It’s that time of year again when there are tons of sales on all sorts of sports technology items. Everything this year is pointing to earlier sales than normal, as manufacturers and retailers alike try to lock in your dollars ahead of time.
The typical ebb and flow of this time period is:
Pre-Thanksgiving deals: These are everything ahead of the US Thanksgiving (which is today, Nov 28th). These were pretty solid this year.
Black Friday deals: These are tied to Black Friday (BF), on Nov 29th. Some span this entire weekend, some even starts Thursday the 28th. Generally speaking, most retailers have access to the same major deals (i.e. Garmin, Fitbit, GoPro, etc…).
Cyber Monday deals: These are on Monday, Dec 2nd. Occasionally they spill into that Tuesday the 3rd as well
General December deals: We tend to see ‘repeats’ of some deals in the mid-December time-frame (usually around the 10th-15th). These are rarely better than BF deals, but usually quite good if you missed something.
This year virtually every deal has leaked already for Black Friday, so don’t expect any surprises. However, what you will see is Amazon going wild occasionally and just offering astounding deals on new things (like 40-50% off deals). So keep your eye on my Twitter feed, I’ll constantly be listing the best deals.
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.
| Product | Sale Price | Amazon | Other site | Sale Notes |
 | Apple Watch Series 10 - $50 off
$399/$499 (cellular) | $349 | Amazon | | |
 | Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium - $75 off | $725 | Amazon | | This is a nice little deal for this unit which just came out. |
 | Fitbit Ace LTE Kids Activity Smartwatch - 22% off | $179 | Amazon | | This was just announced this summer, and is their first full smartwatch focused on kids activity tracking and gamification. |
 | Fitbit Charge 6 - 38% off!
$159 | $99 | Amazon | | 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. |
 | Fitbit Inspire 3 - $30 off | $69 | Amazon | | |
 | Fitbit Sense 2 - $70 off | $179 | Amazon | | |
 | Fitbit Versa 4 - $40 off | $119 | Amazon | | |
 | Garmin Epix Pro Series - 20% off!
$899/$999 | $649 | Amazon | REI | ⚡ This is the lowest price to date for the Garmin Epix Pro series, likely due to the Fenix 8 coming out a few months back (Epix as a brand was merged into the Fenix 8 branding). Still, if you don't care about diving or voice bits, this is an incredible deal. |
 | Garmin Epix Sapphire/Titanium (Gen 2) - $400+ off! | $449 | Amazon | | ⚡⚡⚡ This is a crazy super strong deal. Note the Epix received all of the software updates of the Epix Pro. While we saw a slightly better deal at $399 for a day back in October, this is otherwise the lowest price we've seen it sustained at. |
 | Garmin Fenix 7 Pro - 31% off (All Variants)
$799+ | $549+ | Amazon | REI | ⚡ This is the lowest price to date for the Garmin Fenix 7 Pro series, likely due to the Fenix 8 coming out a few months back. Still, if you don't care about diving or voice bits, this is an incredible deal. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 165 Music - $50 off! | $249 | Amazon | | This is the first time we've head a meaningful sale on the Forerunner 165, released earlier this year, down to $249 for the Music edition, and $199 for the non-music edition. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 255/255S - $100 off | $249 | Amazon | | This is Garmin's mid-tier running watch, and is a very polished option with good multi-band GPS, and of course, a boatload of running metrics. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 255/255S Music - $100 off!
