Big Garmin Spring Sale: Fenix 8, Edge 1050, and More!

There’s almost nothing more repeatable and predictable in Garmin’s lineup than their annual spring sale. In fact, I’d even argue it’s more predictable than their Black Friday sales. For at least a decade, Garmin’s been putting their watches and cycling gear on sale.

But I’d argue, this is probably one of the best deal sets we’ve seen to date. Garmin put on sale all of their top units, including the Fenix 8 series, Edge 1050 series, inReach devices, and Forerunner devices. Oh, and Venu.

Obviously, in the case of the Forerunner 265 & 965, Garmin just announced the Forerunner 570 & Forerunner 970 a few days ago. Assuming Garmin follows their recent trends, I would not expect any of the big new features to come to the FR265/965. But, I also don’t think it matters a ton. The FR965 is a great watch, and essentially unbeatable at $499 in terms of the features packed into it (including offline mapping). Of course, there are other mapping-inclusive watches cheaper, but not with as deep of feature-set as Garmin. As always, whether or not you need those other features is the real question.

In any case, as for the Fenix 8, I’d assume it’ll get those handful of new Forerunner running-specific features it doesn’t yet have. I’m waiting clarification on that, but will probably have that early Monday. I would definitely not assume a new Fenix 9 or whatever is coming soon. The absolute soonest we’d see a new Fenix would be the end of August (a 12-month cycle), but that’d be the fastest Garmin has ever iterated a Fenix variant, which has never been under 13 months. Point is, if you want a Fenix for the summer, get the Fenix for the summer. Currently the Epix Pro & Fenix 7 Pro is at $699, and so I’d argue for the extra $100 to get the most current version that still gets software feature updates, but that’s just me.

And of course, there’s the Enduro 3 at $799 too on sale, which is just the Fenix 8 Solar without the diving/speaker/microphone features. It continues to be the best deal there if you wanted a Fenix 8 and didn’t care about the diving/speaker/microphone features.

With that, on to the deals! And thanks for supporting the site via the links below. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Same goes for REI. Enjoy!

Watches & Wearables:

This covers anything you can wear that’s watch-like or activity band-like, including sensors.

Product	Sale Price	Amazon	Other site	Sale Notes
Garmin Enduro 3: $100 off $899	$799	Amazon	REI	This is the biggest sale we've seen on this to date. As noted above, the Enduro 3 is simply the Fenix 8 with a MIP/Solar display (but without the scuba or voice calling features). It gets all the Fenix 8 features and updates otherwise.
Garmin Fenix 8 Series - $200 Off! $999-$1,199	$799	Amazon	REI	⚡The Fenix 8 is now down to $799 for the 42/47mm AMOLED editions, and from $899 for the Solar/MIP editions. This is the first big sale, outside of a short $70 discount back in January by Uncle Amazon.
Garmin Forerunner 265 Series - $100 off! $449	$349	Amazon	REI	This is actually the biggest discount the Forerunner 265 has seen since launch. Obviously the FR570 (successor to FR265) just came out this week, though with relatively modest updates.
Garmin Forerunner 965 - $100 off $599	$499	Amazon	REI	This is the lowest price to date on this watch, bringing it down to a very strong $499. This unit includes maps and is more or less a plastic Fenix 7 Pro. The FR970 just came out this week, adding ECG functionality and a few other software features...but at $250 more!
Garmin Venu 3S - $100 off	$349	Amazon	REI
Suunto Race - $70 off! $449/$549	$379	Amazon
Suunto Vertical - $130 off!	$499	Amazon

Cycling Gear & Trainers:

Got a bike? Then this section is for you.

Product	Sale Price	Amazon	Other site	Sale Notes
Garmin Edge 1050 - $100 off!	$599	Amazon	REI	⚡This is the first time we've seen teh Edge 1050 on sale, since being announced last June (2024). It continues to be the most full featured bike comptuer on the market, and both reviews and consumers seem to be pretty happy with it. It's the unit I use if not testing anything else.
Garmin Edge 540 - $100 off	$249	Amazon	REI	⚡At $249, it's pretty much impossible to beat this deal in terms of bike computers. There's no competitive option that beats it on features/battery/etc at this price, or frankly anywhere near it. Sure, it doesn't have a touchscreen, but it's not as bad as it used to be (I did a stint on it this winter for a week or so, and was fine).
Garmin Edge 840 - $100 off	$349	Amazon	REI	This is Garmin's main mid-range cycling GPS, it's what my wife uses and she's perfectly happy with it.
Garmin Varia Radar (RTL515) - $50 off	$149	Amazon	REI	This is Garmin's standalone radar+taillight option, and $149 is pretty much the standard sale-price.

Other Sports & Fitness:

This is the catch-all bucket.

	Product	Sale Price	Amazon	Other site	Sale Notes
	Garmin inReach 2 Mini Satellite Communicator (2-way) - $100 off	$299	Amazon	REI	⚡ This is my defacto satellite communicator when out of coverage area, and I've used it on a number of major treks over the past two years when well outside of cellular service, both in a 24x7 tracking mode for friends and family, but also there in case of emergency. Would strongly recommend for anyone doing anything in the wilderness.
	Garmin inReach Messenger Plus - $100 off!	$399	Amazon	REI	This came out last fall, and is the first time this has been discounted. The key difference with the new Plus model is that it adds the ability to send photos and voice messenges via satellite. I've used it a bit, and it's pretty cool because it makes it a lot faster to just say something rather than type it out, but the $499 price seemed excessive. $399 makes it slightly more palatable.