 | AmazFit T-Rex 3 - $45 off | $234 | Amazon | | ⚡ This recently announced watch is a very solid deal. I'm almost done with my in-depth review on it. It's definitely budget in terms of some of the polish, but has a ton of features. |
 | 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). |
No love for the Saris H3 at $349? Very solid trainer and I’m still cranking away on my 7 year old Hammer (a H3 predecessor). Only wish it was as quiet as the H3.
I got one when it was available at that price from Amazon (now like $550, though if you get the bundle, you’re basically buying it at $350).
Very solid trainer once I got it set up. Had some issues (turned out to be user error), but Saris support was worse than useless–took them like 10 days to get back to me, and gave me incorrect advice.
I found a guide to open it up and service the moving parts. Conditioning the belt and greasing some key areas made a significant reduction in noise levels.
I was looking to buy the polar M3 but does the polar vantage v3 black friday deal worth it? 20% off. it’s almost the same price as the M3. should I buy the V ou the M?
I went for V. for 450 Eur it looks to me like good deal. Amazon
I decided to take the V3 for the 50$ difference in price.
At Amason polar vantage V3 for 425 euro.
Ray,
Polar Verity Sense is showing up for me on Amazon at $79.96
I also see Garmin Varia™ RCT715 $100 off on Amazon
Epic Sapphire vs Epic Pro vs FR965 for hiking/running/gym?
Your best bet is to read his reviews and comparisons and figure out what aspects are most important for you. Few points:
Forerunner lightest, Epixs option for sapphire glass, Pro has flashlight and newest HR sensor and more size choice
I don’t think he has to read it now. Your TLDR was perfect. I went with Pro for the newest HR sensor, but I use the flashlight all the time for stuff with the kids at night, and surprisingly at movie theaters.
Thanks. I’m leaning to Epix Pro as upgrade from my Fenix 6 Sapphire, thinking I want to try AMOLED. But Enduro 3 at $850 is tempting, since with plastic back the 51 mm size is lighter than other models.
Finland, verkkokauppa.com. Wahoo Kickr Move 899€. Time to replace my v4 kickr
I was checking Garmin watches in Europe and wanted to share my findings (considering shipping to Belgium).
BikeInn, Bike-Discount and Bol.com seem to have the best deals. There’s a Forerunner 965 for €508, an Epix for €496 and an Epix Pro for €675 at BikeInn. The Fenix 8 Solar and Enduro 3 are best at Bike-Discount. The Fenix 8 Amoled at Bol.com and Coolblue.
I’m glad to see Suunto ISN’T included above. They’ve gone and wrecked themselves with their latest app update that doesn’t let you load it w/o keeping location and health data on at all times. This also eliminates future watch updates, firmware, etc. Um, nope. Yes, you could turn it on to update it, then turn it back off, but that’s not the point. Many of us now have dead ‘smart’ watches. App store is filling up with neg comments.
Maybe you can address this in a future post and/or when reviewing their watches in the future. Thanks!
@Asa, I’m not seeing this issue on iOS, and only 1 recent review on the Apple app store raises this issue. There are 5 negative reviews about this on the Android store, so I wonder if this is an Android App issue.
Yeah, I don’t entirely remember getting that warning to be honest. Not saying I didn’t, just don’t remember it. I’ll find out what’s up.
As Big noted, there’s only a couple people who have mentioned it in the last few months.
On iOS, I open the app (already logged in), and up comes a screen with a toggle for Health and Location Data required and must be consented to before moving on. If you haven’t updated the app recently, it may not show it (don’t do it, if so, unless you agree to this functionality).
Not sure about it on a Google.
On Apple app store, if you go to all reviews for Suunto app > sort by newest, you’ll see a few comments about it. I’m not the only one.
Hmm, I’m not getting the prompt.
In either case, for fun, I went into iOS privacy settings and disabled access for both location services and Apple Health. I force-closed the Suunto App and had no issues using it.
Obviously, without access to that, when you go to create routes, it won’t show/use your current location (as a blue dot). You can actually see this after you revoke, the blue dot goes away. And of course, it won’t populate Apple Health with your data anymore, but it sounds like you wanted neither (it was never read access, only write access).
This is on the current iOS version, with current iOS.
Strange. Thanks for checking. I’m on the latest 17 version (haven’t upgraded to 18.1.1 yet).
Ya, I normally turn health and location services (+ a few more) off unless I’m using gps on some hardware, so maybe it’s tied to something else, but I’m not really impressed, and will find something better next year…or back to analog. :)
@Asa & Ray, Likewise I tried I’m on 18.1.1 and v2.391 and I didn’t get any prompt either.
