Forget Prime Day — the best Garmin deal available right now is this Walmart discount on the Epix 2

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Garmin Epix 2 price drop
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I review Garmin watches for a living and as part of that I’m also intrigued to see which watches are discounted in big sales events like Amazon Prime Day.

As ever, there are some tempting deals available in the Prime Day sale, but as it comes to an end I’d say that the best Garmin discount is Walmart reducing the Garmin Epix 2 to $399.

The Garmin Epix 2 first came out in early 2022 and there are newer models like the Garmin Epix Pro and Garmin Fenix 8 to consider, but they’ll cost you hundreds of dollars more and the Epix 2 still offers a top-class sports tracking experience.

I wore the Epix 2 myself for a year and ran four marathons with it, and it’s a very reliable and accurate tracker that offers a lot of useful training analysis and navigation tools including offline maps.

It’s also a great-looking watch, with an AMOLED display and a lightweight titanium bezel, and it’s durable too thanks to the sapphire crystal screen.

By opting for the Epix 2 over the newer Garmins you miss out on a few hardware features like a built-in flashlight, a mic and speaker and Garmin’s latest optical heart rate sensor.

You also can’t expect to get software updates that bring new features to the Garmin Epix 2 at this point, but in truth it already has all the features it needs to be a great sports watch.

At this price, it can’t be bettered, and it’s over $200 cheaper than the Garmin Epix Pro is in the Prime Day sale, and $500 cheaper than the Fenix 8. If you want a top Garmin at a great price, this is your best bet.

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Nick Harris-Fry is an experienced health and fitness journalist, writing professionally since 2012. He spent nine years working on the Coach magazine and website before moving to the fitness team at Tom’s Guide in 2024. Nick is a keen runner and also the founder of YouTube channel The Run Testers, which specialises in reviewing running shoes, watches, headphones and other gear.

Nick ran his first marathon in 2016 after six weeks of training for a magazine feature and subsequently became obsessed with the sport. He now has PBs of 2hr 27min for the marathon and 15min 30sec for 5K, and has run 13 marathons in total, as well as a 50-mile ultramarathon. Nick is also a qualified Run Leader in the UK.

Nick is an established expert in the health and fitness area and along with writing for many publications, including Live Science, Expert Reviews, Wareable, Coach and Get Sweat Go, he has been quoted on The Guardian and The Independent.

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