NO, the Cateye brand is created above all other equals! Just go and press a few buttons on various models and you will rapidly tell the Cateye doesn't have that cheap plastic contact feel to them. Plus Cateye's service department is second to none. I have a Cateye wireless and the sending unit died 1 year after the 2 year warranty expired, I requested to buy a new unit on their website and instead they sent me the unit for free without postage being charged, AND it came in 2 days!