In fairness, I think it is pretty hard for any smart watch brand which is designed to collect personal information in the form of Heart rates and GPS location and conduct some post processing in the form of a training/health recommendation to not collect data.
If privacy is a big concern, then a non-connected device may might suit better,
Thanks for the replies.
I think I may have figured it out…the watch was completely disconnected from my phone and unpaired so the app thought I was a new user even though I was stilled logged in. Once I flipped the two toggles, it worked like normal, knew who I was, and since I don’t keep ‘location’ on, it should be good to go.
One should be aware that the app does say it tracks location whether the app is running or not (assuming iOS location is active). Thanks Ray/BigA for the assistance!
Overall, to your point BigA, the watch probably isn’t something will benefit me.
Now, about Strava…;)
Picked up a brand new quantix 7 for $349 on Amazon. Thought that was a pretty good deal for what is essentially a Fenix 7.
“DJI Mini 4 Pro Fly More Combo with DJI RC 2” is showing a whopping 5% discount on Amazon UK – £929 instead of £979 How come we don’t get $300 off? :-(
Here in the US I had to click to change from the Flymore Combo to the Flymore Combo Plus to see the discounted price.
Have any recommendation for a good nylon trail loop band for the Forerunner 965? Looking on amazon has my head spinning with bad quality options.
Polar has also a huge Black Friday Sale going on (unitil December 2nd). Dicounts are from -40% (eg Polar Pacer Pro) to -20% (Vantage V3). I think there are some very good deals available.
Favero Assiomas are 25% off starting today. Can get the single sided one for $350! This is the same sale as last year and I was hoping to see the mountain bike pedals on sale but guess it’s too soon.
On a side note: it’s fun to see Lasko fan for $50 at Amazon US and at the same time for €200 at Amazon NL.
Epix pro gen 2 down to £399 for the 41mm and 47mm sizes at Garmin UK, possibly only from midnight UK time.
Wasn’t looking at a new watch this year (pretty happy with my Fenix 6 Pro) and not exactly sold on AMOLED for a watch, but finding it hard to resist…
Crazy if you look at the pricing in EU, Garmin site 649€!! For the same watch. Anybody seen the epix 2 pro anywhere in EU cheaper then the 649€?
Such a great deal I couldn’t resist!
Although the charged me an extra penny – £400! Outrageous!
The Fenix 7 Pro Sapphire 51 mm at $750 seems pointless with the Enduro 3 at $850. Too small a savings to pass up newest model I think.
…some might argue you not only save $100, but you save yourself from the new UI. ;)
Thanks for being a DCR Supporter!
Absolutely 👍. The new UI is really a pain (for me).
Interesting. I thought people liked new UI and also that since Garmin isn’t rolling it back means the end of updates for the Fenix 7 and Epix.
It does _not_ mean the end of updates for the Epix (Gen 2)/Fenix 7. Garmin looks at the new UI as a feature of the new product line (similar to hardware changes like the buttons or the case colors, not as a software update).
Now many people disagree with that philosophy (I had mentioned that previously when discussing the increasing dichotomy between hardware and software developments), but as far as Garmin is concerned they do not consider the new UI a software but rather a change.
The Vivoactive 5 is currently priced at $200, which makes it a great deal as a gift for family.
I was secretly hoping for the Forerunner 965 to dip to £450 or below in the UK during Black Friday and just spotted Decathlon UK have reduced today to that very figure! 🙏
Praying for a deal on a Garmin Descent or MK watch – looking for that diving capability in an all around watch!
Sadly, short of Uncle Amazon going wild and doing something off-script (which it very well could), there aren’t any Garmin Descent planned sales. :(
Nespresso is only $99 and includes free shipping directly on it’s website.
The Echo Dot Kids link is opening the Logi webcam page for me.
FYI: ZWIFT has the new ride at 20% off with the CYCLINGRIDE20 coupon added. To that note, would you recommend it over the KICKR SHIFT at $2400? I bought the Wahoo last week and am still within the return time frame. Thanks for all you do.
Battery pumps?
BikeTiresDirect.com has the Garmin Edge 1040 for $449.99 through December 2. Good company that has excellent gear – but probably only for DCR readers in the USA. Most of the other sale prices look about the same
Was the Mini 3, Fly More w/ DJI RC (with LCD) ever that price?
I’ve only been seeing the Drone w/o Fly More for something like 15% higher than noted here ($429). Bummer as with the nicer controller and Fly More kit the price here seems really solid, maybe I missed it.
These deals are making it so hard not to upgrade my Forerunner yet! I’m trying to wait until next Spring when mine will be 3 years old!
Surprised to see comment that the 965 will stay the top end ForeRunner “for a while”. Came out over 2 years ago, so was expecting the next version in spring or so