Ask A Gear Guru: What Are The Best Father’s Day Gifts for A Triathlete?

Father’s Day is coming up, and we’ve combed the Gear Guru’s stockpile of cool gadgets to find some unique race-adjacent tri goodies that’ll help make this triathlon season dad’s best yet. We’ve broken down the gifts into price categories: over $200, over $100, and under $100. Scroll down to see what’s hot in 2023.

Best 2023 Father’s Day Gifts for A Triathlete Dad, Over $200

Polar Pacer GPS Smartwatch

It used to be that you needed to throw down $3-400 to get your hands on a capable GPS smartwatch with all of the tri functions you needed: stuff like open-water swimming, pool swimming, cycling, running, and tri/multisport modes. Now there are a couple of brands doing a great job with all of the above for under $300—bringing GPS tracking and top-level data/physio functions to the masses. We like the new Polar Pacer because of its small wrist footprint, color screen, and a decent six-day smartwatch (35 hours GPS) battery. Looking for navigation, cycling and performance testing, and/or on-wrist running with power? Take a look at the “pro” version for another $100. Check out the extended review $50 at Amazon | $64 at Profile Design