DC Rainmaker

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Looking for the most in-depth sports technology reviews? You've arrived. Everything from GPS watches to action cameras to activity trackers and more. But, just a small snippet of that is published here on YouTube, the rest is in my massively long posts at dcrainmaker.com. Enjoy!

Location: US

Joined: November 2007

Videos

October 2, 2025 •

Strava Just Sued Garmin: Demanding Garmin Stop Selling Devices

Here's everything you need to know about the lawsuit.

September 30, 2025 •

Suunto Vertical 2 In-Depth Review: Flashlight & New AMOLED Battery King?

Here's everything you need to know about the new Suunto Vertical 2.

September 23, 2025 •

GoPro MAX 2 In-Depth Review: The Best GoPro?

Here's everything you need to know about the GoPro MAX 2 camera, after a 6-year wait since the last version. [Re-upload to fix annoying AF typo in a text bit. Sigh...editing for 12 hours.] #GoPro #GoProMax2

September 22, 2025 •

DJI's Mini 5 Pro's Biggest Problem: It's Not Legal

The DJI Mini 5 Pro is overweight, here's what it means for users in EU, US, Canada, and UK.

September 18, 2025 •

Garmin Journaling & Health Status Review: The Last Puzzle Piece vs Whoop?

here's everything you need to know about the new Garmin Lifestyle Logging & Health Status pieces, and how they compare to Whoop.

September 17, 2025 •

Garmin Venu 4 Hands-On: Huge Upgrades Worth It?

Everything you wanted to know about the new Garmin Venu 4, compared to the existing Venu 3, as well as the very similar Forerunner 570!

September 17, 2025 •

Garmin Instinct 3 Crossover AMOLED & Tactical Hands-On: 33 New Things To Know!

Here's everything you need to know about the new Instinct 3 Crossover AMOLED edition.

September 16, 2025 •

Apple Watch Ultra 3 vs Apple Watch Series 11 Hands-on: Every Single Difference Detailed!

Here's a comparison of over 50 features between the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and the Series 11. 0:00 Models, Pricing, Bands 1:42 External Case Aspects 2:58 Buttons, Button Guards 4:34 Display Differences 5:44 Screen Brightness & Viewability 7:46 Action Button 8:04 Data Field/Display Differences 8:50 GPS Differences & Accuracy 9:28 Satellite Texting & SOS 10:57 Battery Life Differences 12:03 Emergency Siren 12:17 Depth Gauge Differences (Scuba/Snorkeling) 13:28 Microphone Differences 13:41 Speaker Differences 14:00 Watch Face Differences 14:29 Everything that's the same 16:04 Which watch do I prefer? #applewatch #AppleWatchUltra3 #AppleWachSeries11

September 15, 2025 •

AirPods Pro 3 Sports In-Depth Review: Heart Rate Redemption?

Here's everything you need to know about the AirPods Pro 3, from heart rate accuracy to sports usage and more! When Apple surprises me, it doesn’t tend to be some flashy feature that blows the rest of the world away. Instead, it tends to be them doing something slightly out of their usual swim lane, or their norms. For example, adding in running efficiency metrics a few years past. This year, that surprise goes to the AirPods Pro 3 team in delivering mind-bogglingly good heart rate accuracy. Like, I won’t beat around the bush: After the dismal accuracy in the PowerBeats 2 Pro earlier this year, this is an astonishing turnaround. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. The AirPods Pro 3 have plenty of new features when it comes to sound quality, noise reduction, and more. But more importantly to this site, are all of the sports and fitness features they’ve added. This includes adding heart rate sensing to the tiny little buds in order to measure your heart rate, along with a new feature in the Apple Fitness app to record your workout (including GPS data from your phone), as well as the ability to have Apple’s new Apple Intelligence-enabled Workout Buddy feature. At the same time, while they had the PowerBeats 2 Pro base to work from, much has changed here – and some features have even been removed. The choice might not be as clear-cut as you think. So, let’s dive into all the details. Note that Apple has provided a loaner set of AirPods Pro 3’s, though I’ve already ordered my own. Heck, setting aside any fitness aspects, I just want them for the vastly improved noise cancellation. At someone that spends a ton of time on airplanes, that alone is worth it for me. In any case, once I’m done with these, they’ll go back to Apple. With that, let’s dive into it!