The Garmin Venu 2 is a phenomenal Apple Watch alternative at this huge new discount

The Garmin Venu 2 is a phenomenal Apple Watch alternative at this huge new discount،

The wildly popular Apple Watch Series 9 is in the spotlight today thanks to a 24-hour-only Best Buy sale that makes the most affordable models $100 cheaper than usual, but before you pull the trigger, you might want to consider everything. of your options.

An interesting alternative is the Garmin Venu 2, which defies its advanced age to dominate all the best-value smartwatches available in 2024. This likely won't be true for a very long time, as we expect Amazon to sell out quickly . of inventory at $150 under a list price of $399.99.

Released in summer 2021, the circular second-generation Venu has already been discounted by $150 on several occasions. These deals didn't last long either, and this time around there's only one model available at this unbeatable price. We're talking about a version with a slate bezel, a black case and a black silicone strap, which doesn't look very flashy… and that suits us just fine.

Either way, the most important thing is what's inside, and that includes… quite a few interesting things, actually. While heart rate monitoring is obviously a given in today's wearable industry, at almost any price point, the Garmin Venu 2 can also monitor your daily stress levels, battery energy body, the quality of your sleep, your breathing, the intensity of your training and even the oxygen saturation of the blood.

ECG technology and fall detection are probably the only major things missing from this bad boy's health monitoring arsenal, but of course you can't have everything at such a reasonable price. Especially not when you get up to 11 days of battery life.

That's about… 10 days longer than the most expensive Apple Watch Series 9 offers. And yes, the Venu 2 is fully compatible with iPhones in addition to Android handsets. This is an incredibly hard-to-resist deal you're considering here, and in a way it's made even better by the existence of a Garmin Venu 3 edition.

This device is naturally better than the Venu 2 in many ways, but it's also a lot more expensive, and we are not at all convinced that the gap between the two generations is justified.