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. Martin Perry

    Can’t stop looking at those fancy looking Garmin Chronos watches, but holding out hope for a nice Fenix 4 at CES, keeping fingers and toes crossed!

  2. Peter Valcke

    I would probably go for the GoPro Hero5 Black to film my next enduro adventures in Ecuador !

  3. Marc Taymans

    I would take Garmin HRM tri & HRM swim and some other stuff for my bike. Thanks, Ray!

  4. Robert Grover

    I want to upgrade my chainrings to Sram 11-speed on my Quarq Cinqo power meter, which otherwise still works fine, but I’ll need to have someone do it who knows how to calibrate the new rings, which isn’t an easy or cheap endeavor here in Germany, or at least not as cheap as it would be back home in NYC. So yeah, that’s what I’d do with $500, and if I had a little geld left over I might buy some lights, because it’s dark here in northern Europe.

  5. Carl Treleaven

    A new Go Pro Hero 5 to update my original one!

  6. Oriol

    I want a Suunto Spartan. Just to try.

  7. Hylke

    I’d probably start with a Fitbit Charge 2 for my wife and add a powermeter for myself

  8. KK

    Hoping to get a Vivoactive if I got the voucher.

  9. RM

    New Garmin running watch to replace the old one.

  10. Tran

    I’d get a p1 powertap pedal power meter since I need too equip a bike with power

  11. adam

    I’d take a Garmin 520 bike computer and some sunnies thanks DC.

  12. Bouke

    Maybe the Tacx Flux (next to the Neo I already own) so my girlfriend and I can zwift together.

  13. greentopiaries

    I would like to get the Garmin Vivomove Classic Activity Tracker with Leather Band so I can continue on with my fitness goals in 2017. Thanks for the chance! :)

  14. Nick

    Garmin 735XT or Fenix3 to replace my old 910XT

  15. sam pink

    Got to be a 920xt, 2017 there’s a full ironman distance on the horizon!

  16. Sebastian

    I’ve lost my SJ4000 so new GoPro 5 would be a great upgrade.

  17. Susanna

    A Garmin 735xt for my logging my runs

  18. Dalton H

    New smart trainer or activity tracker!

  19. Imran

    Probably get a Fenix 3 HR. Hopefully that will motivate me to run.

  20. Balazs Domonkos

    I would get a new fitness watch for my wife. Let’s go for a new Garmin Forerunner 235 :)

  21. BMyers

    A Garmin 520 or 820. My 500 is about to give up the ghost.

  22. Edwin

    I would upgrade to a Garmin Forerunner 630 HRM bundle for the advanced running dynamica.

  23. miraclees

    Would love an upgraded V800 with good optical HR to upgrade from my M400… as that does not seem available (yet?), then I would settle for F3 HR :-)

  24. nion013

    For me Garmin 920xt

  25. Pedro Lobo

    A Garmin Fenix 3 to track my montain adventures! :-D

  26. Geoffrey Tan Wern-Jyan

    probably the P1 pedals

  27. Claudio Silva

    I’m looking at the Garmin FR 735XT… Simply because Santa decided to keep it for himself!

  28. Olof Glans

    For myself I’d buy a tacx vortex smart or a Garmin forerunner 735xt. The girl could get a Garmin vivoactive hr.

  29. Wouter Schep

    Definitely the GoPro Hero 5, because my last action cam has never returned after I sent it in for repair, and the supplier went broke.

  30. Tako Tabak

    For sure a power meter. I would really like to measure my rides and see (hopefully) progress.

  31. Jo Hanssen

    Pioneer shimano dura ace 9100 power meter cranck arm.
    So I can order a 2017 bike to get new energy to enhance my cycling

  32. Del

    I’d get a Garmin Edge 520 for the decent mapping as my old Garmin can’t do mapping and I’m getting tired of pulling my phone out to check Google maps when cycling unfamiliar routes!

  33. Rob

    BIKND Jetpack Bike Travel Case so I can explore the world and take my bike with me.

  34. Gary Bath

    GARMIN 735XT to kick start my tri career

  35. Geoff R

    I would go for a Garmin Edge 1000 or Polar V650 to get finally a GPS for the bike.

  36. O would definitely choose Withings Body Cardio – I wanted it but… Additional shoes would be also great:)

  37. Fraser Allan

    Fenix 3, my 910 just bit the dust.

  38. Oliver

    I’dget a better gps watch for running like the Garmin Fenix 3 HR

  39. Rink

    A powermeter for my racing bike. It has been sitting on my wishlist for months.

  40. Job

    So much cool stuff, probably a nice Garmin watch of a new GoPro. Fingers crossed…

  41. David

    I’d get a stages power meter to save me from constantly changing batteries on my limits meter.

  42. I’d get myself a nice Garmin Vivoactive HR so I could develop an app for it!

  43. christian jonhammar

    I would love a Garmin 735 To accompany me on my runs..

  44. Nicolas Soenen

    I would go for a tacx flux!

  45. Xavier Gutiérrez

    I’d get me a Garmin Fēnix 3 to go with my Stryd foot pod or the latest GoPro!

