Bike Computer

h_orse

Looking for some advice:

I want a bike computer for cycling, heart rate and cadence, was looking at the polar cs300 and polar 200cad, there seems to be mixed reviews over these items has anyone had the luxury of using either one of these or some other model...??

feck sake lads

i have the cad 200 a right pain in the ass to use ,but then again i'm not great with computers the first one i bought broke i sent it back to polar thay fixed it couple months later broke again :mad: sent it back they wanted £40 to fix it i told them to bin it, they sent me a new one i only use it for speed and disance , should have bought a simple cateye:rolleyes:

Lashed

I ordered the Polar CS200 a few months ago as I thought I wouldn't really use the Cadence feature. However they sent the CS200Cad version by accident and I didn't bother informing them of their mistake. I think it cost £85.

Everything was simple to set up and all fitting were included and it has worked perfectly since including the cadence feature.

HR is always spot on as it reacts to the smallest change in effort.

The only thing that I think is inaccurate is the calories burned feature which seems consistently high but as far as I know the only way to get an accurate reading for that is with a power meter which is quite a bit more expensive.

Overall I cannot fault the Polar CS200 for the price.

h_orse

that was not a great return to the polar so i take it.... feck it anyway, seemed pritty good at the start but mixed reviews as i checked it out more, do you still use the polar now..?

goreyhead

[got a cs200cad on fittnessdigital.ie for €109 a couple weeks ago , i know it early to make a fair judgement but so far so good , i would say it takes a bit of working out the heart settings and i found it easier to manualy put in my own max heart rate and work on the heart rate % setting and since then it a lot easier to use for me and id recommond to turn of the alarm (it drive u mad),but for the price it a great buy and incl a cadance sener and speed senser, garnim edge with same nearly €300, you get the full manual on the polar website

h_orse

lads,

Just to confirm, i purchased the cs 300 with cadence, it works no problem at all, uploading the info to the computer can be a littl bit tricky, after a few attempts you will get it no bother.:)

Ryder

just for some long term input.....have the cs200cad for four years, rock solid, no problems. couldnt justify up-grading

Ky Abu

Opened new Thread on topic instead

carltonleon

I have the Garmin Edge 500 which is absolutely superb and is very straight forward to set up