Category: Fitness Gadgets
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Boot and Shoe Dryer from Peet Works as Advertised
Reading Time: < 1 minutePeet Shoe Dryer: The shoe dryer did the job on my skates. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] The Peet Shoe Dryer did quite a good job on my ice skates the other day. The boots of the skates were dried gently and suffered no damage. The dryer worked in complete silence,…
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Replacing a Lost Polar T-31 Heart Rate Transmitter with a Polar WearLink
Reading Time: 2 minutesI only mentioned this in passing before Christmas, but I lost my Polar T-31 heart rate monitor transmitter. I wore it during a hockey game that I officiated back on October 14 and I haven’t seen it since. I keep hoping that it will turn up in the pile of debris next…
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Dynastream Provides Running Technology to Polar Electro and Nike
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today an Operation Gadget reader named Matt posted a comment on a fitness gadget-related article: I was doing some research on the accuracy of the triax elite foot pod, and the technology that Nike uses is from a company called Dynastream Innovations. They have some really good information about how…
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Peet Shoe Dryer Used to Dry Hockey Skates
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeet Shoe Dryer: My first opportunity to dry my skates using the Christmas gift from my wife. See more photos in the photo gallery. [ Photo: Dave Aiello ] I talked about the Peet Shoe Dryer back in mid-December. In that article, I urged my wife to get me one as a…
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Polar AXN Series Heart Rate Monitors Reviewed by Joel McNamara
Reading Time: < 1 minutePolar AXN 300: One of the AXN-series Heart Rate Monitors reviewed by Joel McNamara. [ Photo: Amazon.com ] Joel McNamara wrote in yesterday to point out an excellent review of Polar AXN-series heart rate montors that he wrote. The review includes a number of photos of the three AXN watches (numbered…
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Glofun Raygun Game Coming Soon For Nextel i710 and i730
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlofun RayGun: a Java-based, GPS-enabled game coming soon for the Nextel i710 and i730.[ Graphic: GloVentures LLC ] GloVentures sent me a Nextel i710 mobile phone with a Java-based, GPS-enabled game called Glofun RayGun installed on it. Glofun Raygun is expected to be available early in 2005, initially for Nextel i710…
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Peet Shoe Dryer Improves Performance of Boots and Skates
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeet Shoe Dryer: Makes it easier to put those boots or skates back on your feet by drying them faster than they’d dry by themselves. [ Photo: Amazon.com ] Some of you know that I officiate high school and college ice hockey in my spare time, when I’m not writing for Operation…
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Burton Headphone Beanie Reviewed by The Gadgeteer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few companies have tried to make clothing and accessories gadget-friendly. The results have been mixed, particularly when the item actually includes electronics. Butron is trying its hand with the Headphone Beanie, a winter hat with embeded headphones. The Gadgeteer published a surprisingly favorable review of the Headphone Beanie, saying: Sound…
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Dan Washburn Reports on Electronic Gadgets He Used While Traveling Through China
Reading Time: 2 minutesDan Washburn of ShanghaiDiaries.com visited 18 Chinese provinces on a single trip recently. Now he’s reported on how each of his electronic gadgets fared during the trip. Included in his report are evaluations of the: 40-Gigabyte iPod from Apple, Media Reader for iPod from Belkin, Backup Battery Pack for iPod from Belkin,…