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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.
Not really surprised by Nike’s decision. I don’t really think much of their “Fuel Band” (god I can’t wait for the silly proprietary pseudo-metrics to die the horrible freakin’ death they so richly deserve), but I confess I hope their unwillingness to support platforms other than iOS bites them on the butt.
But then my phone is an SGS3, I love Android’s flexibility and haven’t been a fan of Apple since the II+. Owning an iPad has soured me on them even more.
As for that river in China… Wow… Just… Wow.
Somehow I expect that guy isn’t going to have to pay out.
Or, if he does, it’ll be to the environmental protection bureau chief’s widow.
Hey Ray! I am a fat bike owner, I have a Surly Pugsley with 5″ tires. I bought it with the intention of keeping me riding through winter instead of riding on the fluid trainer(or in truth, being lazy and not riding at all because I hate the fluid trainer!). Well, I bought it in June because if you wait until Novemeber, you aren’t getting one as they are all sold out by then. Rode it IN the lake and on sand, awesome! Rode it on dirt singletrack and looked for things to run over, awesome! Pumped up the tires and rode it to the bar & grill for drinks, awesome! Now that it has snowed, again…awesome! Will I race tris with it, no, it is heavy and slow like a monster truck would be compared to an Indy car! But it is a blast for everything I have used it for everything and a surprisingly able ride. It is funny to be called “fringe” or have a bike that is sortof demonized before being ridden in the field by critics and fellow riders alike. It basically is a mountain bike with twice the size tires(most MTB bike have 2″ tires stock). And after all, that is how mountain bikes started….they were road bikes modified to have twice as wide tires. It isn’t fringe, it’s innovation. MTB bikes got us off the pavement. Fat bikes get you off the beaten path.
I love the article/images circling the internet of the 200 calorie foods – a ton of surprises in there, even for someone who pretty regularly weighs their food!
I know you’re an Apple guy, but any chance you can bridge the gap and start covering Android apps and updates? :)
It’s something I’ve looked at.
The Apple ones are somewhat easy because it’s just the apps I happen to have installed on my phone, so as I go about my week, I update them and take screenshots. So if I’m travelling it’s still easy.
That said, adding in Android and Windows Phone ones are items that have long been on my list. It’s obviously not a huge difficulty, but unfortunately it is one more item on my plate. :(
Someday!
That would be great, Rhett …
Yeah i agree with the android coverage. More of this please!
+1
At least when mentioning iOS apps you should also point out what other mobile OSes the app runs on.
Thanks Eli-
Ok.
I’ve loaded a slew of apps on my Android Samsung S3, was well as my Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920.
I’ll see which updates come each week and try to include them (if I’m travelling that week it’s a bit more difficult).
The reason I don’t include links to all the apps is that it honestly just adds a ton of time. I originally started the Week in Review as a quick recap of the week. Over time it continues to grow, and has gotten a bit unwieldy for me at times. So I’m trying to keep it as quick as possible.
At least for me th updates themselves are less useful in that my phone can auto update and tell me what needs updating. What I gain from your notes is what apps there are out there and if they have functionality I’m interested in. (so major updates that change something big ae more useful in that it can make an app that wasn’t so useful now useful)
Pointing out when an app is on more then just iOS is useful cause some are only iOS apps.
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I tell all my friends who are interested in new gear to visit your site. Looks like triathlete.competitor.com tells all their friends too.
Very cool, thanks for the heads up! I’ve just added it for this Saturday’s post!
Reg Nike FuelBand.
So after 900000+ NikeFuel points my FuelBand suddenly broke… The button seems to have sunk in, there is no tactile response. I have the latest firmware, etc, etc – the button is simply physically broken. Less than a year old, button pushed a few times a day. Nike quality?
With thanks, Helpful stuff!