$349/$399 | $299 | Amazon | | This is Garmin's mid-tier running watch, and is a very polished option with good multi-band GPS, and of course, a boatload of running metrics. This model also includes offline music such as Spotify and Amazon Music. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 265 - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | REI | This is the first time we've seen the Forerunner 265 on sale, and it's solidly priced right now at $349 |
 | Garmin Forerunner 265s - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | REI | This is the first time we've seen the Forerunner 265 on sale, and it's solidly priced right now at $349 |
 | Garmin Forerunner 955 - $100ish off! | $399 | Amazon | | This is one of Garmin's most popular running watches, and it's down to a very strong price. I often use this in my accuracy testing comparisons when validating other watches, due to it's very strong GPS performance. Note this is the base edition without solar. It'd be hard to find any better deal in sports watches today, from any company (given this has full mapping, tons of new features even this week, etc...). I say '$100ish', because it's usually been on forever sale at $499, so $399 is a strong price, though, it dipped to $319 for Amazon Prime Day. |
 | Garmin Forerunner 965 - $50 off! | $499 | Amazon | REI | This is the lowest price we've seen ever on the Forerunner 965, since it's launch. It's still Garmin's top-end Forerunner watch, and I expect it to stay that way for a while. It's one I often use in comparative testing as a reference device. |
 | Garmin Instinct 2X - $100 off! | $349 | Amazon | REI | This is a solid deal. Garmin Instinct 2X - $100 off!It's best thought of as an Instinct 2.5, as it has almost enough features to really be more of an Instinct 3 (which doesn't exist at this point). |
 | Garmin Tactix 7 Pro - 20% off | $1,049 | Amazon | | This is the largest discount we've seen to date on the Tactix 7 Pro unit. Note the other Tactix 7 Pro units/variants are also on sale for 20% off too (this link takes you to all of them). |
Cycling Gear & Trainers:
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.
| Product | Sale Price | Amazon | Other site | Sale Notes |
 | Garmin Edge 1040 Cycling GPS - $100 off! | $499 | Amazon | | This is a good deal, especially since it's gotten virtually all of the Edge 1050 updates, and then a boatload more. That said, it wouldn't surprise me to see this drop further to $449, as it did this past summer. |
 | Garmin Edge 540 - $100 off | $249 | Amazon | REI | ⚡⚡This is the lowest price we've seen on the Garmin Edge 540 to date, which has gained virtually all of the new Garmin Edge 1050 features as well. This is kinda an insane deal for this unit. |
 | Garmin Edge 540 Solar - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | REI | 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. |
 | Garmin Edge 840 - $100 off | $349 | Amazon | REI | ⚡⚡This is the lowest price we've seen on the Garmin Edge 840 to date, which has gained virtually all of the new Garmin Edge 1050 features as well. This is one of my main units I use daily. |
 | Garmin Edge 840 Solar - $100 off | $449 | Amazon | REI | This is the lowest price we've seen on the Garmin Edge 840 Solar to date, which has gained virtually all of the new Garmin Edge 1050 features as well. |
 | Garmin Edge Explore 2 - $40 off
$299 | $269 | Amazon | Competitive Cyclist | This is a great little unit, though, with the sales on the Edge 540 and 840 series, you might want to look at those instead. |
Action Cameras & Drones:
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.
| Product | Sale Price | Amazon | Other site | Sale Notes |
 | GoPro Hero 12 Black - $100 off! | $299 | Amazon | | The new Hero 13 just came out, which mostly just adds a bunch of new accessory options. If you don't plan to purchase those accessories, then this is a solid deal. |
 | GoPro Hero 13 Black - $60 OFF! | $399 | Amazon | REI | This is the first time we have seen the newly announced GoPro Hero 13 Black on sale. Solid deal, this is my daily use action cam! |
 | Insta360 Ace Pro Action Cam - $50 off | $299 | Amazon | | This is the previous edition, as the Ace Pro 2 just came out a few weeks back, but this is still a very solid camera from a year ago. |
 | Insta360 GO 3S Tiny 4K Action Camera - $60 off! | $239 | Amazon | | This is a great deal for this tiny little thing, which should really be named the Go 4, given how many new features it has (including 4K). It also has all the Insta360 sport integration features with Garmin & Apple, to overlay your Garmin/Apple data automatically on your footage. |
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.
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!
| Product | Sale Price | Amazon | Sale Notes |
 | Jackery Portable Power Station - $60 off! | $199 | Amazon | This is something I use frequently when shooting out and about and I need to re-charge a crapton of drone batteries, action cameras, or just cameras and such. I also use it on trips to Eurobike and elsewhere to keep equipment charged. I've even bought a solar panel to hook up to it (surprisingly effective). Heck, I've even powered a KICKR trainer ride from it! |
European Deals!
