Jan. 13

Strava’s New Instant Workouts Feature: Does it actually work?

 Last week Strava launched their new ‘Instant Workouts’ feature, which leans on Strava’s acquisition of Runna (and probably also their acquisition of The Breakaway, too). The app is for subscribers only, but aims to give the user a weekly set of five workouts, in each of four categories. But …

Jan. 8

New App: Using Philips Hue Lights Easily with Any Trainer

 I’ve long wanted a way to link Philips Hue lights with Zwift (or my trainer), but the solutions were never that awesome. In fact, one of Zwift’s co-founders’ earliest geekery side projects was controlling smart home lighting via Zwift. Sadly, over the years, there really haven’t been any easily …

Jan. 7

Suunto Releases Major Firmware Update for Watches – Full Details!

 Suunto has just rolled out a pretty solid update, continuing a seemingly recent trend over most of the last 6-8 months of more frequent and more notable firmware updates. The updates during this timeframe have been a blend of long-needed changes (like a decade long in some cases) and …

Jan. 5

Garmin Adds Food and Nutrition Logging to Connect+: Worth It?

 As expected by leaks over the holidays, Garmin has announced food and nutrition logging to Garmin Connect. Or rather, more specifically, their paid platform, Connect+. The feature largely replaces the functionality long provided by MyFitnessPal, which allowed for food logging on the MFP platform (including scanning foods and a …

Jan. 2

Tech Tidbits: Apple Fitness+ Expanded Content, and Amazfit Active Max Hands-On

With the New Year, sports tech companies are trying to get ahead of CES next week, with their announcements. While I don’t expect much notable in the endurance sports hardware realm next week at CES, I do expect we’ll see various software updates. Generally speaking, CES has lost prominence in …

» Strava’s New Instant Workouts Feature: Does it actually work?
» New App: Using Philips Hue Lights Easily with Any Trainer
» Suunto Releases Major Firmware Update for Watches – Full Details!
» Garmin Adds Food and Nutrition Logging to Connect+: Worth It?
» Tech Tidbits: Apple Fitness+ Expanded Content, and Amazfit Active Max Hands-On

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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.

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