This product has been discontinued by the manufacturer. It's been replaced by the Garmin Fenix 6 Series, you may want to check out that review instead.
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Great training tool. Hope to win :)
Come on fenix 3 hr!!!
Could use this watch real good for my races coming up!
Overkill, but I’d have one of these.
Thank you for your reviews I’ve always found them really insightful and helpful when choosing sports watches. Particularly when I’ve not had a clue.
Would love to win one of these!
And so it begins! Count me in! Exclamation!
Keen for some non HR action!
As we say in Germany – Hammerteil !
I want it!!!
Fenix baby
I love this watch, and love this site. Thanks.
All in
Best day ever!!!
Lets go !!!
Hope to win this Garmin! :)
Send that Garmin down South ….. To South Africa
Linke it. I’m in :-)
We Lost 3 consecutive finals with Messi-Argentina. This watch can end my agony. Seríously. It would be great as I just ran 42k Rosario, Argentina Marathon (26 June).
That would be nice, indeed!
Love my fenix3, would love to test HR version as well :)
Gimme this!
I’m in!!
Great start, my next watch, even if I don’t win :-)
I would love an upgrade!
Me please!
Would love it :-)
I hope this goes to Denmark
That would be nice!
Yes please, me please
i want this so badly!!!
Yes please!
Cool!
Great! I
In it to win it! :D
Would love this for trail running
Woah woah woah this will be so helpful to get me trained up for my first marathon ! ?
Awesome. Who will be the lucky winner?
I would *love* to try a Fenix!
Your reviews are unparalleled. Thank you for all your hard work!
So excited for this giveaway!
I’d love this!
I want it!
Yup
I’m in. Thank you.
Ooohhh suit you sir!
Another day of anticipation
Let’s do this
Want!
Good start
Yay! Love this game!
Starting off strong!
Did I miss it?!
Count me in
Fenix 3, great product.
Count me in
~7am where I am, that’s most likely in the given timespan, isn’t it?…
That would be nice..
That would be awesome!
Thanks for all you do with the site!
thanks for review, I want one.
good start, big brother of my 235
Ray is awesome! And I like his give aways nearly as much as hi’s reviews
I’ll buy that for a dollar (minus 1 dollar)
Oh, how I would love a new Garmin Fenix 3 HR.. Would finally be getting back to the much missed Garmin camp…
Wanted one for ages
I’m in
Keep up the good work.
Not sure where eST is vs GMT. Oh and sorry for Brexit from the UK
Huh
Lock it in!!
Yes please
THE best sports gadget
Wow! Winning this watch would be a perfect start of the summer. Sign me up :)
i love it!!
Count me in
Count me in.
Hope to be luckier this time, come on! ;-)
(btw if you even manage to read that comment – it’s a really fun initiative)
Count me in DC!!!
Chouette cadeau pour ma prochaine course
yes, please! :)
I’d like to enter this contest for my friend; a new sportstool for his love for triathlon. Thank you, DC Rainmaker!
The fenix is almost as good as dc rainmakers reviews.
Fenix3 wow
Nice start:)
A nice prize to get things rolling.
Starting off strong! I love the Fenix 3, been pondering one since the non-HR version came out, though I worry it will look like I have a dinner plate on my wrist.
Cool start
I love these give aways. Keep it up
Woo, free stuff!
Nice watch, great website.
A great one to start with!
The best fenix ever !!
Yes! This would be amazing.
Awesome
Perfect bridge until The spartan ultra is available for a reasonable price ;-)
looks good to me…
Want!
i´m in and would like to start with a 3HR
It would be nice with a new watch