Amazon's Spring Sale is almost over — 7 Garmin deals you don't want to miss

If you’re just starting out, the Forerunner 55 fits the bill. It comes with all the basics, including built-in GPS and optical heart rate monitoring, plus 20 hours’ GPS run time on a single charge and a general usage battery life that’ll get most runners through at least a week’s training.

Unsurprisingly, you don’t get the full suite of training features here, but the Forerunner 55 still has enough tools to cater for a wide range of running needs, with plenty of features geared towards the less experienced.

Jump to Products Forerunner 265, our top all-round pick for runners, and it contains many of the same features: heart rate, Garmin Pay, maps and advanced performance metrics. Battery life is decent (14 days in smartwatch mode vs 7 on the 245) and there's multisport modes for triathletes. Compared with the newer version, though, there's no AMOLED screen. But if this isn't a dealbreaker, this is a great steal.

The Venu is best suited to those who like doing lots of different exercises, who spend time in the gym and perhaps have smaller running goals, such as improving their 5K PB. The second iteration features more than 25 built-in indoor and GPS sports apps, as well as preluded workouts, Garmin Coach and space for up to 650 downloaded songs, so you can enjoy phone-free listening.

One of the many Fenix 7 series models, the Fenix 7 Pro Solar packs solar harvesting skills that slow the rate of battery burn, enabling off-grid adventurous runners to eke out more staying power for longer-haul challenges.

You'll get up to 18 days of battery life in smartwatch mode, which can extend to 22 days in the right solar conditions. Fire up the regular GPS and you can run for 57 hours (up to 73 hours with solar).

Ideal for remote multi-day adventures, or for runners who regularly forget to stick their watch on charge.

If you're not fussed by solar charging and are looking for a smaller watch face overall, this Fenix 7 deal is an absolute steal. There’s military-style multi-band GPS, designed to improve GPS accuracy in areas where regular signals can struggle. It’s also packed with all the features you’d expect from a smartwatch – including smart notifications delivered right on the wrist, contactless payment, wrist-based heart rate, sleep and stress tracking. This is a watch designed to be worn all day, every day.

The Epix Pro is a watch for front-of-the-pack runners who want all of the bells and whistles of Garmin's premium adventure watches without compromising on a super sharp display and sleek design. It's got a host of advanced training features on top of Garmin’s usual 24/7 health and wellness monitoring, plus a built-in LED flashlight for training in the dark and 30 new preloaded sport activities.

Garmin's Vivoactive 5 is the perfect hyrbid of exercise tracker and standard smartwatch, and a more affordable alternative to the Venu 3 — especially at 24% off. It boasts on-board GPS and heart rate monitoring (although it's not as accurate as more premium models), plenty of health tracking features, and 30 preloaded GPS and indoor sports.