 | 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). |
As always, thanks for putting this together. It is a lot of work.
I know you are swamped but are you going to have a post on the new InReach pricing plans? Bummed that you can’t suspend service.
Yeah, I’m going to dive into that a bit in my Messenger Plus review that’s upcoming. I agree, the shifts around suspension seem a little weird. Not very Garmin-y.
An article on this would be great. I just suspended my service for the Fall as it appears I’m still on the old plans. But, certainly confused about how it works going forward.
+1 I’ve been wondering about this as well. Depending on what the [apparently not yet determined?] reactivation charge ends up being, this could be the end of inreach for me. I hope something changes in the next couple months but it isn’t looking great.
I think it is a $40 reactivation fee. Looks like Garmin wants you to pay them yearly regardless if you are using it. 😔
From this page:
link to support.garmin.com
Alternatively, some users may benefit from cancelling their service during the off season. For example, if you only need inReach satellite communication features for one or two months out of the year, it will be more cost effective to cancel your service and then reactivate it again the following year.
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Cancelling takes effect immediately and puts the inReach device in a “deactivated” state where it no longer functions on the Iridium satellite network. Any saved account data will still be available after cancelling. If there is no activity on your Garmin account across all our sites and services for at least 2 years, your account may be deleted. For more details, see – Inactive Account Deletion.
Devices have to be activated again in order to function on the Iridium satellite network and would incur an activation fee of $39.99 USD. For pricing information in other regions, see – inReach Satellite Subscription Plan Pricing and Global Availability FAQ.
Great article. I’m going to save $775 on the Apple Watch Ultra by just going for ice cream instead. As usual, Amazon Canada deals are nowhere near as exciting, i think the best Garmin deal I noticed was a 255 Music for $299.
“just going for ice cream instead”
Depending on ice cream pricing (ideally on sale), that should get you quite a ways!
Checked the UK Amazon,
Yep you’re right , nothing worth posting here.
Shokz OpenRun(Aeropex) are 30$ off link to amazon.com
As well as OpenRun Pro 55$ off link to amazon.com
Ray,
What are your thoughts on the Polar Verity Sense Amazon deal in the US? Will this potentially be less expensive with Black Friday deals?
The Scosche Rhythm R+2.0 is $32 from $90 original. Reviewed very similar to the Verity Sense. I’m going to try it.
Thanks. I’m probably going to try the Scosche Rhythm R+2.0 as well at the $32 price point.
Looks like the Epix 2 Deal is no longer. Tried to buy the White Titanium and was redirected with a new price.
Ray… can you share a link for the AirPods Pro 2 to the. UK Amazon site?
I’m about to buy and will do so through your link.
The CycPlus portable inflator is also on sale for $71. Solid deal.
As someone else noted, the Epix 2 deal appears to be over
Thank you for doing this!
Garmin Epix is showing $580 for me (USA)
Kickr Core at $425 vs Saris H3 at $350? Thoughts?
If you care about compatibility with KICKR CLIMB or Zwift Virtual shifting, then suggest going with the Core. If you don’t care about either of those, then suggest save $ and go with the H3, which is a very solid unit.
Thank you! Don’t use Zwift, and don’t care abt the Climb, so that makes it an easy decision!
The one other thing is that the Kickr says the freehub can be changed to use a Campy cassette. Do you know if that is true of the H3 (helpful, though not necessary).
Got the H3. But it comes without the right through axle adapter for 12mm. Even thought it claims to have the correct one. And no response from Saris support. Their phone line says they are are closed for “the holidays.”
I have about another week to decide if they will come through, or it will have to go back. Bummer.
Just to close the loop on this. I finally reached Saris CS. However, they gave me bad advice. After telling them that I have the H3 and a bike with a 12 mm through axle, they said I would need an adapter, either theirs or the Robert Axle Project version. Email support eventually said the same thing.
