I’m a smartwatch expert, I’m wearing a Garmin Instinct right now, and I’m telling you the Instinct 2 could be a bargain this Black Friday

Garmin Instinct 2 with white case and band
Garmins supertåliga sportklocka är fortfarande extremt praktisk, men har nu fått ett extra stänk av roliga funktioner. (Image credit: Future)

The Black Friday Garmin deals are well underway, and there are a load of deals up for grabs already. There are some significant discounts on a whole bunch of watches - not just Garmins, either, as the Black Friday sales extend to Apple Watches, Fitbits and all other major smartwatch and fitness tracker brands.

The Garmin Instinct 2 is consistently one of the brand’s most popular fitness watches. Not as expensive as some of the Forerunner watches or the Fenix range, the Garmin Instinct 2 is a fantastic outdoor sports watch, offering advanced GPS and wellness tools in a rugged, G-Shock style casing for a very reasonable price. It’s a great sports watch in general, but it excels in the great outdoors, with a three-axis compass and barometric altimeter.

Today's best Garmin Instinct 2 deals

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Garmin Instinct 2: was $299 now $199 at Best Buy

Save $100 on the Garmin Instinct 2 45mm base model in its graphite colorway. The smaller Instinct 2S can be found for the same price, so those with smaller wrists can also get a model suited for their needs. It's just $20 off its lowest-ever price, making it a pretty good early Black Friday deal.

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Garmin Instinct 2: was £200 now £179 at Argos

A 10% discount may not look like much, but its listed RRP has been brought down by £100, as it originally sold for £300. £179 is the lowest the Instinct 2 has ever been, making this Argos deal deceptively good and a great present for UK-based runners, cyclists and hikers looking to level up their game.

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Matt Evans
Senior Fitness & Wearables Editor

Matt is TechRadar's expert on all things fitness, wellness and wearable tech.

A former staffer at Men's Health, he holds a Master's Degree in journalism from Cardiff and has written for brands like Runner's World, Women's Health, Men's Fitness, LiveScience and Fit&Well on everything fitness tech, exercise, nutrition and mental wellbeing.

Matt's a keen runner, ex-kickboxer, not averse to the odd yoga flow, and insists everyone should stretch every morning. When he’s not training or writing about health and fitness, he can be found reading doorstop-thick fantasy books with lots of fictional maps in them.