Wireless SRM

[MintID]

Hi.
I've just ordered a SRM Pro with FSA cranks. But I discovered a wireless version will be availeble in July.
Should I cancel my order? Do you guys think the price of the wired SRM will drop once the wireless hits the market?
I'm also wondering if the wireless would be a better purchase...
Any thoughts?

 

[Hitchy]

Hi.
I've just ordered a SRM Pro with FSA cranks. But I discovered a wireless version will be availeble in July.
Should I cancel my order? Do you guys think the price of the wired SRM will drop once the wireless hits the market?
I'm also wondering if the wireless would be a better purchase...
Any thoughts?

....its available already. ya shoulda done your homework

 

[MintID]

....its available already. ya shoulda done your homework

aah... it's the powercontrol that will be launched in July...

 

[Hitchy]

You can run the srm wireless with a 'garmin' if you don't wanna wait for the SRM head unit.

 

[MintID]

You can run the srm wireless with a 'garmin' if you don't wanna wait for the SRM head unit.

ok.
Would you say that it's a must have upgrade ? (from wired to wireless)

 

[Hitchy]

ok.
Would you say that it's a must have upgrade ? (from wired to wireless)

If you can get out of your original order without penalty, I'd be going wireless...I don't think there's a significant cost penalty between them. If I already had a 'wired' SRM, I probably wouldn't bother changing.

 

[peterpen]

I'd stick with wired, at the very least until the PCVI is available.

Some notes about SRM wireless w/Garmin 705 from a user on Wattage listserv:

-max 4 hours recording at 1 sec.
-slope is 'hardwired' (user can't calibrate, poster's brother had a unit arrive ~50w off when compared to a PT and had to send it back to ColoSprings to calibrate)
-SRM doesn not provide support for using the Garmin head unit
-lag time of displayed info as long as 5 seconds at start and stop
-interference spikes of wattage ~2000w

The 'hardwired' slope is the most disappointing to me - hopefully this is due to using the Garmin and will not be the case with the PCVI.

 

[robkit]

it's going to save 10 mins on installation time, and shelve the risk of breaking the sensor cable, but apart from that i dont see any big advantage.

you'd sort of hope the lag time isnt as bad as stated because i recall the 5 second lag on the polar unit i once had and it was terrible.

 

[parawolf]

I'd stick with wired, at the very least until the PCVI is available.

Some notes about SRM wireless w/Garmin 705 from a user on Wattage listserv:

-max 4 hours recording at 1 sec.
-slope is 'hardwired' (user can't calibrate, poster's brother had a unit arrive ~50w off when compared to a PT and had to send it back to ColoSprings to calibrate)
-SRM doesn not provide support for using the Garmin head unit
-lag time of displayed info as long as 5 seconds at start and stop
-interference spikes of wattage ~2000w

The 'hardwired' slope is the most disappointing to me - hopefully this is due to using the Garmin and will not be the case with the PCVI.

Is there an online archive of this listserv?

 

[Alex Simmons]

Is there an online archive of this listserv?

http://groups.google.com/group/wattage/topics

 

[dkrenik]

ok.
Would you say that it's a must have upgrade ? (from wired to wireless)

I'm not going to be upgrading my wired SRM anytime soon.

Dave