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Old 09-28-14 | 12:35 PM
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Wahoo RFLKT Plus Bike Computer

Anyone here use or know of someone that uses a Wahoo RFLKT Plus bike computer? After three years, my Cateye Strada Double Wireless finally went kaputz. I use my iPhone with Cyclemeter and the RFLKT would be perfect since it connects to the phone and uses Ant+ to connect to other devices, such as the Garmin speed/cadence transmitter that my wife no longer uses. I've read several user reviews and most of the complaints are that the Wahoo drops the signal with the phone during the ride. But reading further into the review, I found out that almost all of these incidents occurred when the iPhone was placed in a jersey pocket. On their web site, Wahoo explains why you shouldn't do that. Since my phone is mounted on the handlebar, I don't see any issues with dropping signals.

My main concern using the RFLKT would be battery life on the iPhone. Wahoo states that their testing has shown that they get 7 hours of battery life on an iPhone 5 series using Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to the RFLKT. With the setup I have now, I can do a five hour ride and have 70% battery life left on the phone (5c) but nothing is connected to it and only Cyclemeter is running.

I know all about the Garmin computers and have done a lot of research on them, especially the 510, and have eliminated them for several reasons. So right now my choices are the RFLKT or the Sigma BC 16-12 STS/CAD that my wife uses on her trike. I would certainly appreciate any info good or bad about the RFLKT.

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