Heads up – Massive Sports Tech Holiday Deals List is Live!!! The Garmin Fenix 8 is $250 off (even the Fenix 8 Pro is $100 off!), the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is on sale, the Garmin inReach Mini 2 is $249, the GoPro Hero 13 Black, DJI NEO, and a ton of other brands/deals, including Wahoo, Oura, Whoop, Polar, Samsung, Google, and more than 100 sports tech deals here!
Here’s a constantly updated page for the best sports tech deals out there. I’ve categorized them roughly by logical groups, along with some random stuff at the end.
Watches & Wearables:
This covers anything you can wear that’s watch-like or activity band-like, including sensors. Generally speaking, you’ll mostly find deals here that are on things I’ve written about in the past. So you won’t find a deal on some random non-sports tech watch here, or on socks. Unless the socks have some crazy sensor or something in them.
We did see lower just back in July, at $199. So I'd probably hold out a bit more here. Assuming that happens, you can't beat this watch at this price point (heck,not even at $226 either).
Perhaps this deal will get better, but right now at $20 off...nah. Given the price of the Garmin Epix Pro has flirted into the $429 range a bit over the past few days (and is a vastly better watch), this needs to drop down closer to $299 to be worth picking up during Black Friday pricing.
These are the just-released AirPod Pro 3, with optical heart rate sensors in them. These are my daily-driver headphones these days, and even more notably, the heart rate accuracy is incredibly good in these.
This is the first major sale for the Apple Watch SE 3, which came out just 2 months ago. It's essentially Apple's 'budget' offering, yet it still has all the same software features as a higher-end Apple Watch Series 11, as long as the hardware permits.
This is the first time we've seen the Apple Watch Ultra 3 on sale, and given it's $100 off, that tends to be the typical sale price for the holidays/Black Friday for the current/just-released version.
This is a great price for this watch. Note though that technically speaking, this is a price reduction (took effect Nov 14th following the launch of the Pace 4). Most companies would first call it a sale, then make that sale price the new price as a price reduction. But COROS often beats to a different drum. Kudos on being upfront about the reduction though!
This is a great price for this watch. Note though that technically speaking, this is a price reduction (took effect Nov 14th following the launch of the Pace 4). Most companies would first call it a sale, then make that sale price the new price as a price reduction. But COROS often beats to a different drum. Kudos on being upfront about the reduction though!
These is the new model just released this past summer with stronger anti-scratch resistance (I even dragged it down a textured concrete pool desk, lens-down, to show this).
⚡ This is (by far) the lowest price we've seen on this watch to date. This is their first full smartwatch focused on kids activity tracking and gamification.
⚡ 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.
If you're looking for a simple and inexpensive activity tracker, you won't go wrong with a Fitbit (or this Inspire 3). It's got literally all the same software features in the Fitbit app as a higher-end Google Pixel Watch or other Fitbit device, except...just tiny.
⚡ This is Garmin's newest kids-focused and LTE connected smart watch. Our three daughters have been using it for about two months now, after using the original Bounce 1 for years. This is a *massive* upgrade over the Bounce 1, both in features/hardware, but frankly also battery life. My review should be up next week, but if you've got any questions drop them in the comments below.
This is the activity tracker that both of our oldest daughters have used for years (age 8 & 9), as well as most of their friends now. They/we all like it. Check out my full in-depth review for all my thoughts. That said, the new Bounce 2 came out two months ago, and while my review isn't out yet, it's a far better product. But, quite a bit more too. The TLDR on that review will be that it's the best kids smartwatch/tracker to date (for both parents and kids), but obviously will cost you $100 more.
This is Garmin's premier line of diving watches, which is based on the Fenix 7 seies, rather than the Fenix 8 series. Still, it's by far one of the most capable dive+everything else watches on the market.
Garmin Descent MK3i (Dive watch with air integration) - $250 off!
This is Garmin's premier line of diving watches, which is based on the Fenix 7 seies, rather than the Fenix 8 series. Still, it's by far one of the most capable dive+everything else watches on the market. The 'i' version (MK3i) means that you can connect it to an air tank monitor transmitter pod.
This is the lowest price we've seen on this to date. The Enduro 3 is simply the Fenix 8 with a MIP/Solar display (but without the scuba or voice calling features). It gets all the Fenix 8 features and updates otherwise.
⚡⚡⚡ This is a fantastic deal. By far the lowest price we've seen this! The Epix Pro has a flashlight which the regular Epix lacks, plus the newer Garmin Elevate Gen5 optical HR sensor with ECG support.
⚡⚡⚡ This is a fantastic deal. By far the lowest price we've seen this! The Epix Pro has a flashlight which the regular Epix lacks, plus the newer Garmin Elevate Gen5 optical HR sensor with ECG support. Note: Availability on this deal fluctuates, just keep checking back, I'm sure it'll pop back again (it always does).
⚡⚡ If you wanted the battery life of a Fenix MIP series without the cost of a Fenix 8, this is basically your best deal. Plus, unlike the base Fenix 7 series, the Pro series includes the flashlight and Gen5 HR sensor with ECG.
⚡ If you wanted the battery life of a Fenix MIP series without the cost of a Fenix 8, this is basically your best deal. Plus, unlike the base Fenix 7 series, the Pro series includes the flashlight and Gen5 HR sensor with ECG.
⚡⚡ This is very unexpected, and is an Amazon-specific deal, not a Garmin-supported one. Thus, I expect it won't last more than minutes/hours. Grab it while you can! [Update: This keeps fluttering back and forth, just keep checking!]
⚡ The Fenix 8 keeps getting all the new software features of the Fenix 8 Pro that was launched two months ago. Setting aside that Fenix 8 Pro which gained LTE & Satellite Messaging, this is otherwise the most capable sports watch on the market.
⚡ The Fenix 8 keeps getting all the new software features of the Fenix 8 Pro that was launched two months ago. Setting aside that Fenix 8 Pro which gained LTE & Satellite Messaging, this is otherwise the most capable sports watch on the market.
As a general rule, the Fenix E is the watch that literally nobody is buying, and makes no sense at higher prices. The hardware is simply the Epix Gen 2 with Fenix stamped on it. That watch is going for $400, though I expect we'll see it down to $300 over Black Friday. However, one *KEY* difference with the Fenix E, is that it includes all of the software features of the newer Fenix 8, whereas the Epix Gen 2 doesn't get all the new software features. Otherwise, save your $200.
⚡ This is (by far) the lowest price on the Forerunner 265, which was recently replaced by the Forerunner 570 (but at nearly twice this price). What's fascinating about this sale price, is it's well beyond the usual sale prices for Garmin for this product. This pricing is 100% an Kansas-themed 'Hello!' to COROS and their just released COROS Pace 4 at $249.
The Foreurnner 55 is a great option if you simply don't want to spend a ton, but still want a super-capable runners watch (and general activity/sleep tracking watch). I've heard a lot of you get it for teenagers that run, as a great/inexpensive way to track their runs, and still be a good everyday watch.
⚡ This is the lowest price to date on the Forerunner 965, which is logical given the Forerunner 970 came out this past spring (which essentialy adds a flashlight and some other running metrics/features).
⚡ This is a very unexpected sale, just launched, on this very new watch, which is Garmin's top of the line Forerunner watch with virtually all the same software features as the Fenix 8 (but in a plastic case and without the diving features).
The Instinct 3 series came out earlier this year, with both an AMOLED and Solar variants. The big upgrade over the previous editions is the inclusion of the flashlight in all sizes, and a massive ugprade of sports features.
The Instinct 3 series came out earlier this year, and the Solar edition in particular has 'unlimited' battery life in certain scenarios. The big upgrade over the previous editions is the inclusion of the flashlight in all sizes, and a massive ugprade of sports features.
