Many popular Garmin watches across the Forerunner, Lily, Instinct, Fenix, Epix, Venu, and Vivoactive lineups have significant discounts right now for Cyber Monday. But with so many models discounted, and just a few hours left until Cyber Monday ends, it may feel a bit overwhelming to decide which to buy, which models are overkill, and which are too old or cheap to fit your needs.
As someone who's personally reviewed or used many of the best Garmin watches of the last few years, I can give you my recommendation of which watch is the best fit for you. Of all these options, the Garmin Venu 2 Plus, Forerunner 245, Venu Sq, and Vivoactive 4 are the four fitness watches you should seriously consider.
Our first recommendation is the Garmin Venu 2 Plus. Unlike most Garmin watches, which are a bit, well, ugly, the Venu 2 Plus gives you a bright and smooth AMOLED display that can show off over a thousand animated examples of how to complete a specific exercise at home or the gym; you can create a custom workout and then double-check how to complete it without needing to pull out your phone.
Both the Venu 2 and Venu 2 Plus are $100 off for Cyber Monday, but the Plus gives you a mic and speaker to answer Bluetooth phone calls or speak to your phone's voice assistant — either Google Assistant or Siri — plus a third button for accessing multiple shortcuts. It's more of a smartwatch, in other words, and we think that makes it worth the extra money. We've also included a roundup of today's best prices for a range of other Garmin models in the US and UK at the end of this article.
For me, the Venu 2 Plus and the Forerunner 255 are the two best options Garmin has available, one for general fitness and the other for runners. But they're both fairly expensive and the latter isn't on sale for Cyber Monday.
If you want to save a ton and get about 80% of the Forerunner 255's features, the Garmin Forerunner 245 is $70 off down to $200, saving you $150 compared to the full-priced Forerunner 255.
I wrote this guide on the Forerunner 255 vs. 245 to show what you're missing from the older model, but the gist is that the Forerunner 245 has "nearly all the same tracked running metrics" as the 255, along with a respectable 24-hour GPS battery life. Before the 255 arrived, the 245 was our #1 best running watch pick for years, and it's a very compelling choice at this Cyber Monday deal price.
There are some great Cyber Monday Fitbit deals available if you want something relatively cheap, but those have the promise of a Fitbit Premium subscription down the line. If you want something comparable in price to a Fitbit but with no sub to worry about, the Garmin Venu Sq is just $120, or $80 off. This is the entry-level Garmin option I'd recommend for most people, even if it's not particularly high-end, because it'll help you decide if you like the Garmin ecosystem without investing hundreds more.
But what if you want something that falls in-between the Venu 2 Plus and Venu Sq? That's where you should consider the Vivoactive 4, which at 45% off at $179.99 is definitely one of the best Cyber Monday fitness deals overall. It comes in two size options (pick the 4S if you have smaller wrists) and gives you many of the same perks; you can see our guide on the Venu 2 Plus vs. Vivoactive 4 to decide which is the better pick.
Those are the four Garmin Cyber Monday deals that I'd recommend for entry-level or "mainstream" buyers who need a fitness boost. For more serious Garmin users, you have a variety of options with the Fenix or Epix series, but even if you "save" a couple hundred, these are too far too expensive for anyone but the most hardcore of climbers and adventurers.
My alternate recommendation would be the Garmin Instinct 2 Solar, a watch that can operate almost indefinitely so long as you're someone that spends a lot of time outside. It can recharge its own batteries by a few hours just by leaving it out in the sun, or will last 370 hours in GPS-tracked max battery mode if you're on a weeks-long excursion. But this is only for serious hikers that actually need a battery this huge.
Feel free to check out any of the other Garmin Cyber Monday deals at Best Buy and see if there's a better fit! But most likely, you'll find yourself coming back to one of these four.
