Heads up! The big Garmin annual spring sale has started, with $200 off the Fenix 8 (first sale to date!), $100 off the Edge 1050, Forerunner 965 at $499, the Forerunner 265, the new Instinct 3, and countless other Garmin products including inReach Mini 2. Plus the Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium is on sale, and some Suunto & Wahoo product deals too. Full list & thoughts here!
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In Depth Product Reviews
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A new Fenix would fit perfectly on my wrist.
Awesome. Fenix 6 of course.
What i need is different than what I want, but I think I want a GoPro…
I’d get a new garmin
garmin forerunner 945! My current watch is slowly dying and I’m in need of a replacement!
My Garmin 920xt started dropping workouts the week after the sale on the 945 ended, so Garmin 945, if you please.
Garmin swim 2, because you can push those buttons underwater ;)
I would love a Garmin 945 for when I come back into training next year
There’s so much I want. Power meter, new watch, etc. But I’d probably use it for most of a new trainer.
I would get a Kickr climb, cause my new kickr core is lonely, LOL!
I would get a new power meter.
Likely Favero Assimo Due to see how much power I have lost over the holidays!
I would love a Garmin 945!
A camera for my bike!!!
Hello
I’d buy a new Garmin Fenix because my old one has dead pixels and the battery don’t last as long anymore.
Best regards
Joel
My Garmin is really beginning to show its age, so high time I upgraded!
I’d want a Fenix or Forerunner
I’d love a Tacx Neo!
New Garmin or maybe stryd.
Sure add me into the random draw
Fenix 6x Pro for hiking because its awesome.
I want to get a set of Garmin vector 3s. To measure left and right power!
Perfect excuse to upgrade the bike with axs.
I would love a smart trainer for some winter Zwifting.
Smart indoor trainer. My 10yo spin bike just isn’t cutting it.
I would get a GoPro to film all my sweet mountain biking
Love a new power meter or GoPro
Does it count if it technically doesn’t exist yet?? (Descent Mk2)
Unfortunatly my bike computer isnt working anymore. So ist time for a new one and maybe some Bluetooth headphones
I want a new Fénix. Mine died and has no resurrected from the ashes
Long time polar fan so a vantage v would be my wish.
Fenix 6 would be great
Wahoo Roam and/or Garmin Varia radar
I’d like a bike upgrade of some sort! After carrying around a new human for 9 months (due in spring wahoo) I definitely think I deserve some power pedals. Right?
I’m a simple man. I just want a Garmin 1030 that works bc mine doesn’t like to multitask or a wahoo hr strap that isn’t turning yellow….green?
I’d get a garmin fenix, because my forerunner is getting old.
Maybe a 9 Baro or stick it out with Garmin and update to a 945. First world problems.
I’d go for a new garmin Fenix!!
Would love the new Garmin Venu!
Garmin Fenix. To track cross country skiing, hiking and snowboarding.
If I won,I’m pretty sureI’d opt for a smart trainer as then I would have no excuse not ride when it getsabit chilly or damp.
Most definitely a Trainer workstation table like the one Wahoo sells.
Power meter or GoPro for me as well!
Would love to have Wahoo Kickr, because I’m badly need a new trainer!
Assioma pedals or a new Garmin.
I could use a new watch, probably the Garmin forerunner 945 or the Fenix 6.
Some smart trainer would be great!
I’d use it for the Fenix 6 pro, my 735XT is getting a bit tired!
I would love a Suunto 9 Baro titanium because they’re a beauty.
Strating to think about upgrading the original fenix 5s…. maybe with the 6s
Garmin 945!!
Garmin 945 because my old 920 wont make a full Ironman in April. Batteries don’t last that long
Favero Assioma power measuring pedals would be great!
A garmin 830
I did get a voucher covering 5 entries in local swim stadium. Nice gift, but once all kids joined me, the money was gone. Would rather have a FR645M.
Assioma pedals, to know how hard I’m actually going
I’d like a kickr smart trainer, since I’m still using an old dumb trainer.
New trainer
I’d have to go with Favero Assioma power pedals!
An upgrade for my Fenix 3 – which is hanging in there but s bit long in the tooth.
GoPro Hero 8 Black … would be a perfect fit to film my gravel and bikepacking trips
I would select one of the Garmin Fenix 6 versions likely Solar if I win but if I don’t I see the 6 pro in my future next year.
I’d love a 4iii power meter for the summer riding season (whenever it arrives!)
A new Garmin Fenix 6
I didn’t get my wife what she wanted – so a Fenix 6S for her!
Well my Forerunner is pretty old time for the latest
Santa it’s not too late to bring me a vantage.watch or Aston Martin
Power meter to take training to the next level!
Any Garmin Triathlon watch. The best there is for my 2020 Triathlon aspirations. Thanks Ray.
I would love to get my first Garmin, maybe a 645 music
Interested in power meter crank since my P1 pedals seem to have gotten finicky on working.
I would get the gopro hero 8.i love filming my adventures.
Santa let me down this year and left my Garmin Fenix at the North Pole! I would love to upgrade from my worn out vivoactive!
Hi!
I’lll have a bike trainer! I already have the space for it! Before my wife finds out and change her mind!
Would love a go pro hero 8 black
New Tri watch 945
Was definitely hoping for a Fenix 6 or a 945, planning on just getting it myself.
A wahoo kickr climb.
Got to have a good indoor bike training experience to help conquer the hills outside in the summer.
Power Meter or Trainer
Garmin Edge 1030 for me!
I would go for a garmin 830 for my wife
Garmin 820 for my girl friend. Her 820 battery is fried and she is too stubborn to replace it.
Smartwatch or powermeter thats the question!!!
Recently bought a new Garmin, but would go on a gadget shopping spree on the site. GoPro would be nice however!
New GoPro or garmin for me!
I need a wahooooooo please.
Because it is cold and rainy in Paris.
I want a GoPro (or equivalent) so I can catch footage of all the drivers trying to mow me down.
Probably a power meter, most likely the Favero Asiomo pedals, although a smart trainer is tempting too.
I’d love a smart trainer since my dumb one is pretty old!
An edge 530, as I need maps to find my way home sometimes.
Garmin Fenix 6
Santa forgot to leave a quarq dzero for my shiny new bike.
I want a FR 945, so I can catch up on all the features that they have neglected to push back to my 645
945 as I’m getting annoyed by the 935 breaking…
I would buy a new trainer (kickr Core for instance) since mine just collapsed recently !
Garmin 945 for me, I will need to start training again in the new year.
Garmin 945 would be a keeper. Mahaloz
A Garmin 945. Happy Holidays Ray!
I actually did not get anything triathlon related. I would put it towards a power meter, bit sure which one, I would have to spend quality time with the suggestion list.
My old garmin fr920 is in desperate need of a replacement! Drooling over a fénix6…