⚡ The Garmin Venu 4 just came out two months ago, and one of the big ticket features is the LED flashlight built-in. However, it's also got a ton of other new features, as Garmin merged the codebase with the Forerunner/Fenix series, resulting in a boatload of added things like Training Readiness, Acute Load, and more.
⚡ This is the lowest price we've seen on the newest product in the entire Garmin Holiday 2025 sale lineup. This is basically a blend of a Forerunner 970, Venu 4, and Fenix 8...but super thin. It's argueably one of the best deals here at $599, though, Garmin is still clearly trying to figure out the right pricing to drive purchases.
⚡ This is the first time we've seen the Vivoactive 6 on sale, which is essentially a Venu 4, but without the voice/calling/ECG features (and a few other tidbits). It's probably one of the best deals in Garmin's lineup (sale or otherwise).
The newer Pixel Watch 4 came out back in October. I see the Pixel Watch 4 as a pretty substantial hardware upgrade over the Pixel Watch 3, notably due to satellite SOS, as well as a user-replaceable battery.
⚡The Pixel Watch 4 LTE includes satellite SOS connectivity, even if you don't activate a cellular plan on it. I'd strongly recommend getting the LTE version for $50 more, to future-proof you a bit there (or, to save your bacon in the woods).
This is a great dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart (with two Bluetooth Smart connections) chest strap that you'll often find me using as a reference strap in heart rate sensor testing. We only tend to see deals on it around Black Friday, always topping out around 20%.
If you're looking for a good solid high-quality strap, that does both ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart, for a reasonable price...look no further than the Polar H9
This is a very solid deal. It's got virtually all the software features of Suunto's higher-end watches (minus the app store), and just came out this past May.
While the new Suunto Vertical 2 just came out a month ago, if you wanted to stock-up on MIP-based display watches before they disappear, here's your chance. This is also the lowest price we've ever seen on the Vertical 1, which is otherwise still a very soild watch.
Got a bike? Then this section is for you. Everything from bike computers to bike lights to trainers, it’s all here. I won’t generally be adding things like brake cables or bike seats here, but if I find a good deal on a cassette to stack on that new direct drive trainer you just bought, I’ll probably list it here.
⚡The Favero Assioma Pro MX dual-sided power meter pedals deal is a no brainer. I use them in my testing constantly along with the PRO RS pedals. Note for US folks: Favero does include all taxes and tarrifs in the price.
⚡The Favero Assioma Pro RS dual-sided power meter pedals having their first sale yet. This deal is a no brainer. I use them in my testing, and will likely pick up another set in this sale. Note for US folks: Favero does include all taxes and tarrifs in the price.
⚡This is a very solid deal, and is still one of the best bike computers Garmin has ever made, especially when you look at the battery side of things (it lasts far longer than the Edge 1050).
⚡At $249, it's pretty much impossible to beat this deal in terms of bike computers. There's no competitive option that beats it on features/battery/etc at this price, or frankly anywhere near it. Sure, it doesn't have a touchscreen, but it's not as bad as it used to be (I did a stint on it this winter for a week or so, and was fine).
⚡⚡This is the lowest price we've seen on the Garmin Edge 540 Solar to date, which has gained virtually all of the new Garmin Edge 1050 features as well. And notably, lower than the Edge 540 without solar (which is kinda silly, but hey, win for us!).
This is Garmin's radar without the light, so it's a bit smaller as a result. Same radar tech though, and compatible with Garmin/COROS/Hammerhead/Wahoo bike computers.
This is Garmin's standalone radar+taillight option, and $149 is pretty much the standard sale-price. Even despite all the new radars out there, this remains the most accurate option on the market. Now, only if Garmin would just re-release it with USB-C. C'Mon Garmin...maybe next year?
This is the first time this product has been on sale, since launching last spring. I'd argue it could have used a $100 off sale...but hey...they don't consult me.
Wanna record it? No better way than an action camera. Anything that’s action camera related or drone related you’ll find here. That’s especially true of action camera mounts, which are often found for great deals around the holidays. Same goes with drone and drone accessories. Usually a great time to pick up an extra battery or extra props.
This is last year's model. And sure, the Action 6 came out 48 hours ago, but honestly, the initial rection hasn't been kind there. I just started testing it, so more to come very shortly.
Look, don't buy this drone. This is the drone that never should have left the napkin at the lunch table at DJI's HQ. The unit breaks easily (as I, and many others found out), and doesn't really do anything super well. Literally, buy any other DJI drone except htis one...you're welcome.
⚡ This is a great little drone as your first drone, especially for sports usage, where it'll do an astonishing job following you (running, cycling, etc...). And, you can crash it a gazillion times without any problem.
NOTE: This is not sold by DJI directly via Amazon. DJI itself is NOT selling the OSMO 360 in the US, and WILL NOT support/repair it in the US. That said, it's a solid deal if you're ok with those risks.
This is GoPro's budget option, which includes a full color touchscreen on the back as well. The main benefit is it's super small, but note it's not quite in the same quality ballpark as their higher-end cameras. If you want size and GoPro ecosystem on a budget, this is an option. But with the DJI Action 4 just $20 more than $199, that offers notably better quality.
This has become one of my favorite drones, given it's tiny size (fits in my running shorts pockets) and ease of use. Plus, you can crash the crap out of it (hundreds of times for me and my wife) without any issues. This combo includes an extra battery and fast charger.
⚡ This is a solid deal on a solid drone, and one of the two main ones I use when taking videos of myself hiking or running. This includes the two extra batteries as well as the fast charger (so 3 batteries total).
⚡ This just came out this past August, and is a great little unit. The pod isn't quite as tiny as the Go 3S, but the features and quality are a huge step up (especially the removable MicroSD card).
This is one of the best 360 action cams on the market, alongside the GoPro Max 2 (both have their pros and cons, check out my full comparison guide linked).
Other Sports & Fitness:
Anything else that’s sports and fitness-related that I think is interesting will be here. It may not be super techy – but it’s stuff that most readers will be using in pursuit of their running/cycling/swimming/hiking/whatever.
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Other site
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FeedBack Sports Pro Mechanic Bike Repair Stand - $50 Off
We use this stand for both any of the work we do on any of our bikes (well, except the cargo bike). Super quick and easy to take out when we need it. Note: Feedback Sports is a DC Rainmaker Partner
FeedBack Sports Pro Mechanic HD Bike Repair Stand - $55 Off
I've got this setup, andit's basically got almost everything I need for regular/daily bike maintenance across virtually all of my bikes. Plus, in theory I can keep things tidy in that carrying case....I mean, if I were to actually put all the tools back in it. Note: Feedback Sports is a DC Rainmaker Partner
The Garmin Inded BPM is Garmin's medically certified blood pressure monitor. It integrates directly into your Garmin Connect account. I use it on occasion as a comparison for wearables, and it works just fine (obviously it's already medically certified by the FDA, so I say 'works' here in the sense of usability/functionality/etc...).
I use this scale, merely for the weight tracking functions (not body fat). It works just fine for that piece, and integrates with the rest of your Garmin data. If you aren't in the Garmin ecosystem, there's plenty of (far) cheaper options.
⚡ This is the lowest price we've ever seen for this. This is my defacto satellite communicator when out of coverage area, and I've used it on a number of major treks over the past two years when well outside of cellular service, both in a 24x7 tracking mode for friends and family, but also there in case of emergency. Would strongly recommend for anyone doing anything in the wilderness.
