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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.
I got all excited when I saw “new watches”, thinking maybe you had some inside scoop for us with the SGW7 series. I’m looking forward to seeing your review of that when the time comes. Still love my PW1 but I really want a Wear OS device that looks and operates as well as some other brand. Hopefully, Samsung finally decides to put good sensors in this iteration.
The “Best GPS Watches Buyers Guide” has not been updated since 2021? Has it been superceded?
Is there any sight of a music app (Amazon, Sportify etc) on the Edge bike computers?
Great insight as always!
In case I missed it, will the Zwift Ride work with other trainers in the future? I will definitely be getting one as it will help get my wife on Zwift, but as my Garmin Flux-3 is less than 18 months old, I don’t want to purchase another one.
Hi DC!
I am sure you get this a lot… but I have to try!
When do you expect, according to past trends, that Garmin may be releasing their new fenix series?
Gracias from Spain.
Joaquín.
Finally catching up with my podcasts. Disagree with the Wahoo Trackr. My H10 eats batteries, like will last 2 weeks before saying low battery and then I just have to run it till it dies. Disconnect the pod off the strap everytime. So this is something that I’m actually looking at because the H10 battery issues.
Have you tried reaching out to Polar support?
I think it is very important for people to know that the new Wahoo Trackr has a much smaller strap. I have a 50″ chest and it won’t fit, while the old wahoo heart rate monitor straps were just fine.