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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.
I need an accurate scale. Thanks!
Here’s hoping
I suppose it is worth a try.
A scale that doesn’t switch to kg randomly would be nice.
Chicken Dinner!!!
Please count me in
Pop one over to my house.
Weight all the things!
yes please :D
Ayy
That’s exactly what I need to succeed.
Geeky weighting to persuade oneself that one’s love handles actually form a pulse vawe ? :) Count me in :)
Would be fun to win.
Let’s go for it!!!
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thanks
Yes please!
Ooh, more prizes!
My wife would like her own scale.
I would be 5everly greatful if I won!
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeere!!! :-)
On a scale of 1-10 this would really . . . . . . Pop!
Woot!
This is something that piqued my curiosity when you did your first hands-on with it and I’ve been thinking of getting one for myself anyway.
Here we go
Nice!
Am I too fat?
Neat.
It’s time to finally get to know my weight
Keep it up!
For the next few months I’m sat at home writing my doctoral thesis. I could use these bad boys to help me not get fat from all the biscuits I’ll be eating. Thanks for the opportunity to win, Ray!
Obviously, 5ever is 4ever+1. That means forever plus one more bike.
Also good to have.
Will it tell me to stop eating the French fries? ?
Jag måste sova strax :D
Luck is with me …
In the immortal words of Mr Ray Maker – “Yup”.
The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion. And Ferris is gonna give the guy a fiver to watch it.
This scale will be mine
Yes please
i’ll take it
beer
Nice
Yes, this is awesome!
Yes please!
Heavy!
I’d like this please :)
Exactly what I need.
Shazam!
I’m in. Thanks!
One “5” me pleazzzz
Got to be in it to win it!
a scale is always needed…
what is my race weight and how much I need to drop? I’d know better with this stylish scale
5ever
I want to high tech weigh myself!!!
Yes please (“,)
Count me in!
Yeeha
These would totally change my life! Maybe.
Hope it’s worth the weight….. wait…. oh dear :-)
Anchors
Worth your weight in gold!
DCR gone mad :)
great, this’ll shame me into excersicing…
Want to win
Nice!
This could be handy.
Go on, I’ll take them
So of scale. I love the watch!
Measuring weight 5 ever
Nice
Not to be outdone, Spinal Tap introduces their new love lock: Spinal Tap 11Ever
Nice combo!!
SO cool need the scales and the watch….
What’s better than 4 Ever . . .?
Me !
Enjoy your reviews, thanks for the giveaway.
I hope I win this one.
Lock and Load – that’s how we roll. Hence the diet and need to watch out and lose weight using a good set of scales. I think that covers all the points!
If 4ever is not enough. You reach for eternity and go +1.
Nokia
This would also be great! :-)
Are you saying I’m fat?
RNG, pick this.
Weight for me to enter
Pulse Wave Velocity, how cool sounds that. I want one! Thanks
Beautiful color. 5ever :O That’s crazy
weigh cool. ha. haha.
a weighing item
I’ve been wanting a connected scale!
Nice!
Who doesn’t need an extra scale?!
Locks not included ? :-)
Hey, Hey, Hey
Looks cool!
Ja takk
Random generator pick me!!!
A gift for my wife ?
Yes