This came out last fall, and is the second time this has been discounted, but now to the lowest price to date. The key difference with the new Plus model is that it adds the ability to send photos and voice messenges via satellite. I've used it a bit, and it's pretty cool because it makes it a lot faster to just say something rather than type it out, but the $499 price seemed excessive. $399 makes it slightly more palatable.
This is one of the other more popular display-laden rowing machines. I haven't tried this, but my sports-tech reviewing buddy DesFit has (linked at side) and liked it.
These are the main gels I use when I don't need the bigger 90g ones. So for example doing something a bit shorter where I don't want to carry the bigger 90g packs (mainly running). Note: Precision Fuel & Hydration is a DC Rainmaker partner
Precision Fuel & Hydration PF90 Energy Gels 10pkg - 15% OFF
I primarily use these 90g packs on all my adventures, roughly doing 90g/hour for cycling/trail running/hiking/etc... Note: Precision Fuel & Hydration is a DC Rainmaker partner
My wife uses the Theragun, and absolutely loves it, in the most hatefun kind of way.
Europe Deals:
These are deals specific to Europe, from European sports tech companies:
There are no deals currently.
DCR’s Random Gadget List
This is basically the mostly totally unrelated gadgets and things I think are cool deals that I’ve likely bought one or five of (you can never have too many, right)? Some of it’s probably photography stuff. Some of it’s random stuff like chargers and battery packs that I use daily, fun camera gear I use to make videos like sliders and turntables, and well…just random things you’ll find around the DCR Cave. It’s all random…but it’s all awesome randomness!
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Adobe Creative Cloud Pro (12 Months) - $389 off (50% off!)
As a side note, you can cancel and take advantage of this. Which, is precisely what I did when I realized my existing plan was gonna be stupid expensive. In any case, I use the Adobe Creative Cloud Pro suite for a lot of what I do.
Despite being a tech-focused dude, our kids don't actually get much tech in their lives. However, we got these two years ago for them in their rooms, to play music. They do lots of other things, but our kids mostly just use it to play music (from Spotify and Apple Music too), and occasionally they ask it questions. It has all the parental controls I want, so it locks it down from bedtime/etc...For $31? Solid deal (The coolest 'nice touch' feature is that if you whisper to it, it'll whisper back...in the owl kids voice it has.)
⚡ This is an awesome deal. I use my iPad primarily for TrainerRoad as well as Zwift when not with a larger display. I also occasionally use it for other apps, namely Indievelo, Kinomap, Rouvy, and Peloton. But I pretty much test every smart trainer app on it. For all these cycling apps, the graphics capabilities is really pretty irrelevant, so having the absolute top-end/latest model won't make any difference. I prefer the budget options.
Apple 2025 14" MacBook Air Laptop with M4 - $250 off
See my other note about the MacBook Pro. While I'd love the MacBook Air instead, the singular reason I use the MacBook Pro is the added USB-C port (2 vs 3 on MacBook Pro). Otherwise, this spec-wise woudl do the trick.
Apple 2025 14" MacBook Pro Laptop with M5 - $250 off
This is the updated/newer model of the MacBook M1 Pro that I use for all my video editing. In my case, I still use a 2021 14" MBP, with relatively modest specs (32GB RAM). And I've been super happy with it, even while editing complex drone/action cam videos with 4 concurrently 4K streams in a multicam configuration, it has zero issues rendering or anything else.
This is the singular piece of apparel that's lasted the longest in my collection - some 15-16 years of buying the same socks. Heck, some of them are probably half that old. EIther way, this be the ones I use. Love them (well, except for hiking and trail running, then I use other stuff that goes higher). I'm wearring them as I wrote this post too.
We have more Nest cam's than I can count. No really, we have half a dozen at the DCR Cave alone, plus more at home. We love them. Nest Cam's really only go on sale about 1-2x per year.
⚡ Let's be honest: This place runs on Nespresso (or, well, the knock-off pods we buy). But, the machine is Nespresso. Without it, reviews most definitely would not get done (and certainly not on time). This is a pretty sweet deal if you ask me!
Ooni Karu 12 Multi-Fuel Outdoor Pizza Oven - $120 off
I use the Fyra 12 (with wood pellets), and love it. The Karu 12 is essentialyl the newer version of that, and there's both a gas-only version, and a multi-fuel option (gas or wood). Love it!
I use Philips Hue stuff all over the DCR Cave/Studio for lighting, both obviously colorful stuff in the background of shots, but also just for automation of the lights. Same goes at home. Love it (mainly when it's on sale like now). Starter packs are a good place to begin, and then I love the light strips (such as pictured).
We have a few SONOS speakers around the house and DCR Cave (the Ikea variants at DCR Cave), but by far our favorite is the Roam, which we take outdoors into the garden during the summer, beach vacations, AirBNB's, etc... It has a battery in it, and also connects to both WiFi and Bluetooth. Love, love, love. I think the main reason I love it, is that we heavily use it in summer, so...kinda reminds me of summer.
SanDisk 1-4TB Extreme PRO Portable External SSD - 30% off
⚡This is one of the two the high speed drives types I use to store the footage I'm actively video editing. I typically buy the 2TB and 4TB ones, and then eventually offload the footage onto a NAS array when I'm done.
Sony Alpha 7 IV Full-frame Mirrorless Camera w/ 28-70mm Zoom - $400 offThis is the main camera I use for still photography and video b-roll. I semi-recently wrote about all the photography gear I use, linked at side here.
I have bigger Synology NAS units at the DCR Studio/Office, but I also have a smaller unit (this one) that I use to keep various piles of data here too. I like the Synology stuff, as it's generally quite dependable.
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All the people that know for certain are likely prohibited from making a definitive statement about new product release dates.
There have been rumors for several weeks about an “Edge 1030 Plus” model based on product id values found in supporting software like Garmin Connect. Whether that means Garmin will ultimately sell a product called that and when is a matter of speculation. Current circumstances worldwide may delay things.
What isn’t a matter of speculation is that the current Edge 1030 is a very capable unit with an apparently low defect rate. If I did’t already have a primary & backup I would buy another at the sale price.
Maybe re-read Ray’s E1030 review and the subsequent comments and if it sounded like a winner at the old price, then it should sound more attractive at the sale price.
A little off topic, but I was looking for deals on the 4iiii website and saw something peculiar. There seemed to be plenty of stock of the older Precision Pro, but every iteration of the newer Podiiiium was listed as “Sold Out.” Do you know if there’s a supply issue, a technical issue that’s caused them to temporarily withdraw the model, a new model coming, or something else?
I actually had bought a Podiiiium on sale in December but due to Covid-induced supply chain issues, the bike that I bought that for didn’t actually arrive until last week. Now that I contacted them again to get the crank to them and have the Podiiiium installed, they wrote this: “Unfortunately, due to a shortage of raw materials from one of our major suppliers, we are unable to proceed with Podiiiium installations at this time. We do not expect to have the shortage issue resolved in the immediate future.”
They did offer to change the Podiiiium order to a Precision order, which is fine – I have had the Precision on other bikes for years and it works perfectly – but yeah, Podiiiium is currently off the table for the foreseeable future.
Hi Ray- Since Garmin has officially dropped the price on the Edge 1030, I can only assume that the next gen top-tier edge is soon to be released? If you were a betting man, what is the 50/50 on when Garmin will release the next Edge unit? I’m in the market to replace an older edge (820) and was going to go 1030, but don’t want to regret it when all the cool kids have the new Garmin.
Clevertraining deals are not eligible for international shipping :(
Any deals you know of for a Neo 1/2/2T or Kickr Core shipping to Belgium?
Did not find anything on the web and the Wahoo refurbished ones are already gone.
