Price Paid:
$21.00
at Clas Ohlson (Swedish Favorite Ride:
Anywhere in Bohuslän Bike Setup:
Simple singlespeed strictly for road use - commuting, training rides and such... Summary:
This is a great computer in many respects. Easy to use and set up, looks good and just works.
I also use my bike for commuting, and being able to simply twist the computer out of its mount in a few milliseconds to bring it with me, is a great feature! The display is large and easy to read with its large digits. Mounting and setting it up takes a couple of minutes.
It does have a few problems, though. The buttons are far too easy to press - in fact, just touching them will activate the buttons, so you often find yourself switching modes when all you wanted to do was to rotate the computer around the bar or twist it off to take it with you. Not a major problem, but it's kind of annoying to have to press the mode button 6-7 times to get back to the mode you want to use, after you switched mode by accident.
The other problem is that it has a countdown feature. The feature itself isn't the problem, but it is implemented as one of the modes, and pressing the wrong button by mistake (which is easy to do, as I've explained above), you enter some kind of setup for the countdown mode, and getting out of it again to get back to another mode, is fiddly and takes time. Sigma should make it so that the setup can't be accessed while the computer registers forward speed.
This computer allows you to reset each mode (max speed, average speed, trip distance, riding time, et c) individually. Good if you only want to reset one or a few things. A pain if you usually want to reset everything every time...
It has a stopwatch mode, which I like. I've used it on my commute, to find how much time I spend not rolling. Starting the stopwatch the second I roll away from home, and stopping it when I come to a stop at school, tells me the total time it took. The time riding is recorded in another mode, and the difference between the two is the time I spent stopped at red lights.
After having been inactive for a while (maybe five minutes), it goes into some kind of energy-saving mode, where only the clock is displayed. Nice feature, as the clock is usually the only thing you're interested in when you're stopped for a while. It activates instantly when you press either button or you start riding again.
If cadence or wireless operation aren't required, this computer is excellent value and has pretty much everything the majority of riders want and need.
Strengths:
Great set of functions, easy to set up and use, small, good display size, easy to remove computer from mount when leaving the bike unattended Weaknesses:
Buttons are too easy to press - just touching them switches the computer to the next mode/display, wire looks frail but hasn't broken yet Similar Products Used:
Sigma Targa (fairly similar, but not as easy to use or set up)
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