What’s that? You’re not in the US and still want a deal? No problem! First off, you should note that some retailers do send some items overseas. For example, Clever Training can send many products overseas, and do so at a flat-rate $29USD shipping cost. You’ll want to check the individual item. For some deals, that could be a huge savings!
Beyond that, I’ll be tracking Euro-specific deals here. These will mostly include both Clever Training Europe (UK) as well as Amazon European deals.
Woot – important! The Clever Training Europe deals below can be combined with the DCR 10% discount coupon code DCR10BTF. Boom! So yes, another 10% savings on top of these prices! Plus free shipping in Europe for orders over 75EUR (almost everything in the list from CT).
Note: On Amazon Europe deals, generally speaking, you can order from any Amazon European country site (i.e. Amazon France) and have it shipped within the EU (i.e. Spain). Thus, many times deals are duplicated across the sites.
Remember these deals refresh each day for the most part, and usually only last a few hours. Jump if you see something you like!
There are no deals currently.
GoPro “holiday bundle” even better (Same price but adds the shorty, extra battery, headstrap…)
Looks available at Target, Amazon, probably others?
Never mind, thought I saw you had just a 32gb in your list but you’ve got the bundle :)
Hi Ray,
would you recommend a certified reconditioned 2018 Kickr trainer with an 1 year warranty for 700€ (30% off)?
link to de-eu.wahoofitness.com
Thanks,
Martin
I’m mixed. On one hand, personally I’d have no issues buying a refrub.
On the other hand, we keep seeing stories of people buying refurbs (just this morning no less) and going through multiple units dying. Wahoo has been great customer-service wise…but man.
Interesting time to be a sports-tech consumer. Hopefully the manufacturers are just having a hard time keeping up quality in the face of new demand.
I’m such a big fan that I won’t mention their brand name, but I have primary + backup head units down with hardware failures working through return process. Tapping the gray market to add another layer of spares.
2018 KICKR is one of the few pieces that has been trouble free for me, but I’m leaving everything in my indoor configuration on the 2018 firmware versions until summer 2020.
The second line that says “Stages Dash M50 – 30% off” with a price of $104 is incorrect. It’s pointing to the L10.
Ahh, thanks! Yeah, the 30% off is correct for all Stages gear, but looks like that line-item was mistitled. Fixed to L10. Thanks!
link to bike24.com
FR 735 @ 210 EUR
Garmin Forerunner 735XT @ 170€
link to amazon.de
Garmin Edge 530 – 255€ sold by amazon IT
link to amazon.it
It’s not the default option, you have to click below the price where says “new starting from…”
Yesterday evening I received an email blast from Hammerhead mentioning their Karoo sale along with your quote. Today your Black Friday post appeared. Until then it was cart before the horse. ;-) How is that possible?
There’s been a fall discounts/pre-Black Friday discounts post up for a couple of weeks, with the Karoo in it.
Unfortunately Hammerhead have no shipping date as of today (12/07/2019), and they have even charged for the undeliver unit. Terrible way to run a business.
Refurb 2018 Kickr is $700 US
Refurb Kickr Core is $550 US
That Core price is tasty
Link: link to eu.wahoofitness.com
The Hammerhead Karoo still shows up for $400 on Amazon. If you go to Hammerhead.io, you can get it for $250.
and those who were early adopters received a code to buy a one this weekend for $199. Limited to 2 I think.
Apparently anyone can get that deal unless Hammerhead decides to block double dipping: link to dcrainmaker.com
What is the Karoo actually worth considering the current competition? Certainly not $399 in its present form.
Vantage M 175 Euro on Amazon.de
It’s actually 160EUR using the link up above (or, was a y few mins ago anyway – seems to constantly change).
Yep, but free shipping to Sweden from DE. Not FR or UK :)
Clever training UK, mistype deal?
Tacx Neo 2 Smart for 199£
link to clevertraining.co.uk
Black Friday! Buy it if you like it!
You can’t order it. If you try you get a Neo2T for € 1299,- or, using the “other” link below, a Neo2 for € 1329,-. Which is a shame :0.