Thanks
Hi Ray,
Between the Cyclops hammer and the Elite Diercto X which would be the better buy. They both look to have great specs and are fairly similar and only $100 apart on price. Do you know which would have the better customer support if something pops up with the unit? Thanks and love the info I get from your site.
That’s a tough one. The original CycleOps Hammer is louder than the Direto X, but the road feel is much better and more accurate for ERG mode.
Said differently – if putting it in a garage where nobody can hear you, I’d go Hammer. But if you’re in a space where noise is a consideration, I’d go Direto X.
Also – not to complicate your life, but as of this morning REI deals just lit up with 20% off all trainers. Inventory-wise, these don’t tend to last more than a few days. I’ve just finished loading (in the last few seconds), all of the deals up into the tables above. Good luck!
Hi Ray,
No deal in Europe for the Home Trainer ? BTW, the Wahoo deals are all out of stock now ;) Even the not refurbished one! Crazy …
All the best ;)
I’m trying to order the Elite Suito from clever training. I am a VIP member. When I follow the link from dcrainmaker, I get 10% off, and when enter MARCH20 for a coupon code, I get a message saying that it’s not valid for that item. Am I doing something wrong, or is this code no longer valid? Thanks.
Hi Dave – You’ll need to add the coupon code to your cart, and then ensure that you’re a member of either the REI or CT VIP programs. I added those links at the top just now to this page to make it quick and easy.
The coupon still works on Wahoo devices, as long as you’re a VIP member (just $5, see at top – all of which goes to a girls running charity). The Wahoo portion will end Monday!
Do you have to be a VIP member of clevertraining for the MARCH20 code to work on the Kickr Core? It says “This product is ineligible for coupons” on the product page.
Yes, VIP for either REI or CT. In the case of CT, it’s $5 for the VIP membership (one-time fee) – and the fee goes to the Girls On The Run charity. Here’s that link, quick and easy: link to clevertraining.com
Just a note you might want to add to your list is that the Kinetic trainers are on sale as well but not sure for how much longer – link to kurtkinetic.com
Just thought I’d mention that the above deal for the Elite Suito from Clever Training @ $639 seems only to apply if you are a VIP customer, which then costs another $20 odd dollars to join.
Indeed, per the top of the post, all of the 20% sales require VIP or REI membreship. That’s due to manufacturer restrictions that don’t allow non-club discounting.
The good news though is that DCR Readers get the VIP membership for a mere $5 here: link to clevertraining.com
Plus, all of that goes to Girls On The Run, an awesome running-focused organization!
Did you remember to sign-in first as a VIP member? That’s required by Clever Training (as required in turn by Wahoo). I’ve added links up above, or here: link to clevertraining.com
DCR Readers get the VIP membership for a mere $5 here. Plus, all of that goes to Girls On The Run, an awesome running-focused organization!
I signed up earlier this morning using your link. :)
Was able to get the discount for Tacx Flux S, but after reading too many reviews about the noise issues that seem to continue to haunt the product I decided to look at WKC and no luck with discount.
The “MARCH20” discount code is not working for Wahoo Kickr on Clevertraining as of this morning. I have tried logging out of my VIP account a few times, emptied cart etc…and it still will not work. Has the 20% coupon already expired?
Ok, the KICKR discount code issue should have been fixed yesterday evening – if folks are having an issue, definitely let me know, but looks good with a quick test I did. Thanks for the support!
I don’t know guys, but with these list prices, some at $600, these devices are over the top. I’d see more value in a blue tooth device communicating with an app on your mobile phone. It wasn’t too long ago that you could buy a decent road bike for $600. And you can buy mobile phones for less $300 that have GPS functionality.
This kind of pricing is as bad as the GPS map chip I had to buy for my last car that cost me $700. Plus, I already paid several thousand dollars more more for an upgraded car model that had the Chinese ‘iPad’ knockoff sitting on the dashboard to display the maps. And, i could get the GPS functionality for less than $100 albeit with a tiny screen.
Technology should be bringing these prices down not up.
“Technology should be bringing these prices down not up.”
But it is?
GPS watches are now $100 or less from various brands. And while you could have bought an entry level road bike for $600 a decade or two ago, you also could have bought a higher end road bike for thousands. No different than any other product category.
So I ordered something off Clever Training two weeks ago. They charged me and besides the order confirmation they have not responded to multiple emails and aren’t answering their phone. Is this once good company really this terrible now?
Hmm, I know there are some minor delays due to COVID-19 and office related closures, however it’s at worse only a day or two in some cases. I’ll follow-up. Sorry about that!
Thanks Ray. I’ve had great experiences with them in the past and totally understand a couple day delay (or even more if there is a specific reason), but they’ve gone radio silence and aren’t responding.
Sucks, I was looking to buy a trainer from them, but can’t justify spending more with them now.
Hey There – The same thing happened to me with Clever Training. I purchased from them as a first time buyer solely because of your recommendation. I purchased approx 2.5 weeks ago, they have my money and zero shipment. I’ve sent a few emails and called, no response. I totally understand there is a pandemic, however, the silence and lack of shipping and credit card charge is bad business.
Ditto. Ordered the Kickr Snap from CleverTraining in March. It’s now mid May. I’ve had to send multiple emails before I get a single reply. Which basically just said I could cancel the order if I wanted.
If they’d just keep me informed it’d be fine. Something along the lines of “Sorry for the delay, we’re still awaiting our next shipment from the manufacturer. We hope to be able to fulfill your order by XX date. We’ll send another update in 2 weeks.” Instead, I have to debate canceling after almost 2 months in the order queue and possibly miss out when stock finally becomes available again. Not a good customer experience.
Update. Clever Training finally delivered the item from this first post (speedplays Aero’s). After they became responsive around that, I figured they were back to being the good company we all used to know. So I went ahead and ordered A kickr Core I’ve had my eye on for a while now. 5 emails, 2 months later and no update, no response
Now I understand Wahoo is backordered and everyone wants a smart trainer… But they could easily remedy this with a bulk email every couple weeks. I’m very disappointed with CT and how they continue to charge people for nothing… I product. No shipment. No customer service.
Trisports.com has factory refurbished Vector 3 (dual sided) at $550. I got a pair from them a few months ago the last time they had this price and they are currently working fine.
This is the lowest price I have seen these pedals on trisports.com over the past few months.
You can get factory refurbished Garmin Vector 3 (dual sided) at link to trisports.com (trisports.com) for $550 today.
This matches the best price I have seen from them since I bought a pair at this price a couple of months ago. I got them and they are working perfectly. Seems like a good deal.
I got a Tacx Flux S back ordered from REI before they completely removed it. Got the tracking number on Saturday. So ff UPS is on time, I should have it set up beside my comutrainer for a Wednesday indoor training ride with my wife. :-)
There as a bit of a date confusion thing. One department at CT had said ‘thru Apr 6th’, while another had internally marked it as ‘to April 6th’. Which, ended up spitting the difference about half-way through the day before everything turned off.
This broke it for the Wahoo & Tacx products specifically, the other products continue to work under a new SPRING20 code. That said, I chatted with CT and they want to make it up to you two. I’ll follow-up off-line and they’ll get you all sorted out with your original ordering plans.
Super apologies here. Like most companies these days, they’re heavily impacted by COVID-19, and some things aren’t quite as well oiled as they usually are. That said, the warehouse side is pumping out hardware at unreal rates, so there’s that bit of silver lining.
