Whoop 4.0 Band & Platform In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/11/whoop-platform-review.htmlIt’s not a daily step counter, nor a smartwatch with a display, nor an activity tracker.
Week in Review–August 23rd, 2020
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/08/week-review-august.htmlIt’s also probably easier to watch their video on their Kickstarter page.
First look at Garmin’s new Vivosmart activity tracker
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/vivosmart-activity-tracker.htmlAdditionally, if your raise your hand up as if you were going to look at the unit (like a watch), it'll automatically turn on.
Peloton’s Bad Day Explained: Recall of Tread & Security Leak Discovered
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/05/peloton-explained-discovered.htmlThe video is hard to watch (the child eventually walks away), but I think it’s super important anyone with a…
Bikes, Beer, and Tech Live Podcast/Video from TDU Posted!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/02/bikes-podcast-posted.htmlYou’ve got two options for listening to or watching the whole thing.
Sports, Drones, and Follow-Me Aerial Action Imagery: A State of the Industry
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/02/drone-sports-usage.htmlOf course, as you’ll see in the next section – Airdog has resolved that issue entirely with a dedicated watch-style solution.
Friday Tidbits: Endomondo to get shut down and MyFitnessPal sold off
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/10/tidbits-endomondo-myfitnesspal.htmlEndomondo has largely been waning for a few years now, though ironically I’ve actually used it while doing my Samsung Gear fitness watch reviews over the last few years, because it’s the easiest app to get data out of properly.
Week in Review–August 8th, 2021
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/08/week-review-august-2021.html6) Garmin announces annual Connect IQ Developer App Award Winners: This small collection of apps includes a bike data field to monitor the wind direction, as well as a watch app for downloading podcasts.
Week in Review–May 24th, 2020
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/week-review-24th.htmlYour watch? Probably a 6-12 month product cycle.
Big Sales Start: Garmin Fenix 6 Series $200 off, Smart Trainers 20% off!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/11/sports-garmin-series.htmlThat gets you 20% off most things, albeit only one item, through Nov 22nd (except basically GPS watches and action cameras, though most of those are on sale anyway).
Garmin Shows Off Smart Trainer Integration on Fenix 6 & Forerunner 945
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/08/trainer-integration-forerunner.htmlIt’ll actually list all courses on your watch, even hikes/runs/etc.
Friday Sports Tech Livestream Q&A Recorded Session Available!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/04/friday-sports-tech-livestream-qa-recorded-session-available.htmlFrom aero sensors to power meters, watches to bike computers, action cameras to drones, and pretty much everything else in between.
Week in Review–May 13th, 2019
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/05/week-review-13th.htmlApple Watch Series 4 – $50 off: This is one of the first times we’ve seen a sale on the Apple Watch Series 4.
Smart Bike Shootout: Wahoo KICKR Bike vs Tacx NEO Bike vs Wattbike Atom
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/wahookickrbike-wattbikeatom-tacxneobike.htmlOh, and note, you can find two out of three of my full in-depth reviews of these bikes on the pictures below. … Whereas if you’re riding on Zwift and just want to capture that ride on your watch or bike computer so that it adds to your training load for the day, you can’t do that.
Week in Review–August 11th, 2019
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/week-review-august-11th.html1) Fossil watches to allow iOS users to take calls on them: Best I know of, this is a first on iOS (happy to be wrong).
Hands-on: Zwift’s New York City Course is Now Available
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/10/zwifts-course-available.htmlIn which case, just watch this video I stuck together.
Heads Up: 48-Hour Wahoo 10-20% off KICKR, CORE, BIKE, Speedplay & More Sale
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/07/heads-up-48-hour-wahoo-20-off-kickr-core-bike-speedplay-more-sale-us-only.htmlIn any case, here’s the full list of what’s on sale, along with links to all my reviews (just click…… Nor has the RIVAL GPS watch been on sale.
Moxy Launches Kickstarter for Training Portal Platform and Device
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/02/launches-kickstarter-training.htmlBasically, Moxy is making all this glue, versus previously they were fully dependent on devices like a Garmin watch.
Suunto 9 Series Gets New Sleep & Fitness Metrics from FirstBeat
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/fitness-metrics-firstbeat.htmlIn the case of these features, Suunto initially launched them on the lower end Suunto 3/5 series, but like Polar recently, they came to discover that people buying higher-end watches at 2-3x the price prefer to have all the features, versus just some of the features.
Polar’s New H9 Heart Rate Strap: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/polars-everything-wanted.htmlThe main use case for concurrent (dual) Bluetooth Smart connections is where you want to concurrently connect your chest strap to something like a Polar watch (which only does Bluetooth Smart for current models) as well as an app like Zwift on iOS/Apple TV (also only Bluetooth Smart).
Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/09/garmin-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). … The more unique and innovative shots someone sees in your edit, the more likely they are to not skip ahead to watch cat videos elsewhere on YouTube.
Big Sports Tech Sales Return: 20-30% off Power Meters, Trainers, Watches, and Plenty More!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/05/big-sports-tech-sales-return-20-off-power-meters-trainers-watches-and-plenty-more.htmlThe 20% off sales tend to cover the trainers and power meters, while the other holiday sales tend to cover watches and usually cycling tech.
A Quick Review: A $17 Weight Scale that Syncs to Zwift (1byone Smart Scale)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/02/review-weight-1byone.htmlNamely because frankly, I already hate writing scale reviews as it is. … Simply step on the scale and watch magic happen.
100+ Holiday 2023 Sports Tech Deals!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/11/the-best-sports-tech-fitness-deals-black-friday.htmlThis covers anything you can wear that’s watch-like or activity band-like, including sensors.
Week in Review–Feb 3rd, 2019
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/02/week-in-review-feb-3rd-2019.htmlBut of course, it’s still fun to watch.
