Yesterday, I reported that the Garmin Forerunner 965 and FR265 could be launching soon. A retailer had listed both of the watches with a placement page, and this is a trend we have seen happen with Garmin launches before. Even Garmin can’t stick to their own embargos as they regularly put products live well before … Read more
After a busy summer of launches, Garmin hasn’t had any big releases for a few months. The Garmin Bounce was launched in January, and the Garmin Instinct Crossover in November. The Garmin MARQ Gen2 launched in October, it’s based on the Garmin Epix, but due to the price, it is quite a niche product. It … Read more
Changing the band on your Apple Watch is a simple process that can be done in just a few steps. Whether you want to change the band for a new look or to replace a worn band, the process is essentially the same. Apple sells multiple styles of bands. You have the default band that … Read more
I am a big fan of all things to do with health technology. I used to be very unfit and unhealthy, and using technology has helped me understand my body better and how to improve both my health and fitness performance. I am also getting old, so monitoring various health aspects has become increasingly important. … Read more
At CES 2023, Withings unveiled its most unusual piece of health tech to date, the Withings U-Scan. This is a breakthrough in-home biomarker analysis platform, and it goes inside your toilet. One of the company’s most technologically advanced devices to date, U-Scan is a miniaturized health lab that hygienically sits within any toilet bowl to … Read more
I have covered quite a few blood pressure monitors over the years. I think it is an important health metric to monitor regardless of age or fitness. We live in a stressful world, and the majority of people in the UK and the US are overweight. Monitoring your blood pressure is a good way to … Read more
I have covered air purifiers and indoor air quality quite a lot in the past couple of years. For the air purifiers, these have all just been based on HEPA filters. Even though air purifiers can get expensive, they are essentially just big fan shoving air through a filter, which does make you question why … Read more
My first experience with indoor smart turbo trainers was the wheel-on Bkool Smart Pro 2. I later bought and reviewed the excellent Tacx Flux S, I think I paid £400 for it during Black Friday, and it turned out to be an amazing investment which later served me incredibly well during all the lockdowns keeping … Read more
After years of not reviewing a bike computer, I am on my third in a little over a month. Recently I reviewed the excellent Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM V2. I also reviewed the Mio Cyclo Discover Pal, which is not as good, but has some unique features that will appeal to leisure cyclists. The problem with … Read more
This post was originally written in February 2020. While I was a little critical of the Oral-B IO at first, this was more due to the over-inflated prices toothbrushes launch at. Amazon currently states its RRP as £449.99, which is enough to buy a decent laptop or a decent phone. However, as always, almost immediately … Read more
Mio is best known for its range of dash cams and in-car navigation systems. However, they have also used their GPS and mapping technology to produce a range of bike computers. These computers are more focused on casual cyclists rather than the stats-obsessed fitness-focused cyclists that Garmin and Wahoo appeal to. The Cyclo Discover Pal … Read more
Wahoo is being quite proactive about developing the Wahoo X platform (more so than Zwift). They still have a long way to go, I think they really need to fold RGT and SYSTM into one platform, but I imagine this will take quite a bit of time. The latest announcement is for both SYSTM and … Read more
Early in October, Wahoo announced a refresh to the ELEMNT ROAM. This is an incremental upgrade with the product retaining its name, but to avoid confusion, I will refer to it as the ELEMNT ROAM V2. While I have reviewed quite a lot of smartwatches and multi-sport watches, I have not reviewed many bike computers, … Read more
Wahoo has just announced an incremental refresh of the popular ELEMNT ROAM. As the title suggests, the main upgrade is the shift to a new dual-band GPS chipset which will provide enhanced navigation. However, they have made minor upgrades across the board. The new bike computer has enhanced navigation, updated Summit Segments Climb, a higher … Read more
Soundcore by Anker has launched its first pair of sleep earbuds. These join a small but growing list of in-ear devices that aim to help sleep, predominantly by reducing external noise. I have had these earbuds for a bit over a week, but I was unfortunately not provided the beta APK for the Soundcore app … Read more
Today, Wahoo has announced a refresh of their flagship direct drive KICKR turbo trainer and the second generation of the KICKR BIKE. There is not a great deal to announce here, both devices are identical to the previous generation, but they now have WiFi. The KICKR V5, which was launched two years ago, introduced the … Read more