The Didn’t Get What You Wanted $500 Gadget Giveaway

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I’m sure many of you received various sports gadgets over the last few weeks as part of the holidays.  But for those unlucky elves who received only a half-eaten gel packet in their Christmas stocking from their not-so-significant others, I’ve got a festivus of a present for you: This giveaway.

The winner will get a $500 credit to CleverTraining.com, my most excellent partner in this giveaway crime.  By supporting the site through Clever Training you also can save 10% on basically anything they sell (or get points instead).  If you win, you can use that credit for anything from the GoPro Hero5 Black to a Garmin Vivoactive HR to a random pair of socks to the PowerTap C1 power meter, or heck, even towards a new trainer.  Whatever floats your boat (note: they don’t sell boats).

How to enter:

Simply leave a short description of what product you’d get and why (but don’t worry, you can change your mind later if you win).

The reason you need a short description of ‘why’ is that if you just put a simple product name (i.e. F3), you’ll likely get caught up in my SPAM filters.  And nobody wants to be sandwiched between two pieces of SPAM.  Got all that?

Good luck!

The giveaway entry period will run through Thursday, December 29th, 2016 until 11:59PM US Eastern Time.  Winner will be selected randomly.  One entry per person.  The selected product/products will then be ordered immediately and shipped immediately, assuming they’re in stock.

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5,994 Comments

  1. Brian Kunze

    I would love the Garmin D2 Delta pilot watch. I want one to use when I am out flying my hot air balloon.

  2. Aaron

    Love a top of the line farming watch. My vivoactive is not going to be getting new apps soon….

  3. Dane Franklin

    GoPro Hero 5.
    I got a book (even though I read on an eDevice) and an inflatable pizza slice (????) for Xmas. The repeated hints for bike bits fell on deaf, angry ears. I also wasn’t allowed to ride.
    The GoPro would be used to create ride videos and generally annoy the wife.

    Thanks

  4. Kevin

    A go pro hero 5 please

  5. Simon Bissonnette

    I’d take a Powertap pedal or wheel, not sure which one yet!

  6. Eric

    Wish I would have gotten a new garmin 735xt!

  7. andrejs

    I’d probably get a Suunto Spartan!

  8. Evan

    Still have my eye on a Forerunner 235!

  9. Tjerk

    Edge 820, because my 800 is starting to fall apart.

  10. Matt

    Time to upgrade the bike computer

  11. Yale glazer

    Some kind of power monitor or bike computer – or a really fancy tri watch like the fenix 3 hr

  12. Hoptir

    Bike, Thanks!

  13. Sam

    I’d get a trainer because it’s getting cold outside!!

  14. Isaiah

    I think it’s time for a power metre. Everyone needs to train with power?

  15. Jessica Felizola

    Garmin Vivo Active for me to track my heart rate and activities
    Or the Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 for my husband.

  16. Eric H.

    I’d probably get a Pioneer 9100 left side, as I’m upgrading a bike to 9100. If they sold Kreitler rollers, I might get a set of alloy rollers with a flywheel.

  17. Michał

    I would go for GoPro Hero5 Black because there are many great moments to remember and share while running/hiking or riding bike.

  18. Matthew Hartsough

    Wahoo Element since Garmin stopped supporting the Edge 500 long ago.

  19. Dan McCombs

    I’d go for a Garmin 735xt, for the built in heart rate on shorter than full iron distance races.

  20. Kasey Curtis

    I would get a Wahoo ELEMNT because my cell phone flew out of my pocket in a CX race last season – really need a standalone GPS for races!

  21. Ale c

    I need some new gadget!

  22. Barnabie Agatep

    I would get a new garmin 235 to Jumpstart my training

  23. Tom Else

    Probably a fenix 3 hr. Because then i can have a watch that i cant make full use off no matter how hard i try

  24. David Cookman

    Probably a new Garmin and some speedplay pedals

  25. PAblo

    Edge 520 or varía vision. Wish it worked with my fénix 3

  26. Jeff C

    If I won this contest, I would buy another Garmin 235 – so my wife would have a matching watch as me !!
    Happy holidays!!