I decided to take a different route (guess my Buy trigger finger was very much too quick). Long winded, I know – on the 6th, I purchased a Tacx Flux S on Biketiresdirect.com as the deal was a screamer at $636 (when the 20% VIP was no longer accepted at CT). Yesterday morning I woke up and noticed the Spring20 discount and shifted over (including the return) and purchased a Tacx Flux 2 including the 20% off at CT prior to reading your review of the 2 (my mistake although the power accuracy issue may be resolved based upon the last comments under your review ?). Thinking of your review and realized I could “upgrade” to an Elite Drivo II at CT without a price difference. I have a note into CT last night asking about changing my order.
For my capabilities, I am sure the Flux 2 or Drivo will be incredible.
Probably fine unless I am making another mistake …..
Thanks so much, great webpage and support as always.
Tacx believes that with the latest firmware the issue is solved. They believe that so much so that they’ve sent me a unit. Was supposed to show up today, but looks like it’ll be tomorrow morning.
Given the engineers working on it know my concern rather deeply on this issue – and given it’s taken them over a year along with new hardware bits (technically this is the Tacx Flux 2.1), my guess is that they probably have solved it.
I tried (after the fact) to purchase the Wahoo KICKR Core from REI and they said it was not eligible for the 20% discount. I often have good luck getting the discount if I somehow missed the deadline just by calling them and asking nicely. The very nice customer service person mentioned the MEMPERKS2020 code. Since it looks like this post has been edited to remove the deals that are no longer running… could someone tell me if the “MEMPERKS2020” code was the one you posted? It could be that I just don’t have the right code.
My bet would be maybe to slightly. Ultimately, things like this sale are basically admissions that nobody is buying a GoPro because there’s practically no place to use a GoPro (I know, socially distant in there, but GoPro’s shine with people in them).
So if things are mostly the same come September, I’d bet they slow the roll.
Ray,
SPRING20 code works for Elite Drivo 2 that is on sale, so the actual price at the end is $720. You can update that. Also, given that with the SPRING20 code you can get Drivo 2 and KICKR Core for the same amount of money ($720), which one would you get? Or would you maybe still go for Saris H3 for $800. Just a simple choice of which one of these 3 would you get, without any detailed explanation would suffice.
Thanks a bunch for everything that you do.
P.S. Maybe pin this “deals” page somewhere obvious on your web page, like in the buyers guide menu. I realized that I posted similar comment in obsolete page for fall deals that I googled to instead of this one, so sorry for double comments :)
Hi Ray,
If the Saris H3 is still $799 at CT (code doesn’t seems to work today) would you go H3, Kickr Core or Elite Suito since price is negligible at that point? Noise difference not a factor for me as I am coming from a Kinetic fluid trainer that I added the inRide3 a couple of years ago. Being able to easily store is a bigger factor. I ride a 9 speed so have to buy a new cassette regardless.
Any EU sales for GoPro? A bit crazy to compare these prices, even now the 299$ is much cheaper then the trade-up offer available from GoPro EU.
Was thinking of buying a new one, but just feel paying too much at the moment in EU?
Ray, also your Amazon link, goes to Amazon FR for 439€… while your table says 299$
Ordered the Kickr Snap from Clever Training during the sale back in March. Order still ‘pending shipment’, product page says OOS as of May 18th.
Clever Training has been basically radio silent, failing to respond to at least half of my Order Status inquiries. Really disappointed in the company. Would’ve payed more $$ for a different product if I could’ve gotten it sooner :(
Same, ordered Kickr Snap from Clever Training last days of March, was supposed to be delivered early May. Just be honest and let us know what the hold up is Clever Training, my guess is that it’s not you but Wahoo manufacturing. Not answering emails won’t earn you repeat business.
Yup, I agree, communications have been rough lately. I pressed the issue again today. I know with closures they’ve been down to a skeleton crew in customer service trying to answer e-mails. It sounds like they’ve been making progress, I believe phone CS lines were set to open back up this week.
Seems like Clever Training continues to take orders (when products are supposedly available) yet deliveries are not taking place. I’ve ordered products as far as 1 and 1/2 months ago and as recent as last week. Nothing delivered, status shows as “shipment pending” and money withdrawn from bank. I’ve seem some people having issues. The worst is that e-mails are not responded. Contact number says to send e-mails. Basically, radio silent. Clever training please address this.
I’ve had a number of conversations with CT about it last night again, and hoping to see more clarity this week on it. Appreciate your e-mail and support.
May be related to the upcoming release of an updated Fly6, which they have been flogging heavily in breathy emails. The new Fly6 is supposedly smaller. No word on other capabilities. The emails talk about pairing the new Fly6 with “your Fly12.” Unclear if it’s targeted to those who own a Fly12 (I do) or not.
The link to Amazon for the Fenix 6 has mysteriously been broken here in the US. From the Amazon US website even if you search the Fenix 6 it is missing and it looks as if they stopped selling the Fenix 6. Have any insight into this? Thanks!
Indeed, I noticed it as well. Super weird. I’ve never seen that ever before. Even when Garmin releases a new product they never kill off the old SKU/ASIN. It’ll last years – like, a decade or more in most cases.
Which is what’s so weird about it. This isn’t out of stock or such, it’s like someone purposefully removed all of the official Fenix 6 ASIN’s except for random 3rd party bundles with screen protectors or such.
Polar US has another 25% – 30% off sales for Vantage watches. From their email;
“Enter code FLASH25 at checkout to apply discount. Code must be entered in all CAPS. Valid only on Polar Vantage M wrist units. Cannot be combined with other discounts, coupons, or offers. Valid in US only. Not valid on previous purchases. While supplies last. Offer expires on 6/22/2020.
**Offer valid only at polar.com. Enter code FLASH30 at checkout to apply discount. Code must be entered in all CAPS. Valid only on Polar Vantage V or Polar Vantage V Titan wrist units.”
Given the circumstances, is there going to be any Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal on smart trainers this year?
I didn’t jump on the wagon last March/April, and since then it doesn’t look there’s been any…
Garmin 735XT on sale at REI for 249.99. Model getting pretty old, but might be worth it at this cost? Actually not that much discount from Amazon listed standard price of $279.
Actually, that’s overpriced. It was $169 this past weekend, as well as $169 two weeks ago for Amazon Prime Day.
I’d definitely wait again. To me it says that Amazon has a shedload of these, and is using as a sales driver, which means we’ll almost certainly see it again over Black Friday.
Yeah, it was more rare till about a month ago, but now that we’ve seen it twice in three weeks, that follows the Amazon pattern for how they set pricing floors/new levels. I expect that’ll become the new norm for sales for them.
Is it worth buying Garmin Vector 3 right now with REI’s 20% off or do you think a 4 is just around the corner? It’s been a while since they updated and I heard about some new metrics being patented (albeit for mountain biking).
The patents I saw previously have been around for years. So it’s unclear if that’s something planned, or just doing the usual corporate patent thing.
In general, I don’t really see major advances between iterations of power meters these days. The field has matured enough that the advances are mostly going to be cosmetic/compatibility/battery type things.
Thus, if you were looking or Vector pedals, getting 20% seems like a good option to me.
Awesome, thank you! I got the Nordictrack s22i and I need something to track my stats. I was going to build a script to export them from the machine it but the app it runs off is so buggy that it restarted 4 times in a 1/2 he ride. Shoulda gone with Peloton but I thought this would be somewhere between a Peloton and a Wahoo Kickr w Climb… oops.
FYI: The REI sale catalog, in the US, is showing their November sale (Nov 12-22, 2021) has all Garmin fenix 6 GPS watches for $200 off. I was (and still am) hoping for a sale on the Forerunner 945. If not, I may look at the 6 pro since the features I mainly am looking for are maps and multisports.
It might be nice to be able to buy a new Garmin Edge unit, as my 520 is very much past its prime. I know this isn’t a rumor site, but holy heck, it’s way off cycle, it seems.
