (even without light) brings it down. That’s of course the case when you are testing a device, may be better in daily use.
Mostly I missed a prestart-mode as well as manual lap-stopping.
So in my mind, it is a very nice smart-/ fitnesswatch but not (yet) suitable for runners and endurance athletes. I go on with my FR235 and save up for FR935.
Any update on a review of the Stratos? Very eager to hear your thoughts on it as a triathlon/multisports watch and compared to something similar e.g Suunto Trainer?
How is the Amazfit doing in the “pile of other things”?
Any chance of looking into the Amazfit Bip that’s only $80?
Woke up this morning with an email from Garmin that my “TailLightField” app is a nominee for the ConnectIQ awards and then find out that my favourite blogger links to it! Thanks Rat, that made my day :)
Regarding GoPro plus subscription; of course, there is couple of catches for replacing broken device: it’s only for Hero 5 and newer models, it’s US only (at least for now), the replacement is provided only if GoPro has available stock (and as a pessimist I guess you will find out the stock status only after you try to use the benefit) and there is processing fee. Funnily, it costs double to “process” (= package & send the camera, what else?) Hero 6 compared to Hero 5.
link to gopro.com
Sure, this is nice add-on if you are already a subscriber and happen to own Hero 5 or newer.
Hi Ray.
Did you see this news “Apple eyes FDA approval filing for investigational heart device” put a link in the website field. Interested in your thoughts – but perhaps nothing new here…
Cheers.
On Go Pro Plus subscription. It looks like this is based on user, not the device. For someone with multiple devices, this should be a no-brainer. The exchange fees are similar to Apple Care or the smartphone insurance provided by phone companys (although some include lost devices). The statement that this will be available “as long as supplies last” sounds a bit ominous, however.
Speaking of the Connect IQ summit and nominees, have you seen this? link to apps.garmin.com
Might be handy to have more data for diagnosing things when testing Garmin watches. Of course I’m not sure it should change the opinion if the result is the same – after all, it’s just as important how a watch performs when trying to interpolate bad data vs having good data. But it might be handy for a data-geek like you to see what’s going on, and how often watches getting a segment right seemingly by pure chance really was by pure luck/good interpolation of bad data.
Thanks for the updates – I’m definitely looking forward to more drone awesomeness as they make it, even if it’s not quite there yet for tree avoidance lol.
Any thoughts about the VIITA Smartwatches? Says up to 4 weeks battery life and ready soon.
Thanks Ray
How does the Zwift update affect your Wattbike Atom review.
I remember your conclusion was that some thIngs needed to be fixed on both sides.
Is the Wattbike Atom now fit for Zwift riding.
Thanks
Phil
…and when is the Atom coming to the states? I’m keen on ordering one for my better half, but there seems to be no news on timing.
Thanks!
Unfortunately I’m not near a Wattbike Atom until early April (at best) being in Australia right now, so I can’t say for sure. But I’d drop a note on the Wattbike Atom review and ask the same question for how the changes impacted things, as others there often comment back on new firmware updates.
As for the Atom coming to the states, the last plan I heard was Fall 2018.
Any chance on reaching out to see Ironcloud… can’t find a website (super sketch seeming) or contact information without backing it (hmmmmm) about sensor support. It’s like they are trying to target triathletes… the single biggest consumer of powermeters and sensor data but no info on sensor support….. also, 10k flex… that sounds sketchy without a website
I can’t find any contact info either, but I know someone who makes their sensors…so, I just shot them an e-mail to see if they can make an intro.
Hi Ray, any reply? Ive backed the watch & am hoping it will eventually connect to pwoertap etc. Bit gutted there are no plans to connect to strava either. Why would you setup a new community when everyone already plays over there?
Nope, never heard back. :(
I give the Intel glasses about a year. It’s a bit strange really. They have an entire department for “new devices” and as far as i can tell, they haven’t gotten a single product out on the market that hasn’t been abandoned a year later. They have a lot of IP, but should probably stick to that and just sell the IP when developed.
well – apart from the NUC line of course.
The IronCloud seems very weird to me, too bad there is no way to ask questions without backing the project. There is not a single word about supported sensors. Neither bluetooth nor ant+?
Yeah, it’s definitely odd on the sensor front. Hoping to get some answers shortly.
Wasn’t there a DJI Mavic Air review on the site ? If so, has it been removed ? I can’t find it anymore …
No Mavic Air review published here yet, but, you can find two overly detailed videos I put together on it on YouTube up above.
Any thoughts on Humon now that they started shipping their muscle oxygen sensor?
I haven’t poked into it a ton. It’s tricky in that in general I haven’t seen a huge amount of interest in SMO2 sensors when I’ve posted about it in the past, relative to other things. :-/
One more vote for stratos review! Looks decent, especially in that price range.
For $150 (25% off with code SUMMER on their US site), I think the Stratos is definitely worth a review. More press, more sales could put more pressure on Xiaomi to up their game on the firmware side and quicken the pace to ironing out the kinks.