Heads up! Here’s your massive list of sports tech deals! This includes the Garmin Forerunner 965 for just $499, Garmin Epix for $449, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium for $735, the GoPro Hero 12 Black for $299, and plenty more! Go check out the full list here!
I’m DC RAINMAKER…
Here’s how to save!
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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.
Thanks for this fun giveaway Ray
And congrats to all the winners
More fun than a barrel full of tri-athlete monkeys!
Dang you Felix E, you were just one entry above mine!
Now explain again we aren’t doing this once a month? :-)
Boo, I didn’t win anything. But you know what – that was still fun, missed sleep and all. Just another reason this is the best run blog on the net.
Awsome
Thanks Ray for such an entertaining day, loading your blog every couple of hours just to know which gadget was to be given away. I didn’t win anything… but I won’t miss next year’s extravaganza!!!
Thanks Ray – must be hard work and fun from your end.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Maybe next time?
Good onya Ray thanks
Wow, I can’t believe I actually won something. Thanks, Ray, your site is a fantastic source of information and has been of immense help. Keep up the good work!
Thanks, what a great promotion! It was fun for winners and the not so lucky ones alike. Next up, place an order for the Garmin 1000.
Congratulations!
Thanks for doing this Ray (and CT)! It was a lot of fun :) And congrats to the winners!
Congrats to all the winners – and thanks for Ray and CT for having this giveaway!
Awesome giveaway! Thanks for the chance! The best thing about it was that anyone from anywhere could participate!
Keep up the good work!
Cheers from Latvia – the country that showed where BMX, ice hockey and beach volleyball actually come from. ;)
while i may not have won a product (nothing new there, and congrats to all who did) .. just by having Ray review stuff I feel like a winner anyway!
*plus it was fun to enter over and over
Thanks Ray, keep up the good work.
Thanks Ray! It was fun dreaming for a day how great it would be to have a power meter. Maybe next year…
Awesome extravaganza! Thanks Ray, keep up the great work!
Thanks Ray and CT for another exciting extravaganza! Better luck next time to those of us who’s names weren’t drawn and hearty congratulations to those who were.
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for a great event!
As everyone has said already, thanks Ray for putting the effort and the fun into this annual event. Last year was every 3 hours, this year every 2 making for short nights ,,, so if the trend remains and you go for every hour next year, I’ll have to convince My Girl to pinch in and help me out with some of the comments.
Congrats to all the winners and looking forward to all the greatness coming by your way in the coming months. (Now if my trusted FR305 can become useless then I’ll be able to get some goodies also!!!)
Fear not, no plans to go to once per hour. My head might implode!
Thanks Ray and CT!!
Thanks for the giveaway! Hope I’ll be luckier next year ;)
Thanks for the fun! Keep it up with the GREAT reviews!
I was hoping to win all the watches in one giveaway. That way I could run with several watches on each arm just like Ray!
Thanks for all of your hard work Ray. I don’t look forward to the time when you and the girl decide to turn your life upside down and have kids (it’s a good kind of upside downBTW). Our community will be drastically changed for about 20 years! I love reading your reviews and postings. I’ve been a techy athletic nerd for 30+ years, but since I discovered your site, you have diverted a lot of my spending dollars to the products and websites you like. I think I’m going to pull the trigger on that GoPro at CT that I didn’t win now… :-)
Great to all the winner, enjoy :)
Same time… Next year!! Thanks for all the hardwork Ray. Thanks to CT as well!
What a great and funny giveaway! Thanks Ray!
Darn, killed by the odds again! Congrats to the winners! And thanks to Ray and CT for putting it together. Better luck next year to the rest of us!
Thanks Ray and CT for the giveaway. Will continue to support these site. Congratulation to all winners
Thanks for the dream of winning!
24 hours was a marathon. Who’s up for an ultra next year?
Congratulations to the winners. Thanks for such an amazing site Ray.
Started reading because of the excellent in depth reviews but love the race reports just as much!
Thanks for the extravaganzas! No win, sadly. Got to be comment #2000 in one of the give aways though, that was nice. Lol
Ah well…
Congratulations to the winners, I reckon there must be a mistake as my name isn’t up there though!
congrats to the winners (awwe better luck to me next time as I was hoping for the fr watch) once again thanks Ray for this 24hours of fun =)
Thank you so much Ray and CT, It was a lot of FUN.
Thank you Ray and the Girl for sharing with us your adventures and (of course) the reviews.
best regards and thank you again :@)
Thanks Ray
Thanks for the chance at so many lovelies, Ray. Always enjoy your site. Congrats to all of the winners!
well done Ray. (even tho’ my name, somehow, once again, didn’t appear on the winner’s list. :)
May the new toys motivate all the winners to train with renewed vigor (uh… unless they’re in my age group).
Once again, thanks for a great giveaway event Ray. I missed out but it was fun setting the alarms and getting in on the game. Congrats to all the winners.
thanks for everything!
Congratulation for all winner!
congrats to the winners and a *big* thanks to Ray – awesome, awesome, awesome!
Thank you for all the great reviews.
. The raffle was a race indeed.
Congratulations to those who won. Thank you Ray for the great event!