That was the worst advice! Just plain wrong. I eventually figured out how to mount my bike with the included adapters. Had I followed their advice, I would have bought an adapter that’s useful for wheel-on trainers, but useless for trainers such as the H3.
So, I think I have a capable trainer, and I just hope I have no need in the future for customer support.
Shokz is also 20-30% off
A small typo on the Enduro 2 when you say “Hoenstly”
I”m so angry. wanted the epix and it switched from 399 to 580 while i had it in my box.
I’d keep hitting refresh. It virtually always comes back within a few hours (it disappeared once today, came back, and is now gone again). In the past, it keeps coming back. I assume someone has to authorize something behind the scenes…
…and, it’s back to $399: link to amzn.to
bike closet has the all black epix on back order for $449. Not as good of a deal, but not bad. Not related to them at all
I know the deal looks to be up for the Epix, but compared to the 955, would you bother switching? I’m perfectly ok hanging on to my 955 but I don’t see $400 worth of increase of value from the 955.
Yeah, I don’t think there’s a big case to be made there, aside from aesthetics.
Suunto Vertical came up as 20% off with Prime Membership.
for you golfers out there (crickets!) the Game Approach S80 launch monitor is down to $329 from $500
typo – that’s the Garmin Approach S80
Hi, do you have an issue with the air pods falling out when you run with them? I’ve never owned or worn a pair, I have Beat Pro with the hinge thingee. At this price I am temped but don’t want them to fall out. Thanks
I’m the same, Apple offer 14 days to try them so I have ordered a pair of the Pro 2’s for £179.
Considering that Epix 2 has barometric sensor issues, it is not as good deal as it seems…
Solution for 2 years till the warranty last, then garbage…
In regards to the deal for the Edge 1040. You point to the NL Amazon website, but there it costs €834,6 :(
Ugh! the Epix deal was out when I checked yesterday, then back this morning, but I wasn’t in a place where I could place the order. Now it’s gone again.
And it seems like even the 955 deal is missing for the moment. :(
Here’s hoping they come back once more.
Hey Ray,
i am a pretty active, level 100 zwift cyclist/racer, (over 2100 hrs), and am in the market for a new smart trainer. Over the last 8 years i have owned nothing but Elite equipment. My first and second were both swapped out for failure under warranty, and i also have swapped the main circuit board in my current unit an additional 2 times. At the moment i have an intermittent issue wit my direto where the resistance drops super low in the middle of a climb such that i need to put my bike in the smallest cog and spin over 110 rpm to generate any power. So that’s essentially 7 failures in 8 years.
Not sure if my experience is due to high mileage, or bad luck, or quality issues with Elite.
Wondering what your thoughts would be, (given my relatively high usage rate), in regard to the Core at $425 vs the H3 at $350 vs the H3 plus at $399 vs jetblack at $399. I love a good deal but would be open to higher priced options if the durability was there. Virtual shifting is interesting, but i also heard there are some bugs yet to be worked out, (and reliability/reproducibility are definitely the most important considerations for me).
Cheers,
Bob
I am using garmin products for twenty years. I bought an Epix 2 last year in april. I had to replace it two times (so it is my third model that i just received). Using it in swimming pools and in the sea caused buttons failure. Sav is good but i lost time to send it back and what’s going to happen later ? Now I am not confident to use it for swimming. Search forums (epix 2 buttons) and you will see i am not the only one
You won the bet with Des about the Epix Gen 2 dropping to $400 — though I didn’t expect it to be the sapphire edition.
DC Rainmaker do you already have a wahoo kickr v7 in your cave. The FCC documents have long been approved.
Is there a new Kick Core (e.g. based in Kickr V6) in the pipeline as well?
It’s a little late for this post, but it appears that Garmin has steeply discounted the Neo 2T, Flux 2 and Flux S. Not just at Garmin, but also many Garmin retailers as well (REI, Backcountry, Competitive Cyclist). Very interesting. Is it a move just to pare down excess inventory, complete with lowered prices at Wahoo, or are there new mid-tier units in the pipeline?