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Does this mean that the Edge 1030 is soon being replaced?
All the people that know for certain are likely prohibited from making a definitive statement about new product release dates.
There have been rumors for several weeks about an “Edge 1030 Plus” model based on product id values found in supporting software like Garmin Connect. Whether that means Garmin will ultimately sell a product called that and when is a matter of speculation. Current circumstances worldwide may delay things.
What isn’t a matter of speculation is that the current Edge 1030 is a very capable unit with an apparently low defect rate. If I did’t already have a primary & backup I would buy another at the sale price.
Maybe re-read Ray’s E1030 review and the subsequent comments and if it sounded like a winner at the old price, then it should sound more attractive at the sale price.
Yes, it will be soon. Here is published FCC request link to fccid.io and normally Garmin is releasing their products within one month from submission…
Or not. 😁
A little off topic, but I was looking for deals on the 4iiii website and saw something peculiar. There seemed to be plenty of stock of the older Precision Pro, but every iteration of the newer Podiiiium was listed as “Sold Out.” Do you know if there’s a supply issue, a technical issue that’s caused them to temporarily withdraw the model, a new model coming, or something else?
I’m also very curious about this.
I actually had bought a Podiiiium on sale in December but due to Covid-induced supply chain issues, the bike that I bought that for didn’t actually arrive until last week. Now that I contacted them again to get the crank to them and have the Podiiiium installed, they wrote this: “Unfortunately, due to a shortage of raw materials from one of our major suppliers, we are unable to proceed with Podiiiium installations at this time. We do not expect to have the shortage issue resolved in the immediate future.”
They did offer to change the Podiiiium order to a Precision order, which is fine – I have had the Precision on other bikes for years and it works perfectly – but yeah, Podiiiium is currently off the table for the foreseeable future.
Halfords has the Drivo 2 on sale at the moment in UK for £699 which also seems pretty solid.
Is $179 really a good deal for the Ignite?
It’s $50 less than it usually is, so I think so.
I always thought it should be priced $199 in the US (actually, so did Polar initially, then changed their mind). $179 is very strong for what it is.
Hi Ray- Since Garmin has officially dropped the price on the Edge 1030, I can only assume that the next gen top-tier edge is soon to be released? If you were a betting man, what is the 50/50 on when Garmin will release the next Edge unit? I’m in the market to replace an older edge (820) and was going to go 1030, but don’t want to regret it when all the cool kids have the new Garmin.
Clevertraining deals are not eligible for international shipping :(
Any deals you know of for a Neo 1/2/2T or Kickr Core shipping to Belgium?
Did not find anything on the web and the Wahoo refurbished ones are already gone.
Thanks
March 19, currently ALL Kurt Kinetic trainers are 30% off (for a limited time)
Hi Ray,
Between the Cyclops hammer and the Elite Diercto X which would be the better buy. They both look to have great specs and are fairly similar and only $100 apart on price. Do you know which would have the better customer support if something pops up with the unit? Thanks and love the info I get from your site.
That’s a tough one. The original CycleOps Hammer is louder than the Direto X, but the road feel is much better and more accurate for ERG mode.
Said differently – if putting it in a garage where nobody can hear you, I’d go Hammer. But if you’re in a space where noise is a consideration, I’d go Direto X.
Thanks Ray. The noise difference for me isn’t big I am currently on a dumb trainer so anything would probably be an improvement.
Also – not to complicate your life, but as of this morning REI deals just lit up with 20% off all trainers. Inventory-wise, these don’t tend to last more than a few days. I’ve just finished loading (in the last few seconds), all of the deals up into the tables above. Good luck!
Varia deal appears to be gone from Amazon as of 19 March.
They ran out of inventory. It sounds like you should see re-stocking on Amazon in the next few days.
Hi Ray,
No deal in Europe for the Home Trainer ? BTW, the Wahoo deals are all out of stock now ;) Even the not refurbished one! Crazy …
All the best ;)
Hi, the MARCH20 code for clever training does not seem to be working. Is there another? Thanks.
It may only work if you have just one item in the cart. It worked for me on the Taxc.
I’m trying to order the Elite Suito from clever training. I am a VIP member. When I follow the link from dcrainmaker, I get 10% off, and when enter MARCH20 for a coupon code, I get a message saying that it’s not valid for that item. Am I doing something wrong, or is this code no longer valid? Thanks.
Hey Ray, Saris H3 at £595 on SportPursuit definitely worthy of a mention.
Cheers
Some offers for Europe please……………….
Awesome
no discounts on Wahoo trainers when click on links…
Hi Dave – You’ll need to add the coupon code to your cart, and then ensure that you’re a member of either the REI or CT VIP programs. I added those links at the top just now to this page to make it quick and easy.
Here’s the CT link: link to clevertraining.com
CT seems to have restricted the coupon actually (seems no Wahoo products are eligible anymore)
The coupon still works on Wahoo devices, as long as you’re a VIP member (just $5, see at top – all of which goes to a girls running charity). The Wahoo portion will end Monday!
As of now (last day of the sale), Wahoo Kickr Snap is not accepting my the March20. Can you check? Thanks
Do you have to be a VIP member of clevertraining for the MARCH20 code to work on the Kickr Core? It says “This product is ineligible for coupons” on the product page.
Yes, VIP for either REI or CT. In the case of CT, it’s $5 for the VIP membership (one-time fee) – and the fee goes to the Girls On The Run charity. Here’s that link, quick and easy: link to clevertraining.com
Thanks for the support!
Thanks Ray. Ordered. :)
Just a note you might want to add to your list is that the Kinetic trainers are on sale as well but not sure for how much longer – link to kurtkinetic.com
Thanks, I had it in there actually, looks like I set the expiration date a bit early. Fixing…
2h, 67km – 6 times 8 mins 105% VO2max
Thanks for the info.
Just thought I’d mention that the above deal for the Elite Suito from Clever Training @ $639 seems only to apply if you are a VIP customer, which then costs another $20 odd dollars to join.
Hi R-
Indeed, per the top of the post, all of the 20% sales require VIP or REI membreship. That’s due to manufacturer restrictions that don’t allow non-club discounting.
The good news though is that DCR Readers get the VIP membership for a mere $5 here: link to clevertraining.com
Plus, all of that goes to Girls On The Run, an awesome running-focused organization!
I thought the Elite Suito was part of the 20% discount, but I don’t see it.
Sorry, had the expiration date wrong in my database, fixed it – all good though, still on sale!
“MARCH20” coupon doesn’t appear to work for the Wahoo Kickr Core this morning over at Clever. :(
Hi Nick-
Did you remember to sign-in first as a VIP member? That’s required by Clever Training (as required in turn by Wahoo). I’ve added links up above, or here: link to clevertraining.com
DCR Readers get the VIP membership for a mere $5 here. Plus, all of that goes to Girls On The Run, an awesome running-focused organization!
I signed up earlier this morning using your link. :)
Was able to get the discount for Tacx Flux S, but after reading too many reviews about the noise issues that seem to continue to haunt the product I decided to look at WKC and no luck with discount.
Odd, you’re right, it’s currently broke on that item. Hang tight, talking with them now to see what’s broken. Fear not, it’ll be fixed shortly. Sorry!
Ray –
The “MARCH20” discount code is not working for Wahoo Kickr on Clevertraining as of this morning. I have tried logging out of my VIP account a few times, emptied cart etc…and it still will not work. Has the 20% coupon already expired?
Thanks.
Ok, the KICKR discount code issue should have been fixed yesterday evening – if folks are having an issue, definitely let me know, but looks good with a quick test I did. Thanks for the support!
All Polar Vantage watches (including Titan) are 25% off direct from Polar.
