Well...my enthusiasm for the Cateye Padrone Smart+ is waning fast!

For me, the most important characteristic for these units is reliability and I'm experiencing connection issues with the Cateye. A mid-ride dropout may not seem that bad, but the Cateye app also lost connection to the sensors as well as the head unit, meaning a small part of the ride was lost. I know this, because I can compare the ride data to IPBike that is recording simultaneously. I did experience a very brief dropout once with the RFLKT, but that was only the phone to RFLKT connection; the ride data was still accumulating on my phone, so this was really no big deal.

I have also now tried 'Sensor Direct', cutting out the use of a phone altogether. What a nightmare! The Padrone was losing connection with the sensors every minute or so; I lost 1/3 of the ride data. It appears to be useless in this mode.For anyone considering the Cateye, you may need to use it with the Cateye sensors to get it to work reliably.