Heads up – Massive Sports Tech Holiday Deals List is Live!!! The Garmin Fenix 8 is $250 off (even the Fenix 8 Pro is $100 off!), the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is on sale, the Garmin inReach Mini 2 is $249, the GoPro Hero 13 Black, DJI NEO, and a ton of other brands/deals, including Wahoo, Oura, Whoop, Polar, Samsung, Google, and more than 100 sports tech deals here!
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Here’s how to save!
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You can also pick-up tons of gear at REI via these links, which is a long-time supporter as well:
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You can use the above link for any Amazon country and it (should) automatically redirect to your local Amazon site.
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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 2024 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.
Why not ?
I’ll make an effort to fill the missing “E” in the product name, by Excelling in using it :D
Here’s to hoping I win.
Yes please!
OOOOH YES PLEASE!
Here again!
Here you are an extra E
Elementary!
Pick me!
yuuuuuuuuuup
Yes!
Yes please
Would love love love this trainer!
Yes please!
Please please please make me a winner this time!
Count me in!
i need this :D
Fingers crossed for this one
Looking forward to this!
yes please, this would nicely match my bike :)
Giev!
Yes please!
Me me me me me!
W(Y)AHOO!!!
Shiny new features!
Yes please.
Yes please!
This looks an impressive piece of kit that would be well used in South Wales
give it a try
I’m in!
Hooray for free toys!
Now that would be cool!
Sign me up!
Lets ride ??
i would love this.
I need it.
Count me in!
Yes please
Wish I win this
dcrainmaker FTW!
Yes, please!
Wow, I can’t keep up!
Perfect I’m always lost!
Would be nice to have
Yes, i’m in.
Want that too!
Thanks for the great reviews Ray.
Curious about this one and the turn-by-turn navigation
For “the wife” bike..
p pl ple plea please
Let’s try my luck :)
Cool
Wahoo. Wouldn’t that be fun!
I’d love to be the E-savior :-)
My precious!
Thuis one is for me.
I want one!
I’m in thanks
Comment comment comment
Count me in!
I would love one in my bike! (sorry if I posted twice, mobile network problems)
yes please #3213331232
I want this also!
I badly need a bike computer !
Yes, please.
Yadda, yadda, yadda, gimme, gimme, gimme…
Cool :)
Happy winner from last year!! Hoping for a repeat :-) I’m in!
would love to win this one!
elmntl for cycling ;)
Wahoo!
Bitte
Whoohooo
Yeahh… take it please!
Yes please!
Me, Please.
Need the kickr to go with it :)
Awesome!
I want to be a WINR!
Yessss I could use this well
Yes please!
Feeling lucky
Nice computr
Count me in for this one
Great giveaway!
Good luck to all!
Wahoo!
Maybe I’ll stay up all night just to enter every giveaway.
I missed the 4iiii power meter :(
That gear will put me in my element!
Hopefully not to late this time!
Thank you
I can find my way with this.
Yes I could use that
PleasePeakMePleasePeakMePleasePeakMePleasePeakMePleasePeakMe
Wahooligan!
Against the Elements!
I better have some luck today :)
Allows me to read the Power data of the 4iiii powermeter, that I’m also going to win. How awesome a day already!
Thank you so much for the giveaways, and also for so many excellent reviews of course!
I have some extra E’s that need used. Thanks Ray.