Garmin Instinct Esports Edition with Special Software: An Explainer of Sorts
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/10/instinct-esports-edition.htmlAt its core, this is simply a Garmin Instinct watch with an extra sports activity profile.
Suunto 7 with Wear OS–Maps, Music, Payments: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/suunto-payments-everything.htmlThere’s only two words to describe the just announced Suunto 7 GPS watch: Hail Mary.
FINIS Swimsense Performance Monitor In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/12/hands-on-look-at-finis-swimsense.htmlFor those not familiar, Swimsense is like having a Garmin fitness watch…but in the pool.
Garmin ECG Feature Is Now Live: Here’s how it works!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/01/garmin-devices-explained.htmlAs of today, Garmin has released ECG functionality for the Venu 2 Plus watch, for users in the United States.
Tanita BC-1000 Scale Review – In Depth
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/02/tanita-bc-1000-scale-review-in-depth.htmlI don’t get paid to write these reviews, nor do I keep the units sent to me – they all go back after a period of time ranging between 30 and 60 days (in this case, it goes back next week). … It measures more things than your TI-83 graphing calculator from high school calculus, while at the same time recording it and wirelessly sending it to your Garmin Watch, computer and Garmin Connect online.
A&D Medical Lifesource UC-324 ANT+ enabled Weight Scale Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/03/medical-lifesource-uc-324-ant-enabled.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. … If you’re forking out roughly a $100 for this scale, there’s likely only one reason: Because it integrates with your Garmin Forerunner watch or Edge 800 bike computer.
My Summer 2014 Sports Gadget Recommendations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/summer-sports-recommendations.htmlI’ll have some more reviews of trainers lined up for late August and early September. … It’s pretty much my perfect running watch.
Microsoft Band 2 In-Depth Fitness & Sport Focused Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/microsoft-band-review.htmlBut of course you can find all my reviews using the Product Reviews option at the top of the page. … Meaning, once you add GPS, you tend to transition towards more of a watch form factor.
My Winter 2014-2015 Sports Gadget Recommendations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/11/winter-gadget-recommendations.htmlI’ve been including little snippets of these scales in my FitBit Zip and Withings Pulse reviews. … It’s pretty much my perfect running watch.
My Winter 2015-2016 Sports Gadget Recommendations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/11/winter-sports-gadget-recommendations.htmlI’ve been including little snippets of these scales in my Fitbit Surge and Withings Activité reviews. … Also note that in this case I’m specifically referring to running watches, not multisport watches, they have their own category.
The Basis Peak In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/12/basis-depth-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 Basis watch has always been a bit unique in the market in that it has an optical HR sensor on the backside of the watch that monitors and records a slew of body metrics 24x7.
A look at Garmin’s new swimming heart rate straps: HRM-SWIM & HRM-TRI
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/07/garmins-swimming-straps.htmlThe reviews generally take a lot of hours to put together, so it’s a fair bit of work (and labor of love). … Getting heart rate data to a swim watch is certainly not new.
Suunto 9 Peak Pro First Look: A Turning Point?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/suunto-first-turning.htmlSuunto has announced their new Suunto 9 Peak Pro multisport watch, which takes the existing Suunto 9 Peak, and makes it a bit more ‘Pro’ through a variety of hardware and software updates.
The New Polar Vantage Series: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/09/vantage-series-everything.html(*** Update: there has since been an in-depth review for both the Vantage M and the Vantage V GPS watches.
Polar’s Ignite GPS Hands-On: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/06/polars-ignite-everything.htmlI bring this up as the cautionary thing to contemplate when looking at online videos/reviews that may discuss the touch screen and show non-responsiveness. … This (no-longer) sub-$200 GPS watch is packed full of features, but more importantly, packed full of training-focused features.
COROS Pod 2 In-Depth Review: A Missed Opportunity
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/review-missed-opportunity.htmlIn the case of the feature removals (running power), they won’t matter much since on COROS watches running power still comes from the wrist anyway.
Apple’s New Training Load & Vitals App: After 30 Days of Usage
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/apples-training-load-vitals-watchos11.htmlA bit over a month ago at Apple’s WWDC event, the company announced their newest versions of WatchOS, the software platform that the Apple Watch uses.
Garmin Instinct 2X Solar In-Depth Review: Bigger and Flashlight-Equipped!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/instinct-flashlight-equipped.htmlHere’s my acute load, and you can see how last week was very high, and now the last few days…… However, most notably, it becomes the next series of watches to include the flashlight, which Garmin launched on the Fenix 7X last year.
Polar Bluetooth Smart Stride Sensor (Footpod) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/polar-bluetooth-footpod.htmlBecause I want to be transparent about my reviews – Polar sent me the Bluetooth Smart Stride Sensor to try out. … Earlier this week Polar announced their latest product – though, it’s not a watch.
Garmin Fenix 7 vs Epix: A Very Detailed Comparison
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-detailed-comparison-review.htmlNow, I’ve done far more detail on this in my in-depth reviews on both, but in almost every scenario, they acted virtually identical (both good and bad). … In 2022, I wouldn’t overthink the scratch element, the glass they use on the regular non-sapphire units is very strong and I rarely scratch watches with it, despite treating them like crap.
Garmin HRM-TRI & HRM-SWIM In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/11/garmin-swimtri-review.htmlThe reviews generally take a lot of hours to put together, so it’s a fair bit of work (and labor of love). … Whereas Polar actually broadcasts over an analog stream to the watch in real-time.
Polar Verity Sense (Optical HR Sensor Band) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/02/verity-optical-sensor.htmlFor those familiar with my reviews & testing, you’ll know that I often use the Polar OH1 as a reference device in testing – and it is arguably the most accurate optical HR sensor in the market – usually out-performing conventional chest straps too (especially in cooler weather). … Instead, it either broadcasts to another watch/app/bike computer/whatever, or, it records it for later access.
FORM Swim Goggles Adds Openwater Swimming with Garmin & Apple Watches
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/goggles-openwater-swimming.htmlToday, FORM, maker of the heads-up display swim goggles, announced that it’s partnering with Garmin and Apple to bring openwater swim support to their goggles this summer, if you’ve got a compatible Garmin or Apple Watch.
An Explainer: Garmin’s New Wearables LTE Strategy
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/06/garmin-lte-explainer.htmlGarmin’s new Forerunner 945 LTE isn’t your typical LTE watch.
Garmin Fenix 6/6S Pro Solar Review: What’s new & different
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/07/garmin-review-different.htmlBeyond adding in solar panel tech, the watches also get some new features such as Indoor Climbing and Bouldering, as well as a new surfing integration with Surfline sessions.