  46. Gitan

    Probably a running watch…

  47. I need to get myself a GoPro Hero5 Black, to capture all the over the bars mountain biking crashes that keep happening

  48. Matthew

    I didn’t get a Spartan ultra because it is too expensive

  49. Ronald

    I think I would go for a Garmin Virb….

  50. Holger

    Hey Ray,
    I’d definitely go for a powermeter!

    This or some new trainers as the old ones are pretty worn out..

    Good look for everyone!
    Holger

  51. KVE

    I will wait for a little bit until Ray reviews the Fenix 5 :)

  52. Jon Mather

    New bike computer with navigation

  53. Hassan Elhassan

    I’d love to grab a power meter, still more inclined toward the bePro power meter just given the price point :)

  54. Michal

    I’ve spent last six months on researching which GPS watch to buy. I’ve read numerous articles, went through tons of forums etc. And what’s most annoying, I’ve treated all friends around with my thoughts and concerns on certain products. In the end, considering all pros, cons and price of course, I ended up with Garmin FR35, while three of my friends got the Fenix 3, saying that I was talking so much of it awesomeness that they just couldn’t let go:) So, I’d for sure grab a Fenix 3 HR Sapphire to not stand out from the pack!

  55. JW

    I’d love a new GoPro for my drone

  56. Charles dL

    I would go for my first power meter

  57. Pieter Brankaer

    I’d get a Garmin Forerunner 735XT so I could pretend to be a real triathlete (again) :-) .

  58. Joscha

    I’d buy a Powermeter or an indoor trainer …

  59. Andrew

    It’s time for a new power meter

  60. Daryl Young

    GoPro hero is what I’d pick up.

  61. Sergio V.

    I’d get a smart trainer to put in the training, even if outside is raining cats and dogs!

  62. Vincent

    for sure a garmin powermeter!

  63. Jeff C

    I would get a Garmin Fenix 3 HR to upgrade current watch ;)

  64. Leon Booyens

    most prob Scosche RHYTHM+ Armband Heart Rate Monitor x 2 and some other goodies.

  65. Judit Adamko

    I would love to have a watch with optical heart rate measurement.

  66. I would like to by a nice Suunto GPS watch.

  67. Tim F

    A set of PowerTap P1 pedals

  68. Paul R.

    I would get the GoPro Hero 5, something I’d really like.

  69. Harald Tomberger

    Garmin Fenix 3 because I could use the optical heart rate sensor!

  70. Maarten

    I think I’ll drop in some extra cash for a Garmin Fenix 3 HR.
    For monitoring rest-HR and making sure I walk off those Xmas calories

  71. Nick Connor

    Oh, a power meter, or a Garmin 920XT, or a Fenix 3. So much to choose from…

  72. I’d get the Garmin 735 because of its built-in HR monitor!

  73. Daniel Jessee

    I’d probably get a Garmin VIRB Ultra because of the ease of using the metrics.

  74. Nathan

    So many things to choose from but I am in the market for an Index so that would be nice :)

    See you in Oz

  75. Without a doubt it would have to be a Power Meter for the bike. Recently started training with power on a Wattbike at the gym and (unlike many other training metrics) I actually feel like I’m making progress chasing power numbers.

  76. Jon Murchinson

    GoPro Hero Black to capture my kids’ on the slopes!

  77. Rolf Johansson

    Apple watch

  78. Leonardo Nascimento

    I would get a power meter because I don’t want to “guess my numbers” anymore.

  79. Barrie

    Some crank power meter or other, would be just the ticket.

  80. Fergus

    Dear Ray, would love to replace the Vicoactive for Jane with Vivoactive HR. Liking the vertical format of the display.

  81. I’d like the $500 gift card to buy my wife a new Garmin running watch.

  82. theboxers

    I would put the credit toward a new smart trainer and then join in on some sufferfest sessions

  83. I would get the Garmin Fenix or something better!

  84. Morgan Williams

    I definitely need a new Garmin F3 – mine has been exposed to far too much to keep it looking good into 2017

  85. Christoph

    I really should get a new trainer for the winter. I don’t know which, but 500$ should be enough :)

  86. Allan Saito

    A Fenix 3 would be nice!

  87. Grant

    Go pro hero 5

  88. Ramon

    The present would be a top of the line multisportswatch so there is absolutely not one single excuses available to me why I should not be running and swimming next to my bikeriding..

    So that would be it..

  89. Robert

    Easy – didnt get anything : (

  90. Thijmen Groenewegen

    An upgrade for my shimano 105 group!

  91. Kristian Wernersson

    I would get the Lezyne Super GPS so I can beat the sh*t out of that Strava segment…

  92. I would use the credit towards a new Wahoo Kickr.

  93. Stephanie

    new Trainer would be fine : )

  94. Elfar

    The GoPro Hero Black 5!

  95. Pja

    I’d get a fr 630 to upgrade my 620.

  96. Simone

    Laufuhr, Trainer

  97. Jose Manuel Vidal

    A powermeter

  98. I would wait for the Garmin Fenix 4 (or how Garmins upcoming watch will be named)

  99. Kevin Church

    I’d have to go with the GoPro hero 5 black since I dunked mine in the ocean with the wrong housing on it!