Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
Tempered slightly as I am a Garmin Dealer....
I have never missed an opportunity to tell every Garmin inside person I meet that they totally and completely missed the boat on pricing with the vector. The S version (single pedal) is their way of trying to address how amazingly poor their sales of Vector have been.
Not long before the announcement of the S I got a 3 or 4 page technical bulletin on how to address all of the common problems that users experience with the Vector system.
FWIW - I have been selling other power units for the better part of a decade and have never received a tech bulletin like that from any of them...
I am meeting with a rep about yet another new power device slated for release soon. The number of options on the market are going to be staggering here within 2-3 years. Hopefully they all don't have to go through all of the product development woes that all of the other power meter systems had to before them.
If you look at DC Rainmaker's site they show the power meter numbers for Kona and Vectors made the biggest jump. They are selling well, for power meters. I have no doubt the sales numbers aren't what they wanted, but the power market is small. Releasing it at $1700 was higher I expected as it seemed up until the last minute it was going to be around $999, like the original company (Metrigear?) stated.
I've had my Vectors for a year now and overall its a decent product. The only two issues are torque'ing and the pods. If you switch bikes a lot eventually you will get the torque wrong or snap a pod. After mine snapped, I got a new set which is supposedly a new version so let's hope its sturdier than the last. Additionally, about every 10 swaps the torque is off and so is the power (which is easily fixed).
Overall, I'm happy with the unit. Would I recommend the S? Sure, its a good product and eventually you can get the second pedal.