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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.
Hi Ray, great to know your out there and doing “your thing” so well. I refer people to your site constantly.
Even though I am not that technologically inspired I now have a Garmin 910xt, great gadget and after struggling with how to use a Suunto T6 for years… (I gave up really, it became a very expensive HR monitor for me), the Garmin is excellent and pretty easy to figure out… But the best gadget I own is the Finis Aquapulse… but for running!
I’m not sure why but I can never hear it properly in the water. (I’m an ex swimmer, so I hope it’s not technique), but I cut a small hole in a run cap and tried it on a run one day. I haven’t looked back it’s awesome. You don’t have to keep looking down, Just look at the trail your on and run, It tells me my HR every 20 seconds. And I can glance at pace, distance etc on the Garmin when I need to. I know there are audible HR alarms on lots of watches, but hearing the actual number is pretty cool for me.
Just wondered if there were any other audible Hr systems out there and also wanted you and your readers to know how effective the Aquapulse was as a run HR monitor…
Again, on the bike as in the swim for me, there’s too much wind/water turbulance going on to here it… but if it had an earpiece!!…
Cheers
Craig Weaver
Ray,
which is the Girl’s swim cap?
I can’t find that fishy swin cap name in her “gear post”
Thanks a lot
It’s from a brand called “Water Gear” you can buy it on amazon
link to amazon.com
Nice catch there from the girl. Good body posture. Does she swim faster than you Ray? :)
Only if there’s a shark behind her. ;)
Is that last picture of a Polar Loop?? Wouldn’t mind seeing some swim data for it.
Yup indeed, the Loop. I’ll see if the Swim data will come out of it or not. It was pre-today’s release of the app, so it might get wiped. We’ll see.
But, two hours worth of swimming around in the ocean and no problems with it.
Action Cam review in the making… Could it be the Virb elite? Waiting for a review before deciding to go for a Virb or Hero+
Not the Elite, it didn’t arrive before I departed unfortunately. But the new/updated Sony Actioncam with GPS, plus some concurrent Hero 3 footage to compare against.
Ahhh!
I know the hotel and the spots on the pictures, being of Greek origin. This is the time I get really jealous and envy the lifestyle, until I talk to my family and friends who are having a somewhat different time.
I will be there for my 1st ever marathon, and hope to swim after said event, if I have not completely collapsed or worse.
Man, you are looking LEAN!
Looks like a great weekend – super jealous!
Is that the FR220 on your right wrist in the treadmill photo? Is that one of the reviews coming this week?
It is indeed, but it won’t be this week. It’s whenever Garmin releases the final firmware and I’m able to test it. Sorry!
I guess I’ll just have to be patient. Thanks!
Looks awesome!
Very nice swim cap. love the fish