KarlW said:
Anyone have any experience and opinions regarding VDO computers? I've been unhappy with my Cateyes and have a chance to get a new one.
I have two - a C10+ and an older C15+.
They work pretty well but they have a couple of faults which annoy me. First, the mounting mechanism is a little cheesy and both have semi-broken to the point where they still work but not as adverstised. In the case of the 1st one, one of the little flanges that holds the unit in the bracket snapped off rending it less than securely fastened. The second one literally came unglued from the bracket which was easily enough fixed.
Secondly, these two have a lot of oddball data pages that I've never used. They have two buttons on the bottom - the left providing all the regular stuff - time, distance, max, avg. and the right which gives a bunch of things I can't even list.
Third and most importantly - battery life. I own a bunch of computers - Cateye, Vetta and Sigma - and the VDOs are the only ones that I discover dead when I walk up to use the bike. Now, some of my bikes don't get ridden all that often which means the time span is more than it would be if I rode them all the time. However, I have Cateyes that have never had a battery change (just as old as the VDOs). The Sigmas aren't great, but the VDOs are far worse.
For me, they work reliably which is important. I'd probably hesitate to buy a third but, depending on the price I might. Not a bad product, just a bit more flukey than some.