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Futura X v.2.0 Cyclo Computer/HRM
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Submitted by
Name: User
a Weekend Warrior
from Russellville, AR
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2009 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$42.00 | | Purchased At: | thru eBay | | Strengths: | Can switch between HRM & speed for which has the largest display. Displays both all the time.
Temperature indicator. A wrench symbol appears at a programmable interval, set mine at 600 miles, to indicate that it is time for a tune-up. | | Weaknesses: | None | | Similar Products Used: | Cat eye | | Bike Setup: | Trek road bike | | Bottom Line: | After about 2 years of use, the HRM started to give false readings. Checked the battery in the chest strap. 6.59v.
After I replaced the battery everything works fine. The battery in the speed sensor on the fork was at 11.73v so I didn't replace it. Works flawlessly. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from Ellicott City, MD, USA
Date Reviewed: April 10, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Wasatch Crest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint.com | | Strengths: | Lots of features | | Weaknesses: | Heart Rate Monitor can be hard to get working with the computer. Can be hard to get the wheel sensor aligned so that the computer registers movement. | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Blur | | Bottom Line: | The features without the monitor are worth the price. I am going to replace the battery in the heart rate monitor to see if that fixes the problem of getting the HRM to work. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeremy
a
from santa barbara, ca
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | foothill road | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$42.00 | | Purchased At: | pricepoint | | Strengths: | cheap | | Weaknesses: | may not work | | Bike Setup: | DBR titanium road, ksyrium sl tubulars, DA | | Bottom Line: | Ordered one, it didn't work, even with changed batteries in both headset and belt. Returned (thus paying S/H 2x + return postage). Second one worked (maybe I had to put in new batteries, I don't know). Now that it works, it's just fine. Heartrate monitor works fine. You can enter your pre-existing odometer mileage so that you can keep a running total. I'm using my cateye magnet b/c this magnet didn't grip bladed spokes. Sometimes the top speed is not reliable, and the thermometer is not particularly accurate. Still, $60 for a decent-looking spedometer/HRM. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Racer
from WI
Date Reviewed: January 13, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Any XC one | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | The HR and speedo are combined in one unit. | | Weaknesses: | The HR doesn't work and the head unit quit after 3 months. | | Similar Products Used: | Trek, Sigma | | Bike Setup: | It was put on my Lemond Versaille for training. Otherwise Cannondale Scalpel, Trek Liquid, Cannondale f900. | | Bottom Line: | I had it my my road bike so I could have just one unit instead of the two that were on it. I liked the idea of both the features in one unit. Then I put it on to my f900 for training.
Well after about 3 months the head unit quit working all together. From the get go the HR feature didn't work, I tried different batteries and everything else that I could think of. So I am glad to be rid of the piece of junk.
DON'T BUY THIS ITEM!!! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a
from Russellville, Ar USA
Date Reviewed: December 24, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Skyline Drive | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$42.00 | | Purchased At: | online | | Strengths: | One set of large digits. Wireless. Heart monitor. Temperature indicator. | | Weaknesses: | Bottom display, small digits. Black numbers against a grey background | | Similar Products Used: | Sigma (crisper display of digits) | | Bike Setup: | Y-Foil 66 road bike
11-32 cassette
Ultegra
Avocet O2 saddle | | Bottom Line: | When I first opened the box nothing worked. Removed the batteries & used Deoxit contact cleaner. Computer then worked but the heart rate monitor did not. Checked voltage on the 12v battery for the monitor. 3.5 volts. Bought a fresh set of batteries for $1.88 + tax. Both worked fine with new batteries. The computer has an automatic shutoff with a button activation. No buttons on the chest unit. I think it transmits all the time. If you buy this unit, clean the oxidation on the contacts & replace the batteries. Had to use the Dremel on the magnet mount to get it to fit bladed spokes.
Last 2 rides, it's giving false top speed readings (60.1 mph, rrright). Maybe its the 28 degree outside temp. Worth the money. We'll see how it holds up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Thad
a Weekend Warrior
from Indianapolis, IN
Date Reviewed: July 28, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Ridge Trail, American Fork, UT | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | PricePoint | | Strengths: | Looks really nice on the bike. I thought having a wireless computer would be nice. | | Weaknesses: | It has difficulty tracking speeds under 10 mph was the first thing I noticed. After the second ride, the speed sensor was not sending signal to computer. I tinker with it, moving is around and such, and got it work. By the third ride, it would no longer detect that the wheel was turning. I used it for a heart rate monitor for a couple of more rides, but then that too stopped working. I tried replacing the batteries, which did absolutely nothing. This computer was a waste of cash. | | Similar Products Used: | Sigma - worked well. | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Kona Dawg <-- awesome bike :) | | Bottom Line: | Don't by this product, it will work for one or two rides and then just die. Spend a little more and get something that will actually work. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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