On 2008-05-08, hains@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Hi all,
>
> my computer has died and I was considering getting a wireless
> computer. I don't want to spend too much and I was thinking about the
> Echowell Echo W2. It has all the functions I want and isn't too
> expensive.
>
> So how much of a problem is interference and drop-out with the
> wireless models? Riding is usually a sole effort for me, so no need to
> worry about "cross-talk." Pros, cons, all comments gratefully
> received.
What's the point of wireless? I doangeddit.
Pros:
· Clean lines?
Cons:
· But you don't notice the "lines" anyway, because you could just wrap
the cable around your front brake cable.
· You have to turn your computer on in the morning, otherwise it
doesn't record anything. You can't just start rolling, and the reed
switch causes the computer to turn itself on, because if it was
running the receiver permanently, it would drain the battery more.
· Extra batteries. Twice the chance of failure in any given ride.
Except more, because transmitters aren't exactly light weight on
batteries.
· There's a transmitter involved, and usually some metal in the
sightline. Constantly, they're as unreliable as buggery.
· And for the roadies, they weigh an extra 0.3 nanograms over the
cabled version.
In summary. Why?
--
TimC
HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This Product Contains Minute Electrically
Charged Particles Moving at Velocities in Excess of Five Hundred
Million Miles Per Hour. --unknown
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