I usually comment only on the giveaways, but the energy and effort that you put in to each of your posts is definitely inspiring. Great job with this giveaway marathon.
Thanks Ray for such a fantastic giveaway, I had dreams for a short while of possibly being a winner, but it was not to be. But congrats to all those who did actually win.
I am in ..
thanks ray! and congrats to the lucky ones! looking forward to another extravaganza!
Thanks.Nicely done.
Thanks Ray for putting on such an awesome giveaway. Also, congratulations to all the winners; I hope your prizes will push you to new levels of fitness.
Thanks Ray for hosting the giveaway! Was great fun even though I didn’t win anything :D
Thank you, Ray and Clever Training for spicing up our day and making it so exciting. It was fun to have my alarm ringing every two hours. I hope you have had as much fun as us. :)
Thank you once again. :)
Congrates to the winners!
Just as a quick heads up to winners – all of my e-mails to you have been sent. So if you haven’t received an e-mail from me (and double-checked your SPAM/Junk folder), then hit me up via the contact form via the top of the page. Sometimes my winner e-mails look very similar to those from Nigerian princes asking for contact information, thus, they often get delayed along the way. Congrats!
woohoo! i won! :) thanks, ray!
Wow. What a crazy day. First alarm, midnight, and we were off. Followed by a very busy busy day with more alarms every two hours. Alas, no winning ticket. Congrats to all the winners. It was exciting. Thanks for all the work this must have been Ray. And for your website!
Congratulation Jun!
thanks Ray, great job on your side!! as usual:)
Congrats to the winners. Congrats to all who entered. And of course, congrats to Ray and his sponsors.
Great job Ray, I hope the annual event becomes semi-annual soon :-)
Congrats to all the winners. Maybe I’ll get lucky and win something one of these days. As always, thanks for the giveaway Ray!
Thanks for the game, it was fun!
Congrats to the winner and thanks Ray for a great job and a sleepless night ;-)
Congratulations to all the winners.
@Matthias: I suspect that Ray has some kind of automation in place, that publishes the post he in advance already has written, so he has probably slept better than most of us! :-)
This is why Triathlon is so much fun.
A bunch of weirdos having fun.
This was so much fun.
Thanks for doing this massive giveaway Ray! While I didn’t win anything, I think it was an excitement time.
Thank for this awesome giveaway Ray.
Gratz to all the winner, hope to be one of them next year!
Thank you Ray for the chance to win those awesome devices!
Huge thanks for this, was great fun taking part.
Thank you RAY for all of this :)
This must be the most awesome and easiest to enter competition ever! Thanks Ray!!
Lots of fun. Thanks Ray !
woosh, so close…
thanx Ray, keep on creating the greatest gadget blog on the web
Well it never hurts to try :D I entered all but the last one (apparently my alarm couldn’t get me awake for that one!). Maybe next year? Thanks for this, Ray!
I’ll have to wait one more year now ;-)
thx anyway!
Thanks Ray, I had good fun.
You made an interesting day changing the routine (not sure my wife liked too much the alarm at 4 AM, but it is just one day and the kid does that quite often anyway, so…).
Cheers.
Thanks Ray and CT for putting this on. And congrats to all the winners.
Didn’t win in the ones i tried but what great Giveaway.
Keep up the very great reviews because that’s the other 364 day per year Giveaway which everybody wins.
Will Clever Training ever enter the European market with a “local” shop?
I know you can order in the US but as always the final end price and delivery time will be unknown because of the combination Taxes, Shipping cost, customs add-on’s, transport-added cost (beacuse of tax an customs).
Congrats to all of the winners.
I felt so gutted this morning that I didn’t win all of the prizes (I was sure I had a fair chance) that I had to recover with some retail therapy. Just got myself a new Garmin Swim and will be giving it a first dunk tomorrow morning.
Ray FYI I did check out Clever Training but the postage alone (to Sydney) far outweighs the 10% saving (otherwise I would have been quite happy to support the cause).
Thanks for a fun 24 hours.
Forgot to mention I got told off on a Qantas flight yesterday morning for using my phone before take off. I had to be told a number of times to put my phone away but I was desperately waiting for 10am in Sydney to post a comment before my flight took off. The things we do for free stuff.
Thanks for doing the competitions Ray….even though I didn’t win.
Congratulations everybody!!
A big thank you to DCR and Clever Training for all of the fun!
Thanks Ray and Clever Training.
Many Thanks to Ray&Girl Friend and Clever Training
Didn’t win but thanks so much for the giveaway & the great blog as well!
Thanks mate.
Thanks for the giveaway… I scrolled down this results post very slowly hoping it would help my chances but no :)
Thank you for the great reviews and all publication always worth reading.
Still trying to figure out how you manage to write all these contributions and reviews AND work AND train AND eat cupcakes :-) …. MY days only have 24 hours, it looks like yours have a few extra hours in….
Greetings form Switzerland
It was fun. Thanks
Thks Ray !!!
This is it.
Thanks for you hard work!
I just discovered your blog. Thanks! You will become a valued resource as I continue my life long race to fit.
Thank you for your incredible and complete research.