DC Rainmaker Review

isazi

@sky-runner said:
On Garmin you can do this too. There is an option to clone a sport mode - “Copy Activity”.

As far as I remember, this wasn’t there in the early days when I was a Garmin user (since 2013 to 2020), good they copied it from Suunto

However, this does not change that I do not consider the criticism a real point, more of a “I am used to how Garmin works and do not see the value in what others do differently”. And it is not a direct critic at Ray, just a comment.

elbee

@isazi said:

As far as I remember, this wasn’t there in the early days when I was a Garmin user (since 2013 to 2020), good they copied it from Suunto

I had the copy function on my forerunner 935, which I bought in 2017….

Although I don’t see it as a major annoyance and the end result is about the same, I don’t see the reason or advantage of suunto having readonly default activities.

VoiGAS

Back to the review, after watching the video I think the review is not biased. Every criticism is well explained. Maybe except the price because its compared to steel. But on the other side there is no Race3S steel, so thats also not completely wrong.
And the Garmin Fanboy thing sounds like a strange conspiracy theory. Ray not even mentioned Garmin, but instead how good Suunto was in the past - and Coros now is…

elbee

@VoiGAS said:

Back to the review, after watching the video I think the review is not biased.

For me, it’s mainly the way he criticizes. Flaws on garmins he mitigates immediately. Flaws on other brands he ridicules them.

jmolenaar2

@elbee

Your endless criticism bores me.

See how easy it is dropping an opinion?

elbee

@jmolenaar2 said:

@elbee

Your endless criticism bores me.

See how easy it is dropping an opinion?

Apparently not bored enough to not bother since you took the time to reply.

I value your reply very much!

jmolenaar2

@elbee

Apparently you have never seen a mirror…

neilme

DCR reviews have long become irrelevant

matram

@neilme
I think his testing of HR and GPS accuracy is quite usefull.

When it comes to features he mostly list the specs. I would have appreciated a deeper evaluation of some features.

I guess it is up to us buyers to evaluate what features we need and what price we are willing to pay.

sky-runner

@neilme said:

DCR reviews have long become irrelevant

As a buying decision, I agree. But DCR reviews are still a great source of information with a lot of screenshots. I mostly look at them to see high quality screenshots.