Vetta Vetta V100 Altitude

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
Great for cadence and telling time, but resetting it is a pain. The manual isn't clear on this, at least not to me, each time I do get it right, it feels like a small victory. Besides that seems to work as promised.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
The Vetta V100HR is the sister unit to the V100A, with a heart rate monitor instead of the altimeter. When the unit is working it is a nice computer, but it is notoriously unreliable. If any one of the batteries (head unit, fork transmitter, cadence transmitter) is the least bit weak, the unit will display only time. And the V100HR eats batteries like Colonel Sanders eats fried chicken. On a recent morning with temperature in the 50's, even brand new batteries in the fork transmitter and the head unit couldn't keep the display going for more than 30 miles. I've given up on Vetta and will replace this with a Cateye... an earlier Astrale worked anytime it wasn't raining.
The new model that has superceded the V100HR has a low battery indicator for the two transmitter units. That's a slight improvement, but what is really needed is less battery draw, or ownership of a Batteries Plus franchise.

Strengths:
nice array of functions

Weaknesses:
unreliable, and short battery life

Price Paid:  $0.00

Bike Setup:
Seven, DA.

Summary:
My first unit stopped working in the first season of use, after its first exposure to rain. Vetta replaced it with a new unit under warranty. The second unit lasted about 3 months, and stopped working without even being exposed to rain. I'm with the earlier reviewer who will never buy a Vetta again. Their customer service was fine, but their product is crap.

Strengths:
None.

Weaknesses:
Poor quality

Price Paid:  $0.00

Bike Setup:
Seven, DA.

Summary:
My first unit stopped working in the first season of use, after its first exposure to rain. Vetta replaced it with a new unit under warranty. The second unit lasted about 3 months, and stopped working without even being exposed to rain. I'm with the earlier reviewer who will never buy a Vetta again. Their customer service was fine, but their product is crap.

Strengths:
None.

Weaknesses:
Poor quality

Price Paid:  $110.00 at online

Favorite Ride:
RAGBRAI

Summary:
Because of this computer's performance, I will never again consider buying any product with the brand "Vetta" on it. The manual wasn't clear and the computer interface wasn't user-friendly. Only after two months did it break in the middle of Iowa. Everything went dead. The batteries still worked because I could reset the computer back to my specifications but it reset itself after every couple of minutes. Eventually, the only working component was the clock. Never again will I buy Vetta. Spend $30 on a nice CatEye and forget about knowing the grade of the hills and the temperature.

Strengths:
Many features.

Weaknesses:
Features don't matter if it doesn't work. Short life-span. Too expensive.

Similar Products Used:
CatEye computers