I'm in the market for a power meter.

One my cycling buddes has the Garmin Vector pedals (dual sided) with an Edge 1000 head unit. Garmin's cycling dynamics data is impressive, although I don't really NEED all that.

DC Rainmaker really got enthusiastic about the fairly new Powertap P1, mostly due to their super-easy intallation/setup and transportability. They are also a couple hundred $$ cheaper than the Vectors.

Anyone have any experience with both and/or opinions about whether the "advanced" pedaling data is worth anything? Any idea about whether PowerTap might be working on their own version of advanced pedaling data?

TIA.

STP