  27. M Chen

    We’d get a second trainer so we can train together!

  28. Rob T

    I’ll take anything in the Garmin family!

  29. I would love to get a Garmin F3 HR. I would like to switch from Polar RXC 5 to the Garmin family…

  30. Simon Porteous

    Garmin Fenix 3 to accompany me on my first 100 miler next year.

  31. Kristin

    I’ve been eyeing the Garmin 735xt as an upgrade from my Polar M400, mostly because I hate wearing a chest strap and I want a multi-sport capable watch.

  32. Adam W

    I think I’d go for the new GoPro to record my training or the new 735Xt

  33. Jeffrey

    I would go with the Garmin Fenix 3 because its awesome and it would be great for my activity! Thanks for making someone’s (hopefully my) holiday season so much better!

  34. Jacob K

    I would be very interested in the next Fenix or going with the 3HR.

  35. Thomas Clement

    Power meter for sure ;)

  36. ksb

    Wahoo Kickr. Got one for the hubby for Xmas (from Clever Training of course). It’s pretty cool!

  37. Sara

    I’d love a power meter as I crashed my bike recently and everything was basically wrecked…

  38. Bob Stein

    I would like to get a GoPro Hero

  39. András Marosi

    I need a power meter. More and more of my friends train with power – I need to keep up with the Joneses.

  40. Evrhet Milam

    A Garmin 1000 bike computer to replace my old 520

  41. Jami D

    I would love to get a smart trainer for my bike. I was hoping for one for Christmas, but alas, I wasn’t nice enough this year. I guess I will have to keep saving.

  42. Sergio Montelongo

    a Fenix 3 HR, my old Fenix 2 is about to die and have an ironman coming up!

  43. Adrianne Bailey

    I’d love to have a new smart trainer. The trainer I’m using now is a hand me down, and a new one would just make my training so much more enjoyable.

  44. Jonathan

    Will love a garmin 735xt to create swimming sessions (if not a vivoactive hr is great)

  45. Seth

    Fenix 3 (maybe)

  46. Yunwei

    wahoo desk and a Garmin 520!

  47. Akezra

    I’d get a Niterider Pro light set, it’s dark in the north!

  48. Frank Corrao

    Most likely i’d stock up on some new cycling kit to replace some worn out stuff. New running shoes would be nice too. Or maybe some new shades. hmmmmm.

  49. Si

    Probably a Garmin fenix 3 HR but then I might go for something for the bike :-)

  50. TC

    Why do you do this to me?! There are so many choices to make. But seeing as I have to put something here, a GoPro Hero 5 Black camera.

    Did I win? Did i Win? :-)

  51. Daniel

    Powermeter!

  52. Neil Moss

    I’d take a 4iii Precision Ultegra power meter please! It’s an expenditure that’s utterly unjustifiable at my level of performance, but as I’m in the “personal improvement” game, it would be nice to have objective numbers to show whether my training is effective. 172.5mm cranks, if you need to know…. Thanks.

  53. A garmin 735xt would be great for my trail running.

  54. Carlton

    I was rewlly hoping for a nice-looking Garmin Fenix 4, but the time warp elves didn’t deliver.

  55. Neil A.

    A crank based power meter (of some sort) to confirm my slow slide into a sedentary state…. :)

  56. Looking at a GPS cycling computer, like a Garmin 520 or Wahoo ELEMNT, and some hydration essentials.

  57. Oriol Garrote

    I’d go for one of the newest Garmin watches, a Fenix 3 (chronos out of reach) or 735XT

  58. Nicole

    Apple watch 3 would be more awesome than the Apple watch 2 I got!

  59. Jan

    I would get Garmin Fenix 3!

  60. Tom

    I’d get a power meter to hone in my training.

  61. Sal

    I’d get 2 Garmin Activity-tracker for my wife and me to compete with our boys who got their Vivofit jr. from Santa.
    Greetings!

