Ray and Des chat about the new Garmin Varia RearVue 820 cycling radar and why it may actually be "too good".

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Garmin Varia RearVue 820 Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/8cUFRk21v5U?si=TwvrpT4Kv-s7myBT

Garmin Varia RearVue 820 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/AHjDw6Vsyvs?si=GfpNn8dY_1UhxKct

Garmin Varia RearVue 820 Review (Ray - Website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2026/02/garmi-varia-rearvue-radar-820-in-depth-review.html

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DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

The FIT File Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gQj25QAq3ouGhm2OWhjKg?si=4e36026faeb9468d

The FIT File Podcast on Apple Podcasts:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rainmaker-podcast-sports/id988577732

Ray and Des chat about a battle between Suunto and Garmin over smartwatch features, including GPS antennas, training feedback, and watch flashlights.

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DesFit on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

References:

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The FIT File Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gQj25QAq3ouGhm2OWhjKg?si=4e36026faeb9468d

The FIT File Podcast on Apple Podcasts:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rainmaker-podcast-sports/id988577732

Ray and Des chat about the new paid Garmin Nutrition and Food Logging feature for Connect+ and if it's actually worth it.

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// Related Videos //

Garmin Food and Nutrition Logging (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/Sel6s-7ZCdk?si=wu2eYHSOWwfjZMf4

Garmin Food and Nutrition Logging (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/zbvNgQC2lj0?si=vyNqprT09dQX_bjn

Garmin Food and Nutrition Logging (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2026/01/garmin-connect-nutrition-logging-connect.html

// For the most in-depth sports tech reviews:

DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

Ray and Des chat about the summer and fall releases from Suunto and COROS including the COROS Nomad, Apex 4, and Pace 4 as well as the Suunto Race 2 and Vertical 2.

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Related videos: COROS Nomad Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/mQvqOFZDiMo?si=FMavR7yREZbIRmTr

COROS Nomad Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/c-UnsJJhdfs?si=N9F_cof77_-e-q6h

COROS Nomad Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/08/coros-nomad-in-depth-review-comparison.html

Suunto Race 2 Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/O0AnKvQaPOM?si=Z7ExtDGd1Ma6_MSE

Suunto Race 2 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/TpEoe4npYZM?si=u944rBGbRfuZFdXx

Suunto Race 2 Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/08/suunto-race-2-in-depth-review-finally-accurate.html

Suunto Vertical 2 Review (Des - YouTube): Coming soon

Suunto Vertical 2 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/TxS5lD2lnWk?si=K2oiK8NV_jyxAUE_

Suunto Vertical 2 Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/09/suunto-vertical-2-in-depth-review-flashlight.html

COROS Apex 4 Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/F2bORMcdGT0?si=fmL1aIiOH8Eh_GEJ

COROS Apex 4 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/R8L4xOQ7PxU?si=qvPhskQBC7lTApxl

COROS Apex 4 Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/coros-apex-4-series-depth-review-comes.html

COROS Pace 4 Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/yKtG9MqzvWY?si=RRl8EQfDP-ERjM9U

COROS Pace 4 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/3rJcVVD7TbE?si=8iEyQrdDJJzDgnI3

COROS Pace 4 Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/11/coros-pace-4-in-depth-sports-review.html

Chapters:

0:00 In this episode... 2:00 COROS Nomad 10:49 Suunto Race 2 14:47 Suunto Vertical 2 23:11 COROS Apex 4 31:45 COROS Pace 4 37:37 2025 Report Card for Suunto and COROS 45:06 What's Coming Up...

// For the most in-depth sports tech reviews: DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

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In this two-parter, Ray and Des first chat about Whoop's troubles with the FDA as well as Amazfit's Helio Band with a follow-up episode on Whoop suing Polar about similarities with their products.

Related videos: Amazfit Helio Band Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/5xmXxqEjW2I?si=Re6hf5OnDVtykV8a

Amazfit Helio Band Bicep Band Accuracy (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/tyYAo_mrnZo?si=PfQzL6vx0AC8k9wK

Amazfit Helio Band Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/8eWnBjso40s?si=lgDrhHF-YyOiJ3z_

Amazfit Helio Band Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/amazfit-helio-band-in-depth-review-99-no-sub-fee-but-worth-it.html

Chapters: 0:00 What's Coming Up! 3:11 Amazfit Helio Band 22:46 Whoop vs FDA

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DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

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Ray and Des chat about Strava's lawsuit against Garmin and why they're demanding Garmin cease selling devices.

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DesFit on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

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DC Rainmaker and DesFit chat about Apple's biggest Apple Watch release in years with the new Ultra 3, Series 11, and SE 3, but also the new AirPods Pro 3 with built-in heart rate.

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Chapters:

0:00 Apple Watch Ultra 3 17:36 Apple Watch Series 11 27:23 Apple Watch SE3 30:32 Apple AirPod Pro 3

Related videos: Apple Watch Ultra 3 Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/FNfJUYdd2yc?si=bFb6HSmXQrBAuTAp

Apple Watch Ultra 3 vs Series 11 (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/WKAYALYLWxg?si=Ej67u7vbdqjw5vId

AirPods Pro 3 Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/Cp0pGzWMvwI?si=DG4WMXTqso3khPH9

AirPods Pro 3 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/fZwOUYjUVjA?si=ZbSme3WZpHyBaEXd

Apple Watch 2025 Everything new (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/NuHN3eWOkyU?si=34eTgOCmEGWBwJjl

Apple Watch Ultra 3 Everything New (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/Suui3Dn6h2Y?si=0Bv7bN93gfgJ3iiA

Apple Watch Series 11 Everything New (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/bgB55pLTd3E?si=mYZ5lgrP7fZj18ro

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Ray and Des chat about hot new summer cycling tech with a new Garmin bike computer, smart wheels from Zipp, the new SRAM Force AXS and Rival groupsets, and even new indoor training tech.

