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Polar CS200 CAD Heart Rate Monitor

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  • #2
    crashoveroid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 911 ✭✭✭crashoveroid


    wirelessdude01 wrote: »
    This is on offer in the cyclesuperstore tomorrow. Essentially I am wondering is it any good?

    https://www.cyclesuperstore.ie/shop/pc/AdventCalendar.asp

    Not really its on Bike24 for €103. I had one years ago i think i paid €120 at the time the RRP is way off.

    I would save you cash and buy a Garmin 500.


  • #3
    Zen0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 470 ✭✭Zen0


    It's a good unit. I think the price is OK, buy you would need to check around.

    The big question is whether you will be happy with it in a year's time, or will you wish you had waited and got a Garmin. The Garmin will allow you to track your position, upload to Strava etc.


  • #4
    i_surge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭i_surge


    Cadence/speed sensor on these are a pain in the ass. Get a garmin!


  • #5
    andy69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭andy69


    i_surge wrote: »
    Cadence/speed sensor on these are a pain in the ass. Get a garmin!

    ^^^

    yeah I used this for a few years - the batteries can't be replaced in the sensors, so it was like 28eur for the speed one, and dearer again for the cadence if I remember correctly.
    Plus the cadence sensor has to wrap round the downtube and always looked a bit stupid I thought.

    Switched eventually to an Edge500, and loved it. And if the speed/cadence battery goes, it's just a simple 2032 battery you need to replace.
    Also, the Polar algorithm for calculating kCals was a bit 'wild'. Probably they have improved that by now, but it was very generous compared to whatever Garmin use.


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