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In Depth Product Reviews
You probably stumbled upon here looking for a review of a sports gadget. If you’re trying to decide which unit to buy – check out my in-depth reviews section. Some reviews are over 60 pages long when printed out, with hundreds of photos! I aim to leave no stone unturned.
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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Have some fun in the travel section.
I travel a fair bit, both for work and for fun. Here’s a bunch of random trip reports and daily trip-logs that I’ve put together and posted. I’ve sorted it all by world geography, in an attempt to make it easy to figure out where I’ve been.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
I bought one of these last Thursday and am very interested to see your detailed review. My three initial impressions are:
(1) it’s fun as long as you use it to do more than the day before, rather than take any notice of the actual metrics (seems to read a little high).
(2) The sleep functionality is a gimmick that I’ve used twice and won’t bother with again.
(3) there are just too many add-ons with the dongle for USB-charging, dongle for PC-synching, silicon clip case, wrist band etc.
(4) whereas the PC synching is a little painful with the extra dongle, the iPad bluetooth synching is fantastic – it’s almost enough to convince me to upgrade my iPhone (whereas I had been considering defecting to another OS).
I had planned to get the Aria scales at the same time, but the store had them alongside the generic non-wifi scales and I found it very hard to justify an extra $100 for wifi connectivity and dodgy bodyfat calculations. I bought a $30 digital scale and it takes 2 seconds to enter the weight into the app myself.
I’ve bought my wife a Fitbit One to replace the Ultra she lost. I’m also getting her a HRM to go with it – either the Polar H7 or Wahoo Blue. I’m assuming the HRM will pair with the Fitbit iPhone app but I’ve not been able to find any definitive information to confirm this. Do you know if this is the case? Or is there some other way to sync HR data to a Fitbit account? Thanks.
I just tried it. The FitBit iPhone app – at least as far as I can tell – has no method of pairing to any HR strap. Really nothing except the FitBit shows up on it. :(
Hi Ray. Did the Fitbit One ever make it into a review? I noticed a few comments about it in the Fitbit Zip review, but that’s all I found.
I’m shopping at the lowest end of the activity tracking spectrum, and trying to decide between Fitbit Zip and Fitbit One, and would like to understand the buzz alarm and sleep tracking functionality offered on the One.
I might have to (**gasp**) go to the actual product documentation to learn about the product. ;-)
No, unfortunately never ended up having a second review for just the One. :(