Heads up! Here’s your massive Black Friday sports tech deals list! This includes the Garmin Forerunner 965 for just $499, Garmin Epix for $429, the Apple Watch Ultra 2 for just $619, the GoPro Hero 12 Black for $299, (or Hero 13 bundle for $339!) and plenty more! Go check out the full list of 100+ deals 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.
Would look great next to my couch!
I have a need, a need for speed!
Yes, please!
Over here!
Fingers crossed! Too Fun :D
Awesome…. I would love one of these!
Wowowow!
This thing is awesome! Thanks for putting this together!
This would be really great, and silent!
This would be fantastic for my training!
My first season of triathlons are coming to an end, throwing my name in the hat for an awesome winter setup!
Yes please
Thanks Ray!
You’re the best!
Let’s do it!
No need to climb a mountain, … just a bike!
Thx Ray!
Yes please!
You are so cool.
This would be a great winter addition!
This would make any pain cave!
Yes!!!
Love your site.
swwweet! :)
Recovering from Cancer and feeling a bit unfit. Id love to win one of your prises.
Will have the Alps in my garage!
Yes please
This would be perfect for my marathon cross-training
This would be great for those rainy days
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I would loose a lot of my excuses
Wonder how that set would look in a team training room here in the Caribbean?
I´ll give it a try
Climb baby!
ping
Curious of this machine
Thanks for the chance!
Cracking comp Ray. ?
Intrigued to try the climb
This would go fantastically well in my garage.
This would be a great price to win!
Winter is coming. I need this!
Hi Ray, count me in please,
Nathan
Good luck everyone.
Worth a shot!
Wonderfull technology
Nice!!
It’s wet outside.
Nice! Pretty awesome giveaways.
I need to start biking so hopefully, this will be the motivator.
Thanks
Time to kick off some training.
Thank you so much. Namaste ??
This would be a significant improvement over my cureent Kinetic Rock and Roll
I’d love a Climb
Boom
I need this in my life!
Omg this is amazing. If I could only be so lucky
OMG, I want this.
Nice trainer, winter is coming!
I’ll take two!
Pick me!!
Pick me please.
Pain cave, please.
winter is coming
This one goes to 11.
Excellent reviews you make. Excellent to get a prize as well!
Just what I need!
Okay, this is the best one so far. Yes yes yes!
Would love to have this!
I just got went full thru axle on my bikes… so my old cheapo trainer is paper weight now…
Love to have it!
Turbo class cancelled, Wahoo needed down under in Sydney
Plox
Yes please
Perfect equipment for my bike torture chamber
Yes
Who wants to ride outside in wind, rain and cold? I do. But not everyday.
Looks cool to keep you training all winter.
Heck yes! Just what I need headed into winter!
I would never leave the house again!
This is one serious prize!
It’s a chance…
This would be really appreciated!
Thank you.
Nice one Ray. I wanna go uphill.
Need one!
Fingers crossed
Thank you.
Need one for the paincave. Winter is coming!
Gracias!
It may even get the wife interested
Wahooooooooooow great news! :-)
Comment!
Wow this would be awesome to win fingers crossed.
Just what i need. Thank you RAY !!
Be a change from real hills.
That would be great to win
Wow, this giveaway day is justbgetting more awesome every two hours. Amazing.
Well, here is my lottery ticket
Nice!
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