Cycle Computer - What's wrong with the cheap ones?

[Perry]

I want to get a cycle computer (wireless) for my 2nd bike.

Providing it has the main features I want, is there anything wrong getting a cheap one?

 

[gaz]

How cheap is cheap? one of mine is around £20 which i consider cheap, and does it's job perfectly.

 

[Garth]

£8 halfords job on mine, works perfect.

 

[Perry]

Thanks for that guys, that's answered my question exactly.

I've seen some around £60 with basically the same same functions as the £25 ones. I just couldn't understand why.

 

[jeltz]

I think cheap wired tends to be OK.

I had a cheap wireless one which had trouble with interference, which can mess up the things like the max and average speed. Other than that the factors seem to be how well it stays on the bike and whether it stays water tight.

At the moment I'm trying to decide between a NiteRider Rebel 1.0 and a VDO A08.

 

[Lardyboy]

I've got a £4 job from Tesco. I've had it for over a year and it only let me down last week during a monsoon downpour. So I let it dry out for a couple of days, hit the reset button and it's alive again no problem.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I have 2 x Cateye Enduro 8 one on each bike never had a problem even in rain or snow they cost between £15 - £20 and do everything I need.

 

[nigelnorris]

Same £4 Tesco one for me has bee working fine for several years, trivial issue is that it fails if my GPS comes closer than 6 inches.

 

[peanut]

don't buy a wireless Bikehut computer. Mine picked up my home Wi-Fi and it never stopped counting. I was doing 50mph sitting at my kitchen table once. Completely useless .

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I seems to be bike computer day today

 

[HLaB]

I got my first bit of positive interference on the wireless yesterday , it usually just reads zero if there's interference but yesterday it read a max of 91.1mph.

 

[ASC1951]

I want to get a cycle computer (wireless) for my 2nd bike.

Let me know what you end up with, Perry. I'm looking for the same - just the basic functions of the NiteRider (although I certainly don't need it backlit), wireless, big numbers and ideally cheap enough to get one for each bike or with separate wheel units and mountings so that I just need to swap the bar unit across.

 

[captainhastings]

I bought this one cheap and works well so far. It has good reviews too

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_196877_langId_-1_categoryId_165741

 

[HJ]

I think cheap wired tends to be OK.

I had a cheap wireless one which had trouble with interference, which can mess up the things like the max and average speed. Other than that the factors seem to be how well it stays on the bike and whether it stays water tight.

At the moment I'm trying to decide between a NiteRider Rebel 1.0 and a VDO A08.

Get the A08, VDO are a specialist instrument maker they whole business is about accurately measuring speed and distance.

I bought this one cheap and works well so far. It has good reviews too

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_196877_langId_-1_categoryId_165741

Why get the Hafrauds version, when you can get the real thing for £14.00?

 

[captainhastings]

Get the A08, VDO are a specialist instrument maker they whole business is about accurately measuring speed and distance.



Why get the Hafrauds version, when you can get the real thing for £14.00?

Because I was stood in halfords at the time