The Black Friday deals are hotting up, and there are tons of great discounts on fitness trackers in the US and in the UK. When it comes to fitness trackers, Fitbit is the ten-thousand-pound gorilla in the room, with a range including the Inspire, Luxe, Charge, Versa and Sense series, and great deals on all of them. However, the deal I used to recommend to everyone, every Black Friday, is sadly no longer available.
That’s because I used to recommend the Fitbit Inspire 2. The Inspire 2 has since been replaced by the Fitbit Inspire 3, which is better than the Inspire 2 in almost every way from a technical standpoint. It’s feature-rich with a color screen as opposed to the Inspire 2’s monochrome, with new tools such as Active Zone Minutes and scores to help with stress management. The Inspire 2 was a capable tracker, but lags slightly behind the updated Inspire 3 in terms of performance and features. So why did I recommend the Inspire 2 over its updated rival so often?
Simple. The Inspire 2 came with a one-year free trial of Fitbit Premium. In theory, Fitbit offered this subscription with the entry-level tracker to onboard new users, getting them locked into Fitbit’s ecosystem. With subsequent, more expensive trackers, it only offered a six-month subscription.
However, in practicality, this made the Fitbit Inspire 2 a ludicrously high-value buy. The average cost of a Fitbit Premium subscription is $79.99 / £79.99 per year, and $9.99 / £7.99 per month. To buy the Fitbit Inspire 2 for under $60 / £50 on Black Friday, and get a year’s subscription thrown in, more than doubled the value of the deal: you’re effectively getting a discounted year of Fitbit Premium with a free tracker.
In our Fitbit Premium review, we said “Fitbit Premium is an ideal companion for your Fitbit device, and is worth checking out with the lengthy free trial if you already own a Fitbit. It can seem simple, but there’s a wealth of detail under the surface. Stick with it, and the Daily Readiness Score can be a game-changer for your routine.”
The Inspire 2 hasn’t been available from Google for years, but Fitbit made so many (and continued to honor the year’s free trial) that it remained the best value Black Friday Fitbit deal you could get from retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, Argos and so on for years after being discontinued. However, the supply of Inspire 2s seems to have finally dried up.
Fortunately, there are a number of other great fitness tracker deals you can still pick up for a song. The Fitbit Inspire 3 (with six months of Premium) has hit a record-low price, while the Xiaomi Band 8 Pro outperforms its Fitbit contemporaries (with 4.5 stars in our review) and can be snapped up on Amazon with a 10% discount in the US and 21% discount in the UK.
Today's best fitness tracker Black Friday deals in the US
Today's best fitness tracker Black Friday deals in the UK
More of today's Black Friday sales in the US
- Amazon: TVs, smart home & air fryers from $12.99
- Apple: AirPods, iPads, MacBooks from $89.99
- Best Buy: $1,000 off 4K TVs, laptops & headphones
- Cheap TVs: smart TVs at Best Buy from $69.99
- Christmas trees: top-rated trees from $54.99
- Dell: best-selling Inspiron & XPS laptops from $279.99
- Dreamcloud: mattress deals from $349 + free shipping
- Holiday: decor, lights, Christmas trees & PJs from $10.99
- Home Depot: 40% off tools, appliances & furniture
- Lowe's: holiday decor, appliances & tools from $17.31
- Nectar: up to 50% off all mattresses
- Nordstrom: 46% off boots, coats, jeans & jewelry
- Samsung: $1,500+ off TVs, phones, watches & appliances
- Target: save on furniture, tech & clothing
- Walmart: cheap TVs, robot vacs, furniture & appliances
More of today's Black Friday sales in the UK
- Amazon: up to 58% off Kindle and Echo
- AO: savings on games consoles and appliances
- Argos: up to 50% off toys, Lego, TVs and gifts
- Boots: up to 60% off Dyson, Oral-B and Philips
- Carphone Warehouse: iPhone from £19.99p/m
- Currys: deals on TVs, appliances, laptops
- Dell: laptops, desktops, monitors from £299
- Dunelm: deals on homewares and appliances
- Dyson: up to £150 off
- Ebay: up to 50% off refurbished tech
- EE Store: £40 off the PlayStation5 Pro
- Emma: up to 50% off mattresses
- Jessops: up to £900 off cameras and drones
- John Lewis: up to £300 off appliances and TVs
- LG: £1,000 or more off TVs and appliances
- Ninja: up to £70 off air fryers
- Samsung: up to £600 off TVs, phones and tablets
- Shark: up to £100 off vacuums
- Toolstation: discounts on tools and smart home
- Very: up to 30% off phones, appliances & clothing
