Last call for sports tech deals before New Year!! Most of these are still live till Dec 31st. The Garmin Fenix 8 is $250 off to $749, (even the Fenix 8 Pro is $100 off!), the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is on sale, the Garmin inReach Mini 2 is $249, the GoPro Hero 13 Black, DJI NEO, and a ton of other brands/deals, including Wahoo, Oura, Whoop, Polar, Samsung, Google, and more than 100 sports tech deals here!
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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 2024 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.
Penny Oleksiak’s swimming!
Track and field
Swimming, cycling, and now track!
Cycling of course!
Rugby in wait for the triathlon. Go Brownlees!!!
Please. please. PLEASE!!!!
Syncro diving (why?? ) Fencing (again why???) bit of swimming and all the cycling :)
Swimming, gymnastics, cycling, rowing, athletics (day1)
I’ve been watching cycling, swimming, running and triathlon
Cycling, swimming, and a little gymnastics…ok some beach volley ball.
Swimming, swimming, swimming, time trial
Cycling, that road race course was brutal
rowing
Excellent.
Cycling rugby and swimming
Penny Oleksiak! And the rest of the Canadian swimmers. Rugby sevens has also been fun to watch. Looking forward to week 2 with athletics and triathlon.
Cycling and Swimming
Swimming
Traithalon
Mr. Phelps!
Everything swimming, cycling and track and field
Been glued to the TV for swimming and cycling events.
Winning a KICKR would be the kicker of the day :)
Mostly been watching handball and basketball up until now…
Only thing I’ve managed to watch is the Men’s Road Race (sufferfest) and some swimming highlights.
Thanks Ray.
Cycling and Swimming
judo
Swimming, Tennis, and most of the cycling events when I can catch them…
Cycling (obviously) and weirdly got into synchronised diving in a big way!
Cycling, Gymnastics, and Swimming!
Womens soccer & rugby. Go Canada!
Cycling, swimming
I watch whatever I can but mostly soccer.
ALL of them. Swimming and gymnastics!
Swimming, cycling, basketball and volleyball.
Loving the swimming. In South Africa, not much rowing on the tv unfortunately. Waiting on Tri and Richard Murray for the Gold!
I’ve been watching some swimming, a bit of cycling and now my favorite part started today…Track & Field!
Swimming and cycling!
Swimming and cycling?
Swimming. Michael Phelps!
Can’t beat watching swimming! Would love to win that trainer though…..
Anything on 2 wheels.
All of it!
Track Cycling and Kayaking especially
Cycling, volleyball, judo, swimming and much more
swimming!
I’m currently watching the US play Sweden in soccer (we’re reigning world cup Champs, so that’s the sport’s official name now).
Rugby! I’m force to, the wife is from new zealand! :-)
Most everything… emphasis on cycling, rugby 7s and that incredible 10k!
Cycling & waiting for triathlon
Cykling. Women and men both road and timetrial and a little velodrome
Men’s Individual 100m Butterfly. Go Schooling!!
Swimming, hockey, beach volleybal and surfing
I watch it all, when I have time. Love the swimming, and the…….heck everything!!
Gymnastics and swimming
Road bike, volleyball and swimming. Hurray for our canadian hero Penny Oleksiak!
I see swimming!!! ( Goooo Katinka, goooo!!!!)
All of them since I am working 14hr shift 7 days a week.
Swimming cycling triathlon and artistic gymnastics
Cycling and swimming …
Rugby, swimming, cycling, and the broken leg gymnastics footage. Over and over.
So far, cycling of course! The Rugby 7’s, and watching stuff i never thought would interest me! All in all i’m watching too much TV and putting on weight, a turbo trainer would sort that out ?
Swimming, rugby, cycling and beach volleyball.
Swimming and Rugby
Trainers are perfect for Canadian winters!
The individual time trial!
Mostly swimming looking forward to mtbing
Swimming, cycling, Ann now athletics…
Lilly King swimming of course! Shes from my hometown, and cycling.
ping pong and volleyball
Only had time to watch couple minutes some random sports, but with good trainer, I could bring my bike front of TV to train and watch same time ;) also the winter season in Finland is so loooong that good trainer would be nice!!
All of them. Mainly the rowing and swimming.
4000 meter team pursuit.
Cycling (Road and Track) and Swinning
Handball :-)
Women’s freestyle 100m….History in the making! Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel…WOW!
800m men track race
Swimming, tri, track, pankration
I’m Lucky!
Mens and Women’s Road Race!!!
Road race, and waiting for XCO :)
Watching swimming! Go Canada!
To be honest. After road races and TTs i have watched anything. Whatever is on. Diving was good. Badminton at the moment. #olympicoverload #catchemall
Cycling!
Just watching weight lifting – snatch.
Cycling, Swimming-Triathlon next week.
Men’s team pursuit, road cycling and timetrail.
Swimming, track and field, track cycling, road cycling. Looking forward to Usain Bolt and Peter Sagan in their respective events.
Gotta love seeing handball again
Cycling and swimming
Track & Road cycling. Also sailing
I’ve been watching the swimming and gymnastics events!!
swimming!
Swimming, with Sara Sjöström – three medals so far!
All the swimming!
all i can of course!!!
Swimming, Volleyball, and gymnastics.
Everything I can possible watch. Loving all the sport on TV, just wish I could be there!!
Women’s beach volleyball!!!
Swimming and cycling (gold for Belgium !!) :-)
Swimming and cycling