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18 Sports Tech Things at CES That I Didn’t Write About

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/ces-sportstech-leftovers.html

(Please note: These aren’t meant to be detailed ‘reviews’ of products, nor some elaborate analysis of specs. … Casio was out on the show floor with a massive display setup dedicated to their new WSD-F10 hiking watch.

My 2011 Sports Technology Recommendations

www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/11/my-2011-sports-technology.html

If you’re looking for comparison stuff – most of the in-depth reviews also have a comparison guide at the end. … That said, it’s an awesome watch and does the job accurately.

Apple Adds Cycling Power Meter Recording to Fitness+ Workouts

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/08/fitness-recording-workouts.html

This addition is supported in the latest public betas of WatchOS10 and iOS17 (and iPad, and probably other platforms I haven’t tested).

Garmin Fenix3 HR In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/garmin-fenix3hr-review.html

This device took Garmin’s Elevate optical HR sensor and added it to their hugely successful Fenix3 watch, which has become Garmin’s most advanced watch for multisport athletes (seemingly surpassing the higher end Epix along the way with new features).

Suunto adds Komoot Routes Turn by Turn Integration in Latest Update

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/03/suunto-komoot-integration.html

But more importantly, all Suunto Spartan, Suunto 5/7/9 watches get the new below-outlined Komoot route and turn by turn integration functionality.

Polar Ignite 2 Hands-On: What’s New & Different

www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/03/polar-ignite-different.html

The Ignite series essentially aims to compete with lower-end Apple Watches and Garmin’s Vivoactive lineup.

How to export fitness data from the Samsung wearables (and Samsung Health app)

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/03/export-samsung-galaxy.html

For each of the last three years or so, I’ve started the review process of a Samsung GPS watch, all variants of either the Samsung Galaxy line or Samsung Gear lineup.

The New Garmin Forerunner 310XT Openwater Swim Mode…In Depth.

www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/06/new-garmin-forerunner-310xt-openwater.html

Last week Garmin quietly introduced a new upgrade to the Garmin Forerunner 310XT watch that now enables an open water swim mode.

Garmin Venu 2 Plus vs Garmin Epix: A Very Detailed Comparison

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-detailed-comparison.html

Oh, and the two in-depth reviews are available here:… So today’s video/post is my best effort at comparing two vastly different watches.

How to use Garmin ECG Feature: Fenix 7 Pro, Epix Pro, and Venu 3

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/10/garmin-ecg-feature-how-to-guide.html

These four different sets of watches all share the same new Garmin ELEVATE V5 optical heart rate sensor package, which is hardware-capable of ECG.

Zeo – In Depth Product Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/12/zeo-in-depth-product-review.html

If you’ve read my reviews in the past, you’ll find this has all the same great detail – but with a product unlike any I’ve ever reviewed before. … The headband unit is what watches your noggin and in turn relays information about your brain waves to the bedside unit, which records them to the SD card (or memory).

Google Acquires Fitbit: What it actually means to wearables and the industry

www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/11/acquires-actually-wearables.html

Apple sells approximately 20-25 million Apple Watches per year (and more than double that for the entire ‘wearables’ category).

The Giveaway Extravaganza Winners!

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/06/extravaganza-winners.html

My-In-Depth Product Review: Garmin Edge 510 & Edge 810 In-Depth Reviews… First up this year, the Suunto Ambit 2! This triathlon focused watch crossed over from starting off as a hiking/ultra-runners watch and then within the Ambit 2 line, they added in all triathlon sports (swim/bike/run/multisport).

Timex Ironman GPS Global Trainer First Look Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/06/timex-ironman-gps-global-trainer-first.html

If you know my reviews, you know that I’m super detailed. … While a full in depth review is still forthcoming in the next few weeks, here’s a quick look in the meantime at how the watch is shaking out.

First Look at COROS’s new Structured Workout & Strength Training Features

www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/structured-strength-training.html

COROS has announced a slate of structured workout features for both inside and outside that’ll be pushed to the majority of their watches next week, specifically the VERTIX, APEX, and APEX Pro Series.

Garmin Revamps and Expands Beta Program With Dedicated Platform

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/garmin-platform-revamp.html

As their watches continue to get more and more complex, the ability for Garmin to test every combination of every feature in every scenario or edge case is simply impossible, even with test case automation.

Garmin Vivosmart 5 In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/garmin-vivosmart-review.html

As usual, this watch is a media loaner, and it’ll go back to Garmin.

Garmin Epix vs Forerunner 965: All 65+ Differences Detailed

www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/03/forerunner-differences-detailed.html

You can always dig into the full reviews of either device here:… I have just spent an absurd amount of time trying to compare every single feature, hardware component, and menu option between the new Forerunner 965 and the existing Garmin Epix watch.

Suunto Announces SuuntoPlus Guides: An App Platform for 3rd Party Apps

www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/03/announces-suuntoplus-platform.html

At the time, it was the very first open to any developer watch-based app platform.

Garmin Vivosport In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/garmin-vivosport-review.html

The main screen is your default watch face, which can be lightly customized with a few default watch faces, as well as the orientation.

Garmin Edge 510 In-Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/garmin-edge-510-in-depth-review.html

Because I want to be transparent about my reviews – Garmin sent me a final production Edge 510 unit to test out, though, it’s been running beta and release candidate firmware. … I would have preferred keeping the same size as the Edge 500, and introducing something akin to the touch screen found on the Motorola Motoactv, or even a black and white variant as found on the FR610 (running watch).

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Garmin HRM-RUN

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/02/garmin-hrm-details.html

The reviews generally take a lot of hours to put together, so it’s a fair bit of work (and labor of love). … The only watch that supported said metrics was the FR620, thus, if you had anything else then it didn’t really matter.

Garmin Edge 500 In Depth Review

www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/12/garmin-edge-500-in-depth-review.html

Like 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’ve ever used any of the Forerunner series of watches (305/310/405/etc…) you’ve probably wondered why the elevation data is always a bit questionable.