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Chapters:

0:00 In this episode and what's next? 2:34 Zipp 303 SW / 353 NSW 8:41 SRAM Force AXS and Rival AXS 16:36 Elite Rivo Smart Trainer 24:57 Garmin Tacx Zwift Virtual Shifting 28:53 Zwift x H2O Audio Headphones 32:39 Garmin Tacx Alpine 41:09 Garmin Edge MTB 1:00:58 What's in the next episode?

Related Videos:

Zipp 303 SW Review: https://youtu.be/0VKHzp1hjMo?si=3mzsaKA06GGtpB11

Sram Force AXS Review: https://youtu.be/6THzJcMfAkg?si=HvDFVpGaAehnFFmw

Elite Rivo First Look (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/0VKHzp1hjMo?si=3mzsaKA06GGtpB11

Elite Rivo First Look (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/elite-rivo-499-smart-trainer-wifi-hands-on-details.html

Garmin Tacx Zwift Virtual Shifting: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/garmin-zwift-announce-tacx-neo-2t-3m-virtual-shifting.html

Garmin Tacx Alpine Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/ZYP0vPE99fw?si=NTL6Cf5TVZ-83yFO

Garmin Tacx Alpine Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/aMV_7drm7Ag?si=B4Inepebbu6Y0PGd

Garmin Tacx Alpine Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/garmin-tacx-alpine-gradient-simulator.html

Garmin Edge MTB Review: https://youtu.be/hXqOHQOwOjs?si=ePbEejYvr30CHLPr

Ray and Des chat about all the new smartwatches and sportswatches that have come out so far this spring and summer including new watches from Suunto, Garmin, Polar, and more.

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Garmin Forerunner 970/570/HRM 600 (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/fVmfiRBqCkk?si=W6FPac-SeRUvK7-6

Garmin Forerunner 970/HRM 600 First Run (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/gXz8PktgLfs?si=M0fxWTqGq3Nsr8Wd

Garmin Venu X1 (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/Q5bQl8umqr8?si=ke54uFZFSh8Tq2BO

Garmin Venu X1 (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/zByRglpbNxw?si=mbwbnIiX0pqu9tTH

Suunto Run Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/xyqRG_hD8po?si=4qyO2OKsVVdHLRux

Suunto Run Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/FZW8RGb1ST0?si=l1dv_0QPxPtzsV1F

Garmin Index Sleep Monitor Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/6tdoBivbIoU?si=gi_hDSJe2CvWM5NB

Garmin Index Sleep Monitor Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/HwnTsp1C8Nw?si=6fkwGQCK-8eoj_jR

Polar Grit X2 Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/sA_GDpGGrEI?si=sND0yvFlzS63zRR1

Polar Grit X2 Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/polar-grit-x2-in-depth-review.html

Polar Grit X2 (Des - YouTube):

// For the most in-depth sports tech reviews:

DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

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We chat about everything new with the just-announced WatchOS 26 for Apple Watch. Filmed at Apple's podcast studio at Apple headquarters.

Related videos: Apple WatchOS 26 (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/sAh1aBbPhIQ?si=Ogdoi-A551cL2BET

Apple WatchOS 26 (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/uS5290eont8?si=Thft2FI-IZUYGiLp

Apple WatchOS 26 (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/06/apple-watchos-26-announced-workout-buddy-and-more-explained.html

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// For the most in-depth sports tech reviews:

DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

Also check out https://www.DCRainmaker.com

Ray and Des chat about the new Wahoo TRACKR Radar, ROAM 3, BOLT 3, along with the Garmin Varia Vue headlight camera.

Related videos: Garmin Varia Vue Review (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/sSZArIrjEpg?si=UUHpYgeaqiB6FLhr

Garmin Varia Vue Review (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/DojYoLWozzE?si=DgV5Mn4RUGGHGfn6

Garmin Varia Vue Review (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/04/garmin-varia-vue-light-camera-review.html

Wahoo TRACKR Radar, ROAM 3, BOLT 3 (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/kCWqaqrGOn4?si=_jsfqcYDET1DUvwL

Wahoo TRACKR Radar, ROAM 3, BOLT 3 Comparison (Des - YouTube): https://youtu.be/dShvycinwL8?si=VQV-D0ZKpiwyovSc

Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM 3, BOLT 3 (Ray - YouTube): https://youtu.be/NykFilhFnQA?si=NOvind167pBVTjpS

Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM 3, BOLT 3 (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/04/wahoo-bolt3-roam-3-hands-on-details-comparison-to-ace.html

Wahoo TRACKR Radar (Ray - website): https://youtu.be/w_CO0uRyEsk?si=v00nvlyz-BSLQQ0Q

Wahoo TRACKR Radar (Ray - website): https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/04/wahoo-trackr-radar-cycling-details.html

Chapters:

0:00 What's Coming Up 2:03 Garmin Varia Vue 24:18 Prices and Tariffs 30:14 Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM 3 and BOLT 3 42:15 Wahoo TRACKR Radar

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// For the most in-depth sports tech reviews:

DesFit on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/desfit

DC Rainmaker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/dcrainmakerblog

Also check out https://www.DCRainmaker.com