- Product
- [Product name]
- Tested on
- [Route · distance]
- AI helps
- [Where it earned its place]
- AI hinders
- [Where it got in the way]
- Verdict
- [Keep / Maybe / Skip]
Reviews
Honest reviews
We test running tech, apps and AI coaching over real miles, then tell you plainly where the AI helps and where it gets in the way.
The method
How every review works
Run it
The kit goes out on real routes in the Surrey Hills and London, in whatever the weather does, around a normal working week.
Read the data
We pull the numbers from the run and check them against what the app or AI coach predicted before we set off.
Score it
Every review lands on the same three lines: where AI helps, where it hinders, and whether it earns a place in your kit.
Publish it
A 15-second Reel for the headline, then a carousel with the detail for anyone weighing up a purchase.
What we test
Kit that claims to make you a better runner
- GPS watches and wearables
- Training, route and recovery apps
- AI coaches and chat assistants
- Action cameras and run headphones
- Fuel and nutrition, including AI meal planning
- Headtorches and dark-evening kit
Independence
Our review rules
- We always say when kit is loaned, gifted or paid for.
- Brands don't see or approve the verdict before it goes out.
- We buy some of what we test ourselves, so not every review starts with a brand.
- Loaned kit goes back when the review is done.
Want your kit tested?
Send us the details and we'll tell you how we'd put it through its paces.