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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.
Track and field!! …and badminton
Cycling of course!!
Atlethics!
Swimming, rowing and athletics
Cycling triathlon swimming
Swimming and gymnastics, mostly.
Judo! Go Teddy Riner!
Swimming, Gymnastics, Cycling
Road cycling, track cycling and triathlon
Swimming! Cycling! Running!
Time Trial, Swimming events, Triathlon, Shooting
Swimming, cycling
Cycling/swiming
I will watch the triathlon
Swimming.
judo
gymnastics!!!!!
I have been watching Swimming and Women’s Gymnastics. Team USA is doing amazing!
Cycling -Ouch
Rugby 7s-Awesome
Dressage-Mind numbingly boring
Swimming-Phelps Magic
velladrome cycling-Great Brits :)
Diving-Too Gay
Looking forward to Brownlees winning gold and Silver
cycling , swimming , gymnastics , rowing
Teddy Riner : Judo !
Judo. Gold medal for Krpalek!
Swimming
A lot but cycling was really awesome!
Judo, mtb, swimming.
Cycling and archery!
Women’s volleyball
Women’s Road Race
Been watching the swimming, road cycling race and TT, paddling (go Ireland!) and various bits of the gymnastics. Looking forward to more track cycling and the triathlon next!
Lots and lots of… archery, speedwalking, and handball. Ha.
All of the events I can! Just about to watch Sir Brad win another gold in the men’s team pursuit….
Swimming!
Archery, cycling, rowing, and everything else that is on :)
Huge list
Cycling, road, tt, track, rowing, tennis, heptathlon, rugby 7s (that was great)
Diving (China wow) gymnastics
List goes on
So far… swimming and more swimming.
Men’s cycling, with the ladies on the DVR.
Cycling
Following Lotta Lepistö’s cycling.
Don’t have cable… so swimming and gymnastics are all I get!
Track cycling, been enjoying the individual sprint qualifying!
Loved watching the whitewater kayaking
Cycling, swimming and gymnastics
I watched roadcycling and will watch mtb. go gor gold nino!
Watching these swimmers wishing I was that fast in the water.
Cycling – road, tt, track, gymnastics, diving and swimming so far
sailing, pretty boring :D
cycling
Swimming, volleyball, fencing – strange mix
USA women’s soccer, swimming, road cycling, time trials… and any other medal event!
No Man’s Sky
Swimming, cycling, soccer, gymnastics, looking forward to the tri next week!
Swimming and cycling!!
Watching the swimming relays right now
I just watched Womens’s badminton for the first time. Watched fencing too. Michael Phelps is an animal!
Oh yeah – Archery, track cycling and synchronised diving :)
swimming
I’ve been having a blast watching swimming every night. It’s been great watching the swimming in the Eastern time zone and team Canada has been doing a great job this year!
Mostly doping, but some golf too.
Track cycling all the way!
Watching whatever they put on the big TV at work… Today it was Women’s soccer, Women’s basketball, and Men’s Archery.
riding
I’ve been watch some cycling, swimming and beach volleyball.
Great to see Greg Paltrinieri swim the 1500mt qualifing race with the best time!
Swimming and cycling
Random selection, rowing, swimming, etc., definitely going to watch the triathlon races.
It has to be the rowing.
pretty much everything!
Cycling, Soccer, Swimming, Gymnastics.
As much as I can but really swimming is most of it so far.
Swimming. But only because there’s no curling in summer olympics.
Whatever ad-stuffed events NBC has deemed good enough for prime time. So, swimming and gymnastics.
Rugby y 7s, swimming and now track cycling!
Men’s team pursuit
Road cycling, rowing, fencing, tennis, track cycling, gymnasts
Team USA swimming has been phenomenal.
Handball – crossing fingers for Denmark
Women’s beach volleyball. Not hiding it.
SWIM!!!!!!!! Phelps rules!
10k women
Fencing, Table Tennis, Judo, and a little Combat Cycling..
Swimming, volleyball
Swimming, cycling, volleyball, gymnastics, and track and field starting ?
gimnastics :):)
Swimming tennis, gimnastic, hockey, voleyball, basketball, cycling.
All sports I think
Badminton. Doesn’t get better than hitting around a shuttlecock. Or even watching it
Biking, Volleyball, running!
Ummm, mostly just swimming so far. But to be honest, don’t really care much about the olympics.
Watching the long distance running events and track cycling. Very exciting!!
Track cycling, swimming, judo, track and field, volleyball, gymnastics, badminton, diving
All the swimming!
Rowing!
Green diving
Time trial men
Swimming
I have been watching handball and of course individual TT
Been watching the swimming obsessively. Also the cycling, and the USA women’s soccer
Unfortunately none so far. But I’m looking forward to the womens Triathlon next saturday :)
swimming
Biking, Swimming, Gymnastics
Cycling and swimming
I’ve been watching the road cycling, track cycling, tennis, rugby, swimming, athletics, rowing and kayaking. I’m not making it up, after the Tour I didn’t think the summer of sport could get any better but I’ve just loved every second!