Garmin Edge 830 @ 314€
link to delta-bike.de
Assioma DUOs:
link to powermeter24.com
With the code: PM24_Voucher_BlackFriday19
Come in @ € 556,00 which for these I believe is an amazing deal!
A word of warning on the site: powermeter24.com.
Delivery times are very long and sometimes non.existant. After 2 months of email exchanges I canceled my order of the assioma duos and asked for a refund. Luckiky i paid with amazon pay, making reimbursement straightforward.
I agree. The delivery of my stages left only powermeter lasted 7 weeks instead of promised 2-5 days. You can find many of such customer expierences.
Ow jeez, noticing that now ye. So far things look on the up and up but the trustpilot and other sites seem to very much stear away from this website…. paid with creditcard so shouldn’t be too big a deal to block the order… Strongly considering this at the moment.
Goes to show if a deal seems too good it might just be too good to be true…
Ah :( No great deals on indoor trainers, specifically looking for a deal on those :)
Yeah, those awesome deals all ended back earlier this week. Though, Wahoo has historically run some so-so Cyber Monday deals.
That said – the Saris H3 at $749 is really solid. Super solid.
seems that $749 is no more. It’s listed at $799 as of now…
Actually – seconds ago i’ve got a better deal for you! Refresh the page and look at the top.
The 20% VIP Sale is back baby, today only!!!
TACX trainers seem to be excluded, and the rest of the trainers are already discounted (more like 15%) making them also ineligible to the VIP20 coupon :(((
Shame the Venu is not discounted in the EU :(
I was tempted by the Vantage M but the lack of a barometer (for counting stairs climbed) and its size hold me back.
On the positive side: this makes a very cheap black friday this year :-)
Just bought a FR945 at 470 euro in the Belgian AS Adventure store . They have a 100 euro discount today on the already reasonably priced 945 (570, retail is 599) resulting in a 21% discount on the retail price.. I’m a happy camper
Just a follow up on my own comment… the discount is on all products above 500 euro. Google the shops website if you are interested, but I think this deal is valid for Belgians, French, Luxembourgers and Dutch, i’m not related in any way to the shop.
Also seems to work on their UK-specific site (the discount is the same converted to pounds, so £89 off) – makes the FR945 £421 in the UK.
Thank you! I’ve been looking for a <500€ FR945 EU deal.
In Europe; Apple watch 3 is down to 199 euro on the Spanish Amazon
Also, the $129 deal on apple watch 3 at Walmart is only for Refurbished models (bit disapointing)
There’s a deal on Fenix 5 plus on link to verkkokauppa.com
Favero Assioma DUO price drop 639.00 €
link to cycling.favero.com
Would you guys recommend the assioma duo for EUR 639 or the garmin vector 3 for EUR 699?
Thanks!
Where could you get the Vector 3 for EUR 699?
Sounds like a great deal
Zweirad-stadler.de
Plus 3,99 shipping to be precise
Vector3 @ 675€
link to bike-components.de
Bikester.at (Austria) have a 20% off everything on their website sale with code “BIKEFRIDAY”. Means the Garmin 520 is only 240 EUR, free shipping in Austria, but I don’t know about elsewhere. Cheapest I can find for that anyway.
This should be the Garmin 530. Oops.
Assiomas are $577 thru Black Friday weekend at the Favero online shop.
Hi, anyone having issues with CleverTraining UK? I’m trying to buy a Vivoactive 4, and it’s showing me a 20% discount (link to clevertraining.co.uk), but then when I put it in the basket the discount is gone?
Hi Ray. Clever Training and Amazon are now both saying $799 for Saris H3. I saw it last night and this morning at $749 on CT (and $789 on Amazon), but when I went to add to cart at CT, it kept coming up as $799.
The VIP code FREEVIPDCR Says it is expired. Do you have a new code?
Sorry, that should be fixed shortly – if not already. Apologies!
Reconditioned KICKR’s are $300 off for the 2018 version and $230 off for the CORE. Finally a deal, but the website is down lulz.
Tacx Neo 2 not eligible for VIP20 coupon code :(
Should be fixed shortly!
