Garmin are on a roll. With Garmin’s 2018 cycling products you can take that headline literally as well as metaphorically. At the end of this post are the headline specs of all 3 devices – the old Garmin Edge 520, the new Edge 520 plus and the new Garmin Edge 130. The headline specs are…
Definitive Guide To The Garmin Forerunner 645 Review of the Music Version with Data Accuracy Charts, Discussions of all the onboard First Metrics (that part is co-authored with Firstbeat), Close Look At the 645’s Numerous Drawbacks, Detailed Specifications & Comparisons
April is getting very exciting. Being British that will normally manifest itself with a comment like ‘yeah, it’s alright at the moment I suppose. I hadn’t really thought about it‘. But I’ve already used the word ‘EXCITING’; and ‘AWESOME’ wouldn’t go amiss either. Perhaps I really do have American roots? Anyway. I’ve run out of…
The new Suunto 3 FITNESS is an intriguing addition to Suunto range of products and takes the learnings from the SPARTAN range to new markets. On first inspection, those of you who know about all-things-Suunto, might think we have another SPARTAN TRAINER in our midst. It certainly LOOKS like the SPARTAN TRAINER. But there are…
A review of Shimano’s 50mm laminated clinchers. Shimano Dura Ace R9100 C60 Review I wasn’t quite sure how to review a wheelset and I’m certainly not going to make a habit out of it. There is only so much you can say about their roundness. Conversely, there’s probably lots we could say about the aeroness…
Just shy of £400, you can now get your hands on the Forerunner 645 Music from Amazon in the UK. It’s been more widely available in the USA on Amazon for a while Still at that price, using a British saying, this must be the best thing since sliced bread. I’m not so sure. Maybe…
In this Mobvoi Ticwatch S Review we take a close look at the Sport (S) model. Interesting I’m reviewing this watch as it’s an indicative device for where much of the future direction of the sports watch market might head in 2018 and beyond. ie We are going to start getting lots of relatively…
There is some interesting powermeter firmware news from Favero. EDIT: There will be more detailed news on this subject on 24 April. I guess you are here because of Favero’s teaser email! It looks like their OVAL/ELIPTICAL firmware mods, which are now in beta, will go live in April 2018 (Source: AC @favero).This will be…
In the recent Suunto SPARTAN Trainer review we looked at the first 5, ‘dressy’ variants. Suunto has reverted back to its outdoor heritage with 3 new OUTDOOR variants on the SPARTAN TRAINER. The SPARTAN Trainer is a great entry-level triathlon watch. Does this new OUTDOORs version do the same for al you adventurous types? This…
Super accurate optical heart rate monitor. But is it the best arm-worn solution for heart rate monitoring?
EMFIT QS has been upgraded to include new sensors that can be embedded into mattresses. This is a development from the previous system (reviewed below) that allowed the sensor to reside underneath the mattress – whilst still working ! I use one myself. The new sensor is advertised to be sensitive enough to distinguish between…
Here we have a detailed RunScribe Plus Review, looking at the latest iteration (v3) of this live gait analysis tool and running power meter. RunScribe Plus Review The RunScribe Plus version marks a significantly different new product when compared to the previous RunScribe Pro version (v2) – often the older, Pro version is simply referred…
In this Wahoo Elemnt Review I’ll pull together all my hands-on cycling time with the Elemnt over the last 4 months and try to be as succinct as possible in summarising what was a highly pleasant experience. Background Wahoo Fitness started selling the Elemnt in Q1.2016 and the smaller Elemnt Bolt followed in Q1.2017. They…
The new Oura Ring marks a big step forwards for the Finnish activity-tech firm. The takeaway: Oura already make a ‘wearable’ that actually works! Indeed its sleep tracking is one of the best solutions available to consumers/athletes. This one should be good too. I will follow up with a more detailed review inthe new year…
In this Garmin 935 Review we briefly look at why the 935 is widely heralded as the Best Triathlon Watch. Garmin 935 Review – An Introduction You can quite easily complete your first triathlon without a sports watch of any sort. You can quite easily use pretty much any sports watch for a triathlon,…
In this updated XPLOVA X5 EVO Review I have refreshed and extended the XPLOVA X5 review from last year in line with the notable improvements made to the X5 with the EVO (evolution) edition. To be fair to XPLOVA (Acer), I asked for an improved X5.5 and they delivered the X5 EVO. Many other brands…
Garmin Fenix 5 Review – The Honest Approach Most reviews of the Garmin Fenix 5 start out with a quote along the lines of, …it’s fair to say that the Fenix 5 is the best watch Garmin has ever made… I’d prefer to say it’s their most feature-full watch ever made. Which is not quite…
RunScribe PLUS Review to follow – here are some final phots and comments for now..enjoy!
Garmin Vivoactive 3 Review In this Garmin Vivoactive 3 Review we take a detailed look at Garmin’s attempt to take on Apple’s Watch, Samsung’s Gear and Fitbit’s Ionic. The Garmin Vivoactive 3 enters new territory for Garmin with Garmin Pay. But will Garmin’s existing app store, their sporting prowess and this fledgling payment system be…
I seem to be doing a lot of ‘First run with XXXXX and STRYD’ posts these days, well today is Fitbit Ionic GPS accuracy day! Anyway, STRYD doesn’t have a Fitbit Ionic app. And once again today wasn’t really the FIRST run with the Ionic but rather the first proper run. Actally it was the…
