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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 Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘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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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.
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
The most common question I receive outside of the “what’s the best GPS watch for me” variant, are photography-esq based. So in efforts to combat the amount of emails I need to sort through on a daily basis, I’ve complied this “My Photography Gear” post for your curious minds (including drones & action cams!)! It’s a nice break from the day-to-day sports-tech talk, and I hope you get something out of it!
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
Many readers stumble into my website in search of information on the latest and greatest sports tech products. But at the end of the day, you might just be wondering “What does Ray use when not testing new products?”. So here is the most up to date list of products I like and fit the bill for me and my training needs best! DC Rainmaker 2023 swim, bike, run, and general gear list. But wait, are you a female and feel like these things might not apply to you? If that’s the case (but certainly not saying my choices aren’t good for women), and you just want to see a different gear junkies “picks”, check out The Girl’s Gear Guide too.
What would we do with your good ideas?
I finally getting the hang of sport tracks. It is not as intuitive as Motion Based.
That’s a good tip! I just cleaned mine. Thanks.
i don’t have a garmin, but i clean all the contacts on all my photo gear with a big ol’ pink eraser!!!
The Forerunner 310XT’s contacts are a bit more difficult to clean. Any ideas?
The Forerunner 310XT’s contacts are a bit more difficult to clean. Any ideas?
Hmm…looking at my 310XT now here…I’d say a small pencil eraser should to the trick. I haven’t run into the issue quite yet though, but I’m sure at some point I will. Time will see.
ive had my 305 for 18 months now, and either been very fortunate or don’t train hard enough…i just had the issue syncing up, and i remembered you had posted this…much appreciated
I’ve sometimes had to resort to using a fingernail file or emery board when a hard eraser didn’t work. That’s never failed.
Garmin tech support actually had me clean them with alcohol on a q-tip when it would talk to the PC. Worked great!
Should have been “wouldn’t talk to the PC”
anyway to clean out the speaker which is silent after years of moisture build up!
do you know how to clean barometer sensor on garmin fenix series?
Best option is putting it in a bowl of warm soapy water for about 15 mins, and then kinda swishing/shaking it around in there, and then rinsing off.