I can wholeheartedly recommend the assioma duo power meter. Significantly cheaper than Garmin, slightly lighter and I have none of the complaints Taren pointed out in his video. They consistently read within 1-3 watts of my kickr (I check once or twice before each race as I mostly train indoors). I have no connectivity issues, super easy to charge and batteries last very long. Bottom line: If you're looking for a good pedal power meter, do a bit of your own research. Garmin is just one of many good solutions out there and others with the same or better quality can be significantly cheaper!
Nice advertising ! Let's asskiss Garmin more ! Garmin vector 3s never needed a torque wrench to put on. That's why there's a "calibration" option in software to detect current strain gauge deformation. Garmin vector 3 was actually more precise than rally (maybe they cut cost on components) - looking at the forums. The PCB is exactly behind the black "window" - where the led is. All the guts are in the spindle (not some). Garmin actually REBRANDED vector 3, changed the name and the housing to have metallic threads so they can't be stripped so easy. The powermeter is EXACTLY the same. I am amazed that they bothered to change the name in the firmware. I repaired a few of theese for battery depletion problems - and can't wait to open up a rally spindle. I am sure the BT/CPU from Analog devices and the strain gauges are exactly the same. So .... same product. Different name. Double the price. Your best option is to get garmin vector 3 and use the spindle with an XC (or whatever) housing from the upgrade KIT that they sell ! Cheapest option. Same shit.
Thanks Taren. I know this review is about a year old but this really helped me make my decision. I be purchasing these pedals very. Thanks again. Steve 👍
great review. looking the XC200s for any MTB since I am already int the Garmin eco system. Also considered the SRAM X power. Thanks for doing the work to allow us to make informed buying decision.
I have the xc100 and it's totally off if not tightened properly. I had about 30-40w lower power when compared to my trainer. Tightening the pedal fixed the issue. Also sw update is not possible with Edge 830 or Android phone.
The biggest issue I had with the Vector was stripping the threads on the battery housing. About the 3rd or 4th battery change the plastic threads just gave up. Have they addressed this issue?
Have you tried them on your FatBike ? I’m curious to know if they can deal with below -20C temperatures Thus far, Stages don’t and Quarq do in my experience. Bummer for that rust though.
I have tested in -12C degrees. During the ride I had performance calibration failed -message. Showing -7 number. Normal calibration was ok and the power reading felt correct. Snow clearance was very good, much better than in original shimano pedals.
@@Jcool721 thanks for sharing. Back then I went ahead and bought a set of XC100. It’s not been a very cold Winter and only rode a couple of times in -10 to -15c temperature and all was good.
Garmin is known for terrible customer service. Even if you bought the high end products, after two years you’ll have to pay for everything … and they usually break the xactly 1 day after warranty runs out.
OK, lucky you. I had this experience two times already… with an high end Edge and then with a Fenix high end watch. Edge had an button issue and the Fenix a software issue. Luckily I was able to provide evidence that the software issue existed in the beginning, no nice conversations with them. Anyway it’s ridiculous that a watch is useless just because of a software issue … you can wipe and reinstall OS on every iPhone since decades … why are Garmin producing such a crap that can’t be reseted. Have read similar experiences in the net with those products that time. Service issues with Polar in contrast for example have been treated with absolute satisfactory customer service .
@@petertrnka459 Mine is a Fenix 5 and I do assume they’ve fixed that issue in the meantime. My key message based on MY experiences with Garmin was just that in case something breakes outside of warranty time, chances to get a service on goodwill is quite low. For the Fenix my luck was that I did report a first error that was connected with the breakage after 2 years already as an issue during warranty time to them so I was able to argue that the issue causing the break existed earlier (was connected to upload of maps as far as I remember). So good luck, maybe the Fenix also runs 8 years … my replaced Fenix also runs already a few years now with no issues.
