Echowell J12 Computer
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J12
USER REVIEWS
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extremely waterproof
all the functions i need
easy to use
too much wire
Was out riding in the rain and got covered in mud and grit, including my Echo. Stupidly I pushed the button and a bit of grit got stuck between the button and the body- jamming it. So I put the whole computer in a glass of water and gave it a shake - grit came loose and it now functions perfectly. I do not know of any other computer that can do that.
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Good functionality for the price (cadence).
Easy to use.
Computer is very tight on the mount (won't fall off).
The Set button has to be pushed with a pen or something.
The zip ties are too small for even moderately fat tubes.
The zip tie installation looks kind of chinsy.
I'm 100% satisfied with the way it functions. It doesn't have a tenths for current speed, but I don't mind. The installation was a pain because of the zip ties. I had some larger zip ties of my own laying around, so I used those. My bike looks weird with a bunch of zip ties all over it, but I think I may get a few small velcro straps to use in place of the larger and more prominent zip ties. I had a little trouble getting the front wheel's magnet close enough to the sensor, as the instructions say it should be no more than 4mm away. That's a pretty small distance. But it looks like it works fine; my speeds and distances look correct. For the price, it's a pretty good little computer.
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I was a little nervous ordering a cyclocomputer from a company that I couldn't find any reviews on but I must say that the echowell http://www.echowell.com.tw/ works really well as an offroad cycle computer. Despite the fact that it has a cadence sensor, it is incredibly durable and waterproof. The sensor mounts are large enough to mount on basically anything. The zip ties that are included to hold the wires in place weren't big enough to handle my Cannondale's oversized down tube but I mounted the wire along the top tube and down the seat tube and that seems to work fine. If you have a fat tube dual suspension or something like the c'dale you may have need longer zip ties for the down tube or mount it as I did. The computer is very accurate both in speed and distance and the cadence sensor is an extra treat for doing some spinning here and there. The mount on the handlebar is basically bombproof. Additionally, the fact that echowell's box has a picture of a guy running with a mountain bike through a creek and another picture of the computer operating in a glass of water gives you some idea that it was intended for hardcore offroad use. All in all, an excellent value at $36 and well-deserving of 5 stars.