{"id":10139,"date":"2023-11-20T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/10139\/the-ultra-durable-garmin-epix-gen\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T13:26:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T10:26:32","slug":"the-ultra-durable-garmin-epix-gen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=10139","title":{"rendered":"The ultra-durable Garmin Epix Gen 2 watch is on sale at some epically low Black Friday prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ultra-durable Garmin Epix Gen 2 watch is on sale at some epically low Black Friday prices\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Where do you set the price ceiling for cheap smartwatches today?  At $250?  $200?  Less than that?  How about $800?  It&#8217;s obviously not even affordable by high-end smartphone standards, but if you need a portable device that can (almost) literally go through the fire for you, it&#8217;s pretty obvious that you need to be willing to spend <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">a lot<\/span> over $200 or $250.<\/p>\n<div>Before emptying your bank account to get the all-new Apple Watch Ultra 2 beast, you might want to consider the slightly older Garmin Epix Gen 2.  It is very rightly advertised as a \u201chigh-end active smartwatch\u201d, normally carrying a suitable accessory.  premium price of $800 (and up), but for a likely limited time only, you can pay $350 less than that.<\/div>\n<div>This incredible Amazon Black Friday 2023 deal hands down beats what Best Buy and Garmin&#8217;s official US online store are offering in terms of pre-holiday discounts on the &#8220;standard&#8221; Epix Gen 2 model, putting the incredibly sturdy watch close to price territory of a decidedly non-rugged Apple Watch <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/series\/\"   title=\"Series\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Series<\/a> 9.<\/div>\n<div>In addition to handling everything from occasional screen scratches to long submersion in water to the occasional drop onto a hard surface, this bad boy promises to keep the lights on for up to 16 days (!!! ) between charges, absolutely smoking every Apple Watch.  outstanding regarding battery life.<\/div>\n<p>Unlike other outdoor-friendly Garmin devices, the second-generation Epix also comes with an undeniably beautiful 1.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen.  And then you have&#8230; pretty much everything you could want in terms of health monitoring and fitness tracking, including a blood oxygen sensor, body battery power technology , advanced sleep monitoring, stress management tools, in-depth workout performance metrics, and a personalized Garmin Coach right on your wrist.<\/p>\n<p>Made from stainless steel, the Epix Gen 2 can be upgraded to an even tougher titanium body with a sapphire crystal on top for just $50 more right now.  This version usually costs $899.99, but Amazon is currently selling it for a jaw-dropping $400 off in your choice of black or white colorway. <\/p>\n<div>Are you looking for the best smartwatch deals this holiday shopping season?  It&#8217;s probably too early to know for sure, but it will be very difficult for anyone to overshadow Amazon&#8217;s generosity and the phenomenal value for money of the Garmin Epix Gen 2.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ultra-durable Garmin Epix Gen 2 watch is on sale at some epically low Black Friday prices\u060c Where do you set the price ceiling for cheap smartwatches today? At $250? $200? Less than that? How about $800? It&#8217;s obviously not even affordable by high-end smartphone standards, but if you need a portable device that can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[85,5939,3767,655,543,333,3077,899,5938,121],"class_list":["post-10139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-black","tag-epically","tag-epix","tag-friday","tag-garmin","tag-gen","tag-prices","tag-sale","tag-ultradurable","tag-watch"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10141,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10139\/revisions\/10141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}