Garmin Black Friday deals — 17 discounts I'd shop now as top watches hit their lowest ever prices

This is the cheapest I've seen Garmin's entry-level running watch, and a great deal on a fantastic watch for beginners in particular. The Forerunner 55 is a simple but accurate sports tracker with a lightweight design, and all three colors are reduced by $50 right now.

It's rare to find the Garmin Venu Sq 2 available for under $150, so this is a deal worth grabbing if you're interested in Garmin's entry-level smartwatch. The Venu Sq 2 has a bright AMOLED display and Garmin's reliable sports tracking, but note this deal is not on the version of the watch with music storage.

This 20% discount brings the Forerunner 165 down to its lowest ever price. We picked the Forerunner 165 as the best running watch in the Tom’s Guide Awards 2024, offering Garmin’s key features in an attractive design with an AMOLED display and at a good price. You can also get the music version of the watch for $249 in the Amazon sale.

The Garmin Vivoactive 5 is a sporty smartwatch with an AMOLED display. It offers extensive health and fitness tracking and while it doesn’t match the smarts of watches like the Apple Watch 10 or Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, I found the Vivoactive 5’s native sports tracking to be more reliable, and it comes in cheaper especially with this $100 discount on Amazon.

The Garmin Lily 2 is the most stylish smartwatch in the brand's range, but also packs in the usual excellent fitness tracking you expect. It even has built-in GPS for accurate run and bike tracking, and has been reduced by $50 at Best Buy in the sales.

The Instinct 2 is a rugged adventure watch with a distinctive look and incredible battery life. A wide range of colors are reduced in Amazon's sale, and you can also get the smaller Instinct 2S if you prefer.

Although an older watch that’s been superseded by both the Forerunner 955 and Forerunner 965, I think the Garmin Forerunner 945 is still worth considering at this low price, because it has some key features you won’t find on many other sports watches under $300, such as offline maps. It’s an accurate multisport tracker with detailed training analysis and while it doesn’t have an AMOLED display, it’s still a good-looking and lightweight watch and has week-long battery life.

The Forerunner 255 is a prime candidate for discounts this Black Friday as an older watch that’s been superseded by the Forerunner 265. This $100 saving on the music version of the 255 is certainly a good deal on an impressive multisport watch and actually equals the lowest price its been.

The Forerunner 265 is the best Garmin watch for most people and the one I'd buy myself in the sales right now, because it offers most of the features of the brand's top devices at a lower price. It's a good-looking, lightweight watch with a vivid AMOLED display, and it's reduced by $100 right now.

The Garmin Epix 2 has dropped to its lowest price ever at Walmart. It's an excellent price for an AMOLED sports watch that offers Garmin’s top sports tracking and training analysis features, plus offline maps and smarts including music storage and NFC payments. I ran four marathons with the Epix 2 during testing and it never let me down.

This 20% discount on the excellent Forerunner 955 is a good deal, but I still hope it might drop further in the sales this year. The Forerunner 955 is a top-tier Garmin watch with a lightweight plastic design and extensive features that include offline maps. If you don't want an AMOLED sports watch, this is one of Garmin's best options.

The Garmin Fenix 8 recently launched, which means my eyes are peeled looking for discounts on older top-end Garmins like the Fenix 7 and Epix Pro. This is close to the cheapest the Fenix 7 has ever been, and while it’s missing some of the hardware upgrades on newer models like an AMOLED screen, it’s still up to date with Garmin’s software updates and undoubtedly the most impressive sports watch available from any brand for $429.

The Garmin Fenix 7S packs in all the same features you get on the Fenix 7 into a smaller watch that suit those with thinner wrists better. It's reduced by $200 at the moment, but I saw it drop below $400 recently, so might still get bigger discounts for Black Friday.

The Garmin Forerunner 965 has a case for being Garmin’s best watch overall, with a bright AMOLED display and all the brand’s best features in a slim design that’s much lighter than the likes of the Fenix 8 or Enduro 3. It’s not a watch that I’ve seen big discounts on yet, so this $100 saving certainly caught the eye. It's my favorite Garmin watch and the one I wear when I'm not testing something new.

This is the sapphire solar version of the Garmin Fenix Pro, which has a titanium bezel that makes it lighter and hardier than the steel version. It doesn't have the mic and speaker on the newer Fenix 8, or the diveproof design, but otherwise matches up well to Garmin's top watch and is much cheaper given this 28% discount.

The Garmin Enduro 2 is a watch built for adventure, offering a rugged titanium design and incredible battery life. The Garmin Enduro 3 recently launched but isn't a huge upgrade on the older model, which offers better value thanks to this $250 discount at Best Buy.

This $250 discount is on the largest model of the Epix Pro, which offers incredible battery life for an AMOLED watch, usually lasting me 10 days on a charge even when training heavily. It's one of the best sports watches you can get and this huge saving makes it better value than the new Fenix 8.