Just received an email from Polar re: 25% off on Vantage M, V, and V Titan.
I don’t know guys, but with these list prices, some at $600, these devices are over the top. I’d see more value in a blue tooth device communicating with an app on your mobile phone. It wasn’t too long ago that you could buy a decent road bike for $600. And you can buy mobile phones for less $300 that have GPS functionality.
This kind of pricing is as bad as the GPS map chip I had to buy for my last car that cost me $700. Plus, I already paid several thousand dollars more more for an upgraded car model that had the Chinese ‘iPad’ knockoff sitting on the dashboard to display the maps. And, i could get the GPS functionality for less than $100 albeit with a tiny screen.
Technology should be bringing these prices down not up.
“Technology should be bringing these prices down not up.”
But it is?
GPS watches are now $100 or less from various brands. And while you could have bought an entry level road bike for $600 a decade or two ago, you also could have bought a higher end road bike for thousands. No different than any other product category.
So I ordered something off Clever Training two weeks ago. They charged me and besides the order confirmation they have not responded to multiple emails and aren’t answering their phone. Is this once good company really this terrible now?
Hmm, I know there are some minor delays due to COVID-19 and office related closures, however it’s at worse only a day or two in some cases. I’ll follow-up. Sorry about that!
Thanks Ray. I’ve had great experiences with them in the past and totally understand a couple day delay (or even more if there is a specific reason), but they’ve gone radio silence and aren’t responding.
Sucks, I was looking to buy a trainer from them, but can’t justify spending more with them now.
Hey There – The same thing happened to me with Clever Training. I purchased from them as a first time buyer solely because of your recommendation. I purchased approx 2.5 weeks ago, they have my money and zero shipment. I’ve sent a few emails and called, no response. I totally understand there is a pandemic, however, the silence and lack of shipping and credit card charge is bad business.
Ditto. Ordered the Kickr Snap from CleverTraining in March. It’s now mid May. I’ve had to send multiple emails before I get a single reply. Which basically just said I could cancel the order if I wanted.
If they’d just keep me informed it’d be fine. Something along the lines of “Sorry for the delay, we’re still awaiting our next shipment from the manufacturer. We hope to be able to fulfill your order by XX date. We’ll send another update in 2 weeks.” Instead, I have to debate canceling after almost 2 months in the order queue and possibly miss out when stock finally becomes available again. Not a good customer experience.
Update. Clever Training finally delivered the item from this first post (speedplays Aero’s). After they became responsive around that, I figured they were back to being the good company we all used to know. So I went ahead and ordered A kickr Core I’ve had my eye on for a while now. 5 emails, 2 months later and no update, no response
Now I understand Wahoo is backordered and everyone wants a smart trainer… But they could easily remedy this with a bulk email every couple weeks. I’m very disappointed with CT and how they continue to charge people for nothing… I product. No shipment. No customer service.
Trisports.com has factory refurbished Vector 3 (dual sided) at $550. I got a pair from them a few months ago the last time they had this price and they are currently working fine.
This is the lowest price I have seen these pedals on trisports.com over the past few months.
You can get factory refurbished Garmin Vector 3 (dual sided) at link to trisports.com (trisports.com) for $550 today.
This matches the best price I have seen from them since I bought a pair at this price a couple of months ago. I got them and they are working perfectly. Seems like a good deal.
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Found a nice deal:
Garmin Fenix 5X Sapphire @ 350CAD (+/- 250 USD)
link to mec.ca
Tacx Flux 2 Smart Trainer – Normally $349? The link points to the new Tacx Flow review, so I am sure you meant Tacx Flow Smart Trainer.
Indeed, tried to do two things at once a few hours ago, and clearly can’t type two f-words correctly. :)
That said, the Flux 2 is also 20% off, but I didn’t include it because it’s out of stock. That said, here’s the link: link to clevertraining.com
I got a Tacx Flux S back ordered from REI before they completely removed it. Got the tracking number on Saturday. So ff UPS is on time, I should have it set up beside my comutrainer for a Wednesday indoor training ride with my wife. :-)
Thanks for keeping track of all these deals!
Would be nice if the Clever Training discount codes, after registering as VIP, would actually work as of 3 pm Pacific on April 6th ……
Same here
Hi Jefeprimo & Loubriel-
There as a bit of a date confusion thing. One department at CT had said ‘thru Apr 6th’, while another had internally marked it as ‘to April 6th’. Which, ended up spitting the difference about half-way through the day before everything turned off.
This broke it for the Wahoo & Tacx products specifically, the other products continue to work under a new SPRING20 code. That said, I chatted with CT and they want to make it up to you two. I’ll follow-up off-line and they’ll get you all sorted out with your original ordering plans.
Super apologies here. Like most companies these days, they’re heavily impacted by COVID-19, and some things aren’t quite as well oiled as they usually are. That said, the warehouse side is pumping out hardware at unreal rates, so there’s that bit of silver lining.
Apologies again!
Understood!
Great, Thanks!!!
Hi Ray, thanks much.
I decided to take a different route (guess my Buy trigger finger was very much too quick). Long winded, I know – on the 6th, I purchased a Tacx Flux S on Biketiresdirect.com as the deal was a screamer at $636 (when the 20% VIP was no longer accepted at CT). Yesterday morning I woke up and noticed the Spring20 discount and shifted over (including the return) and purchased a Tacx Flux 2 including the 20% off at CT prior to reading your review of the 2 (my mistake although the power accuracy issue may be resolved based upon the last comments under your review ?). Thinking of your review and realized I could “upgrade” to an Elite Drivo II at CT without a price difference. I have a note into CT last night asking about changing my order.
For my capabilities, I am sure the Flux 2 or Drivo will be incredible.
Probably fine unless I am making another mistake …..
Thanks so much, great webpage and support as always.
Jeff
RE: Flux 2
Tacx believes that with the latest firmware the issue is solved. They believe that so much so that they’ve sent me a unit. Was supposed to show up today, but looks like it’ll be tomorrow morning.
Given the engineers working on it know my concern rather deeply on this issue – and given it’s taken them over a year along with new hardware bits (technically this is the Tacx Flux 2.1), my guess is that they probably have solved it.
Hope to know before the weekend for sure!
Hey Ray,
I tried (after the fact) to purchase the Wahoo KICKR Core from REI and they said it was not eligible for the 20% discount. I often have good luck getting the discount if I somehow missed the deadline just by calling them and asking nicely. The very nice customer service person mentioned the MEMPERKS2020 code. Since it looks like this post has been edited to remove the deals that are no longer running… could someone tell me if the “MEMPERKS2020” code was the one you posted? It could be that I just don’t have the right code.
Hi Dave-
Indeed, that was the REI code, good till Apr 6th (Monday, US Pacific time).
The KICKR Core was indeed valid then on both REI and CT sites.
Cheers!
Ray –
Regarding GoPro (and others), you think they are going to push out fall launch dates due to covid?
Thanks!
Bruce
My bet would be maybe to slightly. Ultimately, things like this sale are basically admissions that nobody is buying a GoPro because there’s practically no place to use a GoPro (I know, socially distant in there, but GoPro’s shine with people in them).
So if things are mostly the same come September, I’d bet they slow the roll.
Adorama has a bunch of GoPro Hero 8 packages.
link to adorama.com
This one is a Hero Black 8, two GoPro batteries, and a 32GB card for $299.
link to adorama.com
Ray,
SPRING20 code works for Elite Drivo 2 that is on sale, so the actual price at the end is $720. You can update that. Also, given that with the SPRING20 code you can get Drivo 2 and KICKR Core for the same amount of money ($720), which one would you get? Or would you maybe still go for Saris H3 for $800. Just a simple choice of which one of these 3 would you get, without any detailed explanation would suffice.
