Need help on choosing a smart trainer

[tdcadillac]

Hello all,
I have been reading and watching videos from DCR about wheel on smart trainers and I narrow it down to 3 units (Kickr Snap, 4iiii & Saris M2). the kinetic is not available.
For me the accuracy metric at 3% or 5% is not that important however how quite the unit is and how many wattage the unit have are the 2 metrics important to me. I live in an apartment and want to keep the noise to the minimun.
the DCR YouTube video mentioned that the 4iiii doesn't go more than 1000 w but the other units are true to what they claim. I want to buy the 4iiii as it is the quietest but don't want to end up with a below average power unit
Would appreciate if you are a user of any of the 3 models above if you can give me your opinion on how quite they are and if you used the 4iiii to what number the wattage can go to
Thank you

 

[BurningLegs]

I don’t use any of those, but as a beginner 1000W will be plenty. Lots of experienced good Zwift riders don’t/can’t hit that in a sprint. Do you already know your numbers? Are you a sprinter??

 

[tdcadillac]

I don’t use any of those, but as a beginner 1000W will be plenty. Lots of experienced good Zwift riders don’t/can’t hit that in a sprint. Do you already know your numbers? Are you a sprinter??

No I don't and I think that makes me below the 1000W. thanks for your feedback

 

[BurningLegs]

I can’t comment on the trainer in general (will leave that to DCR) but would say that a limitation of 1000W isn’t such a big problem. I’ve been Zwifting for a few years now, and race in A cat (just about!) but top out at approx 750W, so that trainer can take you a long way. I should caveat that I am a lightweight climber rather than sprinter, but just sharing my experiences 🙂