Garmin Instinct Crossover Series In-Depth Review: It’s Got Hands!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/11/garmin-instinct-crossover-review.htmlWith that overview, I’ve been putting the Instinct Crossover through its paces, seeing how this $499 watch handles, as well as how it compares in areas like accuracy to other $499 watches.
Garmin Forerunner 745 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/garmin-forerunner-745-depth-review.htmlThis multisport watch essentially takes just about everything from the FR945, except leaves the maps by the side of the road, saving you $100.
Suunto Spartan Ultra In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/10/suunto-spartan-ultra-review.htmlThe reviews generally take a lot of hours to put together, so it’s a fair bit of work (and labor of love). … It’s been a bit over four months since Suunto started to announce the Spartan series, which contains two watches at present: the Ultra and the Sport.
Garmin Forerunner 220 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/11/garmin-forerunner-depth-review.htmlBecause I want to be transparent about my reviews – Garmin provided both beta and final production FR220’s, with this review being written on the basis of the final production hardware + software (some photos were taken during the software beta period of course). … The Garmin FR220 is the company’s latest mid-range (price-wise) running watch, which succeeds the older FR210 unit.
Garmin Forerunner 620 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/11/garmin-forerunner-review.htmlBecause I want to be transparent about my reviews – Garmin provided both beta and final production FR620’s, with this review being written on the basis of the final production hardware + software (some photos were taken during the software beta period of course). … The Garmin FR620 is Garmin’s newest and most advanced running GPS watch.
Just Got A New Sports Gadget? 37 Tips To Get You Started
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/12/sports-gadget-started.htmlFor ClimbPro, I detail how that works in each of the in-depth reviews. … As did Apple Watch exactly two weeks ago today, and countless others.
Apple watchOS 7 New Features Outlined: Finally includes sleep tracking
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/06/features-outlined-includes.htmlAs part of Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), held each June – though this year totally virtual, the company has outlined numerous aspects of their platforms (iOS, iPad OS, watchOS, and tvOS).
Garmin HRM-FIT In-Depth Review: Best Women’s Heart Rate Monitor?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/garmin-review-monitor.htmlGiven the unit’s lineage with existing Garmin HRM-PRO series straps, that means it maintains features like advanced running metrics, offline data caching, indoor run/treadmill running pace data transmission, as well as tracking steps/calories/intensity minutes even when a watch isn’t worn.
Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/06/garmin-vivoactive-everything.htmlSo as much as I might play with iHeartRadio for reviews, it’s not really what I use day to day. … For those not familiar with the existing Vivoactive 3, that’s Garmin’s all-around GPS tracking watch.
Fitbit Blaze In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/03/fitbit-blaze-review.htmlThe reviews generally take a lot of hours to put together, so it’s a fair bit of work (and labor of love). … The company positioned it as a smart fitness watch, aiming to offer something midway between the higher-end GPS-enabled Fitbit Surge, and the more simplistic Fitbit Charge HR (and now the Alta).
Timex Run Trainer GPS 2.0 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/03/trainer-depth-review.htmlBecause I want to be transparent about my reviews, once my evaluation period with the Timex Run Trainer 2.0 has elapsed, I send it back to Timex in Middlebury, Connecticut. … This new unit adds in features such as nutrition alerts, while at the same time simplifying general operation of the watch.
Motorola MOTOACTV In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/11/motorola-motoactv-in-depth-review.htmlLike all my reviews, they tend to be pretty in depth (perhaps overly so) – but that’s just my trademark DC Rainmaker way of doing things. … As I noted two days ago, the Motorola Motoactv has completely and totally changed the face of sports watches…literally overnight.
Polar Ignite 3 In-Depth Review: AMOLED Display & Multiband GPS!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/11/ignite3-display-multiband.htmlPolar has just announced their newest watch – the Ignite 3.
COROS Pace Pro In-Depth Review: Now With AMOLED and Maps!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/10/coros-review-amoled.htmlI’ve previously included this little chart/list in other reviews, which many people have said is super helpful to understanding the…… At first glance, the headline news here is that COROS has finally announced an AMOLED watch.
Apple WatchOS 10 Topographic Maps: Hands-on with the Public Beta
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/07/apple-watch-topographic.htmlLast month Apple announced WatchOS 10, and with it a slate of new features focused on the fitness/sports realm.
Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/05/suunto-spartan-review.htmlSo I’m writing a new navigation section covering all Spartan devices (they’re all identical), and I’ll be pasting it into both reviews. … They’ve added back in tons of features previously found on the prior Suunto watch lineups, plus some new ones.
Mio Alpha Optical Heart Rate Monitor In-Depth Review (Bluetooth Smart/ANT+)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/02/monitor-bluetooth-smartant.htmlI write these reviews because I’m inherently a curious person with a technology background (my day job), and thus I try and be as complete as I can. … In the case of the Alpha watch, I bought and paid for the Bluetooth Smart version, but Mio (company behind Alpha) also sent over two units (ANT+ and Bluetooth Smart) to test ahead of them being publically available.
Garmin Venu with AMOLED Display: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/garmin-display-everything.htmlSo such things like higher quality animations and better quality watch faces.
Suunto 3 Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/05/suunto-fitness-review.htmlLike with all my reviews, once I’ve completed my test time with the product I send it back to the company that loaned it. … Concurrently though, the company has added in more biometric related data than any of their higher end watches that cost 3-4x the price of the Suunto 3 Fitness.
Everything you ever wanted to know: Garmin’s new Forerunner 230, 235, and 630 watches
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/10/garmin-fr230-fr235.html(Update: Both my FR230/235 & FR630 In-Depth Reviews have now been published at those links. … Ahh yes, that time of year when there’s pumpkin spiced lattes (or cupcakes), pumpkin pies, and new Garmin Forerunner watches.
Garmin Forerunner 405 in depth review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2008/10/garmin-forerunner-405-in-depth-review.htmlHowever, as reviews started to trickle in – it became a love it or hate it situation. … At the time it appeared to offer everything I might want from a running watch – sleek design, GPS enabled and compatible with all my existing Garmin accessories.
Garmin Lily 2 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/garmin-lily-depth-review.htmlGarmin has just announced the Lily 2 smartwatch, which continues to be aimed at being a minimalist fitness and health smartwatch that contains most of the behind-the-scenes wellness tracking features of the rest of Garmin’s watches, but without as many of the fancier sports or higher-end smartwatch features.
Garmin Forerunner 745: 8 Months Later Review Update
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/04/garmin-forerunner-review-update.htmlThe vast majority of the time it was good, but certainly some oddities (you can see these in some of my various reviews since then like the Enduro review, Polar Vantage M2 review, etc…). … Even while testing a slew of other watches over the last 8 months, the Forerunner 745 could almost always be found on one of my wrists.
Apple Outlines Next Version of Apple WatchOS: What you need to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/06/outlines-version-watchos.htmlYesterday at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the company detailed the incoming mass of features across all of Apple’s platforms, from computer (MacOS) to phone/tablet (iOS/iPadOS), and yes, Apple Watch.
My Winter 2016-2017 Sports Gadget Recommendations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/11/winter-sports-recommendations.htmlI may not have full in-depth reviews published on all of them (yet), but I have been using them. … We’ve seen some awesome options in the running GPS watch market over the last 6-8 months.