Ok I have narrowed my trainer search down a bit, but still would love to hear your thoughts. I want a mid/high end trainer 600-1000 ideally. Kickr core refurb 550$, tacx flux 599$, suito 679$ (seems like a gamble after doing my research), or Neo 2 999$, lastly flux 2 719$. Obviously the neo would be my choice if it wasn’t for the price tag. Any other trainers/deals to consider? Im really leaning to the core 16% grade vs. original flux 10% grade, or neo2. Thanks!
Garmin 645 music is on sale in Wiggle.co.uk and chainreactioncycles.com for only £229!
The sale only covers some colors
That’s a real bargain. Fantastic watch.
Any reason the 4iiii Fliiiight Smart Trainer isn’t on the list anymore?
Mostly because I fat-fingered the end-date…so…yeah. Fixed. :)
4iiii Fliiiight is back on the list. :)
Thanks, I’ve pretty much talked myself into the Elite Tuo now, even though it’s not shipping for at least a week. It only shows up as a 15% discount on Clever Trainer, though, but still looks like a great deal. I’m especially attracted to your quick look describing the great road feel.
Realistically, I don’t see it shipping in a week. I don’t have a unit yet, and when I asked a day or two ago – they said it would still be 1-2 weeks till I got one.
If that means they haven’t put any on the boat yet, then that’s +4w till it lands stateside. Now, it’s plausible they already built them and are simply dorking with firmware, in which case that 1-2w is totally viable. I can ask tomorrow, they’re going to be at the Open House. I suppose you can always place your order and it won’t ship out anyway.
Given what you’re looking at right now price-wise, I’d recommend picking up the KICKR SNAP. Just my two cents…
Thanks for the quick reply. The Kickr Snap is showing up as $599, on sale for $499. Is that correct?
No, the fix has been loaded, they’re working to clear that cache out (something is stuck there). I’d just wait another hour or two at worst.
Which speed/version of the MicroSD do you recommend? I know in the past that GoPro was really picky on which MicroSD was being used.
GoPro’s list is universally overkill.
I tend to use these specific ones:
link to amzn.to
link to amzn.to
I have others that are higher end, mostly when i see them on sale, but there’s no meaningful difference.
Any thoughts on the Cycliq Black Friday deal? Do people prefer the Garmin Varia? I can’t figure out what is changed with the new Gen 2 version of the Fly 6 CE
link to cycliq.com
I love my Fly 6. I caught it on sale for about this price as an open box unit 6 months ago. The video quality on it is great for what it is, a dashcam, and the light works really well. I use this light and another in the rear in case one runs out of battery, and travel with the same setup for rental bikes as well.
Their support is pretty good. I had an issue with the memory card not working, apparently only a handful work in their devices, and they sent me one free of charge to make sure that was the issue with my unit(it was.) The fact that they don’t include a memory card is absurd to me, them including it in these black friday deals is to keep their support ticket count down i’m sure.
As for this vs the Varia, i personally want dashcam functionality and audio recording and use a mirror to see behind me, so it is an easy choice for me. If you don’t use a mirror, and don’t want to record video/audio in case of an incident, the Varia may be for you.
This is available in Germany only (they don’t ship international). Campz.de offers 20% off on most products including many Garmin devices (Varia, Edge, 945, etc).
Garmin Forerunner 935 Running GPS Unit at $369.95 vs Garmin 945 at $499 (both at amazon)? I don’t care for music but do care about GPS accuracy and screen readability. Mostly for running. Thank you!
Definitely 935 if you don’t care about music, maps, payments or the new metrics.
Readability might be slightly better on the 945, but there is not the slightest problem on the 935. GPS accuracy is often reported to be better on 935.
I would save the money or spend on some other tech :o)
Just pulled the trigger on the refurbished Wahoo Core for $593.99 shipped. Slim pickings on door buster type trainer sales today:(
Decent looking trainer desk for $100.
link to chainreactioncycles.com
Looks like $100 off the Garmin 6x Pro.
link to store.miyaradventures.com
Did the Karoowelcome code work for anyone?
KAROOWELCOME did not work for me. Tried it Friday and again on Saturday
When I go to purchase the RunScribe, I am not seeing the 20% discount?
