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!
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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.
Congrats Thomas. One day, it will be mine. Just gotta keep playing the odds.
Congrats Thomas!
Make sure you spend those $600 wisely:) Looking forward to the next giveaway.
Congrats Thomas!
Congrats Thomas! Enjoy your new gear. Hope that Oslo run was great.
Ray, I was going to leave this for the podcast (which I love listening to) but figured here is as good as anywhere. Unfortunately, Clever Training can no longer provide 10% discounts on Garmin gear even if not on sale. I found this out recently when preordering the new Vivosmart HR+. I contacted their customer support, and they said Garmin is requiring this change. CT is doing free 3 day shipping for VIP members like me. I suggested they should at least do 2 day since that matches Amazon here in the US. They also said they will roll out a new VIP program shortly.
I expressed disappointment they did not proactively provide this info to VIP members about the change. (It only impacts Garmin products as best I can tell.)
My belated congrats on the family addition!
Best,
Laird
Hi Laird-
Thanks for the support.
Good news, while that was the case a few weeks ago for a short time after Garmin made the change, the VIP program now allows you to get 10% back via points, which can be immediately used for any other purchase. Also, they’ll be retroactively giving any VIP members points for any purchases in May where they didn’t get a discount. I’ve outlined some of the details here: link to dcrainmaker.com – but it links to their page with more details on the new points program. The retroactive points credit may take a few more days, as they’re going through and processing all the transactions which is a bit tricky.
This new points program went live last week, and so far so good. For anything other than Garmin you can continue using the regular DCR 10% coupon code.
Cheers!
Thanks for the update. They said they would be emailing VIP members when the new program was ready, so I assume that is coming shortly.
OMG that is so cool! Thanks Ray and Clever Training :)
Am I supposed to receive an email soon or should I contact Clever Training directly?
Congratulations!
Congratulations Thomas!!!
congrats, i´d buy a fr 735 xt ;)
Congrats Thomas and thanks again Ray for the chance!
Ray, how did the flooding in Paris affect you? Hope everything is ok!
I didn’t win, but your sale post about Garmin Vector pedals at REI saved me $120, so thank you, thank you!