Best Buy is having a huge sale on Garmin smartwatches right now, and if you’ve been waiting for these kinds of smartwatch deals, you’ll be pleased with the results. To help you figure out which Garmin device is best for your needs, we’re here to give you some highlights. Read on as we tell you everything you need to know.
Garmin Venu Sq – $120, was $200.
Ideal for someone dipping their toe into the world of smartwatches, the Garmin Venu Sq has all the essential features. It offers health monitoring such as giving you body battery energy levels, tracking your breathing, hydration, and your stress levels and sleep cycles. With a battery life of up to six days, it also tracks your heart rate, steps you take, etc. for different workouts and workout plans. It can also help train you through training plans so you know how to achieve your goals.
Garmin Forerunner 45 – $140, was $170.
The Garmin Forerunner 45 is one of the most popular Garmin watches around. It’s designed for runners, allowing them to monitor their daily steps, distance, calories burned, and even their stress levels throughout the day. With Garmin Coach 2.0, you can choose a running goal and Garmin will teach you how to achieve it, providing you with an adaptive training plan and step-by-step guidance. There are many other sports profiles as well, along with built-in GPS and useful notification tools.
Garmin Instinct – $180, was $230.
One of Garmin’s best watches, the Garmin Instinct is a durable device. It has a fiber-reinforced polymer case and a water-resistant design built to US military standards. If you’re an avid hiker, swimmer or adventurer, this is a watch made for walking. It also has a battery life of up to 14 days so it is good for travel purposes. The watch can track your distance, time, speed, calories burned, activity level, sleep activity, heart rate and many more statistics. A GPS and compass are built-in while Garmin’s TracBack feature is there to help you navigate back to your starting point on the same route. It is ideal for hikers.
Garmin Vivoactive 4S – $200, was $350.
Modeled after many great smartwatches, the Garmin Vivoactive 4S is a stylish timepiece with some great features. It’s able to track your blood oxygen saturation levels as well as regularly check your heart rate and let you know how intense your workout is. Thanks to these sensors, advanced sleep monitoring is available while it can also track altitude at high altitudes. Better outdoor navigation comes courtesy of GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo so it’s great for hiking. If you’re serious about your activity level, this is a good watch at a great price.
Garmin Venu 2 – $320, was $350.
The Garmin Venu 2 offers everything you’d expect from a Garmin, from tracking all your vital stats to monitoring your blood oxygen saturation levels. It adds to this by being extra durable with its Corning Gorilla Glass 3 display, stainless steel bezel, and silicone band. The Health Snapshot feature means you can log a two-minute session to instantly see your vital stats down to heart rate variability. Stress tracking, women’s health tracking, and advanced sleep monitoring are also useful. Extensive HIIT workouts are also available to get you moving at the right pace. Think of it as a personal trainer on your wrist.
Garmin Epix (Gen 2) – $900, was $1,000.
Garmin Epix (Gen 2) is the ultimate smartwatch for active users. It offers an impressive 16-day battery life in smartwatch mode. Plus, you can enjoy up to 42 hours of GPS battery life in gesture mode or up to 30 hours always on. There is also GNSS technology for better and more accurate positioning in harsh environments. You can also use SkiView for ski resorts, CourseView for golfing and other sports apps. If you can’t keep quiet, this is the tool for you.
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