Never mind, I found the discount code on their website! (BFCM20)
Enjoy reading your work. Thank you!
yesterday i ordered my varia 510 from alltricks.
i hope i can trust them….
129 eu
link to alltricks.de
Amazon has the Wahoo Speed and Cadence Sensors together for $56 at the moment. Is there any difference in total weight between the Wahoo and Garmin V2 speed sensors (seeing as how they’re the same price)? In the listed weights it seems Garmin includes the rubber housing and Wahoo doesn’t …
Polar Vantage V with orange band $299 on the Polar site.
A warning note for European (and privacy conscious) buyers: Clever Training sends personal data to Riskified, an Israeli company, for fraud risk assessment. No indication of what Riskified does with the data, and they don’t reply to data-related requests, in violation of data protection laws (GDPR).
I tried to purchase from Clever Training UK, only to find a few days later that my order was silently canceled, and that my personal data was sent to an obscure company in Israel.
Just flagging here: The Vivoactive 3 is down to $99 on Amazon…
I snagged the Vivoactve 3 when it {was}, now it’s showing as $129.
A couple of things I’ve found:
* Forerunner 945 – Wiggle.co.uk – If the price is in Euros, the FR945 is only 519.99€
* TrainingPeaks – 25% off on annual plans with ‘cyberathlete25’
I dont understand I have been looking on the Edge 130 for a few days and it have always been 139€!
Not 109EUR.
Do Amazon have a originating from function and give different prices for different countries?
It was 109EUR, in fact, picked up two of them that arrived just today.
Right now it’s at 117EUR on the Amazon Germany site. If you’re landing in a different country it’s because of geo redirection. No worries, quick and easy to find.
There are good trainer deals in Europe, they’re just not getting much love here (no affiliate scheme), e.g. Saris H3 for £749; £100 off. link to cyclerepublic.com
LOL @ Vivoactive 3 lightning bolt bonanza. XD
Seriously though, that’s amazing and cheap enough to be a stocking stuffer. The VA and VAHR never saw that kind of discount.
I’m getting $129 for that Garmin Vivoactive 3. Should I pull the trigger now or keep looking for the $99 price?
Looks like it’s back to $116 right now for the Vivoactive 3: link to amzn.to
Thanks for compiling the European list as well!
No mention of any of the devices to help with recovery? Seems like all the impact massagers are on sale
Have the elite direto x erg issues been sorted out yet? With the suito and direto being so close in price now I’m not sure which one to get.
Wahoo Elemnt Roam is $38 off in the US as well today.
I could see spending $300+ on a stroller if it was one of those floating ones on the Mandalorean.
To be fair, this one does feel like it’s floating. The rolling resistance is unreal compared to the other strollers I’ve run with.
You just need to have lots of kids to justify it :-p
I also thought this one felt like it was floating too much when I tried it. Ray is right.
Received the Kickr Core refurb I got on BF sale. Grinding noises out of the flywheel straight from the box, even when spinning it by hand. Based on other’s reports I knew full well to expect this, but was secretly hoping to not having to get into the support ticket mode. Let’s see how this will turn out.
Anyone else with a similar situation?
All the same. That’s just sad they’re willing to let people lose their time with this kind of hassle.
So bought it off the BF sale this year straight from wahoo? So shouldn’t be old stock that was from before they figured out the fix when the unit was new? Or was it from someone else who could have had old stock from last year
Mine was a refurbished one directly from Wahoo. Serial number points to 2018, but that shouldn’t really make a difference since everything’s supposed to be checked by them during the refurb process.
Yeah, that sucks
I bought one(Kickr Core) too on BF – still waiting for delivery. Had to log a ticket to ask for update – got a DPD tracking code that says they(DPD) still haven’t received it yet! Hope it works ok.
Looks like there is a sale on Amazon.de for the Fenix 6, the Fenix 6 pro is at € 621 and the 6X pro at € 670.
FR 945 – 424 € (!).
Let me give you the best price you can currently get in Europe.
link to sportscheck.com
499 €.
Register a new (!) account, use code: FAMILY2019X
-15% = 424,15 €.
You´re very welcome.
If you need help with German, ask me.
