Polar Cadence Sensor – Is it reliable – Any good or bad experiences?

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Hello,

I am thinking about buying the cadence sensor for my bike and Polar watch:

http://www.polar.fi/en/products/accessories/Sseries_cadence_sensor

But a friend of mine told me that he had made not the best experiences with it. Apparently it was pretty unreliable. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. Finally he bought a Blackburn cyclometer.

What are your experiences with the cadence sensor?

 

Take care

YouYou



2008-10-05 10:19 AM
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I've used mine for a full year without a glitch.  It's worked fine and is accurate.
2008-10-05 1:22 PM
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Had mine 2+ years and love it.  Just got a 2nd set of sensors for my other bike.
2008-10-05 1:40 PM
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I have used it for a year and it's been working well. At first the sensor was a little too far from the watch, so I had to open the sensor and change the jumper. There are 3 transmission positions, 60 cm, 90 cm, and 110 cm. You may want to keep this in mind. It took me a little digging around before I figured it out. Polar site sometimes is not the most infomative.

2008-10-05 4:54 PM
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No issues so far with mine, pretty happy
2008-10-06 3:23 PM
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vheart - 2008-10-05 2:40 PM

I have used it for a year and it's been working well. At first the sensor was a little too far from the watch, so I had to open the sensor and change the jumper. There are 3 transmission positions, 60 cm, 90 cm, and 110 cm. You may want to keep this in mind. It took me a little digging around before I figured it out. Polar site sometimes is not the most infomative.

Thanks for the post!! I had this issue and couldn't find information on extending the transmission range.  I thought I was SOL on the sensor for my Tri-Bike. 



2008-10-06 4:01 PM
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mine works also. but I'm a mechanic wussy and I had a shop install it.
2008-10-11 9:24 AM
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Hi all,

 

thanks a lot for the information!

 

Take care

YouYou

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