  62. Ericm

    It would be great to have a fenix 3 hr for my next trail ;-)

  63. Don Kiely

    A new GPS watch for running. Not sure which one yet, but probably a Garmin Fenix3 or FR235. My 910XT is getting pretty creaky and I’m not doing tris much anymore. A wireless scale would be nice too! Thanks, Ray!

  64. Mark Jasper

    I’d like the Apple Watch 2 Nike edition because I already have the Fenix 3 HR!

  65. Kosie Blom

    I agree that a Wahoo Kickr is way too expensive – ?maybe??

  66. Steven Chasteen

    The direct drive Tacx Flux would do nicely to maintain my fitness level this winter.

  67. Tom

    Fenix 3 HR just because it looks cool!

  68. Filippo

    Giarmin edge 820!

  69. Mike T

    a GPS running watch. Apple Nike maybe.

  70. Grant

    Didnt get my sram mtb powere meter….because i just bought the bike and the cfo must be kept happy

  71. Randy

    Garmin 820 so I have turn-by-turn navigation

  72. Andrew stone

    I would love a GoPro as our streets are treacherous and I want to capture the drivers who drive carelessly.

  73. Raghini

    Does anyone want anything other than fenix 3 for Christmas?

  74. blaf

    Definitely Elite smart rollers since currently I’m looking for replacement of my current rollers.

  75. Julykatrae

    Fenix 3 for me please?

  76. Chris Power

    garmin Fenix 3 or edge 520

  77. Charles C Vos

    Vivosmart hr, to replace the FitBit one I lost a few months ago.

  78. John Bauer

    I like to upgrade to a new smart trainer – Elite Drivo?

  79. Eduardo

    Didn’t get a Fenix 3 to replace my old 620. Waiting to see how it goes…

  80. Jon Warner

    I’d get a Hero camera to replace the Hero2 I lost

  81. SHeila Hammons

    I would love to get the fancy Garmin that passes for a regularish watch……or see what else there is as I purposely don’t look at tech that I can’t truly afford.

  82. Piet Barendse

    I’m currently looking to replace my Vivoactive, possibly with the VA HR

  83. Adam

    Dji Mavick – since it is much handier than my old Phantom 2

  84. Go pro black, so i can have proof of my cycling antics.

    Mike

  85. Erwin

    I’d like to get a new Kickr, need the silence

  86. PATRICK CHANG

    A new Garmin bike computer (I’m still using a Garmin 705)!

  87. M Tippen

    Edge 820 wait has an amazing feature set and I like the buddy beacon feature.
    Oh, and socks, you can never have too many socks!

  88. Matt C

    Forerunner 735 with optical heart rate so I can never forget the strap!!

  89. Nico

    maybe the velocomp powerpod and the powertap speed/cadence sensor to get more info out of my V650 or the CycleOps JetFluid Pro winter Training Kit to improve my fitness during winter

  90. George F

    Probably toward a new trainer – need to diversify the training a bit, and with a baby, it’s so much easier to train indoors.

  91. Johannes

    A new Garmin watch! Will start to swimmnext year!

  92. Tobias Lømo

    The forerunner 735xt maybe. Don’t need to say more than “optical heartrate”

  93. Karim

    I would get a new smart trainer and ditch my 10 year old dumb trainer!

  94. Alex Hemke

    A Fenix 3 (or 5 depending on when it gets released) for all of my non-biking outdoor activities.

  95. Dan E

    I’d get a powertap C1, cuz it only happens if you can measure it.

  96. Dave

    My fluid trainer is super old and held together with a random piece of metal and a lag bolt…would love one of the smart trainers!

  97. Lars

    Powertap p1 since I need more structure in my training and hope to getting some good hints out of the power data.

  98. Dan Hunter

    After completing what seems like my 100th fancy dress fun run today I definitely need a GoPro of some description to document the craziness I see on runs!

  99. Grant

    Fenix for sure, need some mapping to hit the trails of new Zealand’s south!!

  100. An.Kas

    Would love to get a Forerunner 930 when it comes out, thanks