Wow.
Do they deliver to the UK? I can’t see any referance to delivery on the website. (just use Hermes)
Es ist ein technischer Fehler aufgetreten. Wir entschuldigen uns für die Umstände. Bitte versuche es später nochmal.
This is after I trying to create an account with address.
Is it possible to sent it to the Netherlands?
In the final order step I get “Bitte wähle eine deutsche Lieferadresse”. In other words, only delivery to Germany :(
For US people, get the Miles app and search for Garmin under rewards and you will get a 30% discount code that works even on the Fenix 6
Clint, you are a ninja. Just saved me >$200. Thank you!
Care to share the code? Best I saw was what $100 off Fenix on BF that I posted here on BF
This is the app you want – link to apps.apple.com
Download it, grab the garmin reward and you’re ready to go.
Thanks Clint. Saved $225 on Fenix 6
Hi,
Where can we apply the discount code?
Thanks.
Hey Ray – trying to get the $399 deal on the KICKR SNAP on Clever Training but the list price is $599 and the HOLIDAY20 code takes 20% off to get to $479. Am I missing something? I’m already a VIP on Clever Training.
The discounted price for the Kickr Snap ($399) is incorrect, although the 20% is correct. Clever Training has decided to have a starting price of $599 vs the the standard price on the Wahoo website of $499. Just saying. :-)
They’re fixing it as we speak. Just an IT error. Sorry!
Excellent, thanks. In the process of poking around the Clever website I found the CycleOps Hammer for 50% off, now $599. Already ordered it! Yippee!
I ended up ordering the Saris M2 for 399$, then I found your message about the Kickr Snap deal, so now I am tempted to cancel the Saris M2 and order the Snap instead. I would probably be okay just with the Saris… you say in your 2019 Trainer comparison that you would be happy with any of these mid-range trainers and that the ride-feel is “mostly the same”..? but then you also end up saying that you would pick the Kickr Snap for the “better ride feel”, and with both trainers at 399$ you still recommended the Snap in this article. Both the M2 and Snap are solid deals for 399$ I guess
Wow.. With a Revolut USD/GBP rate this weekend after the UK Election the Assimo Duo delivered to Europe with the 6-7 day option works out £416 total… I assume much of the US priced stuff looks good in pounds right now…
Anyone not using Revolut and want to sign up the use this link for the free account and a free physical plastic card too, which usually is an extra:
link to revolut.com
Ray how can you promote clevertraining uk if they just scam people? Bought fr945 last week and it was declined by risk departament (what does even mean?) my order without any information. They still took my money(and didn’t send it back yet) , so what kind of risk was that?
Hi Darek-
Thanks for the support attempt.
I don’t see that as a scam, I see it as simply rejecting an order. That said – up till this point, anytime the risk system rejects an order, it doesn’t actually take any money. It might initially hold the amount as opened, but not take it. That usually clears automatically. Pretty much the same as most companies. What date exactly did it reject it?
All that said, CT UK has been working to reduce the ‘aggressiveness’ of that algorithm. It seems to get more people in the EU/UK snagged up in it than on the US/Canada side for some reason (about 1 per month it seems). I’m happy to pass your name along and ensure you get untangled one way or another though.
Cheers!
Thanks for reply.
The order was made by my wife Anna 8.12. I don’t know rejection date, and i don’t have problem with rejection itself (probably wrong algorithm used to evaluate order) . For me it’s not ok, to reject transaction without informing customer (We realised it was rejected because we was looking for shipping number, that’s why we don’t know rejection date) and still holding the money. Now We can’t order another watch(from another seller ofcourse), witch was supossed to by my christmas gift, because they still hold our money.
Little update.
After few mails i still don’t know nothing.They wait for the information from head office, probably using traditional mail or pigeon mailbox since it takes so long. Now I am wondering, is it good time to start chargeback procedure?
Sorry, missed your first reply. I escalated it this morning. I expect to hear back within a few hours. Sorry!
Do you know how long the 20% off sale is running for Kickr at Clever Training?
Till the 20th, or, until it gets shut off.
Hey Ray! There is an awesome deal for Tacx Vortex Smart for 299$.
