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Check out my weekly podcast - with DesFit, which is packed with both gadget and non-gadget goodness!
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5 Easy Steps To The Site
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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.
“My plans for building my own GPS watch” :O
Oh, are you going to publish a post on Under Armour? I use Endomondo and would be quiet interested in what’s happening with them.
Yup!
Great! Looking forward to it.
Thanks for the rss feed.
Stopped by Berties Cupcakery yesterday in a rainstorm. Oreo and Mexican Chocolate! Having had the cupcakes in G’Town, I would actually give the nod to Bobby. Of course almost everything in Paris tastes better right? Triathlon is just a reason to be able to eat what she brings home eh?
Thanks Bryce! That’s a big compliment coming from someone who has had George Town Bakery cupcakes! The Mexican Chocolate is my new favorite, but it takes some convincing to get some people to try a taste of spicy chocolate!
Great to hear from you :)
Wow, I am honored to have The Girl respond. Thank you. Also, my compliment is well deserved. I also agree with you on the spicy chocolate. It caught me by surprise at first, but I was wanting more after I finished. Ingenious really, I think you are on to something.
Hello Ray, great site, enjoy it very much! I was wondering if you have any info on the Sony Smart Watch 3 as a running watch. I know it has GPS and ability to locally store music. Have you been able to run any tests on it?
No, I haven’t tested it. Though, I do have one that I might get around to poking at. :-/
Thanks for putting up an RSS feed. Just searched and found it in Downcast, so your podcast found its way into whatever directory that app uses too.
Great episode, on a side note, why the need to bleep out stuff? Its a podcast, id rather hear it like a normal conversation rather than like I’m watching TV.
just a guess, but likely to avoid an explicit rating in iTunes. Most iTunes podcasts will do that, then off “proper” ones elsewhere.
Partially iTunes rating, partially just because we heard from folks that were listening to the podcast with kids in the car/etc, and appreciated it.
In general, I don’t swear too much in posts here – so that mostly carries over to the podcast. Of course, in real life…
I think the bleeping makes it more obvious than intended. Blank audio would be better. If you can figure out what the word was, it wasn’t really bleeped.
Just my 2 cents.
Oh, and I’m enjoying the podcast so far.
Can you get this put onto Sticher? I am an android user, so its just more of a pain when its only on iTunes.
Thanks!
@ Brandon – I use Podcast Republic on my Android phone and it hooks up to iTunes. Worth a try!
Great podcast, hope there are many more to come!
Thank you for the podcast. Enjoyed listening while running… beats repetitive music.
Loving the podcast Ray, keep it up!
Got myself an apple watch, personally love it but realise it’s not really a fitness device. For someone like me (where I want a vague idea of my fitness and runs etc) it’s perfect.
Good podcast. We want Stitcher! No beeping!