Garmin Forerunner 15 GPS Watch & Daily Activity Monitor In-Depth Review
In keeping with the popular trend of adding activity monitoring to devices, back in April Garmin announced their latest running watch – the Forerunner 15 (FR15). This would take their popular FR10...
View ArticleMy Summer 2014 Sports Gadget Recommendations
I’ve always historically put together a sports gadget recommendations list in late Fall, primarily because that’s when things in the sports technology world tend to settle down. Further, many folks...
View ArticleFirst Look at Withings Activité activity tracker & designer watch
Late last week Withings announced their latest device – the Withings Activité, which combined an activity tracker into a more normal looking high-end designer watch. This would in effect be pulling...
View ArticleHands on with the new Adidas Fit Smart
Adidas has just announced their latest sports and fitness focused device – the Fit Smart. The unit features optical heart rate recognition from your wrist via an embedded Mio optical sensor, while...
View ArticleFirst look at the Suunto Ambit3 multisport GPS watch
This morning Suunto has announced their latest endurance and multisport watch, the Suunto Ambit3. The watch incrementally builds on previous generations of the Ambit in what has been a roughly 12-16...
View ArticleROTOR introduces new ROTOR Power LT power meter
ROTOR has officially announced their newest power meter offering, the ROTOR Power LT. The LT stands for ‘lite’, but it could also actually stand for ‘Left’, which is because unlike their higher end...
View ArticleRedshift Sports Aero System In-Depth Review
Every once in a while an endurance sports product comes out that piques my interest, even if it’s not directly a sports technology item. A perfect example of that would be the Redshift Aero system....
View ArticleHands-On Look At Shimano’s Action Camera, the CM-1000
A few days ago the Shimano CM-1000 action cam that I bought finally came in. After getting some hands-on time with the unit I wanted to give some initial impressions and thoughts. The camera is...
View ArticleHands-on with new Timex One GPS+, a 3G connected watch requiring no phone
Today at Outdoor Retailer Timex has announced a slew of new products into the fitness and outdoor market. The four new products range from $99 to $399, and cover everything from basic GPS...
View ArticleHands-on with Timex’s new Move x20, Run x20 GPS, and Run x50+ fitness units
Earlier today I covered Timex’s just announced flagship running watch – the Timex One GPS+, which contains everything from music storage to 3G connectivity and live tracking. However, that wasn’t the...
View ArticleFirst look at the new Magellan Echo Fit
Here at Outdoor Retailer this week Magellan has announced their latest incarnation of the Magellan Echo line, the Echo Fit. The Echo fit builds upon the original Magellan Echo (which was released...
View ArticleGarmin announces Vector S: $899 power meter, also announces Cycling Dynamics
Today, at the start of the outdoor portion of Eurobike, Garmin has made two cycling specific announcements. The first is unveiling the Vector S power meter, while the second is announcing upcoming...
View ArticleFirst look at Garmin’s new Vivosmart activity tracker
Today at IFA, the giant consumer-electronics focused show in Berlin, Garmin announced their latest activity monitor, the Vivosmart. This unit builds upon the Vivofit that was released earlier this...
View Article4iiii’s Introduces $399 Power Meter, Precision: My First Ride With It
4iiii’s has kicked off what will be a frenzy of power meter activity here at Interbike this week. In doing so, as the post headline implies, they’ve jumped onboard with the plans to further drive the...
View ArticlePolar M400 GPS & Activity Tracker Watch In-Depth Review
Today, Polar has announced their latest watch, the M400. This running focused GPS watch also contains day to day activity tracking (i.e. steps and sleep) along with smartphone connectivity. The unit...
View ArticleSuunto Ambit3 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review
It’s been nearly three months since Suunto announced the Ambit3, though considerably less time since the unit started making its way into the wild with final hardware and firmware. Since well before...
View ArticleThe New Garmin FR920XT Triathlon Watch: Everything you ever wanted to know
Today, Garmin has officially announced the successor to the FR910XT triathlon/multisport watch, the FR920XT. The swim-bike-run focused watch effectively takes all of the recent new features from a...
View ArticleThe Winter 2014-2015 Trainer App In-Depth Guide
After my recent Winter 2014-2015 trainer recommendations post, many of you have been asking about trainer apps. I decided against combining it with the trainer recommendations post in order to give...
View ArticleMy Winter 2014-2015 Sports Gadget Recommendations
(Before we start, my Black Friday post will hit tomorrow and be updated throughout the week. This listing attempts to as best as possible take into account those price changes.) It’s that time of...
View ArticleThe Basis Peak In-Depth Review
When the Basis Peak was announced earlier this fall it was designed to fill in the gaps as well as build upon their previous product, the Basis B1, that was released about 2 years ago. The Basis...
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