 | 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). |
Deer Ray and other fine folks- talk me out of buying a 945. My existing watch is dying and was planning on waiting for the 955 – but the 945@399 seems like a pretty dang good deal and instant gratification thanks to prime shipping.
Yeah, the 945 at $399 is a very solid deal for sure. Though, I’d be slightly more inclined to get the FR945 LTE for $50 more, even if you have no LTE plans, as it’s still receiving notable firmware updates/features, and is seen as a different generation than the FR945 base
Any idea if the tacx motion plates will be included in any deals soon? Thanks.
It’ll basically come down to REI listing them. At this point, they have listed them (kinda surprising to be honest). In much the same way that the new Garmin RCT715 isn’t showing as listed yet either for REI. If it does, it’d actually be considered on sale here too.
CompetitiveCyclist.com also does 20% off sales usually around now (not yet though), but they usually exclude all Tacx items.
Currys in the UK had the Venu 1 for 70 quid in stores last week or so. Mate got one but sadly I was too slow…
20% off of Bontrager Wavecell helmets at REI using ANNIV22 coupon if you are a member.
Just in time after a crash on my MTB
Question: is it time to replace my Fenix 5? I feel like the distance is markedly off from routes that I create on Strava and record on my iPhone.
Zwift Store has a clearance sale with Elite Direto XR for $600, Suito-T for $480, and Sterzo for $75. Also if you prefer wheel-on, the KICKR Snap is $300. See
link to zwift.com
Garmin Canada sent a promo email with a bunch of sale items: link to garmin.com
REI has the Garmin 66i GPS with InReach on sale for 20% off – $600 list less $150.
I don’t think I have seen the 66i on-sale before.
Maybe I should have waited to buy my Saris now instead of the March sale. :-(
Ray, with the 30% off discount, and the state/saturation of the higher end trainer market, does this mean that Saris might be exiting?
No, I don’t think they’re exiting. My guess is they’ve just got a massive glut of inventory they want to simmer down a bit.
Interesting catch on the 66i, I’ll get it added in.
REI lists the Kickr Climb at $700 thus a 20% discount is $560. Seems like the retail price jumped from $599 to $699 very recently. That’s a 17% jump. Kind of odd.
Any idea why?
Huh, that is odd. Good catch. Not sure why. Perhaps some specific part in there has shot up in price since.
Garmin lists a mail in rebate on their website for certain products. I’m about to find out if they are stackable with REI’s discount.
I was thinking the same thing. Conditions don’t seem to exclude someone else discounting them:
“Rebate may not be combined with any other offer directly from Garmin.”
Would love to hear if they stack.
Hacking this comment thread for help – @Ray, IIRC the last Peloton bikes you bought you either went crazy in a Vegas hotel room with a multitool or had it delivered in Germany and then rode back to Amsterdam: are those the only options to get a bike in a non officially open country (in my case, France)?
Sadly still the only options. The CEO recently announced further planned international expansion, but no clear timelines on that, or to which countries. :(
I am in the market for a new Garmin watch. I got my old 935 in similar deal. But the watches these days…, i am not excited. They are showing their age, they will most likely not receive any major updates and I guess we will see a major push feature wise with the new models in June/July. Prices on the old watches are high even with these discounts, considering the hardware itself is most likely less than 50 $ and all the development has surely been written off completely over the time. It feels not completely right, more like “milking” it. 945 might be okay but 399 still feels very expensive for such an old model.
Any chance the Garmin Varia RTL515 Radar Tail Light will be replaced soon with an updated, improved model? I don’t see the value of the 715 for me.
Not sure there.
fenix 6 for $299 on Amazon should be listed, I think.
link to amazon.com
Very solid deal. Just added in. Thanks!
Fenix 6 is back to $700+ on Amazon. This is what I get for not checking DCR earlier in the week.
Hi Ray,
it looks like the rumors were right and there might be a new Forerunner coming soon after all.
On an unrelated note – will we see a review of DJI Action 2? I know that you always refer to it as a dumpster fire of a camera, but surely it can’t be that bad in every aspect.
I don’t suspect I’ll do a full review of the DJI Action 2 at this point. But I do have a few small follow-up videos that I show recently on it, that I just need to finish editing (almost done actually).
I still don’t recommend it. Even at $199 (a price far below the current price), I’d struggle to recommend it.
Ugh, that’s a good deal on the 1030. Sure wish I knew when the rumored 1040 was coming out…lol.
Yup, same. I refuse to buy any device that still uses microUSB. Garmin finally got around to updating the Varia to USB-C – I gotta hope the 540/840/1040 are only a few weeks away.
I Think 1040 has come out.
The DJ Mavic 3 hyperlink links to your review of the DJI Mavic 2 Zoom.
Doh, thanks!
Hmm. Was hoping to pick up the Garmin Epix at a Black Friday sale for a few hundred off. Now i wonder if will even be on sale.
That’s a tough one. I could see it going either way. Historically we have seen $150 off sales for BF for the Fenix lineup (which Epix falls under). But whether or not the decide to do that this fall would really depend on how they’re doing in terms of not just stock/sales for the Fenix/Epix lineup, but also how they’re doing for chipsets/supplies to make other units. If things are tight, they might not put these devices on sale if people are going to buy them anyway.
?? The Garmin 6 is on sale 38% off. The 6S is only discounted 9%!! What gives??
In this case, the $300 sale is basically just an Amazon sale. Meaning, Amazon has a boatload of inventory, and is doing their own dance.
I was also planning on waiting for the new forerunner 955, but this is tempting. Any idea when/if a new forerunner 955 will be coming out?
June 1, they are going to make it public.
And the sale must be reducing inventory. My probe of Amazon has the F6 at -10% now.
I just read that the GoPro Hero 10 Black with spare battery and dual charger is $399 at Amazon.
There is a FR 745 at € 341,99 on TradeInn
Garmin’ s Vivoactive 4 silver face is on sale at Amazon foe $235. Price goes up to $280 for the black version.
Just pulled the trigger on the 945 LTE. I didn’t want to wait for the 955 as they are going to be more expensive than $449, I paid for the 945 LTE. The 945 LTE is not that old to stop receiving updates. I am going to keep it unless 955 is too compelling and not too expensive.
First non-trainer-based power meter. Thank you!
FYI, the REI link for the POWRLNK pedals is broken.
Any Father’s Day deals on Trainers, this year?