You can’t go wrong with these 6 Garmin Black Friday deals – trust me, I’ve tested them all

Save $50 on the Garmin Venu 4, which I'm wearing as I type. The Garmin Venu 4 is my "best for most people" pick, as it's the perfect balance between a dressy smartwatch and a rugged fitness tool, equally at home at the office and on the trail.

$250 off the five-star Garmin Fenix 8. Given we usually see big discounts on older models, this unusual discount means you can get a terrific up-to-date adventure watch for less. Huge battery life, advanced strength training features in addition to all the adventuring stuff, an LED flashlight... It's packed with features.

The larger 51mm version has also been reduced by $250, from $1,199 to $949 at Best Buy.

Save $50 on the new Garmin Vivoactive 6. We recently reviewed the Vivoactive 6 and called it a "feature stuffed pocket rocket", giving it 4.5 stars and calling it our best cheap Garmin. As it's so new, we weren't expecting a discount here.

The brand-new Garmin Instinct 3 for 2025, our best Garmin watch for outdoors, is $100 off at Best Buy right now in all sizes. The AMOLED screen, new to the Instinct series, glows brightly on dark trails, as does its LED torch. Together with a smorgasbord of features and rugged construction, it's a watch built for the outdoors. We gave it 4.5 stars in our review.

The Instinct 3 Solar is functionally the same as the Instinct 3, but it's slightly cheaper, and it swaps the brighter AMOLED for a duller, G-Shock-style memory-in-pixel display. This screen is more battery efficient and hides Power Glass, which acts as a solar panel to extend the watch's life. It also comes in this fetching Star Wars clone trooper-esque color design.

Save $100 on our best Garmin watch for runners. New for 2025, it's got a bright AMOLED screen, a speaker, and a microphone for taking calls on the move, and it packs Garmin Coach, its training plan service – an excellent watch in the neon and yellow colorway.

The Garmin Approach S70 was rated our best Garmin golf watch and our best golf watch overall because it strikes the perfect balance between affordability (for a premium piece of golf equipment) and features designed to improve your game. At $100 off, it's an even better value.