Comment by PaulHoule

Well I am a Garmin enthusiast and I often get them refurbished at a good discount

https://www.gpsnation.com/collections/garmin-refurbished?pag...

The official charging cable is atrociously unreliable, enough that I almost gave up on the brand, but there are numerous third party charging attachments like

https://www.amazon.com/RUXELY-Charging-Forerunner-Approach-V...

https://www.amazon.com/Itramax-Charging-Converter-Forerunner...

from Chinese brands with weird names that work perfectly.