Heads up! The big Garmin annual spring sale has started, with $200 off the Fenix 8 (first sale to date!), $100 off the Edge 1050, Forerunner 965 at $499, the Forerunner 265, the new Instinct 3, and countless other Garmin products including inReach Mini 2. Plus the Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium is on sale, and some Suunto & Wahoo product deals too. Full list & thoughts here!
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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.
These would be amazing.
I’d love them!
More power numbers more fun ! Count me in.
Definitely on my wish list
Un capteur de puissance: depuis le temps que j’en reve !
Bring it on
Was reading up on these yesterday, wouldn’t that be awesome?
More power!
The best of ;-)
Tap Tap Tap…
Wow
Those would be cool to throw at friends but I’d rather humiliate myself with weak numbers on Strava, pick me!
PowerTap!
Sweet! Hopefully I’ll get lucky on one of these!
Awesome
I would love to have the power.
keeping a very high standard with the giveaway prizes… ;)
Oh! I’d love to train with power! IM in 12 weeks :-D
Can’t tell you how badly I want these.
Yes please… Power up!
it is my money and i want it now!
Happy winner from last year!! Hoping for a repeat :-) I’m in!
Gotta be on the power play!
You have the Power!
Pick me
Pedal power!
Yes please!
I like lamp
That’s what I was waiting for. Please pick me for this one.
Peddling pedals to promoting power perfection
This is the ony gadget I’m missign and it can improvem my performance significantly.
Hope I can win it here as my wife does not want to spend this kind of money on my sport
Boom
I really want these!!!
A nice tool for my trainings… Power come to me…lol
That would be nice!
Yes theses should be a good excuse to get a new bike :)
Me! Me! Me! Please let me win these!
Be awesome, but if not how about an invite to the next Dinner in White please?
I’ll have to buy proper road shoes for these, but yeah!
Oh I like those
Yay!
Another awesome gadget that I don’t have (yet ;))!
I’m in, again!
Need this!!
Power to me!
Fingers crossed!
Cool!
Yes please Mr Rainmaker ;)
yes please
i got the power!
… right on!
Best yet
hello -it’s me!
Do want !
I’m in!
Happy days
Great
cool for my bike
Cool pedals!
Yes please!
Can never have too much POWER
Wow! This should be so cool to win…
I’m giving her all she’s got captain!
Ray, as always, great resource and great giveaways! cheers
Not sure I want to know how powerful my legs aren’t.
Yes please!
I hope I win!
It would help a lot. fingers crossed
Another great giveaeay stuff…
Great. Love it
thats the one I need!
gotta love the power
Thank you
Wow!
Power is awesome!!!
POWER!!!!!
Very cool.
Who doesn’t love free SWEET tech!
Go go power rangers!
Awesome,,
makes me tired just thinking about it :)
sign me up, would love those pedals!! thanks
Yes pls
If I won these, I’b be able to see how many Watts I put out between Eds and London on the 9th!! How cool would that be??? You’d be able to count the calories to the finish line, all >15,000 of them!
I need new pedals) thanks
Power on, I really Need These pedals. Pleeeeease.
I would love some of that. Count me in
I need to be lucky ;)
Entering to win the Powertap P1 Power Meter Pedals
I’m in
These will look great on my bike … thanks ;-)
I want to win
Would love to have a powermeter!
Me!
There would be AWESOME!
These would go great on my new Bastion frame!
Me, please!
PowerTap pedals make a great gift
It’s my birthday, this year ?
This would be such a great addition to my bike for training.