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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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’m in.
Awesome training tool. Pick me, pick me!
Nice watch :-)
Wow – does it come with the rubber duckie?
Thanks Ray!
Hello from Sweden!
By the end of the day the site will have reached 70000 views..lol
Would love to upgrade from my hrm to a GPS watch
Yeeha! Thanks for the giveaway!
I have the same duck!!!
Would love one. :)
Keep Tring, Always Training? RC3 is the tool I need!
Absolutely love the watch !
Nice, send it in Italy please! ;-)
2. einen für mich
Hello.
Here we go round two! Will this be my first time to win a price on DC Rainmaker
life is like a box of chocolates…
IMHO Polar is making the best heart rate monitoring devices out there. I had to switch to Garmin because of their GPS support some time ago. So, I would love to try out this new Polar!
Include the rubber ducky
I just started running and this Polar would fulfill all my running needs. Too bad the duck is not included though… :)
A competition open to an international market – Absolutely awesome!
Supercool! To bad the duck is not included.
me me me me :)
Me too.
Yes, nice watch, maybe a good time to switch back to Polar.
i’m not a fan of fancy gps watches (which sometimes has too many functions for me) so this watch is good enough.
yay! hope i win. :)
Hello from Finland! :)
hello again!
I hope to win this!!! :P
Maybe this time… ?
Maybe just the duck (haven’t seen that review yet!)
I’ll take one….
Who let the dogs out! Who?
Quacking Watch!! :D
I need that one :-)
Great watch. Pity there’s no duck ;)
…just posting a comment to get mr duck!
Dibs on the duck!
I’m in!
Pretty please…..awesome tool!
Yes me !!
Miss the first one. But here i am!
#368 my lucky number!
No pain, No Gain !!
Yes, please!
In.
I’d take the time to make a pun about a running watch, but it’s past midnight and I’m going to bed.
bring it on to me!
There we go again!
i wonder how many will enter this one???
This looks great.
Does the little duck come with it? Thanks for the give-away!
Hello from Perth, Australia! Great website btw ;-)
Love this stuff DC. Keep smashing it.
Round two, begin!
Oh well here i am…lucky?!…let see
Yay lets enter!
From Russia with love!
Were is my duck?
Nice duck, great swimming technique.
Thanks for doing the give aways!
Me likey. 3:15am eastern, so tired. But want to b be prepared for zombie apocalypse.
My Old polar Just broke
This is probably the best Polar unit right now. Finally they went for a integrated GPS instead of external.
RCX3 with integrated GPS – excellent watch!
Keep trying and thanks for the watches :)
Nice duck! But the watch would be nice too :)
Just what I need…
Totally quackers
She touched my wrist lightly with her hand.
“Be brave,” she said.
“It’s not a duck, is it?”
Another awesome giveaway!
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GOOD LUCK!
I really like this watch
Nice duck!
I’m craving for this one! :)
Woop woop…
Please
Love the blog after I read your Paris marathon report, which I was in too!
While we were there we came to see Bertie’s cupcakery but it was closed!
Anyway, hello from York, uk
Eisbaren
Fantastic site!! Keep with the good work!
I’m in too. Thanks.
Yabba Dabba Doo !!
OMG it looks like dishwasher :-)
This watch is awesome
Yes please!
You’ve got to give away the duck.
You rock DCRAINMAKER
Mine ;-)
Please!
Awesome duck – awesome watch!
I’m in!
running with Polar RC3 will be motivation! :)
Second one down
I like this
Nice Nice Nice.
Very cool looking polar!
il me la faut ;)
I hope I can convert between GMT and Eastern Time okay.
I want one! Please.
Wow almost 500 posts and only 20 min in. The odds are against me :/
This one is for me :-)
yeah!! me me me!! moi!