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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Here’s how to save!
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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.
Yes!
IT’S HAPPENING! :D
Yay! oh…
On hols…
Wahey! free euro data roaming…
Calendar programmed for 4 hourly reminders :-)
Automation fail
If you time it right then you can get away with every 4 hours ish. i have 07:55 set so i can get the end of the first 2 hrs and the start of the next.
Midnight, 3:55, 7:55, 11:55, 15:55, 19:55, 22:00
Manually set alarms for next week.
I will be in France, hence the timings :-)
Finally I’ve organised to be on holidays at a good time of year. No work to get in the way of DCR comp entries.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!
Thank for doing this Ray!
Thank you for doing this, now I just need a lot of luck!!!
Hi Ray.
Just to help us European dudes, what time will it be in Paris or London when you start ?? 00.01 on the 9th August ?
Sorry to be a bit thick……
Cheers for the good Reviews – invaluable….
Nick
It’ll be 06:00 (6AM) in Paris when it starts. Or 05:00 (5AM) in London.
yeah!! we have to weak up very soon to participate xD
Just want to make sure I set my alarms correctly…in the second paragraph you say Wednesday, but in the fifth you say Tuesday. I’m assuming that the Wednesday one is correct since you mentioned the date, but I don’t want to miss anything!
Should be Wednesday – fixed!
Bigger and Better?!!!!!!!
This could be my year!!! Oh please, oh please
Wishing…wanting…..
hohoho
Do you need some kind of account to participate?
No account needed at all!
Wooww this sounds awesome! How many participants attended the previous give away and on what base a Winner will be picked?
Succes to all!
The selection is random (using Random.org). Last year it was about 3,000-5,000 per product (12 products in total).
I choose the winning ticket, please
A 1 in 4000 chance at winning a 400 dollar gadget is worth 10 cents. This compares well to many online contests, but if you spend 30 seconds on the entry process that’s minimum wage.
GAME ON!
Counting on my DCR Voodoo doll for luck.
Hell yeaaah
My Birthday! I gotta win get a birthday present right?
Thanks Ray!
Great reviews and giveaways too!
Thanks Ray! I can’t wait :)))
Sweet!
J’y serai!
Netus velit.
YARRRrrrr!!!!
Anyone else realize this means the Edge 1030 won’t be out till at least Thursday at the earliest? You know Ray will get an early unit to look at so he can have some writeup on it for release and he won’t post it right before or during the giveaway.
What’s better than tech? Free Tech
Cool!
Yey!
Yes
Let’s do this!!
can’t wait!
I can’t wait! good luck to everyone who enters!
Oh, man … I gotta long haul flight on Wednesday (prayforwifiprayforwifiprayforwifi)
MTB rider.
Thank You
Thanks for the contest.
Waiter, 1 Powermeter please *wave*
Thx alot!
Can’t wait until tomorrow!
Awesome Venture – TY Ray for all your (very) informative reviews – the giveaways are just an awesome bonus!
I want it all!!! And I want it now!!
As always, I won’t win anything. But it will be fun to try and hope :D
airing patiently all the way in south Africa
Looking forward to it!
Tick tack! Almost less than 30 minutes to start the EXTRAVAGANZA TIME!!!
Getting pumped!
thanks ray,,,,waiting
let me get this please….. :D
I want to bask in the glory of winningness!!! Random number generating gods of mersenne twister please be kind to me!
JIHOEEEEE!!!
I need luck!
After 36 marathons I think a watch will help
Would work with that drone, love it!
I would buy a drone but dont have possibility for it, this is my dream to have it once :)
Love to learn drone photography
Hi again!
Oink oink.
Nice stuff. Good luck to everyone.
Cheers,
Any luck yet?
Hope to win something. Thank you DC Rainmaker.
I enjoy the reviews! Keep them rolling!