Thanks a bunch for everything that you do.
P.S. Maybe pin this “deals” page somewhere obvious on your web page, like in the buyers guide menu. I realized that I posted similar comment in obsolete page for fall deals that I googled to instead of this one, so sorry for double comments :)
Hi Ray,
If the Saris H3 is still $799 at CT (code doesn’t seems to work today) would you go H3, Kickr Core or Elite Suito since price is negligible at that point? Noise difference not a factor for me as I am coming from a Kinetic fluid trainer that I added the inRide3 a couple of years ago. Being able to easily store is a bigger factor. I ride a 9 speed so have to buy a new cassette regardless.
Any EU sales for GoPro? A bit crazy to compare these prices, even now the 299$ is much cheaper then the trade-up offer available from GoPro EU.
Was thinking of buying a new one, but just feel paying too much at the moment in EU?
Ray, also your Amazon link, goes to Amazon FR for 439€… while your table says 299$
Hi,
Thanks for all you do.
Do you know if there will be any Wahoo Kickr Climb deals for Memorial or Father’s Day?
Thanks!
REI also has the same price discounts on the Garmin watches.
I would be kicking myself, but I got the Fenix 6 Sapphire for 28% off a few months ago between a work discount and a sale. I love it!
Someday there will be something in the Random Gadget List.
I just know it.
Mike S – Ask and you shall receive. Today is your day.
SWEET! I just saw that!
I saw the item and immediately scrolled down to this comment. :)
I imagine you having a lot of fun over the “can’t look at gift horse in the mouth” one
Ordered the Kickr Snap from Clever Training during the sale back in March. Order still ‘pending shipment’, product page says OOS as of May 18th.
Clever Training has been basically radio silent, failing to respond to at least half of my Order Status inquiries. Really disappointed in the company. Would’ve payed more $$ for a different product if I could’ve gotten it sooner :(
Same, ordered Kickr Snap from Clever Training last days of March, was supposed to be delivered early May. Just be honest and let us know what the hold up is Clever Training, my guess is that it’s not you but Wahoo manufacturing. Not answering emails won’t earn you repeat business.
Yup, I agree, communications have been rough lately. I pressed the issue again today. I know with closures they’ve been down to a skeleton crew in customer service trying to answer e-mails. It sounds like they’ve been making progress, I believe phone CS lines were set to open back up this week.
Hi all,
Seems like Clever Training continues to take orders (when products are supposedly available) yet deliveries are not taking place. I’ve ordered products as far as 1 and 1/2 months ago and as recent as last week. Nothing delivered, status shows as “shipment pending” and money withdrawn from bank. I’ve seem some people having issues. The worst is that e-mails are not responded. Contact number says to send e-mails. Basically, radio silent. Clever training please address this.
Thank you,
Jorge
Hi Jorge-
Agree.
I’ve had a number of conversations with CT about it last night again, and hoping to see more clarity this week on it. Appreciate your e-mail and support.
Cheers,
Ray
Any chance that any of hear companies place their cycling computers on sale during the month?
any of their*
Can anyone else not access Clevertraining.co.uk? Has it shut down?
CT UK closed earlier this year to focus on the US side. :(
Cycliq FlyCE12 is on sale at 35% off. Can we also expect a new product soon?
They’ve been hinting at a new product forever (like, years). Not sure if we’ll ever see it happen.
May be related to the upcoming release of an updated Fly6, which they have been flogging heavily in breathy emails. The new Fly6 is supposedly smaller. No word on other capabilities. The emails talk about pairing the new Fly6 with “your Fly12.” Unclear if it’s targeted to those who own a Fly12 (I do) or not.
The Forerunner 945 is even cheaper on Garmin’s website – $479
Hi Ray,
The link to Amazon for the Fenix 6 has mysteriously been broken here in the US. From the Amazon US website even if you search the Fenix 6 it is missing and it looks as if they stopped selling the Fenix 6. Have any insight into this? Thanks!
Indeed, I noticed it as well. Super weird. I’ve never seen that ever before. Even when Garmin releases a new product they never kill off the old SKU/ASIN. It’ll last years – like, a decade or more in most cases.
Which is what’s so weird about it. This isn’t out of stock or such, it’s like someone purposefully removed all of the official Fenix 6 ASIN’s except for random 3rd party bundles with screen protectors or such.
I’m digging into it…
Polar US has another 25% – 30% off sales for Vantage watches. From their email;
“Enter code FLASH25 at checkout to apply discount. Code must be entered in all CAPS. Valid only on Polar Vantage M wrist units. Cannot be combined with other discounts, coupons, or offers. Valid in US only. Not valid on previous purchases. While supplies last. Offer expires on 6/22/2020.
**Offer valid only at polar.com. Enter code FLASH30 at checkout to apply discount. Code must be entered in all CAPS. Valid only on Polar Vantage V or Polar Vantage V Titan wrist units.”
Given the circumstances, is there going to be any Black Friday / Cyber Monday deal on smart trainers this year?
I didn’t jump on the wagon last March/April, and since then it doesn’t look there’s been any…
Hard to say. I suspect there will be the typical 20% off sales, but I also suspect there simply won’t be any trainer inventory to go along with it.
Garmin 735XT on sale at REI for 249.99. Model getting pretty old, but might be worth it at this cost? Actually not that much discount from Amazon listed standard price of $279.
Ray, thoughts?
Hi Peter-
Actually, that’s overpriced. It was $169 this past weekend, as well as $169 two weeks ago for Amazon Prime Day.
I’d definitely wait again. To me it says that Amazon has a shedload of these, and is using as a sales driver, which means we’ll almost certainly see it again over Black Friday.
Cheers!
Thanks for clarifying I thought the $169 was more rare
Yeah, it was more rare till about a month ago, but now that we’ve seen it twice in three weeks, that follows the Amazon pattern for how they set pricing floors/new levels. I expect that’ll become the new norm for sales for them.
Any idea if Tacx Galaxia rollers will get the BF treatment? I never see these things on sale
I doubt it. Mostly because at this point there are very few companies putting any trainer related gear on sale.
Is it worth buying Garmin Vector 3 right now with REI’s 20% off or do you think a 4 is just around the corner? It’s been a while since they updated and I heard about some new metrics being patented (albeit for mountain biking).
The patents I saw previously have been around for years. So it’s unclear if that’s something planned, or just doing the usual corporate patent thing.
In general, I don’t really see major advances between iterations of power meters these days. The field has matured enough that the advances are mostly going to be cosmetic/compatibility/battery type things.
Thus, if you were looking or Vector pedals, getting 20% seems like a good option to me.
Awesome, thank you! I got the Nordictrack s22i and I need something to track my stats. I was going to build a script to export them from the machine it but the app it runs off is so buggy that it restarted 4 times in a 1/2 he ride. Shoulda gone with Peloton but I thought this would be somewhere between a Peloton and a Wahoo Kickr w Climb… oops.
Example: Wahoo Kickr Core 544€
Europe: link to mydealz.de
FYI: The REI sale catalog, in the US, is showing their November sale (Nov 12-22, 2021) has all Garmin fenix 6 GPS watches for $200 off. I was (and still am) hoping for a sale on the Forerunner 945. If not, I may look at the 6 pro since the features I mainly am looking for are maps and multisports.
Found a slightly better deal for Vertix1.
link to costco.com
It might be nice to be able to buy a new Garmin Edge unit, as my 520 is very much past its prime. I know this isn’t a rumor site, but holy heck, it’s way off cycle, it seems.
Kickr v5 is down to £849 in wiggle post Xmas sale!