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Old 09-07-24 | 06:54 AM
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vane171
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I got XOSS which came in a set with two wifi sensors for cadence and speed plus an arm band HRM that looks like a watch that you wear on forearm or high up above shoulder.

OP said he wants
"basic computer that can tell me my speeds, distances traveled, and the current time."
XOSS doesn't show you the time of the day (well, not on primary display, need to press its button twice to see it which IMO is fine), which while it would be handy for touring is likely not included due to the limited space on the display main screen. Even as it is, the 'ride time & distance ridden' are displayed in too small digits for my taste. I don't quite see the colon btw hour and minutes and you can't tell at a glance which of the two is the time and which distance.
Maybe if your vision is 20/20, I do have optical glasses but don't wear them while riding my bike, they don't quite fit under cycling glasses. But I see quite fine, especially short distance like if you are bent over handle bars, the computer display is right at your face.

Those two values (time spent riding and the distance you covered) come from GPS and I'd advise to explore how each computer works before buying (what people complain about in reviews). If you expect sometimes to use it indoors, on a trainer or on a roofed track, the time and distance won't show because they come from GPS and for that you need to be under open sky.
It even happened that I rode under a tree canopy for a bit and the unit lost GPS signal.

If I was buying again, I'd try to get a computer that doesn't rely on GPS to display anything that you look at while riding. It should only store its stuff from GPS to show you the ride once offloaded on your phone or a desktop computer.

For one thing, when you turn the unit on, it takes 10 to 15 seconds before it gets that GPS signal. I also don't see why it couldn't get the time ridden and the distance covered from the speed sensor and inner time counting.
But then again, if you would start your ride before the GPS synchronizes, the map after offloaded to your phone would not begin where you started, so...


Given that you look for a basic computer, make sure the digits on it are large enough for you to see them at a glance. Also that it auto-pauses which probably all makes do have, but check anyway. Don't worry about BTooth, it works well enough and the batteries last long enough, if you don't buy them from dolarama but even then...

I just checked and XOSS now makes many different units, mine is G+ (not Gen2) and it has rubber buttons which I like, the new units have touch buttons that might be too fiddly for some of us.


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