Might be an interesting option for people looking to spend the least possible amount for their first smart trainer?
Here the offer link: link to chainreactioncycles.com
Indeed, the Vortex Smart for $299 isn’t too shabby, though, it’s not terribly too much below the norm of $329 (link to amzn.to).
Hi Ray –
Was trying to replicate the Forerunner 945 being $100 off but it’s coming up as $599 at CT (and via Amazon).
Do you know if that sale is still on or requires a specific code?
Thanks!
Casey
Officially that sale ended, but unofficially I’m still seeing it pop-up about every other day on Amazon. Keep your eyes on my Twitter account and I’ll post a message when I see it again. Or, just keep hitting refresh.
Historically I’ve seen Amazon get more and more aggressive as we get to Christmas with ignoring the ‘rules’, so we’l see.
or consider downloading the Miles app to get the Garmin 30% coupon. It worked for me a few weeks back
Thanks! Just downloaded the Miles app and got the coupon. Works great.
still works. Thanks!! saved $224
I downloaded the Miles so but can’t figure out how you use it. I got a message on my Garmin watch that there is a deal for an Amazon gift card but couldn’t find it on the app. Going forward I just wanted a tutorial on how to use it. Couldn’t find one with Google
After I downloaded the Miles app to my phone I searched for Garmin’s offers. It gave me a coupon code to redeem at Garmin.com that I used when I purchased my watch. Good luck
Ray – quick question: Are you aware of any SPD pedal-based power meters which can hit the market within the next year?
I currently have one road bike with SPD pedals and no power meter. I’ve been figuring I’ll bite the bullet in a few months and switch to Look pedals/shoes so I can get pedal-based power meters.
After seeing GPLama’s video on using the Favero Assioma meters within SPD pedals, however, I’m wondering if I can stick with SPD. I might even take advantage of the Favero Assioma sale and attempt the SPD hack.
SRM’s talked about their MTB one: link to dcrainmaker.com
Beyond that, nothing else announced – though I’d be surprised if we don’t end 2020 with others.
Thanks! I have other Garmin gear and I was considering the Vector 3s (and changing to Look pedals/shoes), but I decided to go with the Favero Assioma.
Both have great reviews. Worst case, I’ll switch to Look, but I think I’ll try the SPD hack. The Clever Training sale and using VIP points made my wallet much happier.
Merry Christmas DC !!! Is it worth investing 250$ in a Garmin edge 820 Today ? Or is it better to invest the 265$ on the edge 530 ? Also what’s your opinion on the Igps 620 . Regards
The 530, no question. So many more features added to the update in addition to processor speed and battery life enhancements.
I’d agree with Tim. No question.
DC, After spending about a week with my new Hammer H1 I can only say, “what a great deal!”.at $599. Works great and I don’t even notice the noise. Definitely glad I didn’t spend another $200 or $300 just to try and bring the sound level down!
Awesome – glad you love it!
Neither link posted currently has the OG Hammer for $599.
Ahh, bummer, looks like they finally went out of stock. Fun while it lasted. Just removed it – thanks for the heads up!
It seems that you can get a set of factory refurbished Garmin Vector 3 pedals for US $550 for the next 3 and a half hours (until midnight PST on the night of Decemeber 26) from biketiresdirect, westernbikeworks, or trisports.com (they all seem to be the same company). Sorry to post this with so little time left.
It seems that they are still available (17 more at this point) for $600 at link to biketiresdirect.com. Seems like a good deal.
Kickr climb to go with my Kickr. Need to win a few KOMs!!
Apple watch for my wife.
January fast approaching, a Garmin 530 to replace my ageing 520 to show me how much work I need to put in to get back on top would be great!
OMG, that Forerunner 945 is tempting!
I need to at least get a heart rate monitor to make up for the wacky readings I’m getting from my Garmin 935 if I’m going to do a HR based plan. I’d consider the Forerunner 245 as well.
Missed the Clever Training sale for the Assioma pedals. Any other sales on them out there?
My thought as well. Anything out there?
Hi
I can’t get the DCR10BTF code on clevertraining.co.uk to work.