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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 GPS Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent gadget recommendations guide (2012) – covering almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day to day? I also just put together my complete 2012 ‘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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Understand technology and sport in the How-To Guides.
I enjoy explaining new things to folks – especially showing people how to get the most from their gadgets. Here’s an ongoing list of “How to” guides.
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Read my Top 25 most useful posts.
It turns our I’ve written a fair bit of stuff over the past few years – and after it disappears from my front page, a lot of it never really sees the light of day again without Google’ing skillz. Or a photographic memory…which I don’t have. I’ve taken a look back and found stuff that…continues to find a trickle of readers via web searches or forum links.
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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.
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
In the Queue: Swimovate Poolmate HR
Recent Posts in “The Queue”
In the Queue: Bryton Cardio 60 GPS Multisport Watch
The Bryton Cardio 60 is a GPS multisport watch that does swim/bike/run and connects to a variety of ANT+ sensors. It competes with other watches in the market such as the Magellan Switch Up and … Read More Here
In the Queue: Basis B1 Continuous Monitoring Watch
The Basis B1 watch is the first watch on that market that can continually record your heart rate, skin temperature, perspiration – as well as being a traditional step counter. I’ll be wearing it 24×7 … Read More Here
In the Queue: The 4iiii’s Viiiiva ANT+ to Bluetooth HR Strap Bridge
Phew, that’s a long title. I’ve had this for a few weeks now, and will be testing it for at least a number more weeks before I publish a review on it. I’m pending some … Read More Here
Timex Run Trainer 2.0 Unwrapping (including first run photos!)
The Timex Run Trainer 2.0 builds on the initial Timex Run Trainer GPS unit, by going with a bit slimmer size and a much refreshed menu system. Thus far, after a single three-hour run I’m … Read More Here
O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and … Read More Here
Garmin Edge 510/810 Rubber Cases
This isn’t really in ‘The Queue’ from the standpoint of me reviewing them. I’m just stashing the pics here simply so that folks that were waiting for the photos know they’re here. Make sense? Good. … Read More Here
Mio Cyclo 305 HC
The Mio Cyclo 305 is a cycling GPS unit with mapping and more casual features – such as ‘surprise me’ routing (the ability to have it pick a random route that meets various criteria). The … Read More Here
Wahoo Fitness RFLKT Unboxing
The Wahoo Fitness RFLKT is a phone tethered bike computer display. In other words, it relies upon apps from a phone to display data. This can be native apps like the Wahoo Fitness app – … Read More Here
O-Synce Navi2Coach Cycling GPS Unboxing
Picked up this unit at CES, even though I had seen it in demo back at Eurobike/Interbike. It’s an Edge 500 competitor, and I’m pretty impressed with it. It had incredible customization, and a super … Read More Here
