GPS computer or smartwatch -recommendations needed?
08-09-16, 12:16 PM
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GPS computer or smartwatch -recommendations needed?
Hi All
I left my gps-enabled cateye in the rental car and now trying to see what to do next to record my rides (for strava statistics). Here are the options I am weighting in terms of cost-benefit:
1) Buy another gps enabled computer
2) use a cheap cadence-based speedometer i have lying around + buy some gps-enabled fitness watch.
The benefit in #2 is that I can get a heart rate sensor in the watch, perhaps with continuous optical sensing. I seems that I can buy fitbit surge for $200 or vivosmart hr for $250. Any of the cyclist use these? How useful are they during a ride?
I left my gps-enabled cateye in the rental car and now trying to see what to do next to record my rides (for strava statistics). Here are the options I am weighting in terms of cost-benefit:
1) Buy another gps enabled computer
2) use a cheap cadence-based speedometer i have lying around + buy some gps-enabled fitness watch.
The benefit in #2 is that I can get a heart rate sensor in the watch, perhaps with continuous optical sensing. I seems that I can buy fitbit surge for $200 or vivosmart hr for $250. Any of the cyclist use these? How useful are they during a ride?
08-09-16, 02:50 PM
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Have you called the rental company? I've left a piece of bike gear in a jeep I rented after an MTB trip, they called back and told me I should pick it up if I wanted it.
That said, I love my GPS watch (Garmin Fenix 3). It's harder to see on the bike but works really well for hiking, swimming, running, kayaking, and rock climbing, where my bike computer is less than useful. It's also ready to use much more quickly because it's already on. I get turn-by-turn directions from my watch and use my power meter with it.
The optical sensor in the watch is lackluster though.
That said, I love my GPS watch (Garmin Fenix 3). It's harder to see on the bike but works really well for hiking, swimming, running, kayaking, and rock climbing, where my bike computer is less than useful. It's also ready to use much more quickly because it's already on. I get turn-by-turn directions from my watch and use my power meter with it.
The optical sensor in the watch is lackluster though.
