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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.
Looks like a great product!
Yes please!
360!!
One more.
You’re the best Ray!
Want it!
Boom! Count me in!
I could do great things with this…
Entry
I wanna crash in style and high-definition!
So cool, I’d like to make videos like Ray does!
One of these would be nice.
An all round great camera
Great giveaway
Now I’ll be able to film every angle of my crashes.
360* goodness!
So, so awesome!
I’m in!
Me please
Yeah, suits my fenix well I guess
I want it
I use a Hero5 Session for those bombing descents but a 360 would be so awesome!
Gimme gimme gimme… Please! :)
Action
Cut!
Yes please.
We’ll see about that – in a few days or so!
action shots!
oh, that’ll be great!
Amazing!
Please and thank you
Pick me!
This would work out great in my van.
That should be fun on the local trails :)
I want it ;)
Yoohoo!
Woohoo!
Yes please!!
Oh yeah, making some sweet vids with this!!
Let’s do this!
Shiny!
Yes!!!
Lights, camera, ACTION!!!!
Monkey see…
Oh my! Would love to win this giveaway!
360 720 and 1080 Oh my
Yep
yay!! another one! :D
Shoot it, three sixty.
I could use it
…but what does VIRB stand for?
In it to win it
Need ooooneeeeee!
Camera time!!
Boom! Comment dropped!
eh, i’ll just keep it in my backpack.
Yes pls
Why not!
If you insist
I’d love this camera!
Around the world, almost
Sign me up, thanks!
Yes please!
Yes please!
We don’t have bears, just prancing kudus.
I wouldn’t mind winning this!
Good VIRBs!
Nice cam!
Please
I
Can
See
You
Wahooooo
Let’s shoot some action! Thx Ray for giving us the opportunity to win!
It’d be like having eyes in the back of my head.
Yes please!
Ooh, this is the one I really, really want.
Me wantssss it
Thanks!
Love this!
How else will everyone see how much I suck?
It would be cool to have this for racing with.
cool
YES PLEASE!
I am so handsome, I need to be shot by this!
Need to replace my very old Hero 960!
Sexy … need it!
Im photogenic
Hope this doesn’t go into Sp&m
Eyes in the back of my head!
Will it blend?
omg :0 these giveaways are insane!
Yes please!
I’ve always wanted to forever save my faceplants in a stabilized, hi-def manner.
Always useful to have a camera keeping a lens on things
One please.
me!
There is nothing worse than shaky-cam footage of dancing bears. This sounds wonderful.
Virbtastic
Yes :)
I’d put this on the bike!
Virb, FTW!
Incredible stuff!