Garmin Smartwatches on Sale (e.g. Vivoactive 5 $349 Delivered, Was $499) @ Garmin

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Garmin Smartwatches on Sale (e.g. Vivoactive 5 $349 Delivered, Was $499) @ Garmin
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RoseViper on 16/12/2024 - 10:11 garmin.com (702 clicks)
Last edited 16/12/2024 - 12:13 by 2 other users

Lots of Garmin smartwatches on sale at the moment. Specifically:

Forerunner 55 was $349 now $249
Instinct 2 was $499 now $349
Vivoactive 5 was $499 now $349
Forerunner 255 was $749 now $399
Venu 3 was $749 now $599
Fenix 7 was $1,349 now $949
epix was $1,699 now $899
Enduro 2 was $1,849 now $1,399
Instinct Crossover $679 now $529

There are also some GPS units on sale too if you follow the same URL.

I have found most retailers (Harvey Norman, Office Works, JB, Rebel, etc) also have the same discounts and some may be a dollar or two cheaper and have local stock.

I cant see when the sale ends on the Garmin website but rebel list this as ending on 15/1/25 so I assume that's the same everywhere

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  • Fergy1987 on 16/12/2024 - 10:18
    +3

    Good luck with the vivoactive - Battery will be dead in a year and you'll barely get to do one activity without the battery being nearly dead

    How do I know? - Owned vivoactive 2, 3, 4 - kept making the same mistake.

    • StrangeDisposition on 16/12/2024 - 10:29

      Had mine for 3 years before I noticed this becoming a real problem. I had all radios switched off most of the time so maybe I just cycled the battery less than you did.

      4 years now and I still get 2 or 3 days (down from 2 weeks} battery life and enough juice for a 10k run (if fully charged).

      I think it's pretty fair considering it's a $350 device. It's also still better than an apple watch

    • KangaDrew on 16/12/2024 - 11:23
      +5

      Three little letters that everyone should learn: A. C. L.

      • eccaz on 17/12/2024 - 12:27

        Most people opt for C. B. F.

        Garmin are generally pretty good to deal with. I've twice had an issue with a watch outside of its nominal 12 month warranty and both times they've replaced it with a refurbished unit without cost.

    • BuyoTheCat on 16/12/2024 - 11:30

      after over 2.5 years of use, my vivoactive 3 just died.

      a garmin 5x plus after 4ish years still worked well when i sold it

    • spad on 16/12/2024 - 11:52
      +2

      learn how to charge a lithium battery probably
      my garmin is 8 years old and can still log a hike longer than 8 hrs

    • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 16/12/2024 - 16:53

      Battery will be dead in a year and you'll barely get to do one activity without the battery being nearly dead

      if this was a year ago I would probably say something like "it's a garmin no way".

      same situation with my Venu SQ. I admit it's basically their cheapest model and it took more like 2 years instead of 1 year. not a athlete or heavy user so yeah but outside of warranty.

      at first I thought it was a bad firmware update, because I would properly end the workout and leave it on the table then next time I go to pick it up the watch is completely dead. have to put it on the charger and it shows empty battery charging from 0%. it happened again and again. I thought "oh must be the cheapest model so if there is a bad update they don't fix it very quickly".

      but 4th time I noticed, it happens when the battery goes below 50% or close to 40%. the battery inside just gives up and it dies. so the battery is dying. the battery % indication is probably not accurate, or it's just designed that way to make it seem like the battery is doing well when it is actually half the original capacity and watch dies at 40 something % and shows as completely empty battery on the charger.

      I'm still using it though and it still lasts about 2 weeks before the battery dies, so I'm not going to upgrade until it's completely unusable. that's what you get for $99 I guess. just not the garmin quality I was expecting.

      just my experience as well. depending on model ymmv.

      • eccaz on 17/12/2024 - 12:29

        Don't worry about the nominal warranty, contact them and they'll likely assist you. If they don't at first, then cite ACL and they more than likely will.

  • ozsandyb on 16/12/2024 - 10:26

    I have a vivoactive 4. get 2 to 3 days of battery out of it 2 activities per day(running) and those automated ones that kick off when you walk for more than 5 mins.

  • payton on 16/12/2024 - 10:37

    I have found most retailers (Harvey Norman, Office Works, JB, Rebel, etc) also have the same discounts and some may be a dollar or two cheaper and have local stock.

    yep.
    no cashback, no latest models being discounted, might wait for cashback and ++discounts from HN, JB or TGG towards xmas :|

  • ghoulie1 on 16/12/2024 - 10:43
    +4

    Instinct 2 GOAT watch.

    • wombat81 on 16/12/2024 - 10:47
      +2

      Love mine

    • Jono258 on 16/12/2024 - 11:25

      Solar or non solar?

      • wombat81 on 16/12/2024 - 11:32
        +2

        Mine is non solar. Charge about every 3 weeks.

        • huggsymersh on 16/12/2024 - 12:07

          How many GPS activities do you manage in that 3 week period do you think?

          I love the battery life on mine. But I tend to charge mine once a week, depending on amount of runs I go on.

          • Jono258 on 16/12/2024 - 12:39

            @huggsymersh: Nice! I am upgrading for a Forerunner 245 music so just looking at options, but the instinct is def looking good.

          • wombat81 on 16/12/2024 - 15:03
            +1

            @huggsymersh: Yeah I don't use GPS often. I tend to do my cardio stationary. Gps does impact the battery.

            • huggsymersh on 16/12/2024 - 15:48

              @wombat81: Thanks, good to know. I thought perhaps you'd unlocked a secret battery somewhere!

              I've found one longish run can deplete battery life by 4-5 days of the 30 days battery life, depending on the duration of the run of course. Still, it has longer life than any other device I've had so I'm not complaining. May set my sites on a solar edition when my current one dies.

    • barkingsparrow on 17/12/2024 - 08:40

      There is no ability to store and play music on these, is there?

      • RoseViper on 17/12/2024 - 10:09
        +1

        If you go into the watch you're looking at, and go to the specs table, they mention whether it has music storage or not. ie https://www.garmin.com/en-AU/p/777655#specs
        Music Storage has a tick next to it.

      • wombat81 on 17/12/2024 - 20:11

        No not on the instinct 2. You can control Spotify from the watch, but that's about it.

        I'm not sure about the solar version.

  • eccaz on 17/12/2024 - 14:39

    The Venu 2S is $299 on eBay with eBay plus via the Bing Lee store.
    The Vivoactive 5 is also $299 with eBay plus via various sellers.

    Both using code PLS600.

    • bennos on 17/12/2024 - 22:29

      Code doesn't work

      • eccaz on 17/12/2024 - 23:06

        I'm not sure if the code is targeted or needs to be qualified for, but it worked for me earlier today.

        https://imgur.com/a/B5e0rOs

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